The Athletics Department instituted several changes at Saturday’s game, including added ticket scanners and bag checkers, Jay Dawkins, student body president and a junior in engineering, said.

“Everyone I talked to that’s been around for a while said this is the best electronic ticketing has been yet,” Dawkins said. “In addition to the changes made by the Athletics Department, students came much earlier, and this helped get them through the line. The stands were nearly packed at kickoff and students were ready to cheer on our team.”

Michael Hall, a freshman in engineering, said he came to the game early so that he wouldn’t have to wait in line as long.

“My group was there really early so things went quickly,” Hall said. “People that weren’t there so early had to wait a long time. I left the stadium and came back before kickoff and the line was pretty deep. It seemed like people were coming right before the game started.

Several students were at the gates with stop watches tracking entry times, Dawkins said. These times never exceeded three minutes.

“We were expecting longer wait times because of everything that went down with the ECU game,” Dawkins said. “It wasn’t as bad as what we thought. People came earlier and the event staff was better prepared.”

Another thing Dawkins said helped with ticketing times was the standby line. Enough students were in the standby line to fill the holes in sections 14 and 15.

“It’s something where the awareness is growing, but it’s still something we have to get out more,” Dawkins said. “Every student that’s gotten into the standby line has received a ticket.”

Brandon Vick, a senior in communications, said he hopes Student Government advertises the standby line more in the future so that students are aware of the opportunity.

“Student Government needs to get the word out if they actually want people to get tickets,” Vick said.

Student Government hopes to better inform students of the Standby Line in the future through e-mail, Dawkins said.

“We’re trying to get it to where students receive an e-mail about the standby line when the request period runs out for tickets in the student section,” he said.

Though things have improved since the last game, Dawkins said there are still some problems he hopes can be fixed in the near future.

“Campus Police said they’re trying to get more porta potties to alleviate the issue with the long lines,” he said. “They are very aware that it is an issue. They write a lot of tickets for people peeing in the woods.”

Although 18 portable toilets were added at the game against South Florida, it still wasn’t enough, Dawkins said.

“The things with porta potties is that they cost a lot,” he said.

Dawkins said that despite small problems, things went very smoothly and that students did an excellent job representing N.C. State.

“When it started raining, most of the stands got up and left, except for the students,” he said. “Students were just cheering for the sake of cheering. The student section stayed nearly full long after the other stands got up and left. It was really impressive. N.C. State should be proud of the die hard student fans it has.”