Athletic department shuns students again he Oregon basketball team put uii -i perform.mi <■ for JL f adore losing to Ari/orm on Sal • lirdas I Ilf. 11 lilt* > If • ...line was tamteil ias a use of a horrible performam <• In the ()regon .till letii department I was one of ;i group of students sitting in the Inst two row s of the student set lions that was told In the athletic department s thugs a! halftime that we had to mow It ..ms we were bio* kiln; the view of the fans behind us who paid more mourn to got into Mi Arthur ( mrt Motun talked and the Students walked humped to other parts of the an na and taken * ompleteK out of the atmosphere Main of these students had arrived at the game an hour or so before lipoff to get their seats I arrived -la minutes before tile game and got one of the last seats in the student set lion However, this didn't seem to matter to the iM-ople in the athlete department who made this mi redulou-.l\ stu pid (let ision rill- Oregon athlete depart liii-ll! made 'I -- dei tw.a !• kick the student' nul 01 then scats ill law, Ml thus, boosters who pav more money to see the game It is Sum Mims sou Te .welcome ill the gainc. hut you aren't nearly is important as those who pav moo- money I his shouldn't ' nine as i sot prise fo: students athlete dirts tor Rich Brooks made this pom! clear during the football season when he sold a portion of student tu kets to the general publii The result v\ as that many students were unable to go to the game, while members ol the general public were sitting in their seats Tin* legality of making students move shouldn't even he ill »*.ii m the student section, but brooks sold some of them in the publii In essem <■ brooks look the almost Si million the students pay for seals and also look money the general public paid for the seals Is this legal7 I doubt it I have no problem with the ath letic department Irv mg to gen erate itionm hut when students are shoved aside, a problem ans es Hu h biuoks owes the students a major apology foi the idicx y of tlis department's decision In addition, he owes us a refund on some of the money we pay to the athletic department for those seats More than that, it is time for him to realize that students are important to the sc bool s ath letic department and start treat ing us with a little respec t brooks has never done this When the- c ontroversv i ame up alxiut selling student seats at foot ball games, fie apologized in a let ter to AMO President Kric boweii. hut lie did not take’ full blame lie iKo took time to blame the students, for of all things,'not thci; 111 keis ■ icon enough In that statement Bfooks said he would encourage the* stu dents to.pick up their student 7ax workshop FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FACULTY Preparation of Tax Returns for Oregon Income Taxes Wednesday, March 2, 1994 7:00-9:00 p.m. Willamette Hall, Room 100 Resource People: Susan Gary, Tax Attorney Ginny Stark, International Student Adviser Ennis Wuite, Certified Public Accountant Tina Zamora, UO Accounting Graduate Oregon Tax Forms and instruction booklets will be provided. Participants should bring with them their W ? forms, December Tl paycheck stubs, 1040NR forms and other documents needed to help them complete their state tax forms Sponsored by the Office of International tducotion and Exchange, Graduate School and GTE Federation For more Information, call 346-3206. ENTER THE SHUTTERBUG SPRING PHOTO CONTEST! Lei’s celebrate SPRING! Stop by the campus Shutterbug store for details. We are offering special film, developing and printing discounts for contestants, as well as major awards! First prize is a Shutterbug gift certificate for $25.00. Act now! Work submitted will be on display, so come on in and see the show. ne Shutterbug 890 E. 13th Next 10 Taylor’S • 342-flLM (3456) V tii ki ts to an athloti< contest ear iy m tin- week so that a more a11 urate assessment of student interest in a partu ular game < an be i le.irer so that we don't run into the current problem again ." Oregon head hnsketlmll roai h |err\ t.reeu didn't play .1 part in the decision to move students but he must step up at this time t.reeu talks endlessly about the need fur fan support and student involvement He has even visit ed student organizations and developed > beers to get the stu dents involved 111 the gome Now it 's tune (or ( even to head down to the athlete department and make sure tins never hap pens again You t an talk about student important e all you want, tint w hen your athletic depart ment sends opposing messages, it's time to get involved. During ihe game, public address annotim er Don Kssig asked students not to stand on their seats and they promptly followed directions Kssig is the one always encouraging stu dents to make more noise and I'm sure he didn't want to make the announc ement. hut his boss es told hull to It was a sad moment when Kssig had to bow to the puw ers that lie and ai twal ls tell students not lii he so row ■ dy Mi Arthur C ourt has been around for tilt years, and all ol a sudden this is a new problem-’ Ac t mil I y 1! arose a few weeks ago and Brooks sent out a statement saving the seating polii v would he nil est igated However, the statement said Brooks said it would he hard to make much of an adjustment with only four home games remaining on the si liedule. but that a solution would he reached prior In the 1994-Hi season Apparently Brooks didn't feel too strongly about this, hec ause under pressure from the puhtii , he made the adjustment during halftime of a game Su what happens next1’ The athlete department wall proba bly try to rope off the final two rows of the student sei turn lor the final home games, hut it can't Students paid for them, and by no means 1 an the department take them aw ay H they do I encourage all stu dents 1 1 head behind the bench iinc) sil in Brooks seats If Brooks lieheves it's legal to take away the students' seats, it must he legal to take his seats as well. As for next vear. Brooks and the athletic department must come to an agreement with the AM O on student seats In the previously mentioned statement .1 few weeks ago. Brooks said. We want our students seated on the floor to add to the hones ourt advantage vveenjov That vs ill tie taken into serious i onsideration Read between the lines; the athletic department is making no commitment to keeping those good seats for the students Last vear the athletic department wanted to take the floor seats awav from the students and move them upstairs That wav they i ould sell the floor seats for more monev to the general public Once again, money talks and students walk — all the wav upstairs to seats wliii h .ire not ev eii t otnparable to the ones thev now anjov \\ hen the AM () and athlete department negotiate seats again this year, the department will trv to do the same thing. It is up to President Bowen to ensure tins doesn't happen The athletic department has shown it doesn't (.are about students, hut the AM () must not allow the depart ment to shove us aside. I he first half of .Naturdijv's game was one of tin1 best times I've ever had at Mac LouiT. us the fans were going nuts and the atmosphere was what college basketball should be Being right in the middle of this was all incredible feeling Howev er, the second half was as had as the first half was good. I was pushed 10 rows up into an almost desolate ansi with a sparse crowd underneath tin* rafters I here was ahsolutelv no atmos phere, and although the game vvas great. I just couldn't get into It. I bis is mi final vear at (begun and because I'll he working dur ing the final two home games. Saturdav was the last time 1 will ever sit ill the student sei lion I leave with a verv bitter taste in my mouth and little hope lor the students that take mv place .Stele Mult.s ;s till' ■■/‘its rthtor hi thr Kmerald BE A DUCK CHEERLEADER! Oregon Cheerleading is announcing tryouts for the 1994-95 cheer squad Mandatory Informational Meeting Monday, March 7th, 7-8pm Mac Court Tryouts will run from Monday, March 28-Thursday, March 31 Questions? Call Kim Barger at 346-5485 GO DUCKS!