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Tickets StnHont r?l VIUUVII1 Ul . | By Betsy Huggins Block seating for football games may soon be put to the test by a concerned USC student who says the system is unfair. David Burroughs* a sophomore music major, said greek organizations always get the best block seating, sections 17 and 18. In dependent organizations are seated in sections 501 and 502 in the upper deck. "Everybody jpays the11 same student acI tivities fees; then why;should Sbrtie fcroups j, get the preferred seats^all the time?" BURROUGHS IS planning a meeting of USC organizations to discuss what he says is I" <WA1 fca I mntfl att ' v, ' I I ?*? $Hjp$M3|?r ^ I <\t ^U^froir. I Xrfi CfillMIK ! 0 ? 1 fl who will survive I and what will be 2:c ^tett of them? $1 og. me gg TEXAS ^ ; i S3 CHAINSAW gft MASSACRE" I C 01 Oft A BRYANSTOM P1CTUWS RUEASt [&] **> i? ij"K Free University lasti Faculty or Students: /Jg Non-Credit Short Cour 1^1 and traff aims block seal a problem. The meeting will be at 3 p.m. ed Wednesday in Room 202 of the Russell AC House. ' ind Petitions will be passed to each organiza- cha tinn for mcmhcrc to cion Hiirrnnohc nlane fn ! send copies to the manager of ticket sales at tioi the Roundhouse, to the Student Government but Athletics / Community Affairs/and Off- 'T Campus Students Committee and to the the Dean of Student Affai^sv B^rfoUfths said he ~ * will take it as far as he has to to get 1 something done. to Tickets for block seatind are administered the by Student Government. Licensed indepen-otr dent organizations and fraternities are handl- tw< Buses will r>iek ud oasaeneers at Sumter Wlt will'jb$^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ''"h ' * fr I ?tl sSd tlife < ^ * f- bl< pBSSSKSSSS 'ishes '84 Game mmmm pt. 7 1 30. 7 & 9:30 F .00, $1.50 ( JAMES STEWART Jfljfcj < KIM NOVAK. H < ALFRED HITCHCOCICS R | VEfgnBD- ' *>UNtvfft&Al CITY STuOOt IHC % Sept. 8 & 9 2:30, 7 & 9:30 $1.00. $1.50 actors Hsodod For Fall *84 If you would like to teach a -co riaii 777-7130 or come bv i WW WVAIV WWW W .WW :e 2nd Floor RHUU. JSSSSSSSSSS3SS8S? i^'- use IC 5 :ing untair separately. Rodney Brown, head of the O committee, is in charge of seating for ependent organizations. Bill Means is in , ? ^ rge of seating for greeks. ioth the greeks and independent organizais rotate within their sections each week. ''"TM each stays in their own allotted section. m just trying to get the university to. rotate i*? ^ifl whole thing," Burroughs said. BURROUGHS ALSO said he had spoken someone on the ACO commmittee and to B||l|i| : head of the ticket sales and each says the ter is responsible for the positioning of the MrfnTni :> group's tickets. 3ut Athletic Ticket Manager Gary Goodn said the ticket office decides what >ups will sit in each section, and the ACO nmittee decides where groups will sit hin the section. joodman said fraternities have had block ting since at least 1966, while independent ?lill|| ;anizations didn't apply until 1976. lllllill fhe indenendent crouns had little demand " seats, so they were seated next to the be able ternities. meeting WHEN THE stadium was enlarged, the in- BUR1 pendents asked for better seating, and an attac eed to take the upper deck, because they "I'm uld be closer to center field. Their seats greeks,' i been near the end zone. been foi rhe ticket office has received no official I consid nplaints from independent organizations He si the Dean of Student Affairs, and will not meeting :ognize the distribution system as a pro:m until such notification is received, 4'I dc >odman said. show u Burroughs has made several phone calls to becaus< ler universities to see how they handle matter )ck seating. Brov "It's not my responsibility to tell the filled I liversity how to do it," he said. "I want to. those ! icocks the best 1 Find your place These positions are now c Exec. Council ? Treasurer kinematic Arts ? Publicity M ? Theatre Me ? Special Eve Contemporary Sounds ? Sec Cultural Series ? Secretary deas & Issues ? Publicity M Special Programs ? Technic Chairpei Visual Arts ? Secretary Video Tape ? Publicity Mam kAinKllflUT j jrr,\ Air^r* mumr*j* arolina I^oora, .j iu unci suiiic suiuuuiib at me ROUGHS SAID his actions were not k on greek organizations. not really trying to get at the ' he said. "It's just the greeks have rtunate enough to have the seats that er the best." iid greeks were also invited to the >n't expect the greek 01 ganizations to ip in full support. I hope they do, ; an inequality is an inequality, no which side you're on." vn said the greeks have consistently their block, and that's why they get ?eats. ' of luck! Pj on CPU x?: ifJttll! yj? anager JVm inager W ?nts Coordinator KS" iretary anager 5vjB al Services V%3" son 7^ ARE ' you VVJ READY VSJr I SEPT. 21? DOC