Voting shows student power
Students have a lot of power. However, I feel that we often underestimate this power. One way to show our power is to vote. But I think that students often forget about this option.
On campus, student leaders control over $8 million, and on a national level, our representatives control billions of dollars. These leaders make decisions that affect our daily lives. Yet students rarely participate in choosing these leaders. Imagine the change we could affect if we all voted both on the campus and on the national level. It could be amazing. But in order to vote, you have to be registered. Right now the ASUO is presenting all students the opportunity to vote, and I encourage everyone to do just that.

Courtney Hight

senior,

environmental studies

ASUO elections coordinator

Ticket sales solution not so simple
Mr. Weiner’s letter (“Ticket sales could be easier,” ODE, 10/10) offers an interesting alternative to students waiting in long lines to get athletic tickets. Unfortunately, it’s not feasible for the following reasons.
Only students who are registered for fall term, pay the appropriate incidental fees and have a current University ID card are eligible for tickets to home football games. Consequently, the ticket office must verify through a computer database each student’s status and also enter ticketing data indicating the student received a ticket for the game.
Student tickets are available at both the University Ticket Office and the Duck Ticket Office. The logistics of getting more than 6,000 people to the right place at the right time with the right slip number would be a major undertaking.
When athletic tickets become available, we do everything we can to accommodate students as quickly as possible, but data entry into a very busy computer system does take time.
A reminder that in addition to the University Ticket Office, students can also pick up tickets at the Duck Ticket Office located at the Len Casanova Center by Autzen Stadium.
We appreciate everyone’s patience, and … Go Ducks!

Mary Barrios

University Ticket Office Manager