Campaign To Stop Recorded Music At Lynah

[stereax]

And about 30 seconds after she left, the band was going to start the alma mater but then the stupid "Freebird Cam" came on. You've never seen an atmosphere SUCK the life out of the building so fast.

I normally don't truly understand a bunch of the complaints y'all have, because my first games were last year when that was the standard, but. Man. I get it now.

[adamw]

I've exchanged a few email messages with Dr. Moore in the past few days. Then tonight in Lake Placid I introduced myself to her between periods 2 and 3, and we chatted about the atmosphere at Lynah for close to ten minutes.

She is definitely open to trying to improve things. I mentioned that many of us on eLynah feel similarly, and that she may be hearing from more people. She said that she understands our concerns, and doesn't really need to hear from a lot more people. She was very warm and quite interested. I was trying not to monopolize her time or take advantage of the chance meeting, but she stayed and even asked questions after I had given her the chance to leave by thanking her.

One of the things I said in a follow up email was that perhaps next year they could try a game with no piped in music, as an experiment. I suggested that the Clarkson game, if Clarkson was bringing their band, would be an excellent choice. She was very open to the idea in email, and then tonight it sounded like she'll actually do that. (No promises of course, but I think it will happen.)

So at this point I think there's probably no need for anyone else to write, as she gets it.

Late in the conversation I said something about Lynah never getting back to exactly the way it was in the mid-80s, and that I understand that some things are just gone and not coming back, like the pounding on the glass. She basically said she liked the pounding on the glass, and actually encouraged it when she was at Colgate! I said if she wanted to allow that at Lynah all she'd have to do is stop having the ushers enforce the prohibition against glass pounding and then let a few of the students in the front of sections B, C, and D know, and glass pounding could again be a thing at Lynah. So that could happen too.

I really got the feeling that she was listening and that she cared and wants what we want. Let's see what happens next year.

That conversation was going awesome until the glass pounding part. That is a scourge on society which I wish was punishable by torture. Cornell fans can do better.

[RichH]

The biggest point is giving the power to the people - the fans themselves. How many here have watched Lynah Faithful chants & cheers on YouTube? At their best, the student sections are just entertaining on their own, with the band serving as support. It's fun that you can't capture anywhere else.

You blast tunes through a speaker or you play unending video content, and you take that power away. It's not just competition for the senses, it overwhelms any effort to have that atmosphere be forthcoming.

[Beeeej]

The biggest point is giving the power to the people - the fans themselves. How many here have watched Lynah Faithful chants & cheers on YouTube? At their best, the student sections are just entertaining on their own, with the band serving as support. It's fun that you can't capture anywhere else.

You blast tunes through a speaker or you play unending video content, and you take that power away. It's not just competition for the senses, it overwhelms any effort to have that atmosphere be forthcoming.

And eventually, any desire to make that effort.

[Trotsky]

That conversation was going awesome until the glass pounding part. That is a scourge on society which I wish was punishable by torture. Cornell fans can do better.

If you pound on the glass after the age of 8 seek the care of a licensed physician.

[marty]

That conversation was going awesome until the glass pounding part. That is a scourge on society which I wish was punishable by torture. Cornell fans can do better.

If you pound on the glass after the age of 8 seek the care of a licensed physician.

I pounded on the glass after the OT win in 2003 vs BC.  For a minute or two I felt as if I were an undergrad again.  When a student there wasn't much glass at Lynah to pound.