Students should not sell graduation tickets

The average college student graduates nearly $60,000 in debt. But there are better ways to start making that money than by breaking the law.

And selling your commencement tickets is against the law.

The system allows for four free tickets to be given to each graduating student. Watch that word "free;" it's going to become important.

Should students require more, they can apply for extra. More tickets can also become available should the Office of the Registrar have extra.

Yet even with these extra tickets available, not everyone can be accommodated. Not every immediate family is made up of two parents and 2.3 children.

And so, someone came up with the idea of ripping those families off (or their grandparents, aunts, uncles, wives, etc. who might want to attend).

By charging for the same tickets that are provided free of charge by the University, these students are ripping you off and breaking the law.

Each semester, the number of graduates increases, so each year the number of profit-seekers increases as the demand for tickets goes up.

If you're thinking of selling your extra tickets to help some poor soul in need — stop. Those extra tickets can be returned to the registrar for redistribution, not your own to the highest bidder. If your Uncle Leopold is searching eBay for an extra ticket so he can be there for your big moment, tell him to stop. Whatever he pays is too much.

The Office of the Registrar will inevitably have some tickets left, and if not, Uncle Leopold can still be there for nearly every step of the way, while not financially supporting some greedy graduate.

n Editorial Board: Keith Thomas, Tom McHenry, Melissa Davis and Laura Pelner.

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