Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is a real big victory for the U.C.," proudly proclaimed one Rudd W. Coffey '97 only a couple of weeks ago, referring to his spectacular role in extending the ticket deadline for the Harvard-Yale Game. The falsity of that audacious statement now raises serious credibility questions for one of the more outspoken and diligent members of the Undergraduate Council...
...athletic administrators and several council members have indicated, Coffey deserves no credit for the ticket offering. Indeed, his claims of a "real big victory for the U.C."--in addition to their questionable grammatical structure--appear to be just plain bunk...
...officials at the Harvard athletic ticket office can attest, it is a long-standing Harvard tradition to offer tickets the week of the Yale game. "This is not a new motion by the council," explained Edward J. Carey '55, ticket manager for the athletic department. "There were no extensive negotiations," Carey added. "We just do it like we do it every year The Game is held at Harvard...
...unless the athletic ticket office is launching some diabolical conspiracy against Coffey, we can only conclude that Coffey attempted to take credit for something that he did not do. And Coffey admits that he placed phone calls to only three administrators...
...course, some fellow council members are upset that Coffey did anything at all. It is true that Coffey lacked official approval by the council to conduct any ticket-related negotiations with the administration on behalf of the Undergraduate Council. "It was just something I as a council member took upon myself," Coffey admits...