"bailey" responds, in part..
>>The student seats claimed have been 685 to 773, I understand.  The
>>Alfond has
>>a capacity of 5,641 for hockey
>[log in to unmask],NNTP writes:
>>I have heard is that the student tickets may be reduced
>>by a few hundred
>>Sounds like a good idea to me
>
>Yeah, sounds like a wonderful idea!  If we need to free up a few
>hundred seats the only logical thing to do would be to take them from
>the 700 that are reserved for UMaines 10,000 students!  Great plan!
>        Each students pay a $210 COMPREHENSIVE FEE each semester.  With ten
>thousand students paying this charge you're talking about more than 4
>million dollars a yr being paid by the student body to fund activities.
> Though only a percentage of this is dispersed to cover hockey games, I
>think we should be entitled to our 700 seats!
 
   Nice rant, but when did anyone say the students had only 700 seats
   reserved?  Since someone was kind enought to call me "a nice man" a
   while ago, I'll just focus on one point ...
 
Whenever a number was given on this list, it was 1,500 seats reserved
for students.  With "685 to 773" students showing up, the University
would be pretty stupid to continue reserving 1,500 seats for "685 to
773", when they could get substantial revenue from them and with no
impact (except the impact coming from such misinformation from this
rant).  If you want your education costs to remain *low*, insist that
the University fill *empty* seats with paying customers.
 
cheers,
 
Wayne T. Smith
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