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| 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
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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
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Burroughs has made several phone calls to becaus<
ler universities to see how they handle matter
)ck seating.
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liversity how to do it," he said. "I want to. those !
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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.
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