That was frustrating for me. I was sitting next to about 4 non-students. You could totally tell. And frankly, it ruined part of the experience for me. I'm trying to find different seats for tonight, but probably won't have any luck. If you don't want to stand, tough. it's a freaking hockey game, and you're in grand forks, north dakota -- hockey is life. so i'm going to stand, don't like it, go to the bar. sorry had to vent.
As for the thundersticks. Good idea for me, because I lost my voice yesterday so my noise making abilities were quite limited. haha.