HARVARD SUCKS

The gift that keeps on giving.

Why a reputedly intelligent employee of an academic institution feels entitled to any privacy at all on his employer-provided email accounts is beyond me, but settle in and pass the popcorn...

Robb
The gift that keeps on giving.

Why a reputedly intelligent employee of an academic institution feels entitled to any privacy at all on his employer-provided email accounts is beyond me, but settle in and pass the popcorn...

Well, if they violated this policy,

The faculty policy states that while the administration can search a Harvard faculty e-mail account as part of an internal investigation, it must notify the faculty member beforehand or soon after.

then I'd think they have a right to be upset. It seems that they're not upset about the search, but that it was done in secret. Who knows, but "secret police" in an academic institution is generally not looked favorably upon.

Jim Hyla

Robb
The gift that keeps on giving.

Why a reputedly intelligent employee of an academic institution feels entitled to any privacy at all on his employer-provided email accounts is beyond me, but settle in and pass the popcorn...

Well, if they violated this policy,

The faculty policy states that while the administration can search a Harvard faculty e-mail account as part of an internal investigation, it must notify the faculty member beforehand or soon after.

then I'd think they have a right to be upset. It seems that they're not upset about the search, but that it was done in secret. Who knows, but "secret police" in an academic institution is generally not looked favorably upon.

Pass the popcorn

Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

Leland, is that you?

Robb

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

Leland, is that you?

Perhaps, but a better example is Bologna -> Padua. (Leonardo, is that you?) Damn Jesuits. And the Inquisition sucks!

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

How long until the new university also Sucks?

nyc94

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

How long until the new university also Sucks?

If Stanford's any indication, it can be immediate.

Swampy

Robb

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

Leland, is that you?

Perhaps, but a better example is Bologna -> Padua. (Leonardo, is that you?) Damn Jesuits. And the Inquisition sucks!

I had Oxbridge in mind.

Bill released Ryan Fitzpatrick. But he's still getting paid a ton.

nyc94

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

How long until the new university also Sucks?

Yale?

Ronald '09
Bill released Ryan Fitzpatrick. But he's still getting paid a ton.

I wonder if that was the plan all along, or if the recorded phone call expedited his departure.

Trotsky

Swampy

Robb

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

Leland, is that you?

Perhaps, but a better example is Bologna -> Padua. (Leonardo, is that you?) Damn Jesuits. And the Inquisition sucks!

I had Oxbridge in mind.

That was the first that came to my mind, too, but I figured I could get a better reaction out of you due to your Stanford connections.

Robb

Trotsky

Swampy

Robb

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

Leland, is that you?

Perhaps, but a better example is Bologna -> Padua. (Leonardo, is that you?) Damn Jesuits. And the Inquisition sucks!

I had Oxbridge in mind.

That was the first that came to my mind, too, but I figured I could get a better reaction out of you due to your Stanford connections.

I have a loathing for Stanford that only attendance thereof could inspire.

Trotsky

Robb

Trotsky

Swampy

Robb

Trotsky
Stuff like this is why every few hundred years the faculty and students should withdraw to another town and start a competing university.

Leland, is that you?

Perhaps, but a better example is Bologna -> Padua. (Leonardo, is that you?) Damn Jesuits. And the Inquisition sucks!

I had Oxbridge in mind.

That was the first that came to my mind, too, but I figured I could get a better reaction out of you due to your Stanford connections.

I have a loathing for Stanford that only attendance thereof could inspire.

It's funny: I feel the same way about Cornell... except for the hockey team and the academic departments. So, come to think of it, it's really only the administration, bureaucracy, and trustees I hate.

14 Harvard leading 3 New Mexico, 31-27, at halftime.

and so does New Mexico.

Trotsky
14 Harvard leading 3 New Mexico, 31-27, at halftime.

Crap. New Mexico sucked more than Harvard tonight.

Damn would not be surprised to see Harvard make the Sweet 16. Harvard is going to be a force next year with Curry and Casey coming back from the cheating scandal and top 100 recruit Edosomwan coming in. Cornell's Sweet 16 run is a distance memory at this point

phillysportsfan
Cornell's Sweet 16 run is a distance memory at this point

?

Not to me.

