CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle Listen Up
Ticket policy draws fire
“We're through messing around-
game!"’
-this is a conference
Editor:
We have watched this section
for the last two days, wondering
when the bombshell would drop
and surprisingly, judging from
the number of people involved, no
one has expressed their views.
Saturday night a number of
student dates, wives, and friends
with student tickets were turned
away from the football game be
cause they didn’t have I.D. cards.
Wednesday, Mr. Wally Groff
of the athletic department made
an announcement in the Batt that
from now on at all home football
games, anyone with a student
ticket without an A&M I.D. would
be refused entrance.
In almost all cases these tickets
were acquired by borrowing I.D.
and Activity cards from other
students who gave permission to
use them, or by buying the tickets
from other students.
Mr. Groff and other members
of the athletic department have
made a serious mistake in turning
these people away. Mr. Groff
stated that the University was
losing money. Perhaps Mr. Groff
needs reminding that all of the
student tickets were paid for in
advance by Student Services
charges which amount to $60 a
year per student. If our mathe
matics are correct, about $840,000
is collected from students in ac
tivity charges per year. We don’t
know how much the athletic de
partment receives of this amount,
but undoubtedly it is substantial.
What difference does it make
how a person acquires a student
ticket? Is it anymore unfair for
a person to borrow another stu
dent’s activity card and I.D. for
a ticket to support the illustrious
Aggie football team than it is for
the University to collect money
from some students who would
Steve Hayes
Skulker talks of people
I think my frenzy must have
frightened the Skulker. Maybe
we were both embarrassed over
our show of emotion. The Skulker
much to my amazement began
again, right where heTett off, but
in a much more subdued, almost
defeated tone of voice:
“Junk; piles of throw-aways
around each drive-in and in front
of favorite places like East Gate
Lounge and Ralph’s Pizza; the
great Aggie tradition of remov
ing one’s hat in reverence to the
dead in one minute and in the
next throwing beer bottles along
the East Gate entrance to the
campus.” His voice cracked. “Sor
ry I can’t go on. I think I’m go
ing to throw up and I don’t want
to do it under a tree.”
“I’ll get you a paper bag.”
“No. Recycle paper.”
“We can bury it in the ground.
It’ll be mostly organic.”
“No, I’ll make it.” The Skulker
was a true Aggie.”
Dawn was approaching, I heard
the first songs of birds. I hurried
my next question, I knew that
the Skulker would be gone with
the first ray of morning sun
light.
“Look, TS,” I pleaded, “Don’t
you think it would be better if
you and SOT would just give up
this crusade and work within the
system?” Go through proper
channels ? ”
The Skulker replied, “Some
young people are satisfied by vis
iting the local supermarket to
watch the bananas turn brown.
Others want to live. Different
young people act differently un
der the same circumstances.
Adults act differently, too, but
not many of them. Most adults
are content to allow someone else
to plan the fate of their city or
state or natural resources. And.
that someone is often a person
who does not understand natural
systems. Young people—your high
school students and many college
students—see the light.” At that
moment I thought I did see the
light, the first ray of sunlight.
I knew the interview was almost
over. Fortunately, the Skulker
had not yet seen the rays. He
went on:
“Young people represent the
first generation of Americans
concerned with the future of your
nation and your world and your
fellow man. They see the kind of
Earth they are inheriting and
they don’t like the looks of it.
They see that going through
channels is like looking at the
Grand Canyon through a six-foot
tube with a one-inch diameter—
you never really get close to the
scene and you never really see it
all at the same time. The youth of
today want a piece of the action.
They have the same driving spirit
of rebellion as was evident in the
founders of our nation. We had
one American Revolution. I think
another is starting and it will
change our channels.”
A rooster crowed, and I blurted
out one last question: “Where will
you strike next? It was too late.
He was gone.
Cbe Battalion
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not go to any of the activities
covered by the Student Services
fee ? Isn’t the great coach Stal
lings always asking the student
body to support the team ?
Mr. Groff and Mr. Stallings
had better pull their heads out.
How many people do they think
will come to support a losing team
for $6 a ticket or for any price,
for that matter? Almost all of
the people with student tickets
would not even come to the games
any other way. In our opinion,
they should throw open the gates
and let anyone in free—the stands
were far from full Saturday
night. If the infamous Stallings
continues to lose footbal games
he may find himself at the gate
begging people to come in (and
to save his job).
So, we would suggest to the
athletic department or whoever
was involved in the decision that
they reconsider this idea of check
ing' I.D. cards, or there may be
empty student stands in Kyle
Field. A number of students have
already stated that they would
not come to any more football
games if the incident Saturday
night is repeated.
Larry Hale ’75 L. W. Johnson ’72
Art Coinville ’74 Ronald Hale ’72
Habib Khinbi ’72 Tony Carso ’72
Roy Beyer ’73 Larry Ohls ’72
Cris Critchlow ’72
My apologies if any names are
misspelled, your signatures were
n’t always clear. See Senate story,
page 1.—Ed.
Editor:
We are dreadfully sorr^ that
the athletic department is going
out of business because of loss
of profit! How can Mr. Groff
(Athletic Business Manager) say
that the school is losing money
when the student tickets have
already been paid for in the Stu
dent Service fee. Since the stu
dent has paid for the tickets be
forehand, it should be left to his
discretion what happens to it. Mr.
Groff should say that the school
is losing profit from the resale
of tickets not picked up by stu
dents. These tickets are resold as
date or general admission tickets.
We think that the ticket options
should be made available as are
parking permits; that is, on a
non-mandatory basis at preregis
tration time.
David Jacobson
Greg Gray
Dale Geffs
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