Students planning to attend former Mexican President Vicente Fox’s speech on Oct. 29 will be able to buy one ticket and get one for free, starting today.

The Student Association, University Union and the New York Public Interest Research Group are sponsoring the address and announced the cut in price during the weekend. Two tickets will cost a Syracuse University or State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry student $8, with a valid ID.

Faculty and staff can purchase tickets for $10, and the general public will be charged $15. Tickets can be purchased at the Schine Student Center Box Office.

The price was reduced in response to ‘rumblings’ among the student body that the $8 tickets were too expensive, said Jessie Fish, SA’s senior associate to the president. She said the goal of the event was not to make money and that the groups were looking to get the most students to attend the event as possible.

Fish said that students who already bought tickets – before they were buy one, get one free – should contact J.R. McGrath, UU’s adviser, and that situations would be dealt with on a ‘case-by-case’ basis.

The thinking behind the buy one, get one free strategy was that most students attend these events with a friend, Fish said.

Fox will be speaking in Landmark Theatre, and the event is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. The event’s set up is similar to the arrangement for former Vice President Al Gore, who spoke there last September. Free shuttles will be provided to ticket-holding students to transport them to and from campus.

Fox is stopping in Syracuse as part of his book tour for his recently released book: ‘Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith, and Dreams of a Mexican President.’ The topic of his lecture will range from international politics to the role of the United Nations to Latin American relations with the United States.

Published on October 14, 2007 at 12:00 pm