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1 g*rnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwemmmmmtmmmmmmmm 'Volume LXIX, No. BS Universe, * ia. Columbia, S.C. Nov. 3, 1978 J||| if ' WIST $T*? !? * tlw JP&i By M i Brc Assl Student-ticket pickup football game have be< confusing bv four stu organize the pickup. The students are Roy J and Doug Holliday. They of the Student Senate At member Paul Streeter \ The first student in lint list was started by him ar on Sunday evening. This was camping out as the> line for tickets on Wedn< Tiller said Johson calle line was being formed ou informed the campers t coliseum (instead of at Johnson, " it was absurd Tiller added that he told SG representatives woulc of the people began arri^ When they did get then they attempted to chanj already set up by Johns< Tiller had a "secret' me according to Johnson, w hands. "STUDENT GOVEHNME] afternoon and change the (tirned out, nothing was i confusing everybody." However, according I ark J. Lundgren Editor In Chief i and itt Friedlander stunt Sports Editor nrnrpHlirOB fnr Hin Tier1 r. ww >v> uii/ v;uwiClltBUIl en attacked as unorganized and dents who unofficially helped fohnson, Tony Turner, Bill Tinsley also charged Joe Tiller, chairman hletic Committee, and committee vith "gross incompetence." i at the coliseum, Johnson, said a id some of the other early arrivals list was signed by everyone who ' arrived to ensure their place in louuj IUUI Hill J?. sd him Sunday night to tell him the itside Russell House. Tiller said he hat pick up would be held at the the Russell House. He also told to be out there on Sunday night." 1 Johnson he (Tiller) and the other I be there on Tuesday when most ring. e however, according to Johnson, ?e the system of keeoina order >n. sthod for keeping the line in order, 'hich called for the stamping of NT wanted to come in on Tuesday whole thing," Turner said. "As it accomplished by them except for to Tiller, the distribution went Jemsc ' t 1 Z:-JPP? 1 "gr smoothly. He said that while there were cvci yiiiimg icniaiiit'u preuy mucn un<K "I was out there the w Joe Tiller, Chaii It was Johnson, Tinsley, Holliday and most of the work, Turner said. "As I sat students in line Tuesday night and had hours. I COUld see Joe Tiller anrt Pnnl ) beer out of a keg in the back of a car." 441 WAS OUT THERE the whole time, an ever seen done," Tiller said. "Johnson went to Roger Booco, student ticket m didn't care whose system we used as I kept." An incident occurred Tuesday night a roll call had been called by Streeter that unnecessary. As Streets walked down tl people about the roll call .Johnson foil minutes later telline f?v#?rvnn<? that moo < 0 ? . J """v *v Some people at the end of the line t according to Johnson, asked Streeter aboi told Streeter about Johnson. According to witnesses, Streeter, beer infuriated when he met with Johnson. Johi the SG representative and explain to hin had been used by the first arrivals at the afternoon. Streeter than grabbed Johnson told him they would conform to the wrule set up by SG, witnesses said. "PAUL WAS DRUNK," Johnson said. 4 was doing something. Tiller was out on th talking to a girl. The Student Governme work for us; we don't work for them. A )u pick VTL JTk _r?. iiitorfij minor incidents, understanding of the siti r control." people, especially when r hole time, and it's the best rman of the Student Senate I Turner that did Once a system of nil) ; there signing up problem arose. While been there for 12 Wednesday, about 1,15 Streeter pumping About 2,300 tickets wc everyone in line to get j8 F*1! As a result, some 40 had a list, and he ^ejr han(j numbered v anager, with it. I Tinsley, Tiller should h ong as order was Were and stopped num ' tickets available was i t about 11 p.m. A Johnson felt was le line informing ?l SAT UP the entin owed him a few on the roll which nevei a fake. spent the night sleep >ecame confused, discover there was n< it the roll call and earlier, something Til Tiller said he did nc available. He also said in hand, became of tickets available, he nson tried to calm anyone who came to (i the system that ?ni: ? -* tuiiscuiu aunaay by the collar and "I WOULD HAVE 1 is which had been said, "because anyth rainstorm, and the line Turner said that nc would have signed up, But at least he tickets would be availa le hood of his car had "1?lr nt is supposed to That gave Tillei t least that's my of how manytlckets 1,1 up... yetence" nation. There is no use sending two leither of them were doing their job. l'l)P. P11P.T QPPW rlnwa " ? w vy ^ vy I W 11/ W f Athletic Committee mbering v s agreed upon, another only 2,077 tickets were distributed 0 persons names were on the list. >uld have had to be available for tickets. people who were on the list and had /ere not given tickets. According to lave known how many tickets there ibering people when the number of reached ; night Tuesday signing up students got a ticket," Tinsley said. "They ting in 40 degree weather only to )t the amount of tickets announced ler must have known for days." >t know how many tickets would be that even had he known the number still would have gone on numbering join the line. IceDt numhprino thom ontiti.An ?? u_ r- .R uibiu anj wajr , lie ing could have happened. A good would have been cut in half." > matter how many students Tiller he should have found out how many ble and informe d the list takers. cuts by Monday afternoon," Turner * two days to find out an exact count ere were. He just didn't find out." See Tickets . 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