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Sold out: Quebec trip tickets gone
Eryk Salvaggio
Issue date: 12/11/06 Section: News
The ROC Winter Carnival trip to Quebec is already a major campus event. Organizers and students are getting used to a companion experience: waiting in line for the tickets. With two hours before tickets became available, a line of about 200 students wrapped its way from the ROC office to the post office.
"Next year we'll pitch a tent," joked Drew Borkovitz, who showed up at 5 p.m. for the tickets, which went on sale at 9:30 p.m. Nonetheless, Borkovitz ended up behind about 70 other students - including Isaiah Morrissette, who showed up just before 2 p.m. to secure his first-in-line position for the Carnival trip tickets.
"I came on the trip last year and it was awesome. The ice sculptures were great, and there's an awesome nightlife," Morrissette said. "I'm planning on bringing my ice skates."
Morrissette, an off-campus student, was prompted to show up early after his experience last year, when early ticket sales for on-campus students sold out before off-campus students could get them. Because ROC receives funding exclusively from on-campus students, those students are given priority. This year, because of additional funding by Student Government, tickets were available to all undergraduates at the same time, though off-campus students paid an additional $20 per ticket. The 270 tickets sold out just after 9:30 p.m.
"I'm obviously ecstatic that so many people came out," said Justin Labonte, vice president of ROC, "and it really shows the popularity of the trip with students."
The Quebec trip's total cost will be around $39,000, with ticket sales accounting for about $17,000 of that figure. Another $10,000 came from ROC's general assembly, programming committee and contingency funds. Funds from Student Government made up the rest, which ROC's Vice President for Programming Matthew Bennett says helped keep ticket prices affordable.
"Pretty much all of our fall budget goes to Quebec," Bennett said. "It's money well spent, and the fact that there's such a large crowd is a testament to that."
"Next year we'll pitch a tent," joked Drew Borkovitz, who showed up at 5 p.m. for the tickets, which went on sale at 9:30 p.m. Nonetheless, Borkovitz ended up behind about 70 other students - including Isaiah Morrissette, who showed up just before 2 p.m. to secure his first-in-line position for the Carnival trip tickets.
"I came on the trip last year and it was awesome. The ice sculptures were great, and there's an awesome nightlife," Morrissette said. "I'm planning on bringing my ice skates."
Morrissette, an off-campus student, was prompted to show up early after his experience last year, when early ticket sales for on-campus students sold out before off-campus students could get them. Because ROC receives funding exclusively from on-campus students, those students are given priority. This year, because of additional funding by Student Government, tickets were available to all undergraduates at the same time, though off-campus students paid an additional $20 per ticket. The 270 tickets sold out just after 9:30 p.m.
"I'm obviously ecstatic that so many people came out," said Justin Labonte, vice president of ROC, "and it really shows the popularity of the trip with students."
The Quebec trip's total cost will be around $39,000, with ticket sales accounting for about $17,000 of that figure. Another $10,000 came from ROC's general assembly, programming committee and contingency funds. Funds from Student Government made up the rest, which ROC's Vice President for Programming Matthew Bennett says helped keep ticket prices affordable.
"Pretty much all of our fall budget goes to Quebec," Bennett said. "It's money well spent, and the fact that there's such a large crowd is a testament to that."
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