Updated Sunday, April 15 to clarify Michael Ruta’s position.
By Grace Manthey
The 2018 Wake The Giant concert series was a success, despite some confusion with the ticketing process.
According to Michael Ruta, the director of publicity for the Student Programming Board, the original rule was if a student’s ticket didn’t match the name on their Q Card then they would have to to go the ticket office to get it changed.
After a while, those taking the tickets nixed that rule, but according to Ruta it wasn’t communicated very well to the long line outside.
However, once everyone got inside the concert was relatively smooth. Daya performed first, her more popular songs including “Hide Away” and “Sit Still, Look Pretty.” Then at around 9:30 p.m. Khalid arrived on stage wearing a Quinnipiac jersey with “Khalid” printed on the back. His backup dancers followed suit in bobcat t-shirts later in the show.