T.I. proved to be a highlight of the year
The Traveler Editorial Board
Issue date: 2/27/09 Section: Opinion
The UA got down and dirty last night when T.I. stormed Barnhill Arena. The irony of the show didn't occur when T.I. - a convicted felon who will spend a year in jail starting next month - entered the stage to sound bites of gunshots.
No, the real irony (for those in the know) was that the convicted felon performed on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, the season that leads up to Easter Sunday.
But this didn't matter Wednesday night. Those who attended the concert, and those who certainly heard about it all day on campus from their peers, can tell you it was one heck of a time.
The UA Headliner Concerts Committee caught a little bit of slack (well, more than usual) for their spring choice of T.I. The specific genre of music the artists performed (a variation of gangsta rap) and T.I.'s recent troubles with the law prompted some students to question his performance on the UA campus.
But this notion was quickly put to rest.
Although there was some trash talking and cursing at the concert, it was nothing more than you would find in T.I.'s music, and if students have a problem with his cussing on stage or in his music, then they shouldn't have been at the concert in the first place.
But the buck stopped at the trash talking.
No extreme fights broke out. Nothing potentially harmful to a portion of the crowd occurred.
And, for those attending who actually had their eyes open, most of the crowd had their hands waving, their heads bobbing and their mouths moving.
T.I. might have brought a stigma to the UA that not all students wanted here. And a few weren't happy about being forced to choose between going to the concert and attending church for Ash Wednesday.
But for those at the concert, seeing T.I. was surely one of the highlights of the year.
No, the real irony (for those in the know) was that the convicted felon performed on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, the season that leads up to Easter Sunday.
But this didn't matter Wednesday night. Those who attended the concert, and those who certainly heard about it all day on campus from their peers, can tell you it was one heck of a time.
The UA Headliner Concerts Committee caught a little bit of slack (well, more than usual) for their spring choice of T.I. The specific genre of music the artists performed (a variation of gangsta rap) and T.I.'s recent troubles with the law prompted some students to question his performance on the UA campus.
But this notion was quickly put to rest.
Although there was some trash talking and cursing at the concert, it was nothing more than you would find in T.I.'s music, and if students have a problem with his cussing on stage or in his music, then they shouldn't have been at the concert in the first place.
But the buck stopped at the trash talking.
No extreme fights broke out. Nothing potentially harmful to a portion of the crowd occurred.
And, for those attending who actually had their eyes open, most of the crowd had their hands waving, their heads bobbing and their mouths moving.
T.I. might have brought a stigma to the UA that not all students wanted here. And a few weren't happy about being forced to choose between going to the concert and attending church for Ash Wednesday.
But for those at the concert, seeing T.I. was surely one of the highlights of the year.
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Bman
posted 2/27/09 @ 1:19 PM CST
So let me get this straight. Because there were "no extreme fights... [and] nothing potentially harmful to a portion [as opposed to the rest] of the crowd. (Continued…)
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