That's only going to happen once every 40 years or so. Far as I'm concerned, it becomes old news sometime around 2050.

I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Meh, I'm OK with them playing well. It helps the conference overall, and thus us. Having the Ivy get blown out makes prospects doubt the quality of play in the league.

Rising tide and all that.

Trotsky

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Meh, I'm OK with them playing well. It helps the conference overall, and thus us. Having the Ivy get blown out makes prospects doubt the quality of play in the league.

Rising tide and all that.

I can't root for Amaker even if I could bring myself to pull for Harvard in this type of situation. I was disappointed the committee didn't match Harvard with Michigan in the first round.

I for one am really happy Harvard won...

My order of cheering:

Cornell
Ivy's not Harvard
ECAC teams (Hockey only)
Harvard
Other non-merit-scholarship schools
Closest school to my home in Boston
Special bottom exception for schools with no shame due to scandals or lack of graduation requirements (Duke, Kentucky, Notre Dame)

Trotsky

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Meh, I'm OK with them playing well. It helps the conference overall, and thus us. Having the Ivy get blown out makes prospects doubt the quality of play in the league.

Rising tide and all that.

That's fair; Harvard playing well probably helps the conference.


I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Jordan 04

Trotsky

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Meh, I'm OK with them playing well. It helps the conference overall, and thus us. Having the Ivy get blown out makes prospects doubt the quality of play in the league.

Rising tide and all that.

That's fair; Harvard playing well probably helps the conference.


I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Yeah it helps the league that they won a game but I hope they dont get to the Sweet 16 so we keep that distinciton to ourselves. The only problem is if Amaker sticks around, if the other Ivies dont start adapting Harvard has the potential to really dominate the league. It is funny to hear the Penn/Princeton fans whine about this after they did that for the whole duration of the league

phillysportsfan

Jordan 04

Trotsky

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Meh, I'm OK with them playing well. It helps the conference overall, and thus us. Having the Ivy get blown out makes prospects doubt the quality of play in the league.

Rising tide and all that.

That's fair; Harvard playing well probably helps the conference.


I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Yeah it helps the league that they won a game but I hope they dont get to the Sweet 16 so we keep that distinciton to ourselves. The only problem is if Amaker sticks around, if the other Ivies dont start adapting Harvard has the potential to really dominate the league. It is funny to hear the Penn/Princeton fans whine about this after they did that for the whole duration of the league

I was channel surfing last night so I didn't watch the Harvard - New Mexico game in its entirety. However, I heard waaaay too many times about how Harvard "relaxed" its admission standards to get better basketball players. Made me want to throw-up. I hope Arizona beats them by 60.

Rita

phillysportsfan

Jordan 04

Trotsky

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Meh, I'm OK with them playing well. It helps the conference overall, and thus us. Having the Ivy get blown out makes prospects doubt the quality of play in the league.

Rising tide and all that.

That's fair; Harvard playing well probably helps the conference.


I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

Yeah it helps the league that they won a game but I hope they dont get to the Sweet 16 so we keep that distinciton to ourselves. The only problem is if Amaker sticks around, if the other Ivies dont start adapting Harvard has the potential to really dominate the league. It is funny to hear the Penn/Princeton fans whine about this after they did that for the whole duration of the league

I was channel surfing last night so I didn't want the Harvard - New Mexico game in its entirety. However, I heard waaaay too many times about how Harvard "relaxed" its admission standards to get better basketball players. Made me want to throw-up. I hope Arizona beats them by 60.

If Harvard is indeed skewing its AI numbers to benefit men's basketball, it will be interesting to see which other teams there take the hit. You're going to have to have a sparkling academic record to be on the sailing team.

Weder
If Harvard is indeed skewing its AI numbers to benefit men's basketball, it will be interesting to see which other teams there take the hit. You're going to have to have a sparkling academic record to be on the sailing team.

I thought each team (or at least each sport, M + W) had to conform to the AI. So, for instance, you couldn't field a wrestling team of Joe Rockheads and balance it with giving everybody on the chess team an épée.

Rita
I heard waaaay too many times about how Harvard "relaxed" its admission standards to get better basketball players.

Worked for Brown hockey in the early 90's. 1-21-0 in 1989, 13-7-2 by 1993.

Of course, once you admit them, you have to somehow keep them eligible.

