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IT ’S HOMECOMING Y’ALL! Homecoming package shortages Student parking still force students to pay more for events an issue on campus Tiara Bennett Staff Reporter @tbennett113 Edited by Demetrius Dillard
Less than half of the students at Winston-Salem State were able to buy ticket packages for Homecoming. Four hundred packages were available Oct. 15, and less than four days, later the $40 packages were sold out. WSSU students needed valid Ram cards and limits two packages each. Three packages were available for WSSU students: $40, $55 and $75. General admission packages cost $90 and $115. Each package included tickets to the Pre-Dawn, Gospel Play, Comedy Show, Poetry Slam, Red and Black Affair and Step Show. The Gospel Play and Poetry Slam were free events, but a ticket was required to get inside each venue. The tickets could have been purchased individually. Chelii Broussard is the
Homecoming coordinator. “I pretty much look at the past years and how well each package was sold,” Broussard said. “We push for students to buy tickets in advance, so they can have that price that isn’t hitting you in the pocket,” In previous years, WSSU sold from 200 to 300 packages. This year, Broussard said she to sell wanted to sell 400 packages to the students. “Even after the $40 packages were sold out, if students were to purchase all of the tickets it was another $15,” Broussard said. The ticket office was given 2,000 Pre-Dawn tickets to sell, and 1,800 were sold. The party was in the C.E. Gaines Center Oct. 24. “Pre-Dawn didn’t sell out right away, but as soon as the doors opened for the tickets to sell, everyone was in line,” she said. Melvin Goss, a sophomore sociology major from Charleston, S.C., did not buy the $40 or the $55 package.
“I just wanted to go to the Comedy Show, so I’m buying my ticket at the door,” Goss said. “I think they should increase the number of packages, but it depends on the space.” The day before the Red and Black Affair concert, students lined up to purchase their ticket, but the price increased to $30. Within the $40 ticket package, the concert was $15 and in the $55 package the concert was $20. The general admission for the concert was $30 and $40. During Spirit Week, students were able to win tickets by dressing up or participating in games about the theme of the day. Jo’Neka Brown, a junior exercise science major from Williamston, N.C., bought the package the first day. “I think they should increase the packages, so everyone can save money and get a chance to buy the package,” Brown said.
Desrick Rhooms Staff Reporter @drhooms112 Edited by Matt Parmesano
Whether it’s worrying about if they’ll get a parking citation or if there will be an open parking spot in their dorm’s lot, students who drive at Winston-Salem State know the hassle of parking on campus. The problem most students go through when it comes to parking is fully understanding the University’s regulations. Trina Crosby, an office assistant at WSSU’s parking office, said students believe hearsay, and that gets them in trouble. “Students tend to believe in a lot of myths; the biggest one is that parking enforcement doesn’t come out in the weekends,” Crosby said. “That is a lie. In fact, parking enforcement does come out on weekends, they’re out 24/7, 365.” Crosby suggested students contact the parking office or read the regulations on the school website.
Norman Johnson, parking enforcement manager, said the biggest problem is students don’t want to buy a parking pass. “The biggest myth that I’ve heard is that after 5 p.m., you don’t need a parking decal to park, which simply isn’t true; you always need a decal or parking pass to park on campus,” Johnson said. After 5 p.m., students can park anywhere if it isn’t in another residential lot or a firezone, as long as they have a parking decal; however, they need to move their car by 7 a.m. or it will be ticketed. Residential lots seem to fill up at night, which brings into question how many passes were sold to students to park. Johnson again pointed to the fact that some students refuse to buy passes, stating that lots are being filled up because students are parking in them illegally. He said the university orders
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