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News 1 Heavy objects no match for students moving on campus Sean Rayford photo editor Freshman Rebecca Tate gets a little help from USC moving crew member Collin Grick Saturday as she prepares to begin on-campus life at at Patterson Hall. N.C. State tickets remain scarce for USC students by Brock Vergakis News Editor Students hoping to get a ticket to see the Gamecocks’ first football game against North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., will have to settle for watching it on ESPN. All 20f) student tickets were sold before finals last spring. USC’s ticket allotment for the game was originally 5,000 tickets, which is 10 percent of Carter-Finley Stadium’s capacity. The athletics department was able to secure 2,500 more seats this summer, for a total of 7,500, but no more student tickets were made avail able. The ticket office is going to have to refund 2,500 fans their money for ticket orders. More than 10,000 requests were made for the N.C. State game. “I’ve been here 15 years, and this is the biggest ticket demand for a road game I’ve ever seen,” Assistant Athletics Director Kerry Tharp said. “It’s just a situation where demand out weighed supply for this game.” Students are the only ones whose orders are not going to be refunded because they will receive all the tickets they ordered The 2,500 refunds will be from faculty/staff and Gamecock Club orders. Many students said they’re still unhappy with the small ticket allotment, especially since Head Coach Lou Holtz hits tried to get students more involved “It doesn’t seem right that we only get 200 tickets.” sophomore Erin DeLoach said “The students are the real fans. We’re the ones that showed up when the team was 1-10.” Chris Massaro, associate athletics director for ticket operations, said that this year’s procedure for giving out stu dent tickets was consistent with that of past games. Massaro said that students who want to get tickets for the Geoigia and Tennessee games can come by the ticket office and buy a ticket for $27. Student ticket distribution for the first home game against East Carolina will begin Sept. 7. Tickets can be picked up with a valid student ID in the Russell House. Students explore Russell House by Brock Vergakis News Editor Students unfamiliar with all that Russell House has to offer were treated to an open house Tuesday night at the University Union’s “A View of The House.” The event was organized to give freshmen an opportunity to explore the student union and leam about some of the organizations and services available to them. This is the second straight year the Russell House has sponsored the event. Students who participated were giv en a yellow card with various locations in the Russell House to visit. If they visited seven of the nine places, they became eligible for a grand prize drawing of $300 from the Russell House Bookstore. In addition to that drawing, students were treated to free pizza, snow cones, popcorn, balloons and caricature draw ings. hi uic wcai wu^ uieezjeway, wucie Student Life and alcohol and drug pro grams are located, Colleen Daly, the graduate assistant for Student Life pro grams, said many freshmen and upper classmen were visiting for the first time. “We’ve had a good turnout,” she said. “Free food is always a good way to get people down here. “It’s a good way to promote the Student Organization Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 31, and for freshmen to find out about clubs and organizations on campus and get involved,” Daly said. Recruitment was a major theme of the open house. Director of Student Media Ellen Parsons wanted to let students know that everyone is invited to join Student Media. “I’m hoping the three groups I work with will recruit some new mem bers tonight,” Parsons said As part of its recruiting efforts, WUSC-FM offered free CDs to those who visited Student Media Dance Marathon, one of the newest organizations on campus, used the open house to build on the success it started last year by signing up interested stu dents. “We broke a first-year record last year in the amount of money raised” said public relations senior Kate Stewart. Last year, Dance Marathon had around 500 volunteers, half of whom were dancers, to raise more than $56,000. This year they hope to double the number of dancers. we re noping to get as many sig natures as possible for the future,” politi cal science junior David Bush said Dance Marathon had a table set up in the Golden Spur, where temporary tattoos and cotton candy were given out. The Golden Spur was the favorite place of sophomores Cresinna Underwood and Annie Tilghman. “It’s neat. We’re having a real good time,” Tilghman said “The cotton candy’s real good. They should do it more often.” Both students were disappointed in the turnout. “The freshmen should get a lot out of it, they can come out of their room and do something,” she added “I think more people should take advantage of it,” Underwood said “I’d never been in the gameroom or Student Media before. We’re going to be looking for it every other year now,” she said Need Flexible hours to work around your school schedule? 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