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James Nicas Athletic Dept, needs lesson in economics Last week, I received an applica tion for Nebraska men’s basketball tickets for the upcoming season. After seeing the price being charged for this year’s tickets, it is clear that nobody in the Athletic Department has taken a class in microeconomics. More specifically, if any of the department members did take that class, they must have slept through the lecture on supply and demand. Supply and demand is a simple concept. If supply decreases or demand increases, the price should go up. But it is also true that as sup ply increases or demand decreases, the price should go down. - I UUlUflll lllKCl pxu.cs XlaVC steadily risen the past few years. Students do not like it, but there is an increasing demand and supply is constant, so prices should go up. However, over the past few years, students have treated men’s basket ball games like the plague. Most stu dents have avoided them at all cost. Last year an average of 372 stu dents attended each game at $3.50 a ticket - not exactly a rounding show of support. Instead of lowering the price to encourage students to come, the price stayed the same. As of Tuesday, only 124 students bought tickets for this year. Imagine if it cost students only $ 1 a game to buy tickets this year. Students would be more likely to sit through Team Pella and Southwest Texas State if it only cost $ 17 instead of $59.50 for season tickets. I would expect the income generated would be close to last year’s level, if they were only interested in generating money. But there would also be extra benefits. I do not think Danny Nee would mind more students at games. His feelings should not be hurt if hundreds more students attend games because prices are cheaper. The extra student participation would help change the Devaney Center from the quiet mausoleum it has been the past few years. With Tyronn Lue gone, the antic ipation for this year is as low as ever. The Athletic Department has offered students free gear, tried to give the games an NBA feel and they _1^* _____ • wuvu iwi uo waaii luuoc auiuMug Cloggers at halftime. But they still have not figured out why students do not attend games. Somebody, anybody, over in the ticket office needs to wake up and realize students do not want to pay sixty beans to watch men’s basket ball. To get students to attend games, they need to lower the price. It is as simple as supply and demand. James Nlcas is a senior market ing and management major and a Daily Nebraskan staff writer. Starting QB not declared by Solich By Adam Klinker Staff writer The Nebraska football practice Thursday afternoon experienced something 1 11CW 1UI U1C week - no I injuries. After a week of prac tice plagued by injuries to key players and continu ing ailments -. .. . Hampering Solich others, the Cornhuskers will go into Saturday’s game against Alabama Birmingham with four casualties. “Hopefully we can put an end to the injuries,” NU Coach Frank Solich said. “The first part of the week, we prepared some guys who are now unable to play ... that’s always a concern to you.” In addition to I-back DeAngelo Evans and free safety Clint Finley, senior defensive tackle Jason Wiltz and senior wingback Lance Brown will be on the sidelines against the Blazers. Sophomore quarterback Bobby Newcombe was dressed for Thursday’s practice without pads and went through a light workout. “With a player like Bobby, he always wants to get back on the field and go a hundred miles an hour,” Solich said. “We had to make sure that he understood we just wanted him to work at half speed.” Solich said he soon expected to have an answer to whether Newcombe or freshman Eric Crouch would start at quarterback for the Huskers on Saturday. Solich said he would be com fortable in allowing Newcombe to start against UAB despite the fact that he has missed nearly a week of hard practice. “If he is healthy and if there is no more risk, then of course you FmUmII Starters Mmka Swims * Pot. No. Name Ht Wt Poa. No. Name Ht Wt QB » ' Bobhy Newoombe 62 200 LA 57 CfiadKelsay 63 250 - IB.M Corral Buckhalter 60 225 NT 96 Steve Warren 61 305 PS 45 JoelMakovicka 611 240 DT 99 Jason Wife 64 310 ..m WB 5 Sheyin Wiggins 611 200 RR 84 Mike Rucker 65 260 SE 6 KennyCheaSiam 64 210 SLB 46 Brian Shaw 61 215 TE 88 Shekjbn Jackson 6-4 245 MLB 44 Jay Foreman 61 240 *1* 69 AdamJulch 65 315 WLB 27 Eric Johnson 61 205 LG 63 James Sherman 62 295 LCB 16 Erwin Swiney 6-0 185 c 59 JoshHeskew 63 290 FS 21 Mike Brawn 610 205 :■■■&& RG.TO Ben Gessford 62 290 ROV 25 Joe Walker 610 200 ttr 65 Jason Schwab 61 300 RCB 22 Rap Brown 69 130 PK 35 Kris Brown 610 205 P 23 BiHLafleur 611 200 MB Suiters |jfHH Poa. No. Name Ht Wt Poe. No. Name Ht Wt QB 16 Oariiei Dixon 63 195 DE 8 Derrick Cloud 63 250 ..fffi 5 LudousFoster 610 185 DT 99 PemellDavis 64 305 FB 32 Bernard Anderson 61 217 NG 69 Curtis Jeter 611 290 WB 20 Maurice Gallery 611 180 DE 88 Sterrick Morgan 6-3 265 SE 2 Dantus Malone : 63 185 SLB 43 Jonathan Sledge .v::* 61; 215 * FL 11 Quentin Troupe 60 170 WLB 47 Brian Smith 63 252 TE 87 UndriteCrosoy :■ 65 : 282 MLB 52 Shannon Monroe ::: 62 253 ...IT.75 .tool Cain . 