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FRIDAY, OCT 17, 1975
The other side
Positive aspects of ticket distribution
Editor:
Many people have talked about
the faults of the new ticket distribu
tion system. How about some dis
cussion about the positive aspects?
First, the Tuesday, Oct. 14,
editorial made some incorrect
statements. For one thing, the se
nate survey will be conducted dur
ing Spring Pre-registration, the first
week of December. Pre
registration is before the end of
football season (Arkansas game Dec.
6) and not in the Spring as stated in
the editorial.
I think pre-registration would be
an ideal time and place to find out
what the students think about the
distribution system because they
will have had almost an entire sea
son to give it a fair chance. Also, a
survey conducted during pre-
registration would probably get
more responses than a general re
ferendum. However, for those
people who would rather have a re
ferendum, some members of the
senate are now circulating a petition
calling for one.
The editorial also stated that “un
derclassmen are getting screwed
because there is no penalty for tak
ing a non-student date. Well, that
is not the fault of this system; there
has never been a penalty for taking a
non-student date. I don’t think that
people realize that a lot of the “non
student dates’ are wives and I feel
that they should certainly be al
lowed to attend football games with
no penalty to their husbands.
Freshmen have always had the
worst seats here and in that respect,
this system is no different from the
others.
I think that most people are com
plaining about the distribution sys
tem because they have not drawn
any “good seats. Only a certain
number of people can fit between
the 30-yard lines. A few years ago
we only had 18,000 students in the
whole school. Then, there were
fewer people in each class so each
class got better seats because there
were not as many people wanting
tickets. Now, we have around
18,000 students wanting tickets.
Anyone should be able to figure out
that not every upperclassman can
get “good seats.
I feel that it is the number of stu
dents, not the system, that is caus
ing the problems. Changing back to
the system won’t alter the number
of students wanting tickets; it will
just make getting tickets more dif
ficult and more time consuming.
And, anyone who is not able to camp
out for an entire week would be sit
ting in approximately the same
areas they are sitting in now. Re
member, we have never had this
many students and it’s been a while
since we ve had such a crowd
drawing football team.
Susan Fontaine
Briarwood
Editor:
The letter from Suzanne Death-
erage concerning conditions at the
Briarwood Apartment complex is a
gross misrepresentation. I know for
I too live there: Last year with two
male roommates, this year with my
wife and two sons.
Yes, I’ve had a slow bathroom
drain, a toilet to overflow, a kitchen
light fixture to fall, and a torn car
pet, however, in every instance one
telephone call to the office brought a
qualified repairman to fix the prob
lem almost within an hour, at no
charge. I might add that I’ve owned
my own home and all of these prob
lems and more can be expected in
any modern dwelling but indepen-
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A change for tha batter.
dent repairmen do not respond to
calls for help with the promptness,
friendliness, and competence of the
courteous maintenance staff at
Briarwood.
Facilities? I ve seen students
playing football, baseball, volleyball
and basketball on many occasions.
I’ve seen them playing tennis on the
tennis courts, exercising in the
health spa, sitting in the sauna, bar-
bequeing in the apartment grills,
swimming in the two pools and in
short having more fun than a kid
with his first car. By the way
Suzanne, did you ask at the office for
the volleyball net?
I am puzzled about two things.
One, if you were so unhappy about
Briarwood last year why did you
sign-up for another year? There
were plenty of vacancies in other
complexes last spring. Secondly,
you don’t mention what steps you
took to correct your grievances,
have you contacted the manage
ment? Have you asked for help from
“Hassle Free”?
I hope this letter reveals the other
side of the issue. Tin happy at
Briarwood, so are many of my
friends. The facilities are excellent,
the management competent and
courteous, and the neighbors ARE
friendly! Most of em.
Mike Mitchell
people warn other drivers of
Smokey simply by turning their
headlights on and off. Also — and
this is the reason I ask for and give
Smokey reports — it’s nice to know
where they are in an emergency.
Also, I have heard Smokey him
self answer requests for Smokey re
ports with an “all clear (many
Smokeys have CB in their patrol
cars). This is an illegal activity with
the legal term of entrapment. I have
read where more than one Smokey
has lost his job because of it.
Fortunately, these people are few
and far between. The Smokes I
have talked to have been very kind
and considerate people, always
ready to belli.
The use of CB hy truckers is more
than welcome hy me. They and
Smokey are the best friends a
“four-wheeler” will ever have on
the highway. Many truckers also
echo my thoughts. CB can make a
lonely mobile a lot less lonely, espe
cially when the eyelids get heavy or
you feel like talking to someone.
monitor channel 19 (or whale
other channel happens to be
"truckers’ channel in their are;
the country) into the wee hone
the morning. They don’t have
they just do.
There are also many non-CB ers
who appreciate CB ers stopping and
helping them when they are
stranded alongside the roadside. All
it takes is a key of the mike and the
considerate CB’ers listening (al
though there are a few bad apples)
are ready to help in any way they
I myself stopped to help a
motorist with a broken water pump.
He turned out to be an ex-
Oklahoma Highway Patrolman. To
further help the traveling public,
many CB base station operators
Concerning the use of hand
since the FCC has made it legal
contact another operator iisi
his handle, and after establish
contact, then use his call letters
have noticed most of the transn
sions end with the operator s!);
and call letters. The onesthatdo
are mostly unlicensed units that;
frowned upon by licensed CBe
I guess I ve made this letteri
long already, so 1 11 end it withlh
concerning feedback overmyletl
I’m “10-10 and listening in.
Jeff Mullowi
Smokey bear
Editor:
Having just read “CB Forecasts
Smokey Bear ”, and being a CB er
myself, may I make a few com
ments?
The use of CB to report Smokey is
a debatable issue. Among the “pros’
is that if people know Smokey is
there, they slow down. Among the
“cons” is that Smokey can’t do his
job and that it is a violation of FCC
regulations.
This may be so, hut I have seen
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