CAP board not discouraged by ‘Fling’damage First concert a success but not without minor damages that will be paid for by CAP board

ASHLEY WEYLER NEWS EDITOR ARW723@CABRINI EDU

On Saturday, April 16, the biggest and most anticipated event that the Campus Activities and Programming board (CAP) prepares for all year long, Spring Fling, took place with many new activities throughout the day

To make this year the “best fling ever,” the CAPboard hired the Bouncing Souls, a hardcore punk band, to play a 10 p.m. concert in the Dixon Center.

CAPprepared for this concert by putting together a detailed, operational manual and hired an outside security service. Bicycle racks served as barricades.

Amy Hecht, the assistant director of student activities and advisor of the CAPboard, said that during the concert, the barricades were broken through and rubbed up against the floor of the gym and through the tarp that covered the floor. “It’s very minor. There were three very minor scratches. The CAPboard made so much money off the concert; we can even pay for it. It’s really not a big deal at all,” she said.

Hecht said that some bands require stainless steel barricades that would not move; however, the Bouncing Souls did not request this. “Now in hindsight, we should have gotten that kind of barricade, but it was more expensive. We decided to go with the bike racks but they were pushing on it,” she said.

When Hecht realized there was a potential problem in the middle of the concert, it was decided to push the barricades against the stage and move the security to the sides of the stage. She said, “When I ran it by the tour manager and security, they said they were fine because there were only two more songs left at that point. There was some kind of miscommunication or they didn’t understand what I said, because they jumped on stage and the barricade split up onto the stage.” She said that if they had never done this, there would have been no damage, and it would have been perfect.

Kathy McCrea, the administrative coordinator of the Dixon Center, said that those involved with the Dixon center are not really worried about the damages to the gym floor. “We are not happy about it, but it is something that can be fixed,” she said. She also said that the Dixon Center would certainly

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