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[mtmack25]

How many people are surprised by the results given the precautions taken.  Enough of this acintg like 'adults' argument.  I know plenty of people older than me who would have acted in the same manner.  Probably, they would have been worse, believing that they were more entitled because they were 'adults'.  And they might have acted more viciously because of it.  Lets face it, people acted like people the other night.  The reason that precautions are taken to maintain order in situations like this is because most people have accepted that fact that even intelligent people, as a group, are very very stupid.

[Robb]

[Q]mtmack25 Wrote:

 How many people are surprised by the results given the precautions taken.  Enough of this acintg like 'adults' argument.  I know plenty of people older than me who would have acted in the same manner.  Probably, they would have been worse, believing that they were more entitled because they were 'adults'.  And they might have acted more viciously because of it.  Lets face it, people acted like people the other night.  The reason that precautions are taken to maintain order in situations like this is because most people have accepted that fact that even intelligent people, as a group, are very very stupid.[/q]

Very true.  I love the Psych 101 classic about the experiment they did at Stanford where they locked students in a building for a weekend and divided them randomly into "prisoners" and "guards."  They had to cut the experiment short because the physical and mental abuse was getting out of hand.  The most intelligent and rational people will act as anything but if put into the wrong environment.  Athletics needs to recognize this as a fact of human nature and design the environment accordingly.  

Anything that doesn't involve stairways and locked doors would be a good start...

[redhair34]

FYI...

I was just up at Bartels and Gene Nighman made an announcement that you can buy your tickets after 1 o'clock today (this was the stated deadline).  The impression he gave was that staff would be their to take money/credit cards tonight and possibly tomorrow.  

[TCHL8842]

[Q]redhair34 Wrote:

 FYI...

I was just up at Bartels and Gene Nighman made an announcement that you can buy your tickets after 1 o'clock today (this was the stated deadline).  The impression he gave was that staff would be their to take money/credit cards tonight and possibly tomorrow.  [/q]

No surprise by me,  I just talked to some of my friends that are in that line at 12:40 and they said they were at least 1 1/2 hours from paying for their tickets.  I cant believe that they did not listen to me about going on Tuesday or Wednesday like I did and spent the whole 5 mins paying for mine.

[French Rage]

Is it true they gave out the tickets tonight?? :-(

[nr53]

only to grad students

[Grad ID]

New strategy for next year: befriend a grad student and use their ID to purchase tickets.

[French Rage]

Well, I dont know how bad it was for grads overall, but that's still bullshit.  Have a process where completely random people get top numbers, and then do nothing to weed the facetimers out (I actually know the ppl with top grad numbers and they are good fans, but still the idea is overall).