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. r I'Va ***<££* * t Tl CKEf nershi TAHHIH