OCR Text |
Show Parades, fun, people, homecoming, greeks, block seating Stegger's Corner Once again, the Homecoming season is upon us. Parades, games and fun for everyone are in store. . . . Once again, the alumni of the old University downtown businessmen, business-men, ladies for decency, Commissioner Barker will revisit the campus to marvel at the grandiose changes in buildings, roads and lawn. . . . And once again, we face the onslaught of the "block-seating" people the beloved Greeks. . . . You see, the brothers and sisters have seen fit to give a mandate to '' the students through die Student Participation Committee of the Associated Students of the University of Utah: "Either we get block-seating or we'll boycott Homecoming." Of course, the fraternity and sorority people have a point. They arc Homecoming. Then again, if they boycotted Homecoming, Homecoming Home-coming wouldn't be missed much by the rest of the students. The empty seats that resulted at the game could be sold to fans who couldn't buy a seat before hand at a discount. . . and the Greeks wouldn't be missed at all. However, the Student Participation Committee buckled in to the "people's" demands and once again the age-old problem of block-scaling is at hand. This is why a lottery for seating blocks took place Monday. If one takes a look at those receiving blocks, they find that organizations with Latin names lay claim to 24 of the 59 areas up for bid. The "Independents" command eight and the rest are spread out across the campus from the MBA's to the newly recognized SCABS (Secular Coalition Against Block Seating). But does this mean that block seating is here to stay throughout the remaining football season and into basketball games played in the student-paid Special Events Center? At the present time, it does. Thus, the scene has been set. It seems that war is inevitable and that a battle is brewing in the foreseeable future a battle against block-seating. . . . From this corner, there are three paths that could be followed in doing away with "block seating." They are 1) get rid of the Greeks, 2) eliminate football and basketball games, or 3) get rid of the Student Participation Committee which gives in annually to the demands of the Greeks. Since the "brothers and sisters" may not concur with the first and the Alumni Association may not feel too favorable toward the second, I shall concentrate upon the third. . . . What does the Student Participation Committee do? They must do something. They're receiving $500 in ASUU funds this year. Under its directorship, a card section was established at one game. But after the game was over, the cards were thrown. on the ground wasting who-knows-how-much money. (I wonder if those cards were registered?) And now the Student Participation Committee is telling us where to sit at a football game. . . Once again, the Homecoming season is upon us. But will this Homecoming mark the beginning of a war between Greek and Gentile; affiliated and unaffiliated? It's a possibility. |