Tix at Cornell It seems to me that, at a quick glance, Cornell charges the most on a per game basis for its hockey tickets ($114 for 14 games for students; we non-students pay more). And our season passes do not include any holiday tournament, post-season playoffs, etc. With a rink of 4000 (or 3822 as the press releases claim; and just how do they get SO accurate?), Cornell certainly makes good money on hockey. As Bill Fenwick has pointed out, non-student hockey season passes are renewable (sorry, students). However, since my return in 1989, I don't believe that Cornell has held a single staff/faculty sale. Last year I participated in the "upgrade" where you can give up your seats in hope that you get better ones. I got lucky: I helped a friend traded a pair of separate seats for two seats in section N, in front of the opposing net. That's how I was able to manage my season tickets, without risking my life with the undergrads in that fiasco last year. Personally, I'd like to be able to have a shot at the staff ticket sale. However, it seemed that the athletic office took back all the unsold/unrenewed seats after the upgrade for its internal use (athletic staff, visiting recruits, etc). A footnote: Yesterday's announcement of the ticket sale in the Cornell Daily Sun did not state explicitly that students could begin picking up line numbers yesterday, which resulted in a slow turnout. Though the first 850 line numbers were the priority tickets, only 800 were claimed as of last night. The athletic office also modified it plan to make periodic line checks during the day. Line checks are now done at 9pm daily until Friday. I wonder just how many people will miss this easy procedure. The original idea was that only the most determined hockey fans will stay through the whole process to get tickets. Bowing to student concerns that they will miss classes/meals/labs/work, the athletic office relented and made the procedure easier. The editorial in the Sun questioned the wisdom of requiring students to spend the night in the rink in this new system, since if one passes the line check at 9 pm Friday, one is assured of entry into the rink next morning. Why make people camp out on hard, concrete floor for nothing? (sure, it can be a big party, with the coach, the Pep band, and selected others scheduled to appear). Tom Y. Tseng Cornell '87 Grad '94?