Trotsky

Rita
I heard waaaay too many times about how Harvard "relaxed" its admission standards to get better basketball players.

Worked for Brown hockey in the early 90's. 1-21-0 in 1989, 13-7-2 by 1993.

Of course, once you admit them, you have to somehow keep them eligible.

You just don't have them take that Government class called "Introduction to Congress".

Submitted without comment.

OK, maybe one comment.

Trotsky

Weder
If Harvard is indeed skewing its AI numbers to benefit men's basketball, it will be interesting to see which other teams there take the hit. You're going to have to have a sparkling academic record to be on the sailing team.

I thought each team (or at least each sport, M + W) had to conform to the AI. So, for instance, you couldn't field a wrestling team of Joe Rockheads and balance it with giving everybody on the chess team an épée.

I have no source to quote but I was under the belief that only football was analyzed separately and that the rest of the athletes were looked at as one group so that yes, you could offset one team with other athletes.

nyc94

Trotsky

Weder
If Harvard is indeed skewing its AI numbers to benefit men's basketball, it will be interesting to see which other teams there take the hit. You're going to have to have a sparkling academic record to be on the sailing team.

I thought each team (or at least each sport, M + W) had to conform to the AI. So, for instance, you couldn't field a wrestling team of Joe Rockheads and balance it with giving everybody on the chess team an épée.

I have no source to quote but I was under the belief that only football was analyzed separately and that the rest of the athletes were looked at as one group so that yes, you could offset one team with other athletes.

I thought the same thing. There is speculation on this USCHO thread about how some Ivies are handling AI issues.

OK, this is amazing. The best part is that this will obviously get picked up by more prestigious publications because everyone loves making fun of Harvard.

Weder

nyc94

Trotsky

Weder
If Harvard is indeed skewing its AI numbers to benefit men's basketball, it will be interesting to see which other teams there take the hit. You're going to have to have a sparkling academic record to be on the sailing team.

I thought each team (or at least each sport, M + W) had to conform to the AI. So, for instance, you couldn't field a wrestling team of Joe Rockheads and balance it with giving everybody on the chess team an épée.

I have no source to quote but I was under the belief that only football was analyzed separately and that the rest of the athletes were looked at as one group so that yes, you could offset one team with other athletes.

I thought the same thing. There is speculation on this USCHO thread about how some Ivies are handling AI issues.

Yeah Harvard tends to bring in high AI kids to balance out their real recruits. Then they cut them freshman year, they have had 21 players get cut/leave the men's basketball program since 2008. The high AI kids get into Harvard when otherwise they would not have and the basketball team gets their recruits, everybody wins. I dont mind it, Cornell and the rest of the league should do the same.

phillysportsfan
Yeah Harvard tends to bring in high AI kids to balance out their real recruits. Then they cut them freshman year, they have had 21 players get cut/leave the men's basketball program since 2008. The high AI kids get into Harvard when otherwise they would not have and the basketball team gets their recruits, everybody wins. I dont mind it, Cornell and the rest of the league should do the same.

I'm trying to parse this:

Harvard brings in high AI kids (who would not meet Harvard's usual standards to sit at the end of the bench / get cut) along with low AI kids (who are farther from Harvard's standards but can actually play) as a way of gaming the system ... and you APPROVE!?

ugarte

phillysportsfan
Yeah Harvard tends to bring in high AI kids to balance out their real recruits. Then they cut them freshman year, they have had 21 players get cut/leave the men's basketball program since 2008. The high AI kids get into Harvard when otherwise they would not have and the basketball team gets their recruits, everybody wins. I dont mind it, Cornell and the rest of the league should do the same.

I'm trying to parse this:

Harvard brings in high AI kids (who would not meet Harvard's usual standards to sit at the end of the bench / get cut) along with low AI kids (who are farther from Harvard's standards but can actually play) as a way of gaming the system ... and you APPROVE!?

That was my reaction. It's as if the perspective is that the AI is some niggling regulation that we should be trying to get around.

That's wrong. For one thing, the AI itself is a requirement the Ivies levy upon themselves; we can stop any time we want to.

