Sororities, fraternities, clubs, and even Pace itself spend months planning events that cost thousands of dollars on social events that are on school grounds in efforts to grab students’ attention. Many of these events don’t get the expected student turnout, and Bass At Pace, hosted by the International Fraternity Committee (IFC) is yet another example. Flyers were posted around campus for a number of weeks prior, only to reschedule the event due to poor weather last week. But despite the lights, 10 thousand watts of bass and the DJs, the turnout was still quite low.

Bringing life to the event seemed to be a difficult task for the DJ to accomplish, as the few students that did show up seemed to be sitting on the benches looking at their phones and only stayed briefly. Some might argue that the lack-of-audience was due to the poor structure of the event and vague time frame, which gave students six hours to make a brief appearance.

“I’m disappointed in my Pace community for their lack of support, but I am very grateful for those who stayed,” said DJ of Delta Waves and senior marketing major David Hoff, who spins alongside partners, Keith Collazo and Pace alumnus CJ Lipscomb.

There are several other events on the campus that revolve around music semester to semester, many of which are held in the Willcox gym. Last spring two of the DJs held a similar event called Willcox house and was also hosted by IFC, but had a much better turnout due to the three-hour time frame and indoor venue. Bass At Pace, however, pumped beats through the air traveling across campus rattling dorm rooms on the sunny, Saturday afternoon. Thus, students had access to the music wherever they were.

The extravaganza, which was fashioned after main stream music festivals, was scheduled on the weekend and so some students, almost half being commuters, were away enjoying their time off. With such a large portion of Pace’s student body absent from campus it is not difficult to see why such an event had a low turnout.

“It wasn’t a success in numbers, although people truly realized the potential of what this event could be for years to come,” DJ and junior business management major Adrian Baez said.

Even though Bass At Pace had the potential to be a party to remember, the flyers are likely the most memorable asset to the gathering.  Instead this event and its poor attendance will be classified with preceding Pace events as yet another good idea.