The University’s ticket office has made it easier for students with senior status to defer priority ticket distribution for UNC’s home basketball game against Duke.
Last year, more than 50 seniors sent angry emails to the ticket office complaining that they had not received tickets to the game.
Some of these students did not receive tickets because they didn’t realize they had already used their senior priority status as juniors, a status that is based on credit hours.
“The bottom line is that you can only use that priority one time,” said Tim Sabo, assistant director of ticket operations. “We have that information in the email, but I can’t force them to read it.
“I’m not sure how else we can tell you, but we have gotten better over the years at communicating with some of those students.”
In the past, students have had to call or email the ticket office in order to waive their status and decline their Duke ticket.
This year, students can click on a link that was emailed to them in order to fill out a survey that will allow them to downgrade their status automatically.
Sabo said that every senior, graduate student or junior with a senior’s level of credit hours receives the email.
He said the automated form has led to fewer complaints this year.