Comments on: Take your seats

By: Journalist

Journalist — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:34:50 +0000

“True dat. Collegian writers definitely have not done their research. Maybe if Fresno State paid a little more attention to their schooling instead of their sports programs, they would actually have decent publications.”

How can you say that collegian writers need to “pay a little more attention to their schooling,” when you start a sentence with, “true dat.” Take some more english classes.

By: Collegian answer this?

Collegian answer this? — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:52:35 +0000

hmmmm this all sounds odd, why are we bringin up old SHi%$ maybe its cause this type of news never gets old. Our university does suck, they make students pay for all the costly hidden fees that are supposedly providing “free” stuff. just like those dumb fresno bee newspapers that people think are free.

They are paid by our fees. I would argue that most students on this campus are ignorant. they could be more intelligent but they are rather ignorant. I bet next fall the campus will continue to try soooo hard to get students “involved” which is trying to get them to go to Fresno state games. Kick that old fart pat hill out and get someone who can deliver championships, maybe then students will go to games.

until then im stickin to the books.

By: seriously

seriously — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:37:12 +0000

^^True dat. Collegian writers definitely have not done their research. Maybe if Fresno State paid a little more attention to their schooling instead of their sports programs, they would actually have decent publications.

By: Joseph Montana

Joseph Montana — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:25:58 +0000

Frank has done his research. Collegian staff writers have not. Yet, the issue of location, location, location remains……..

By: Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:53:27 +0000

Actually the CSU system sill just cut back on services like they always do but the administrators will grant themselves a raise

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:32:39 +0000

So then shouldnt there be a fee referendum to reduce the ridicluous fees that are taxed on us so we dont waste money on tickets nit being used?

i vote we have a fee referendum to take down these fees

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:41:10 +0000

You guys miss the big picture though…the seats that are “free” at other schools are not really free. These other schools either have students that contribute MUCH more money to their respective Athletics departments than we do at Fresno State via exorbitant Associated Students and Athletics fees OR their state governments subsidize most of their athletics programs. Instead of getting their money through selling season tickets for football, these other schools get their money automatically through AS/Athletics fees charged to students every semester, rendering “free” seats. Don’t be fooled, guys. If you dig in and do some real research, you would find out that if we contributed the amount of money in Athletics fees that a school like SJSU does, our seats would be “free” as well. We are a Cal State school (1 of 23 in CSU, 1 of 34 UC/CSU) and that means we have to pay via fees for these “free” seats. Meanwhile in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, every other WAC school state, etc., these smaller states with only 2-3 schools to share the wealth with have money to distribute directly into state funded athletics programs to subsidize “free” seats (I encourage you to look into the NMSU program and state of New Mexico policies with regards to NMSU and UNM athletics..they give them EVERYTHING). Tack on another $60/semester to our fees to match SJSU’s or SDSU’s and you would get these mythical “free: seats.

Example:
With the passing of the Rec Center referrendum in 2000, included in that was 2,000 “free” tickets to the Save Mart Center for men’s basketball games. No, they are not free, students are paying for the seats in their West Complex/Rec Center fee every semester. Don’t you see? Students are paying for the licensing fees and tickets on these 2,000 “free” seats…and what is sad is the fact that we have only come close to filling all 2,000 seats only once in 4 years (see Stanford Winter White Out 2006).

By: Maybe

Maybe — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:59:15 +0000

Maybe there is a good reason for them to do that. But me personally i think the seating should be more like Hawaii’s where the students are upfront near the action. Or at least closer to the middle of the field like the Utah.

By: Chasen

Chasen — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:09:19 +0000

The students section seating sucks…they basically put all the students in a corner away from everything…boooo