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...elegance. Osborne used to be fanfared with a shot of the grand (and imaginary) TCM Building, a Deco marvel. The late-night movies are heralded by glimpses of a counterman at a diner, a woman seen dressing in a high window, a fellow waiting for customers in the ticket booth of a 24-hr. theater. The most elaborate intro assembled nearly 30 musicians on pieces of a bandstand assembled by workmen and coming together to create a sumptuous aural-visual orchestration. It's as if the network wants to re-create the aura of a movie palace in the viewers...
There are a number of instances when it would be reasonable for students to want to conceal that they are getting a ticket through SEF. Tickets to some couples events like formals can be purchased through the program, for example. To have to leave one’s date to go to the SEF table while everyone else is flashing their tickets to enter creates an awkward situation for everyone involved. A similar situation occurs when someone attends an event with a group of friends. While all their pals wait in the main line, they must make their way over...
Luckily, the problem seems to be easily fixable. Students should be given the option to pick up their tickets at the box office in the Holyoke Center instead of at the SEF table. This way, the SEF ticket would be a private matter. Students would simply go to the box office, display their SEF credentials, and receive their ticket. At the door of the actual event, they would be welcomed in just like everyone else...
...front-row ticket at Yankee Stadium for $2,500? Fuhgeddaboutit. With fewer fans packing the new $1.5 billion ballpark (and rows of empty seats creating an embarrassing eyesore on TV), the franchise announced it would slash prices for premium seats by as much as 50% and give extra seats to season-ticket holders. Still, with average tickets costing 75% more than those at the old stadium, it may not be enough to get New Yorkers to play ball...
Several business owners expressed greater concern. At Crate & Barrel on Mass. Ave., assistant manager Radhika Ramdev said that the tax increase would hurt the store, which stocks big-ticket items like furniture and appliances. According to Ramdev, Crate & Barrel has already been struggling in the difficult economic climate and has experienced a slump in sales over the last six months...