Midnight Madness restructured, split
Director of Marketing and Promotions Mike Pede has confidence that the event "is going to be better than it ever has been," and he is "really looking forward to it."
Midnight Madness will still include a party, along with T-shirts and games, but the planners hope to add new life to the event by scheduling it along with a game, although no definite details have yet been decided.
According to Charles Klein, Student Association external vice president, one purpose of the format change is "to increase attendance and encourage student support."
Because the event is being moved to the first game of the season, it will no longer be called Midnight Madness.
A new name has not yet been chosen, but the Athletic Department and SA are currently exploring ideas.
An added bonus is the fact that the same type of event will be held for the women's basketball team.
This is the first year this has been attempted, and all those involved with the planning seem very excited about the prospect of having two big events.
As of press time, the basketball team had not been notified of the official changes, but Eric Singletary, a basketball player, said that he was "all for anything that promotes students coming out" to the games.
According to Klein, the Athletic Department and the SA are very excited about the prospect of a transformed Midnight Madness because they are "taking the exciting aspects of Midnight Madness and adding others to make a better event."
This item appeared in the News section of the October 11, 1996 issue.
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