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"Illegal ticket selling leads to ramifications Leaders look to use preventative measures, create awareness Saja Hindi Issue date: 11/9/07 Section: News Students have been illegally reselling the increasingly in-demand student tickets to the game against UNC-Chapel Hill Saturday, an issue that hasn't gone unnoticed by University officials. In addition to this being illegal under North Carolina state law because the tickets have a zero face value, it is also in violation of the Student Body Statutes, according to Associate Athletics Director Dick Christy. Christy said students who sell the tickets will face internal ramifications. "If they are caught, they will have to go in front of [Director of Student Conduct] Paul Cousins and Student Conduct," he said. Christy said he has received reports that students have been selling these tickets on The Wolf Web and Facebook, sites that tend to patrol themselves. "Students who know will kind of turn other students in," Christy said. "Obviously with big games like this, the demand is high and the temptation is there." According to Matt Potter, chair of the Student Senate's Campus Community Committee, he was not prepared for this situation. The committee works with athletics on student ticket policies, "Members of The Wolf Web alerted Student Government officials," Potter, a senior in political science, wrote in an e-mail. "The link to the TWW post was e-mailed to me this afternoon." Potter said he then sent an e-mail to various University and Student Government officials to figure out how to deal with the matter. "The Wolf Web, from my experience, has done a great job of policing itself and its users, and keeping illegal ticket exchanges from taking place," he said. "I have not contacted Facebook." Although Potter said solutions to the problem have not been thoroughly discussed, some of the suggestions include placing warnings on the tickets prohibiting that they be resold or having a message pop up on the ticketing Web site about reselling tickets once a student claims a ticket. Christy said Athletics began hand-stamping student ticket holders and barcoding the tickets to prevent counterfeit tickets. But he said it is not always possible to catch every student who resells a ticket."

11/9/2007 9:29:19 AM

thanks for bolding the lines about TWW

11/9/2007 9:30:34 AM

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"Members of The Wolf Web alerted Student Government officials," Potter, a senior in political science, wrote in an e-mail. "The link to the TWW post was e-mailed to me this afternoon"

thats not the "potter" that is pimpmaster69's roomate is it?

11/9/2007 9:32:16 AM

snitches get stitches

11/9/2007 9:33:45 AM

thanks for bolding the lines about TWW

11/9/2007 9:38:52 AM