<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 3/5/02 5:59:18 PM Central Standard Time, dm.porritt@verizon.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The university sale for SMU is always held at the dealership. Our legal department would not let this commercial event take place on campus for fear of losing our tax-exempt status. I'm a little surprised that this hasn't caught some other universities.
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<BR>dave
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<BR>I'm no legal expert, but the sale of pianos would be no different than the sale of goods at the university bookstore, or the pop corn and hot dogs at the football game. The sale is set up in such a way that part of the proceeds, (very small part), go to the unviersity, which is the case of the bookstore and a the stadium.
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