Alumni kept out of Clinton event
by Holly Leighton
News | 12/4/07
Posted online at 10:53 PM EST on 12/3/07
/ Last updated at 11:17 PM EST on 12/3/07
"We have no place to park people," Callahan said. "We encourage people to walk and use the Squire bridge. The University just does not have the parking structures or facilities to invite hundreds of people from off campus."
Callahan cited similar precautions and planning for traffic flow and attendance for last January's visit by former President Jimmy Carter.
"We all took the plan that was in place for the Carter event and magnified it due to the scope of the venue, and we wanted to incorporate the current community, which I think is something special to do," he said.
"By opening it to community members, we are maintaining a limited number of additional cars, and our agreement with the city to respect the traffic flow," Miles wrote. "The University has a very strong and positive relationship with the city of Waltham and we cannot mount events that bring in many more cars to campus during the workweek because we will clog the city's traffic arteries."
Students obtained tickets by entering an online lottery, and then picking up their ticket in person in the Shapiro Campus Center.
Callahan also noted that alumni weren't the only ones excluded from the event.
"It's not discriminatory to alumni per se, but all members of the extraneous members of the community," Callahan said. "I don't think we should just single out alumni … it's a hard decision."
Callahan cited similar precautions and planning for traffic flow and attendance for last January's visit by former President Jimmy Carter.
"We all took the plan that was in place for the Carter event and magnified it due to the scope of the venue, and we wanted to incorporate the current community, which I think is something special to do," he said.
"By opening it to community members, we are maintaining a limited number of additional cars, and our agreement with the city to respect the traffic flow," Miles wrote. "The University has a very strong and positive relationship with the city of Waltham and we cannot mount events that bring in many more cars to campus during the workweek because we will clog the city's traffic arteries."
Students obtained tickets by entering an online lottery, and then picking up their ticket in person in the Shapiro Campus Center.
Callahan also noted that alumni weren't the only ones excluded from the event.
"It's not discriminatory to alumni per se, but all members of the extraneous members of the community," Callahan said. "I don't think we should just single out alumni … it's a hard decision."
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