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 <pies
turn The AM ■() purchased seats
m the student sis lion for just less
than 51 million last year, so that
students could sit in e\ery one of
them The ASMO contract \silh
th.c athletic department states that
!hose seats ire for students only
and hi no me uis i an the .ithle!
a department take ihein awav
I icyvi'V er. Brooks a :
\\ . ,ii. as'lncii! heloie when the
football In ki'is controversy arose
Students paid for i-.H li •>»*.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
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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
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