But for the more important thing, the academic integrity the AI represents is waaaaaaaaaaaaay, waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more important than college athletics. I'd rather disband our athletic teams than wind up like an SEC school, or for that matter wind up like the functional equivalent of an SEC school with an extremely sophisticated PR department like Stanford or Duke.

Trotsky

ugarte

phillysportsfan
Yeah Harvard tends to bring in high AI kids to balance out their real recruits. Then they cut them freshman year, they have had 21 players get cut/leave the men's basketball program since 2008. The high AI kids get into Harvard when otherwise they would not have and the basketball team gets their recruits, everybody wins. I dont mind it, Cornell and the rest of the league should do the same.

I'm trying to parse this:

Harvard brings in high AI kids (who would not meet Harvard's usual standards to sit at the end of the bench / get cut) along with low AI kids (who are farther from Harvard's standards but can actually play) as a way of gaming the system ... and you APPROVE!?

That was my reaction. It's as if the perspective is that the AI is some niggling regulation that we should be trying to get around.

That's wrong. For one thing, the AI itself is a requirement the Ivies levy upon themselves; we can stop any time we want to.

But for the more important thing, the academic integrity the AI represents is waaaaaaaaaaaaay, waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more important than college athletics. I'd rather disban our athletic teams than wind up like an SEC school, or for that matter wind up like the functional equivalent of an SEC school with an extremely sophisticated PR department like Stanford or Duke.

Yes I approve, has Stanford really hurt the academic strength of the overall school by letting in ~100 kids out of 7000 undergrad students that would not get in otherwise? Bill Gates kid could probably not know how to read/write and Cornell would let them in for all the money Gates has donated. Would all the sons/daughters of big donors really get in if their parents had not donated a bunch of money?

I hate Harvard as much as the next Cornell fan but we shouldnt lower their accomplishment because they played some AI games since those low AI kids are still probably smarter and better students than the rest of the schools in the tournament

phillysportsfan

Trotsky

ugarte

phillysportsfan
Yeah Harvard tends to bring in high AI kids to balance out their real recruits. Then they cut them freshman year, they have had 21 players get cut/leave the men's basketball program since 2008. The high AI kids get into Harvard when otherwise they would not have and the basketball team gets their recruits, everybody wins. I dont mind it, Cornell and the rest of the league should do the same.

I'm trying to parse this:

Harvard brings in high AI kids (who would not meet Harvard's usual standards to sit at the end of the bench / get cut) along with low AI kids (who are farther from Harvard's standards but can actually play) as a way of gaming the system ... and you APPROVE!?

That was my reaction. It's as if the perspective is that the AI is some niggling regulation that we should be trying to get around.

That's wrong. For one thing, the AI itself is a requirement the Ivies levy upon themselves; we can stop any time we want to.

But for the more important thing, the academic integrity the AI represents is waaaaaaaaaaaaay, waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more important than college athletics. I'd rather disban our athletic teams than wind up like an SEC school, or for that matter wind up like the functional equivalent of an SEC school with an extremely sophisticated PR department like Stanford or Duke.

Yes I approve, has Stanford really hurt the academic strength of the overall school by letting in ~100 kids out of 7000 undergrad students that would not get in otherwise? Bill Gates kid could probably not know how to read/write and Cornell would let them in for all the money Gates has donated. Would all the sons/daughters of big donors really get in if their parents had not donated a bunch of money?

I hate Harvard as much as the next Cornell fan but we shouldnt lower their accomplishment because they played some AI games since those low AI kids are still probably smarter and better students than the rest of the schools in the tournament

At least admitting Gates' kid is net-profitable. I'd be stunned if the athletic department as a whole is in the black.

Root for professional sports. The players are better at sports and you don't have to feel conflicted about the money at all. If you are going to root for college sports you should care about what the school you are rooting for stands for more than winning.

ugarte

phillysportsfan

Trotsky

ugarte

phillysportsfan
Yeah Harvard tends to bring in high AI kids to balance out their real recruits. Then they cut them freshman year, they have had 21 players get cut/leave the men's basketball program since 2008. The high AI kids get into Harvard when otherwise they would not have and the basketball team gets their recruits, everybody wins. I dont mind it, Cornell and the rest of the league should do the same.

I'm trying to parse this:

Harvard brings in high AI kids (who would not meet Harvard's usual standards to sit at the end of the bench / get cut) along with low AI kids (who are farther from Harvard's standards but can actually play) as a way of gaming the system ... and you APPROVE!?

