Midevening madness?

By Michelle Montgoris

Midnight Madness, the annual kickoff to the Men’s and Women’s Basketball season, has been a misnomer for years, as the event has routinely began at 9pm. This has been done for several reasons, the least of which include concern for the students who have early Monday classes. It was primarily done to ensure that there is no late night noise which might disturb the residents of the surrounding Garden City area.

However, due to recent events at the 2007 Midnight Madness which included basketballs bouncing at 11pm, Adelphi University has now officially renamed it “Midevening Order” at the relentless demand of Garden City and, starting in the fall of 2008, the new start time will be 6pm.

“Clearly, ‘Midevening Order’ has a much nicer ring to it than ‘Midnight Madness’,” said Ihate Noiz, the head of the Garden City Neighborhood Noise Control Committee. “Why should there be madness at midnight, anyway? Everyone at the university knows that Garden City residents like quietness after dark.”

This is not the first time Garden City has had to take a stand against the ridiculous amount of noise at Adelphi, known for its large student body, ruckus-causing activities, and campus nightlife. Most notably is the absence of a football team. There has been an ongoing debate in recent times as to whether or not Adelphi should add a men’s football team to their repertoire of sports. However, it has never come into fruition because of the protest of Garden City. The decibel level of cheering at a football game has been deemed unacceptable by the wealthy, quiet neighborhood’s guidelines for noise during the weekend.

Now, all activities at the university must be concluded before 10pm or the university will face several negative consequences, among which include the right of residents to throw earplugs and muzzles at students walking down South Avenue to the Nassau Boulevard Long Island Railroad station.