For many University students, free or discounted tickets to campus athletic events are an expected perk to an otherwise sedentary college life. These free tickets are not guaranteed, however. The Athletic Department Finance Committee negotiates with the University Athletic Department to determine the number of student tickets available, the price of tickets and how they will be distributed. Three ASUO senators are included on the ADFC.

Senate Seat 9, one of the ADFC, seats, is a two-year term. This year, there are three
candidates in the race: Anthony R. Cain, Kevin Day and Patrick Sullivan.
Each candidate was asked four general questions pertaining to the ASUO senate and two questions specific to student government: Who is responsible for the payment of stipends to senators (answer: the senate president and vice president), and what’s the most important part of Senate Rules Section 5, which lists senators’ duties, and why?
Anthony R. Cain did not respond to numerous attempts by the Emerald to schedule an interview.
Kevin Day, a junior majoring in computer science, has already done some work with the senate.
Day did not know who was responsible for the payment of stipends to senators. He did not know what Section 5 was, but said senators didn’t need to memorize the rule book but could refer to it if they were unsure of something.
Q: How will you figure out how to spend the surplus?
Day: Currently I am part of senate, so I’ve dealt with that. Spending the surplus is one of those tough things because a lot of groups want the money for different events. I feel that the groups who show the most effort in budgeting and show that they can actually use money wisely and the events are helping serve the entire University — those would be the groups I would help give that money to, and that’s pretty much it, as long as they’re following all the rules and everything.
Q: What are the most important issues facing the students you represent?
Day: I want to try to probably relate to my general seat, Seat 9, because I’m working the Athletic Department with student seating. So I would say making sure that
students actually use all their tickets for both football and basketball, because if students keep picking them up and not using them, there’s a possibility of losing those seats. And then further down the road, make sure if a new McArthur Court is in the works, the students have a voice for that.
Patrick Sullivan is a sophomore business major originally from San Diego, Calif. He transferred to the University from Purdue University at the beginning of winter term. Sullivan decided to run for senate at the last minute and said he has been mainly focusing on the election process but plans on studying the ASUO rule book soon. He did not know who was responsible for the payment of stipends or what duties were outlined under Section 5.
Q: How will you figure out how to spend the surplus?
Sullivan: To be honest, I haven’t looked at the finances yet, but I would just evaluate them to see how what areas are running efficiently, which ones aren’t and just go from there. I haven’t looked in detail at the books yet. (My decisions) would depend on what seems in the best interest of the student body. And if there were some areas that are obviously lacking, they’d probably get more funding into that and take it from the ones that aren’t and try to make everything run more efficiently.
Q: What are the most important issues facing the students you represent?
Sullivan: Making sure the incidental fee gets used efficiently and in their best interest instead of being wasted. And try to make it so they get the most benefit possible out of what they’re paying.