While it's always exciting when a popular band or musical group comes to campus, a big name always comes with a limited number of tickets for the show. The April 10 Guster concert raised the question of how it is decided whether an event is open to the public or exclusively for students of the College. In the past, there have been instances when tickets were not adequately available to students because a great number had been purchased by non-students.

The goal of the Concerts Committee is to ensure that Colby students have priority in attending events on campus. When events are open to the public, the potential of tickets selling out before many students have an opportunity to purchase them becomes a problem.

SPB's Concert and Live Music Committee chair, Ben Green '09, reiterated the objective of the committee, and said that they are just "hoping to allow everyone on campus to have a shot at purchasing a ticket before non-students." The commitment to this goal was shown in the days leading up to the Guster concert, as each student of the College was only allowed to purchase a single ticket. Ideally, all concerts on campus could be open to the general public, but this is not always a possibility.