The Waynesburg University Student Activities Board (SAB) is removing a traditional component to its always popular, Wing Nights. Starting later this fall, students will start to notice that Wing Nights will be a bit quieter now, as musical artists will no longer accompany the late-night snack.  

“We decided to stop bringing musical artists to campus due to the fact students started to not show too much interest in the actual artist,” said Brad Gillespie, senior psychology major and Co-Chair of the Music/Entertainment Committee in SAB. 

This comes as the result of members of SAB noticing that during events like Wing Nights, students only come for the free things and leave. In this case students arrive for the wings and leave when they are done eating, ignoring the fact that a music artist was even there to begin with.  
Gillespie mentioned that at the start of any Wing Night event, close to 100 students would be present, however, at the end only 15 would stay for the entire allotted time. 

“We as SAB pay a lot of money to bring musical artists to campus and seeing that students are only coming for the free things such as wings and not paying attention to the artist and not interacting with them and leaving – once they get what was free is not in the best benefit of what we are using our money for,” said Gillespie. 

The idea for removing the music artist from the event was brought to a vote during an SAB meeting. According to Gillespie, the majority of those who attended were in favor.  Gillespie was the one who originally proposed the idea to remove the artist and was happy to see it come to fruition.  

“Our goal isn’t to get rid of artists but we have to do what is best with the money we have, and we could put that money towards other things,” said Gillespie. “If you’re saving so much money on Wing Night performers you can put that money towards other events or other trips that SAB can offer.” 

Gillespie mentioned that there will still be music at the events, as they are looking into having the campus radio station, 99.5 The Hive, provide the music.  

The decision to remove music artists will not be put into effect until later on in the semester, as some artist have already been booked. 

“I encourage students to come to the events and stray the whole time,” said Gillespie. “We want students to stay the whole time and take a break from studying and enjoy the artist.” 

The next Wing Night will be on Nov. 3 and will feature returning artist Ball in the House.