That was my reaction. It's as if the perspective is that the AI is some niggling regulation that we should be trying to get around.

That's wrong. For one thing, the AI itself is a requirement the Ivies levy upon themselves; we can stop any time we want to.

But for the more important thing, the academic integrity the AI represents is waaaaaaaaaaaaay, waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more important than college athletics. I'd rather disban our athletic teams than wind up like an SEC school, or for that matter wind up like the functional equivalent of an SEC school with an extremely sophisticated PR department like Stanford or Duke.

Yes I approve, has Stanford really hurt the academic strength of the overall school by letting in ~100 kids out of 7000 undergrad students that would not get in otherwise? Bill Gates kid could probably not know how to read/write and Cornell would let them in for all the money Gates has donated. Would all the sons/daughters of big donors really get in if their parents had not donated a bunch of money?

I hate Harvard as much as the next Cornell fan but we shouldnt lower their accomplishment because they played some AI games since those low AI kids are still probably smarter and better students than the rest of the schools in the tournament

At least admitting Gates' kid is net-profitable. I'd be stunned if the athletic department as a whole is in the black.

Root for professional sports. The players are better at sports and you don't have to feel conflicted about the money at all. If you are going to root for college sports you should care about what the school you are rooting for stands for more than winning.

What he said! +1

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

It's like 25-7 or something with about 7:00 to go first half.

Edit: 40-22 at the half

[www.bostonglobe.com]

You cant make this up, Harvard stripped of quiz bowl titles after student stole questions

nyc94

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

It's like 25-7 or something with about 7:00 to go first half.

Edit: 40-22 at the half

Not 50 pt, but losing by 23 pts does put you in the woodshed. Final: AZ 74 - Harvard 51.

Rita

nyc94

Jordan 04
I hope Arizona beats them by 50.

It's like 25-7 or something with about 7:00 to go first half.

Edit: 40-22 at the half

Not 50 pt, but losing by 23 pts does put you in the woodshed. Final: AZ 74 - Harvard 51.

Order is restored in the universe.

It's the middle of July, 90+ friggin' degrees this week in Boston, Harvard's 3 fans are at their parents' house on Nantucket, and the new fan (class of '17) hasn't arrived on campus yet. Shouldn't they be putting Lynah East tickets on sale about now?

Killer
It's the middle of July, 90+ friggin' degrees this week in Boston, Harvard's 3 fans are at their parents' house on Nantucket, and the new fan (class of '17) hasn't arrived on campus yet. Shouldn't they be putting Lynah East tickets on sale about now?

Even as we speak their servants are queueing in line for the tickets. Who says that Sucks fans are not serious about their mens ice dancing team.

Killer
It's the middle of July, 90+ friggin' degrees this week in Boston, Harvard's 3 fans are at their parents' house on Nantucket, and the new fan (class of '17) hasn't arrived on campus yet. Shouldn't they be putting Lynah East tickets on sale about now?

All Harvard's students are hockey fans. Their problem is only one is admitted per seat sold and the rest copied their tickets.

Trotsky

Killer
It's the middle of July, 90+ friggin' degrees this week in Boston, Harvard's 3 fans are at their parents' house on Nantucket, and the new fan (class of '17) hasn't arrived on campus yet. Shouldn't they be putting Lynah East tickets on sale about now?

All Harvard's students are hockey fans. Their problem is only one is admitted per seat sold and the rest copied their tickets.

Section A ?

marty

Trotsky

Killer
It's the middle of July, 90+ friggin' degrees this week in Boston, Harvard's 3 fans are at their parents' house on Nantucket, and the new fan (class of '17) hasn't arrived on campus yet. Shouldn't they be putting Lynah East tickets on sale about now?

All Harvard's students are hockey fans. Their problem is only one is admitted per seat sold and the rest copied their tickets.

Section A ?

Section A+

Jeff Hopkins '82

marty

Trotsky

Killer
It's the middle of July, 90+ friggin' degrees this week in Boston, Harvard's 3 fans are at their parents' house on Nantucket, and the new fan (class of '17) hasn't arrived on campus yet. Shouldn't they be putting Lynah East tickets on sale about now?

