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The Battalion
Tuesday, September 24,1991
The Battalion
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Sports Editor
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Opinion Editor
Carrie Cavalier
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Students get best football tickets, director says
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TJ'ie Battalion
Distribution of A&M football tickets is
fair, despite many students' complaints of
long lines and poor seating, says Wally
Groff, Texas A&M associate athletic direc
tor.
"Our students get the best tickets in the
nation for a football game," he says.
The distribution plan was designed by
the A&M student government in the early
1970s.
Before every home game, all student
tickets are put into envelopes in groups of
ten by the ticket manager, Groff says. The
envelopes are then put into a barrel and
randomly drawn to be placed in each ticket
booth at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
During the week of a home game, stu
dents with the football ticket option can
draw up to ten tickets on designated days
according to their classification. Seniors
and graduate students draw on Monday^
juniors draw on Tuesday, sophomores
draw on Wednesday, and Thursday is for
freshmen. Friday is an open day.
While distribution within a particular
classification is random, the second deck
sections 230-233 are open for selection on
senior day, says Jim Kotch, athletic ticket
office manager. These tickets are distribut
ed on senior day beginning at 7 a.m.. After
these tickets are issued, the remaining sec
ond deck sections marked for senior day
are randomly distributed.
Groff says once the day of a student's
classification arrives, students can then
draw tickets on any of the following days
before that game.
Students can
also draw for a stu-
dei.t with a lower
classification on
their designated
day, but they must
pre^ nt that stu
dent's A&M identi
fication card as well
as his or her own.
Only one under
classman ticket can
be drawn for each
upperclassman
A&M identification
card.
A student with
the football option is
also entitled to pur
chase one guest ticket per game. These
non-student guest tickets may be pur
chased by exchanging it with a student
ticket and paying half price for a guest la
bel or by purchasing a full price ticket
which includes the label. The price of the
guest label and ticket varies depending on
the team A&M plays.
Friday is open to all students who have
not yet picked up their tickets and to stu
dents without the fee option. Any tickets
left on Friday are sold at half price to stu
dents not using the football option. But
the amount of students utilizing the foot
ball option has remained relatively con
stant the last 20 years, Groff says.
The majority of A&M students pur
chase the football option. Groff says that
approximately 66 percent of the students
purchase the fee option and that the sup
port by A&M students is one of the best
anywhere.
Students must show their valid Texas
A&M identification card at the gate to be
admitted as a student, says Kotch.
Section seating is as follows:
Senior Sections: 131, 132, 227-236 and
the first 15 rows of 330-333
Junior Sections: 130, 224-226, 237-239
and 329-334
Sophomore Sections: 129, 327, 328,335
and 336
Freshman Sections: 128, 324-326 and
337-339
For more information concerning foot
ball tickets, Kotch encourages students to
pick up a 1991 Texas A&M Athletic Ticket
Information brochure or contact the Athlet
ic Ticket Office at 845-2311.
Library provides 417 carrels for graduate use
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
Sterling C. Evans Library pro
vides special places for some
graduate students and faculty to
study or work.
Four hundred and seventeen
study carrels are available to fac
ulty members and graduate stu
dents who are actively working
on a thesis. The carrels are de
signed with desk counters built
into the walls with enough space
for two people.
Graduate students who want
to use a carrel need a letter from
their department that verifies they
are working on a thesis.
In addition, a five dollar de
posit is required, but it is refund
able if the student either returns
their key to the carrel at the end of
the semester or renews it within a
specified period.
Linda Deason, a library em
ployee who handles the carrel
reservations, said normally there
are few r carrels available during
the semester. This semester,
however, each carrel has at least
one person in it.
Deason said the library has
not had any real problems with
students or faculty abusing the
privilege of having carrels, even
though the potential for taking
advantage of the space exists.
"Some people have had the
carrels for a long time," she said.
"When you've been in one place
for a long time, you start to bring
more and more things and you
get everything you need for a
home."
Security is maintained in the
carrels by a student worker who
periodically checks both library
lockers and carrels.
Tod Walters, a library assis
tant in the reference department,
said sometimes library books that
have been declared lost or missing
are found in the carrels.
"We don't look for anything
beyond that," he said. "Anything
else we leave there."
Walters said that after last
week's search, 10 books that had
been declared missing were found
and put back on library shelves
for students to use.
Walters said that he also has
never known of any problems
with anyone abusing the usage of
the carrels. But occasionally
things are left in the carrels be
tween semesters by people who
do not renew them. Items that
are left must be removed for the
new carrel users.
If anyone's things are re
moved from the carrels, it is held
for 24 hours and a note is left on
the door of the carrel stating what
was taken and how to retrieve it.
Unclaimed books are placed in
the library stacks.
"We try to give the person the
benefit of the doubt before taking
anything," Walters said. "We'd
rather leave something there than
take it."
State completes
proposal to settle
jail overcrowding
AUSTIN (AP) — The attorney
general's office on Monday com
pleted a proposal for settling jail
crowding lawsuits brought
against the state by counties hold
ing inmates sentenced to Texas
prison, a spokesman said.
The proposal was being typed
and prepared for release on Tues
day to parties in the case and to
the public, said Ron Dusek,
spokesman for Attorney General
Dan Morales.
Counties successfully sued the
state for the cost of housing thou
sands of inmates who are backed
up in county jails because of
crowding problems in Texas pris
ons. The state has appealed.
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