From htowsner@stanford.edu Thu May  1 16:15:58 2003
Date: 29 Apr 2003 15:26:40 -0700
From: Henry Towsner <htowsner@stanford.edu>
To: Howard Shen <chowdogg@stanford.edu>
Cc: bill@koko.stanford.edu, potato@stanford.edu,
     trang <trang.pham@stanford.edu>, achriste@stanford.edu,
     camelot@stanford.edu, mbartsch@stanford.edu, sanliu@stanford.edu
Subject: Re: Viennese Ball Response & Files

	Since the Viennese Ball's response primarily concerns historical and
financial details, on which I certainly defer to them, the only points
I'd like to make are to clarify a few misinterpretations of my statement
by Mr. Shen.

1) The Viennese Ball denies that when a President takes office has any
direct relevance to when the previous President's term ends.  The
relevance of this point escapes me, since I explicitly referred to the
election of a new President, rather than the start of their term.  I
argued that "results are not valid, *and a President not elected*, until
the election is certified."

2) I never implied that the Viennese Ball had 'deliberately lied' about
the costs of attending the Ball.  I did state, and stand by the claim,
that students could be unaware that the Ball charged money prior to
trying to get a ticket (particularly since the price is publicized
primarily in the Spring, when freshmen would not see it).  I did not
say--and do not believe--that the Viennese Ball has intentionally tried
to mislead students.

3) I have never claimed any ticket price other than $75 for a pair of
tickets.  I mentioned a $70 ticket price in passing as part of a
hypothetical example.

Henry