Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Passes New Student Athletic Fee
2/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | General
Feb. 24, 2004
EVANSTON, Ill. -- At the request of Northwestern's student government and the University's administration, the Board of Trustees also approved a new athletic events fee of $25 for undergraduate students.
As a result, full-time undergraduate students will be admitted without charge to all of Northwestern's home athletic events, including football and basketball games. The student government requested the system of an annual fee for all undergraduates with no admissions charge for individual games as a way of encouraging undergraduate students to attend Northwestern athletic events. The fee is not applicable to graduate students.
In the coming weeks, policies will be created for undergraduate students on how to obtain tickets, how to be admitted to events, etc. Chris Boyer, Northwestern's assistant athletic director for marketing, said, "These discussions will happen almost immediately. As soon as the policies are in place, we will notify the student body."
A separate athletic events fee is common at universities that have a Division I athletics program, as Northwestern does.