All Harvard's students are hockey fans. Their problem is only one is admitted per seat sold and the rest copied their tickets.

Section A ?

Section A+

Why did the +1 button go away?

I just got an email from the Harvard ticket office telling me that football tickets are now on sale. Can hockey tickets be far behind?

[cen.acs.org]

Grad school: University sanctioned hazing!

tretiak
[cen.acs.org]

Grad school: University sanctioned hazing!

No. University sanctioned slave labor.

And if it's anything like what happened when a cousin of mine sued Harvard for unfair labor practices, all records pertinent to the case will be destroyed in a mysterious fire in the records department.

Jeff Hopkins '82

tretiak
[cen.acs.org]

Grad school: University sanctioned hazing!

No. University sanctioned slave labor.

And if it's anything like what happened when a cousin of mine sued Harvard for unfair labor practices, all records pertinent to the case will be destroyed in a mysterious fire in the records department.

Oh please. Yes, grad students do not receive much in the way of monetary compensation. But that's because of the educational/accreditation benefits, which can be quite valuable. My degree may not have put me way ahead in dollars earned but it's gotten me a hell of a lot of professional freedom, which has definitely been worth it.

This guy actually got royalties for his work, which makes it very far from slave labor If I patented something at my current job I'd get a nice certificate and a tiny cash gift, not a percentage of royalties. Did he get cheated out of a fair share of the royalties? Or coerced to take an unfair share? There's no way to know from the information available in the article.

Harvard still sucks, of course.

last year tickets went on sale Sept 5
it has moved around a bit over the last few years though

The game at Lynah East is January 17th this coming season
(was a Fall game last season I think, and previously was around Valentines Day for many years)

From ECAC article on Harvard's schedule:

Men’s season tickets will go on sale August 12 and individual game tickets will be available September 4.

Jim Hyla
From ECAC article on Harvard's schedule:

Men’s season tickets will go on sale August 12 and individual game tickets will be available September 4.

One day before Boston Symphony individual concert tickets. And we will be "at sea."

Just got that e-mail saying that single game tickets go on sale September 4th. How nice of them to make our game not just "Premium," at $20 prior to gameday, but "Premium Plus," along with the Yale game, so they can charge $25.

Killer
Just got that e-mail saying that single game tickets go on sale September 4th. How nice of them to make our game not just "Premium," at $20 prior to gameday, but "Premium Plus," along with the Yale game, so they can charge $25.

Sounds like pricing tier inflation to me.

Josh '99

Killer
Just got that e-mail saying that single game tickets go on sale September 4th. How nice of them to make our game not just "Premium," at $20 prior to gameday, but "Premium Plus," along with the Yale game, so they can charge $25.

Sounds like pricing tier inflation to me.

Let's call it "Institutional Profiling" and see if that can stop it.

Harvard Hockey - Brought to you by the Lynah Faithful

or

Our fans don't care so we have to appeal to Yale and Cornell for money

or

Perhaps at the game we could organize a "Pass The Hat for Harvard" - What would you put in it?

Towerroad
Perhaps at the game we could organize a "Pass The Hat for Harvard"

We already did that.

Trotsky

Towerroad
Perhaps at the game we could organize a "Pass The Hat for Harvard"

We already did that.

I think we could fill it with B's and C's they seem in very short supply

If I were a betting woman, I would bet Gerry Helper, Predators vice president of hockey communications and public relations, is a Harvard grad and interned in the Athletics Marketing Department.

Nashville Predators to keep the Red out

Rita
If I were a betting woman, I would bet Gerry Helper, Predators vice president of hockey communications and public relations, is a Harvard grad and interned in the Athletics Marketing Department.

Nashville Predators to keep the Red out

Predators president and CEO Sean Henry
And [for the pre-sale] only those in the zip codes that we unlock can buy the Blackhawk game and a second game.

So this is basically the institutionalized equivalent of not answering the phone when caller ID shows a 607 area code...

jtwcornell91

Rita
If I were a betting woman, I would bet Gerry Helper, Predators vice president of hockey communications and public relations, is a Harvard grad and interned in the Athletics Marketing Department.

Nashville Predators to keep the Red out

Predators president and CEO Sean Henry
And [for the pre-sale] only those in the zip codes that we unlock can buy the Blackhawk game and a second game.

