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Student tic should be for By Brett Friedlai Assistant Sports Edi1 The recent mishandling of the Clei distribution by Student Government, SG, These issues revolve around statements j Committee Chairman Joe Tiller. They r control of the distribution process to who i The first question is, who should be resj the line that inevitably forms days in adva responsibility, but as witnessed this past w< On Sunday, when the first campers ar phoned Tiller to tell him they were starting there to supervise but rather, told them " surd." When no SG member arrived to assi themselves started signing in all other an and athletic committee member Paul S coliseum on Tuesday, they demanded the i to the methods prescribed by SG. To do this though, the order of people in confused and chaos would have occurred Furthermore, the conduct of the SG bothered to show up to control a group becoming. Another issue concerns the number of tic Of 15,000 tickets sent to USC by Clemsoi Gamecock Club, while only 3,500 were left f< No matter how much money the Gam athletic department every year, they shoul After all, the university is not made up o students ? SO is thp fnnthnll t??nrr? ? TTi.jr ? poorly when it comes to the amount of tickc Because of money. < As idealistic as it seems, The Gamecocl [ should be equal in the eyes of the athleti* students of today are the Gamecock Club n viewed as equals, both groups need to be i tickets. No matter how you look at it, the studen past Wednesday. Even the 3,500 "student tii "average" student. According to Assistant Athletic Director Moore, 1,433 of the tickets are given to groi and the band. That leaves 2,077 tickets to b< most of the 1,433 tickets are given to deservi and the band), some are given to not-so-desi \ One of these not-so-deserving groups is They say they deserve them because of i what right do they have to take 106 tickets all, members of SG are not members of an thave to camp out for their Clemson tickets 1 r ? G?lly Guf t kets 1 Ba students { I am lder necessarj tor we can cj nson football game ticket h..iic,hu ?? Pk/iUlOlil Wy raises several issues. page f0U1 and actions of the SG Athletic ticle Tick ange from responsibility of should get how many tickets. jonsible for keeping order of i , ince. Theoretically, it is SG's vytt/ eek, it is abusing the job. rived at the coliseum, they i ; the line. Tiller did not go out | to camp out this early is abst them, the four campers rivals. However, when Tiller To the Edi itreeter finally reached the system be altered to conform As cone? requiremei the line would have become ?His ?Yer? of 51.2-46.5 representatives (only two year, and C of 1,100 students) was un- We are r potential ii :kets alloted for student use. }ack jn n, 11,400 were given to the including t ;>r "student use." lecock Club donates to the As far as Id not get that many tickets. onnpprned f? ?i ? f V*V/llV/d i alumni, it is comnrispH nf ire students being treated so Pa ;ts they are allowed to have? ???ar t Club and the student body Carlen s 2 department. After all, the Carlen h lembers of tomorrow. To be titude. Oui alloted the same number of right along t body was "ripped off" this "Carlen's ckets" weren't all sold to the campus hi Carolina n< and Business Manager John are about a ips such as the football team e sold at the coliseum. While Thus, thi mg groups (the football team tolerate a c ervingones. a "big tim SG itself. ! a "historical privilege," but for their own use? After Names wU elite, are they? They should ike the rest of us. k COLUMBIA ? md works, di ditor: of the biggest orgf replying to your un- campus which st r quote, "The only thing ball team. lo with out is that band in Friday's Gamecock, What would a r continuation of the ar- Carolina hand wi ets. I feel the band is one supporting the I rlen can't proi big time winn tor: rned USC students, we feel that Jim Carlen is i its of head football coach and athletic dire< ill record to present at Carolina stands at 22-2 -2.3 percent. This is his junior and senior cr larlen has yet to produce a good, quality footbi lot to condemn the players, because they hj i many games throughout Carlen's visit at <1 coaching has lost many key games in the wo embarrasing Clemson losses. any major construction towards athletic fac Carlen has done practically nothing. Grante t Carolina, but all thanks go to Frank Mc< irolina Coliseum is referred to as "the hous< olina Stadium is "the house that Dietzel built juse? as come to Carolina and developed a "pow - tradition of night home football games ha with ourGamecock mascot that performed or desire for total power as athletic director o id resulted in a plan to ship Frank McGi > "head nobody," and his relations with Presi< is weak as his relations with McGuire. q is tn ir?fr?i*m thnoo 4-u ? a ? ? %w muva uivov iicu uidi u major combination athletic director-football coach a e winner." ;hheld by request ?serves t inizations on this backing ipports the foot- cheerleadei game be, if the I bet very ould not be there w^at an el :eam as well as band mem year during i 1 _ I nana is JU fl'11C*football tea J We work demand as ' that the f deserve all i not compla band is not g that individ not meeting the deprive us c ;tor. like tickets 10-1, an average op playing this ill team. _ . Carolina an ave shown high more for tl USC. However eame CHi past V/z years, Carolina's football gan on the fielc ilities at USC is who's the b d, we have nice juire and Paul In viewing e that McGuire all Carolina t," but where is solution wo student a receiving tY er hungry" at- at the begin s been flushed, \ the field. was a] n the Columbia tendon that uire to Coastal scholarship ient Holderman football ath Why kncx college cannot tickets whe nd expect to be cut? Why c their share Gilen R. M Carolina ba Journalism omecock I Qar Mark J. Lundc Don Fobes Jim Phillips . Barry J. Glenr Mike Hunt . . . Stephen McCo Sharon Pippin C 1 r. Janice Wood . Jan Easterlinc Brett Frledlan Skot Garrick . Jill Griffin . . . Fran George Jon Clemmens Sam Mc Kee . . The Gameco< readers. Lette words and mu correct name, are not accep will be with! cumstances v\ telephone nui where you cai verifying the ^ include class reserve the rig ?\ limitations, bu BgM . dress letters ' ?sj \ \ Gamecock, Dn 2V208. 1 Opinions exp those, if signer signed, of the > V ickets up the Carolina rs? few people really know [fort and sacrifice the bers go through each [ football. The marching st as important as a im. just as hard but don't much. I am not saying ootball team doesn't that they get, and I am ining about what the jetting. But, I don't feel luals have the right to >f what little we have ? to a game. al game between d Clemson entails a lot le band than just the emson's band and band have their own le as well as appearing I at halftime to prove etter of the two bands. I the ticket situation for games, I feel the best uld be to issue every book of tickets upon leir treasurer's receiDt ning of the school year. Iso brought to my at196 tickets are given to , male and female nonletes. ck out the band's 350 n other areas could be leprive the study body of tickets also? eibaum ind member freshman mecock Founded 1906 iren Editor in Chief Copy Desk Chief News Editor I Fnt#rtlilnnn??? i- - f A - cunur Sports Editor rmack Graphics Editor Wire Editor Editorial Page Editor Graduate Assistant I Asst. News Editor der Asst. Sports Editor .... Asst. Entertainment Ed. Advertising Manager Production Manager ien :. General Manager Business Manager :k welcomes letters from its rs should be a maximum of 300 st be signed with the writer's Pseudonyms or other aliases table, but the writer's name leld If requested and clrwarrant. Please include the mber and mailing address t be reached to assist us in Identity of the writer. Also, standing and ma|or. We ht to edit all letters for space t not for content. 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