Council Plans Fun for The Game

The Undergraduate Council took much of their meeting to discuss The Game, and the diversions they have planned for the festivities.

Members passed bills to approve the sale of tee shirts and to sponsor a post-game "Battle of the Bands" event.

Three hundred maroon tee shirts will be decorated with a small football silk-screened on the front, with text announcing the game. On the back: "Yale's new URL: www.safetyschool.org."

The tee shirt proposal passed with little debate, although members of the Finance Committee objected to the new $7 charge--last year's shirts were given away free because of corporate sponsorships.

"I have a problem when we try to make money off of students," said John Marshall, '01. "I wish we could've given them away free."

The Battle of the Bands is a new addition to the annual festivities for the 125 year-old rivalry.

Sponsored by the council, the Quad Sound Studios, Leverett and Quincy House Committees, the H-Club, and the Yale College Council, the event will feature performances by three Harvard bands and three Yale bands--with a cash prize going to the winning band.

The Harvard bands were chosen from fourteen groups who submitted tapes.

"The bands selected are obviously very good bands," member Sujean Lee '03 said.

The battle will take place this Saturday in the New Leverett Courtyard following the conclusion of the game across the river. A tarp will provide cover in case of rain.

The only debate on the bill came because of a University-imposed limit of 350 students in the courtyard at a time.

The Harvard University Police Department plans to station six officers at the concert.

While agreeing the number was "regrettably low," council member Steven N. Smith '02 said it was necessary to meet the University's concerns. "We want to cut down on the number of people we let in," Smith said, "Since the Yale students may not have quite as much invested in the school."

The council also plans on hosting a DJ Spinoff in Lowell House on Friday night and a tailgate party at The Game on Saturday.

In other council business, vice president John A. Burton '01 announced the explusion of both remaining Cabot House representatives, David B. Orr '01 and Michael Rosenberg '02.

New elections will be held in early December to replace the members.