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...That fall, Riley hobnobbed with the students the UC was supposed to represent. She rose to the presidency of Best Buddies, which aids the mentally retarded, and joined CityStep.Aiming to put the undergraduate back in the undergraduate council, she teamed up with John Haddock to run an anti-establishment ticket. With the campaign home site of fixtheuc.com, the duo promoted tearing down the Ivory Tower image of the council and reforming the CLC. Citing the failed Wyclef concert and the dismal Springfest, Haddock and Riley proposed that campus entertainment be handled by an independent student organization. “Typically...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) could not raise the funds to provide the level of security that the Boston Police Department mandated for the Snoop Dog event. And the HCC’s ticket sales for the Wycelf concert were so low that the event was cancelled...
...Berkeley or Illinois State, and that is why we are the ones featured on the cover of the U.S.A. Today Life Section or in the Village Voice. Much of the credit for those achievements, however, must be attributed to the advantages bestowed upon us by our golden ticket sent from Byerly Hall. As the world has seen with these recent scandals, we who have received the benefits of admittance to the Ivy Tower are not necessarily worthy of the special treatment or praise that parents, employers, and media outlets quickly assign to us Cantabrigians. I will not shotgun...
...None of those actions, however, mean much to the people who have to deal with such a sudden growth in demand. "How are we treated? Poorly, very poorly," said Todd, a ticket agent who declined to give his last name. "People can just be mean, and they for some reason think that we have something to do with the situation and decide to take it out on us. If people could just be a little more kindhearted all the way around, it would be nice...
...users are given an estimated price for the event they have planned.“Who would you like to bring to Harvard?” the site asks. “Where would you like them to perform? How much would you need to set ticket prices at to just about break even?” Epstein emphasizes that this feature is “more of a game,” and that a more serious poll will be established once planning for Yardfest ’07 begins in earnest...