Hockey Night Lights, one of the weirdest events at the University of Denver, took place last night on the north lawn of DU's Ritchie Center. This is a hockey tradition where students camp out all night in the hope of receiving a "golden ticket," which lets the student attend every DU Pioneers hockey game for free. To keep students entertained, there are lawn games and free food, student ice skating in Magness Arena, and what every resident in my building, located right across the street from this event and seen in the photograph on the left, loves to hear: "Live music by a notable D.J." I remember years ago this was very annoying, but after I assume were numerous complaints, the music no longer reaches our building. Either that or I am losing my hearing.
The evening was scheduled to conclude with a movie on the lawn, The Lego Batman Movie, starting at 12:00 midnight. And after that a wakeup call and free donuts at 7:30 A.M., with the ticket office opening up at 8:00. Sounds like an evening out of hell to me. But then again, I am an old curmudgeon. In any case, it says on the DU website that a limited number of tickets would be available. What I'd like to know is how limited is limited? If I camped out all night long, having to watch, or even having to listen to The Lego Batman Movie while trying to get to sleep, then stand in line starting at 7:30 A.M. and finding out that all the tickets were gone by the time I reached the ticket office window, I would be a bit perturbed, to say the least. The students do have to register online for this event, so hopefully DU will make sure everyone who did register gets tickets. Especially when they are paying $62,390 a year on tuition, which is another thing I would be perturbed about if I was a student. Very perturbed.
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