The lead-up to this year's version of The Game has officially begun, with Harvard-Yale tickets on sale and the Undergraduate Council planning its biannual bus service to New Haven.

Undergraduate tickets are available for $12 by phone (495-2211) or at the ticket office on the first floor of the Murr Center, located next to The Stadium. Non-undergraduates can buy tickets for $25.

Unlike previous years, students can purchase an unlimited number of tickets for The Game.

"You can buy one, you can buy 20. It doesn't matter," said assistant athletic director Stephen Staples. "You just have to have the appropriate 20 ID numbers."

Also, to make sure the Crimson has a loud cheering section, the Undergraduate Council will be organizing bus trips to New Haven for $13 one-way and $20 round-trip. Tickets go on sale Monday in the council office located in the basement of Holworthy Hall.

Council Campus Life Committee Co-Chair Edward A. "Ted" Swasey '00 said the first bus will leave Harvard at 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19 and service will continue through Saturday morning.

Buses will be available for the return trip from Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20 to Sunday, Nov. 21 at noon. All in all, council buses will make 17 trips in each direction.

Stephen N. Smith '02, the Campus Life Committee's other co-chair, said about 800 students took council buses to Yale in 1996. The council is also planning a pep rally and other events for students in scenic New Haven.