Basketball ticket location moved

Student tickets for the 1994-95 men's basketball season will be moved to different locations than this past year, ticket office manager Peggy Kowalski announced yesterday. Instead of being located in a number of sections, including courtside chairback section 115 and courtside section 116, the tickets will be limited to upper sections. In addition, prices will be raised to $100 for the season package, with an additional $15 surcharge for seating in section 215. The seats in sections 115 and 116 will be sold to alumni, Kowalski said, and alumni and the general public will also be given first choice at the designated student sections if the other alumni sections fill. "Since the team did so well in the NCAAs when we seated the students in the upper deck and gave the student seats to alumni, we thought we'd extend that to the Palestra as well," outgoing Athletic Director Paul Rubincam said. "I don't think it really surprises anyone that we'd shaft the students to make our alumni happy. Isn't that the way we always do things around here anyway?" Outgoing basketball coach Fran Dunphy said it was "idiocy in the athletic department like this" that had helped him make his decision to take the La Salle job, which will be announced today. "I guess that's why [Rubincam] is resigning," incoming AD Steve Bilsky said. "Of course, at GWU, we don't have any fans, so it hasn't been a problem for us. But I heard that the most important qualification for the Penn job is kissing the asses of ornery alumni who are loaded." Penn players refused to comment, stating an order from Athletic Communications (formerly Sports Information) that they could only talk to the press after four unreturned phone calls and a note from said reporter's mother. One former player, who asked to remain nameless commented, however. "It's stuff like this that caused me to quit the team," the unnamed player known as Skip Metz said. "I think we all know the team would have beaten Florida if I were on the team." Rubincam also expressed his intention to limit student seating for football games in Franklin Field to only the upper deck on the South side. He further warned if anyone throwing toast from that height hit an alum seated below, he would be shot by Spectaguards. Coach Al Bagnoli was unavailable for comment. His secretary reported he was busy looking for another job after yet another athletic department flounder. Football players refused to comment, stating an order from Athletic Communications (formerly Sports Information) that they could only talk to the press after four unreturned phone calls and a note from said reporter's mother. "I gave them the message," said a Sports Info?er, Athletic Communications peon.