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...there, outside the Holyoke Center ticket office: the posting of the lottery results for 1500 ticket options to the undergraduate 350th ball...
...opportunity to purchase a pair of tickets to the October 11 black-tie event, according to computerized lists posted yesterday. Another 40 were awarded the chance to buy one ticket to what students are billing as the highlight of the week-long undergraduate celebration of Harvard's 350th birthday...
Many of us have found ourselves, in the last few days, in an unhappy situation. We have found that the planning committee for the student 350th celebration underestimated the number of students who wanted to attend the Grand Ball. As a result, many students cannot attend, and many others, who can attend, will have had to wait in long lines, and to have been subjected to a lottery. Given this unfortunate situation, it is no wonder that the community is upset. Justifiable anger and frustration have turned, however, especially in the pages of your newspaper, to unjustifiable and arrogant outrage...
People have accused the 350th undergraduate celebration of being "elitist" and "exclusive." Just as important, the main event of the celebration--the event that is supposed to give all students a chance to participate--is prohibitively expensive. Students with wealthy families will be able to afford the tickets and social accessories needed to attend the ball, while less well-off students will either have to decline their invitations or scrimp and save to accept them...
...only did the planners not consult the student body, but they also excluded a substantial number of less affluent students who can't afford to go to the ball. For all its faults, at least the 350th in September didn't have a dress code...