Students allocated 6,100 tickets for home games
Student football tickets,
available both at the EMU
and Autzen stadium, are
paid for by incidental fees
By Curt M. Thomas
Freelance Reporter
Incoming freshmen may not be
aware of a key perk for student Duck
fans: access to tickets.
Student tickets are provided using
incidental fees. Only incidental fee
paying students qualify for the "free"
tickets, and they can be obtained in
several ways.
“The incidental fee is one of seven
mandatory fees that students pay each
term,” said Dave Doerksen, accounts
receivable supervisor for University
Business Affairs. "A full-time fall term
student will pay a $172.75 incidental
fee this year."
Incidental fees are transferred to
ASUO accounts when they are as
sessed, Doerksen said. Fourteen per
cent of the 2002-03 ASUO budget
went to student tickets, according to
an ASUO brochure.
Student Senator Kevin Day, a mem
ber of the Athletic Department Finance
Committee, explained that the ADFC
negotiates with the Athletic Depart
ment to figure out how many tickets
should be purchased for football and
men's basketball home games, and
how much ASUO should pay for them.
The ASIIO is currently paying
about 44 percent of the fair-market
value for each ticket Day said.
Students who are married or have a
family can also apply for additional
tickets using the spouse/spousal-equiv
alent or child-certification form. To
complete the form, the student must
present, in person at the ASUO office,
his or her current University photo ID
and other specific means of verification.
Once a student has a University
photo ID and is enrolled, the process
for obtaining tickets is easy.
Jennifer Ludwig, who works at the
University Ticket Office; said game tick
ets become available about two weeks
before each game, and a student who
presents his or her current University
student ID can get one ticket.
She added that there were 2,550 stu
dent tickets for the Nevada and Michi
gan games, and 6,100 student tickets for
the remaining home games.
"There are two distribution sites,"
Ludwig said. "The ticket office inside
the EMU and the ticket office next to
the Len Casanova Athletic Center."
Curt M. Thomas is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
SPOUSE, SPOUSAL-EQUIVALENT
AND CHILD TICKETS
To get a spouse, spousal-equivalent or child-certification card
for tickets, bring the following to ASUO:
For the spouse or spousal-equivalent card:
• The spouse or spousal-equivalent’s social security number.
• At least one of the following pieces of verification:
Evidence of a joint checking or savings account
Rental/lease/ownership agreement for apartment or
dwelling
Separate checking or savings accounts with the same
address
Phone bill listing at the same address with both names
Any other acceptable evidence to prove cohabitation.
For the child-certification card:
• At least one of the following pieces of verification:
Birth certificate of the child
School records of the child with the child’s birth date
Medical records of the child with the child’s birth date
Any other official evidence that the ASUO finds acceptable
to prove that the child meets the age requirements.
SOURCE: ASUO
Jessica Waters Photo Editor
The free athletic tickets available to students are paid for by
the mandatory incidental fees paid each term.
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