So this is basically the institutionalized equivalent of not answering the phone when caller ID shows a 607 area code...

Sure sounds like a business opportuity for a local ticket broker to me.

^^ hedge fund genius!

Killer
Just got that e-mail saying that single game tickets go on sale September 4th. How nice of them to make our game not just "Premium," at $20 prior to gameday, but "Premium Plus," along with the Yale game, so they can charge $25.

Dont they mean the $20 Cum Laude tickets and $25 Summa Cum Laude tickets?
No wait, for that to be the case they would have to gouge at least 50% of the visiting teams...

Single game lynah east tix on sale now- get em while they last...

Lest anyone forgot, today is the day the tickets go on sale. Looks like they're going fast, so I guess most people are on top of this. I grabbed some in section 20, and checking back a few minutes later, there's a lot less availability.

Of course, if history repeats itself, after today's rush there will probably be some mysterious release of more tickets down the road, but you never know.

LGR!!!

I just bought some in a corner section. I went on the site a few minutes after nine and not many were available. Some were disappearing as I tried to buy them.

Standing Room only is now all that is available.

ChipJ
Standing Room only is now all that is available.

Which is what some of us with seats may be doing anyway.

A profile on Harvard's Class of 2018... Class of Cheats.

Yes, how true!

I received my 14 tickets in the mail yesterday. (OK, I received 8 and my wife received 6.) Of course, I live a quarter mile from the Yahd. YMMV, but I assume that anyone who bought them online should be receiving them soon.

Mine came as well. Now the trick is not to misplace them in the next 4 months.

The Hyphen is at the Florida Panther camp auditioning for one of their goalie position. I gather it is kind of a position of need considering that Florida has inquired about Tim Thomas.

Rita
The Hyphen is at the Florida Panther camp auditioning for one of their goalie position. I gather it is kind of a position of need considering that Florida has inquired about Tim Thomas.

From DG-M's wikipedia page:

"Dov has played in the World Jewish Championships in Israel twice, in 2007 and 2009"

BTW, that would be a great goalie pairing. I'm sure Tim Thomas has some interesting ideas about the Levant.

Killer
Mine came as well. Now the trick is not to misplace them in the next 4 months.

Put them in an envelope and safety pin the envelope to whatever piece of Cornell apparel you're going to wear to the game!

I guess some guys can't even get the easy A's:
[www.bloomberg.com]

jkahn
I guess some guys can't even get the easy A's:
[www.bloomberg.com]

The Harvard basketball team’s score for 2011-2012 alone was 925, which might put its NCAA eligibility at risk, according to the athletic association. Currently, teams must keep their four-year average above 900 or their average for the most recent two years above 930 to remain eligible, according to the athletic association. However, the eligibility limit for four-year scores will increase to 930 next year.

Columbia University’s team had the Ivy League’s second-lowest four-year rate for basketball at 981, and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, led with a perfect four-year average of 1,000.

CBSSports.com ranked Harvard 21st among college basketball teams in its April preseason predictions for the 2013-2014 season. The university has announced plans to build a new basketball arena in Allston, across the Charles River from the main campus in Cambridge.

Trotsky

Rita
The Hyphen is at the Florida Panther camp auditioning for one of their goalie position. I gather it is kind of a position of need considering that Florida has inquired about Tim Thomas.

From DG-M's wikipedia page:

"Dov has played in the World Jewish Championships in Israel twice, in 2007 and 2009"

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BTW, that would be a great goalie pairing. I'm sure Tim Thomas has some interesting ideas about the Levant.

Well, Thomas can share them with the Panthers during water breaks.

Rita
The Hyphen is at the Florida Panther camp auditioning for one of their goalie position. I gather it is kind of a position of need considering that Florida has inquired about Tim Thomas.

The inquiry period has ended. Tim Thomas is now a Panther.

The Hyphen was assigned to San Antonio of the AHL.

The Panthers have a new owner. I hope his second order of business (Thomas was the first) will be reducing the parking rates at the BB&T arena. $15-$20 to park at the edge of a swamp? Really?

Bright is no longer alone.

Jim Hyla
Bright is no longer alone.

They misspelled "Lynah." Typical Harvard.

