This past Saturday, mashup artists Super Mash Bros. played for students in the Levin Ballroom at a concert organized by Student Events.

Before the duo could play its encore, the concert was shut down by the Department of Public Safety. According to yesterday's Student Events press release, both Public Safety and Student Events were unaware that Super Mash Bros. wanted to perform an encore. Since the duo had already played for their contracted time, Public Safety officials followed orders and ended the concert on time, albeit abruptly, according to the release.

Both Director of Student Events Lauren Brodsky '11 and Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan attribute the confusion to a miscommunication between event organizers and the band themselves.

Following the show, the 700 students who attended the show attempted to retrieve their coats and personal belongings from the small coatroom across the lobby. The press release explained that, in order to alleviate the congestion, members of Student Events and Public Safety attempted to bring out the coats to the students rather than having the students fight through the piles in the coatroom.

Nicole Nightingale '13, who attended the show, said in an interview with the Justice that she saw some students "pushing people in order to get to their coats." Nightingale then described how Public Safety officials managed to organize students into a single-file line that extended back into the ballroom while members of Student Events attempted to return people's belongings to them. Nightingale says she was lucky when, after waiting 25 minutes, her friend found her coat. She said there were still many students waiting to retrieve their things by the time she left.

"Never before had anything of the sort happened to Student Events, though it had happened at other events," said Brodsky in an interview with the Justice. Because Student Events did not organize any form of coat check, Brodsky explained, the coats were the responsibility of the students. Callahan said that he has been in conversation with Student Events about using different venues that have more space for coats to alleviate the concerns associated with having a small coatroom.

The 29 remaining unclaimed items, mostly coats, hats and gloves, are now in possession of the Department of Public Safety and can be claimed anytime, said Callahan. An inventory of the items was released via Facebook message to all those on the event page.