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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1983)
FrSd-y, Octcb:r21,1C) Pre dO Iftfy iod days turn siadizim into 'Memorial Jungle ' There arc millions efthen cut there. Every heme football Saturday, Huskcr fans Irani the to cfthe survi- valcftheLttnt" First, ycu v.2 thrcv-.h scalpers end f.;.!it ycur w;:y Into the f:,ta You stand la line to c:t your test You ldck people out cf your sects, people who ere there because ethers were In their seats. And the ccr.ceeeions pco p! a l.:t cc ::. : yourvcy with a much needed Col:?, .they sell their bet coda to "the i.izn i: the red" two rows don. It's a Juries la tlemorisl Stadium, itr.d it ccems to get mere crowded every year. In reality, how ever, attend er.ee h "almcst the same" from game to game, said Helen Werner, athletic tidwS IT .w -v. 2r Figures do very somewhat for every game, V :r tsii, because the num ber cf people involved in the halT&ae show, the nuaJLcr cf police end the number cf concession workers vary, : "There's no way to get en exact fig ure 7r "r.cr said. Ehecaid the attend ance f j-::re Li treed cn the number cf players, visiting players, ushers, coaches, band members, security offi cials and concession workers. ; In come instances, attendance esti mates may ran hh. Ycgner said her ofUce bases its 'estimates using only the number cf sold and admission tags assisted. No ens actually counts the number cf people going through the gates, she said. -; Ticket holders can come cmotshe said. A Coke man could get a cold at the last minute. There's no way to account far that" Che said if 10.003 wcra t1 because cf bid weather crscme ether reason, she would know, but, ehe g?id, "with a few hundred missing, It's hard totclL" At other games, attendance figures could be low. There's no w ay to account for the people that sneak in," she said. "I hear cf about 10 or so from the police, but I think it's probably closer to two or three hundred." Warner said 72.C03 people can be seated In reserved sections, the bleachers hold 010 people, and the wheelchair section hcldj about 140, Including wheelchair attendants. Warner said the demand for tie!:et3 exceeds the supply, and that every game is a sellout . According to Thomas Simons, as sistant sports Information director, Saturday will be the 1 2Sth consecutive cold-out game. On Oct 1, Nebraska set a National Collegiate Athletic Associa tion record when the NilSyracuse game was the 127th consecutive sell cut He said home football games have been sold out since 1C32. Simons said the reccrd-high attend ance at Xdemozial Stadium occurred Nov. 23, 1974, when 7C,CC3 people watched Nebraska play Oklahoma. The lowest attendance during the past 18 years was In 1C37, when C J.7T2 people saw Nebraska lose to Okla homa, Simons said. Simons said one reason for the dif ference in attendance "at these two seating capacity was C3,CC3. In addi tion, Simons said, the 1C37 came was vjU-, TVVS IT Locks Ufct ArioTHCX ALSO HAffES To Z2 wTf- -rnsuSAJOTit ccnjcWc selv.-ut: .r 1 i ' f cXoyiiii(o fnri O X U- JO a Correction The pe-c-ne ttcry about today's N"U Doard cf 'V , yAII Vvl lltWViUtJ bWUiJ 14 f V 1 C-oiJI Lit V i tvikHwJ V1 1- nfurf - I , riii.AiA-rl ..- I - ' atandards fcr the 170 College cf Business Adminis tration. The prepessd requirements would net afreet etudents at UNL ,3 tZJt t-3 f toy Panel 1 twlacl jl VA (check fr p$w h&k) m 1 tout nteJit The Undergraduate Psycholcy Organization will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. In Burnett Hall 227. Dan Lesr, assiotanf pro fessor of psychology, will discuss his research on ground squirrels in a talk titled, "if I Could Talk to the Animals: A Course in for Beginners." The talk will be fol lowed by a discussion of future activities for the organization. Refresh ments will be available; a 50 cents donation is requested. , V . Applications now are available for a t3,CC0 sch olarship for travel a broad. Netraskaas who are 19 to 23 years cf ce and Interested in 6 rnonths of 'living and . working with a family a broad may apply. Con tact tlary Ann Harms at the State 4-II and Youth Development Depart ment (472-2333) for f. V Homecoming Mini $350 A 47M7S2 Visa, Mtter Chars e. eu-Ctrte Llanctie American Express j r woiMroiMribim" V m N 'r c3 I) 'II If !' TV r") C- b 1 -j 1 1' 1 : i - 05 jsMie V i .-1 I