RichH

Jim Hyla
Bright is no longer alone.

They misspelled "Lynah." Typical Harvard.

+1

Jim Hyla

RichH

Jim Hyla
Bright is no longer alone.

They misspelled "Lynah." Typical Harvard.

+1

I am a bit confused. Are there 2 rinks at Sucks? I know of only one, perhaps that is why they have no fans, they are going to the wrong arena.

Equally curious among all the upgrades there is no mention of expanded seating. I guess when you only sell out one game a year that is not a priority.

Towerroad

Jim Hyla

RichH

Jim Hyla
Bright is no longer alone.

They misspelled "Lynah." Typical Harvard.

+1

I am a bit confused. Are there 2 rinks at Sucks? I know of only one, perhaps that is why they have no fans, they are going to the wrong arena.

Equally curious among all the upgrades there is no mention of expanded seating. I guess when you only sell out one game a year that is not a priority.

Yeah, it sounds like the addition is going to fill in that alleyway between the rink and the indoor track building. My guess is that locker rooms, offices, & facilities will be downstairs with some sort of concourse with space for food vendors, restrooms, and what I'm sure will be a private club hospitality room for all 6 of their jerk fans.

RichH
Yeah, it sounds like the addition is going to fill in that alleyway between the rink and the indoor track building. My guess is that locker rooms, offices, & facilities will be downstairs with some sort of concourse with space for food vendors, restrooms, and what I'm sure will be a private club hospitality room for all 6 of their jerk fans.

They need somewhere to park their BU equerries during the game.

RichH

Towerroad

Jim Hyla

RichH

Jim Hyla
Bright is no longer alone.

They misspelled "Lynah." Typical Harvard.

+1

I am a bit confused. Are there 2 rinks at Sucks? I know of only one, perhaps that is why they have no fans, they are going to the wrong arena.

Equally curious among all the upgrades there is no mention of expanded seating. I guess when you only sell out one game a year that is not a priority.

Yeah, it sounds like the addition is going to fill in that alleyway between the rink and the indoor track building. My guess is that locker rooms, offices, & facilities will be downstairs with some sort of concourse with space for food vendors, restrooms, and what I'm sure will be a private club hospitality room for all 6 of their jerk fans.

I wonder if they'll switch home and away sides? It would seem like the logical thing to do.

Jim Hyla

RichH

Towerroad

Jim Hyla

RichH

Jim Hyla
Bright is no longer alone.

They misspelled "Lynah." Typical Harvard.

+1

I am a bit confused. Are there 2 rinks at Sucks? I know of only one, perhaps that is why they have no fans, they are going to the wrong arena.

Equally curious among all the upgrades there is no mention of expanded seating. I guess when you only sell out one game a year that is not a priority.

Yeah, it sounds like the addition is going to fill in that alleyway between the rink and the indoor track building. My guess is that locker rooms, offices, & facilities will be downstairs with some sort of concourse with space for food vendors, restrooms, and what I'm sure will be a private club hospitality room for all 6 of their jerk fans.

I wonder if they'll switch home and away sides? It would seem like the logical thing to do.

I agree, along with a broad causeway from the club rooms to the Sucks viewing area. No need for seats, both fans will be carried in Sedan Chairs by their servants.

Josh '99
It needed to be said.

It's been ten years and Harvard sucks just as much as ever.

Josh '99

Josh '99
It needed to be said.

It's been ten years and Harvard sucks just as much as ever.

Awesome: The fifteen minutes of fame lasts ten years and counting.

Will any CU fans be going to the Sucks v Yale game at MSG on Jam 11?
It is possible that there might be more CU fans at this game than either Harvard or Yale alumni.

Matt Shafiroff

billhoward

Josh '99

Josh '99
It needed to be said.

It's been ten years and Harvard sucks just as much as ever.

Awesome: The fifteen minutes of fame lasts ten years and counting.

"fame" seems like a serious overstatement in this case.

Harvard grades still inflated.

nyc94
Harvard grades still inflated.

I love the part where the Prof who is complaining admits he gives mostly A's too but then tells the students the real grade they earned in private.

Everybody gets a trophy and graduates magna-cum-laude-my-shit-does-not-stink at Sucks!

One thousand posts, and

HARVARD STILL SUCKS!