Those who sought shelter from the cold in the Waring Commons study lounge last night may have been surprised by the warmth of a wall-to-wall crowd and an intimate rock show instead.

Dozens packed into the crowded study lounge to enjoy the low-key setting of a concert put on by Students Organizing the Multiple Arts (SOMA), which featured national act Boys Like Girls as well as Harrisburg acts Koji on the Roof and Raise Up Roofbeams, and local band The Minor White.

In order to keep with the intimate "campire"-style setting, the artists often used a stripped-down set-up. Boys Like Girls used a three-piece setup with the band's drummer watching from the audience. The Minor White, who usually mixes up its set at its shows, played with just four of its usual six members.

The four artists playing the event could not have been more diverse. The Minor White opened the show with jazz-influenced rock songs, using just an acoustic guitar, piano, upright bass and conga drum. Raise Up Roofbeams followed them with an upbeat, folky rock attack, using mandolins, harmonicas and banjos in addition to its more conventional instruments. Koji on the Roof was actually a solo act, just featuring Harrisburg's Andrew Shiraki with an acoustic guitar and vocals.

But the headliners, Boys Like Girls, engaged the crowd the most with its sing-a-long pop-punk style. The crowd reaction was aided by the band's biggest fans, who seemed to know the lyrics to every song.

"When I saw the poster, I went crazy," Nicole Straus (sophomore - hotel, restaurant and institution management), one of the band's close followers, said. "They're going to be really big, really soon."

The attraction of a national band as well as some very popular regional acts was a large success for the arts at Penn State, SOMA President Danny Greene said.

"It was a success in every regard," Greene said. "The Penn State students that came showed they really care about original art and film."