Preseason tickets no longer available for free
■ Funding, costs and
availability of University
athletic tickets are being
debated bytheADFC
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
Despite rumors that students
may have to pay an additional fee
at the ticket window when they
pick up Duck game tickets, mem
bers of the Athletic Department
Finance Committee said students
should expect admission to re
main at the same price.
Although it may appear that
students get football and basket
ball tickets for free, they have al
ready paid for those tickets
through the incidental fee. Stu
dents paid an estimated $23.53
per term for tickets this year, for a
total of $1,040,640.
Incidental fees, however, will
no longer pay for pre-season foot
ball games, and students who
wish to attend those games will be
charged at the child price, which
ranges from $9-12, although adult
prices run close to $24.
Next year, incidental fees that
go toward ticket prices will no
longer meet the 50 percent of fair
market value the Athletic Depart
ment asks for because of the sig
nificant increase in ticket values.
The funding change for pre-sea
son tickets was made as a part of
the negotiations between the
ADFC and Athletic Department as
a way to compensate for the loss.
About three weeks ago, the
ASUO senate approved a 5 per
cent increase to the ADFC, the
senate committee that handles in
cidental funding that goes to the
Athletic Department, but this
won’t cover the loss. An increase
of more than 12 percent would
have been necessary to combat the
lost costs, Sen. Jennifer Gree
nough said.
Greenough added that because
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of the 5 percent increase, the inci
dental fee amount students pay
for tickets could change, but not
significantly.
While final decisions have not
been made, the ADFC has been
working with the Athletic Depart
ment to explore options to make
up for the expenses, aside from
charging for pre-season football
games instead of using incidental
fee money.
Sen. Greg Zimel said the ADFC
understands the Athletic Depart
ment’s need for revenue, but that
it may take a few years before in
cidental fees will reach the 50 per
cent mark again.
“We understand they need a
raise,” he said. “Because of the
popularity of the Ducks, ticket
prices have skyrocketed, and we
can’t keep up with what we pay.”
The Athletic Department had
suggested students pay an addi
tional $2-3 for tickets at the ticket
office to bring in more money and
serve as an incentive for students
to actually use tickets they pick
up.
Sandy Walton, senior assistant
athletic director, said the percent
age of students who use tickets
they pick up for pre-season games
is extremely low. Walton also
mentioned there have been times
only half of the tickets picked up
were actually used. She added
that ticket usage increases
“tremendously” when classes
start, but is still always under 100
percent.
“Tickets are getting awfully
wasted, although it’s not as bad as
pre-season games,” she said. “As
long as tickets are free, they don’t
have as much value. ... It’s no big
deal if students didn’t use tickets
they picked up, because they did
n’t pay.”
Walton added that especially in
instances where the game was
sold out, the Athletic Department
loses money when students don’t
use tickets that were picked up
but could have been sold. The de
partment is allowed to start selling
tickets set aside for students five
days prior to a game.
But Greenough said the com
mittee couldn’t agree with the
recommendation to charge stu
dents for tickets at the office or at
the door, because the ASUO is
currently investigating the legali
ty of making students pay addi
tional costs for programs partial
ly funded through incidental
funds. This includes admission
costs for other events, such as
cultural nights, put on by stu
dent groups. But Greenough
added that charging students ad
ditionally may be a choice in the
future.
Decreasing the number of stu
dent seats was another option dis
cussed, but both the ADFC and
Athletic Department didn’t want
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Candidates hold strong for spring
■ASUO Executive candidates
are taking a breather while
waiting until spring term
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
ASUO presidential candidates
are taking some time off from heavy
campaign extravaganzas — and are
ready to also give students a small
break from election drama.
The Executive general election
was put on hold March 4 and the
ASUO Constitution Court will de
cide Friday whether to uphold Bret
Jacobson and Matt Cook’s disqualh
fication from the race. With a griev
ance filed against candidates Nilda
Brooklyn and Joy Nair asking for
their disqualification, it is now
completely uncertain who will ap
pear on the general election ballot.
An election for just the ballot
measures was halted Wednesday
after five student senators filed a
grievance against the Multicultural
Center measure. With Dead Week
and Finals Week off-limits to elec
tions, voting won’t happen until
spring term at the earliest.
For now, all candidates agree that
campaign tactics should be light, at
least for the next week, to avoid
overkill, which could have the un
desirable effect of making students
tired of the election altogether.
Brooklyn and Nair, who took the
lead in the primary, were prepared
last week to start indulging in
strong general-election campaign
strategies, and both say the delay
hasn’t lessened their fervor.
“I was excited to go this week,”
Brooklyn said. “But that excitement
hasn’t dissolved. We just have more
prep time, and it also means we’ll
do better in our classes this week.”
Both of the other teams said they
will approach the next three weeks
with the mindset that it will be
their names on the ballot.
Oliver said he is confident that
his grievance against Jacobson and
Cook, which led to their disqualifi
cation, will hold its ground in
court. He said he will continue
campaign efforts. He filed a griev
ance after Jacobson’s and Cook’s
campaign distributed fliers in the
residence halls.
Bailey added
that until the
court rules oth
erwise, he and
Oliver are still
front-runners
in the Execu
tive race.
“Until a re
verse decision
bAlLfcY is made, we are
in the general
election, which means we have a
shot in winning this,” he said. “We
have to move
forward as
planned.”
But Jacobson
and Cook said
they appealed
the ASUO Elec
tions Board’s
decision to dis
qualify them
because they
have a strong
case, and are
looking forward to being put back
on the ballot.
BROOKLYN
“A large part
of our effort
will be protect
ing campus
democracy and
overturning the
Election
Board’s deci
sion,” Jacobson
said.
Although
the candidates
may have al
most three weeks of preparation
time for the election, they aim to
find a balance between making
students drown in a sea of fliers
and posters up until voting day
and forgetting candidate’s names
completely.
“We don’t think it’s good for the
JACOBSON
whole student population to con
tinue heavy campaigning. ... Stu
dents will grow weary of that,” Ja
cobson said. “But we will continue
to talk to groups who we think
would benefit from our new ap
proach to student government.”
Brooklyn and Nair plan to use
the extra time to get feedback from
groups and continue to prepare
“surprises” they have in store for
campus when election time comes.
They said meanwhile it’s hard to
encourage students to vote when
there’s no set date.
“This is an opportunity to see
what people think about our mes
sage so far,” Brooklyn said. “And
we’re excited to get more people in
volved. But you can’t tell people to
get out the vote when you can’t tell
them when to vote.”
Bailey and Oliver said they plan
to “just relax” for the next week,
but will continue to design adver
tisements and also meet with
groups they haven’t talked to. They
said their biggest concern is that
students will lose interest because
the election has been “drawn out,”
and that will decrease the already
low voter turnout.
“This will be the third time stu
dents have to vote,” Bailey said.
“But we have to maintain support
and interest in the election.”
Cook said that although it may be
harder to campaign if elections take
place after spring break, this also
gives students more time to get in
formed. He added that the delay
won’t harm anyone’s campaign, but
will just put off their plans for a
couple of weeks.
Candidates also recognize that fi
nal exams and projects will be the
top priority for many students until
the term ends, and that many may
appreciate less campaigning by the
candidates.
“We have to be respectful of the
fact that students came to the U of
O to go to school, not just to vote for
ASUO president and vice presi
dent,” Brooklyn said.
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