A few hundred people attended the "Save A Life" AIDS benefit concert to hear live bands, learn more about HIV and AIDS, and receive free AIDS testing on Sunday.
Kallie Haas, Sarah Apgar and Kristin Rennels have planned the concert since January as their senior honors thesis. They said the concert was chosen for their thesis because no other group on campus has put much effort into AIDS awareness.
The six-hour concert included music by Radius, Hip Hop Anonymous, Cory Hill, Fresh Juice Jazz Trio, Derrick and Matt and Josh Holmes.
The Delaware County Health Department passed out free condoms at the concert, and the Indiana State Health Department conducted free AIDS testing in Worthen Arena.
All proceeds from donations, admissions and concessions will be donated to Open Door Community Services, a Muncie organization that benefits AIDS patients in seven counties.
Haas said she would not have an estimate of the concerts earnings for a couple days, but she said she had collected $1,500 through donations before the concert.
Rennels said with the warm weather, she wished more people would have attended but said this being the first time for the event, she understood.
However, the three said their honors thesis was fun and served a good cause.
Junior Layla Zandi said the concert was well organized and a good thesis project.
"Especially for a senior thesis, instead of writing a 20-page paper, doing a concert was a really good idea," Zandi said.
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