6-4 275 CB 21 Rodregis Brooks 5-11 175 LG 65 PrestonFray 65 285 FS 13 Kris Ned 62 205 C 55 Brandon Herring 62 265 SS 44 Wes Foss 611 180 RG 71 TimMedders .'' . . : 63 .;' : 290 :. -CB : ;r 9 Omar Parker ::. ::; <■ 61 - ' 175 RT 66 Melvin Sidney 6-4 305 PK 27 Jake Allans 610 180 play him,” Solich said. “(Newcombe doesn’t) want to miss games. If the doctors give the OK on it, then it’s pretty clear-cut that they feel he’s not at risk injury wise.” Senior center Josh Heskew said it really doesn’t matter to the team who will be taking the snaps. “Either way, it doesn’t matter to us who’s back there,” Heskew said. “We’re going to do the job and we don’t expect anything to change.” On Wednesday, the Husker defense sustained a setback as Wiltz went down with an ankle sprain. “That was really a blow to us,” Solich said. “He had more factors than anybody else on our team from his play against Louisiana Tech.” With both Wiltz and Finley out, the Huskers again will look to Mike Brown to step in at free safety for Finley and Joe Walker will fill in for Brown at rover. Sophomore Loran Kaiser will take Wiltz’s job at defensive tackle. Freshman Jason Lohr, who saw action on 17 plays against Louisiana Tech, will again be the backup on Saturday. “He’s not easily replaced,” Solich said of Wiltz. “But we feel very comfortable about those guys (Kaiser and Lohr).” Solich said Wiltz could miss between two and three weeks. The severity of the sprain, which is very high on the ankle, will determine his time spent out. Lance Brown will also be out for two to three weeks with a slight fracture in his leg, suffered in practice on Monday. With the injuries, Saturday will become a rallying point for the Husker defense, especially after a game in which senior rush end Mike Rucker said they felt embar rassed. “It’s safe to say we’re going to have a better defensive per formance this week,” Rucker said. “It’ll be a lot different.” -Jon Frank/DN— i iiiiiiii ii—mum i Scott McClurg/DN NEBRASKA FRESHMAN Eric Crouch practices Thursday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. Crouch could be Nebraska’s starting quarterback this Saturday against Alabama-Birmingham. in viclidl^ By James Nicas Staff Reporter The Nebraska volleyball team went into |heir West Coast trip Thursday night wanting to show they uciungeu among the nation's best. With their victory over San Diego, the fifth-ranked Cornhuskers jumped over the first hurdle Korver of their three day trip. Sophomore Nancy Meendering pounded 18 kills to pace the Huskers r (2-0>4n a 15-9, 15-8,15-11 victory over the No. 21 Toreros (1-1) in the first game of the San Diego State Tournament in San Diego. “Nancy had a good game tonight,” senior middle blocker Megan Korver said. “Whenever she touched the ball, we seemed to do really well.” Nebraska opened comfortable leads in each of the three sets, but San Diego made runs to make it close in every game. However, Korver said NU was never really threatened in the match. “It was not really a close game tonight,” Korver said. “We would get stuck on seven or 10 for awhile, but we were able to pick up our game.” For the match, NU had 50 kills and hit .381. Along with Meendering’s 18 kills, Korver had 11 and sophomore outside hitter Angie Oxley added eight. Although Nebraska dominated the match, the Toreros had more kills. San Diego’s 53 kills were offset by their .162 hitting percentage. The difference in the match could be seen in USD’s 29 errors compared to 10 for the Huskers. NU also held a 13-5 advantage in team blocks, paced by one solo block and seven block assists by Meendering. Even though Nebraska con trolled the match, Korver said the team was not satisfied with the win. “We were happy with the win, but we are not satisfied with how we played,” Korver said. “It was a learn ing experience for die rest of the sea son.” The San Diego match also was the return for senior outside hitter Jamie Krondak. Since spraining her left foot Aug. 24, she has been kept out of the previous two matches. Krondak played only in the back row Thursday night, but Korver said her presence was felt in the match. “Jamie came in and served really M-- ' We were happy with the win, but we are not satisfied with how we played.” Megan Kokver middle blocker ————■ • well,” Korver said. “We had some trouble getting points, and she served tough and helped us run some points.” Tonight, Nebraska will face the fourth-ranked Stanford at 9:30. Korver said the match against San Diego was beneficial to help them prepare for the Cardinals. “It helped us see where we are, and it was good preparation for Stanford.”