Word: concert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just last week the council convinced the Boston Department of Public Safety to permit temporary seating during the concert, saving itself from underwriting a substantial portion of the allegedly self-supporting event with termbill funds...
...COUNCIL'S good fortune in convincing Boston to permit additional seating for the concert does not change the fact that the council did not take the time to look into city ordinances restricting the concert's size before putting student money on the line. Council members in part justified the investment in the concert by arguing that reduced ticket prices would make the Costello show more affordable than professionally produced concerts. Apparently, however, the council did not do the research necessary to know if that would be the case. Tickets, which SPA Vice Chairman Jeffrey A. Nachmanoff at first said...
This lack of foresight on the council's part is particularly disturbing since the last Harvard concert, by REM in 1983, turned out to be a financial disaster...
...council's inattention to significant details of the concert may have impact beyond its balance sheet. With two weeks left before Costello's show, it appears that Bright Hockey Center officials will continue to deny requests to remove the plexiglass around the rink, saying they will not interfere significantly with the concert's acoustics. It is doubtful that material designed to stop flying pucks will not interfere with Costello's music. Assistant Athletic Director for Operations Scott H. Anderson says that only a few spectators will be affected, but the plexiglass spans Bright's first three rows, which seat nearly...
...council's failure to protect a $12,000 involvement in the Costello concert and its attempts to keep the actual terms of the deal hidden are not isolated incidents. The articles to follow will show it to be part of a regular pattern of fast and loose use of the money undergraduates entrust to the sudent government...