The click of a mouse just replaced a long walk to the Bryce Jordan Center.

For the first time, student discounted tickets will be available online at noon today as part of a trial run for selling the tickets via Web site. In the past, tickets for student-discounted shows were only available at ticket windows.

"Normally you can buy tickets online [without a discount], but with a [University Park Allocations Committee (UPAC)] sale you always had to show up in person," said Bernie Punt, director of public relations at the BJC.

The tickets are available for the upcoming "Tornado Tour" featuring The All-American Rejects Nov. 2.

For certain concerts, UPAC makes discounted tickets available to students by subsidizing prices with the Student Activity Fee. The tickets for The All-American Rejects concert were discounted in this way.

Punt said the BJC has been trying for more than a year to make the UPAC discounted student ticket sales available online, but security and privacy issues dealing with Internet sales slowed the process.

"We work with our ticketing broker, which is Ticketmaster, and we just had to verify that everything was very secure," Punt said. "We don't want your student ID number to go out anywhere."

Punt said tickets will still be available for purchase at the Hub-Robeson Center, the BJC, Eisenhower Auditorium and the Penn State Downtown Theatre.

The UPAC discounted tickets are $23 for students and $25 for the general public.

To buy tickets for the All-American Rejects with guests The Format, The Starting Line and Gym Class Heroes, students can visit the BJC Web site, www.bjc.psu.edu.

Students will be required to enter their student ID number and at the concert will be required to show their student identification upon entering the building.

The online option for student tickets received clearance at about 3 p.m. yesterday, Punt said.

"We were going to wait until the next show that UPAC will be involved in, which is at least one more show, but we're all ready to go," Punt said. "We just had to make sure everything was tested and ready to go and we got

the green light hours before the sale."

UPAC Chairman Greg Heleniak said UPAC was not involved in the decision to put discounted ticket buying online and that most of the effort came on behalf of the BJC.

Some students see it as a more efficient way to purchase tickets.

"It's just another option; it's a convenience option for students in case they don't have time if they have a tight schedule," Punt said.

Emily Stropnicky (sophomore-division of undergraduate studies) said she thinks it will be much easier for students to get tickets between classes and work.

"I think it's probably convenient for students when they have class to be able to buy them online," Stropnicky said.

Stropinicky also said early Internet sales make attendees even more eager for the show that is more than a month away.

"I'm so excited for it. I already downloaded all the All-American Rejects, Starting Line, and Format songs," she said. "I'm ready for November."