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Student Gate Change

Students joining the expected
crowd of 22,000 in Scott Stadium
for Saturday's game with VMI will
be greeted at the student gate by
something new: turnstiles. There
will be four at the old student gate
and two at a new location, by the
flagpole at the North end of the
stadium.

According to Evan Male, the
Athletic Department Business
Manager, the turnstiles became
necessary when a new contract that
the ACC is adopting for football
games went into effect. Under the
terms of this contract, home team
now have to pay a percentage of
their receipts from student
attendance to the visiting team.

Thus it becomes necessary, both
for that purpose, and to assure an
adequate number of seats for
students and their dates, that a
precise count of students attending
the game be made.