A plan outlining a new way to distribute football season tickets was voted down vehemently by the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) last night.

The plan called for tickets to be distributed giving preference first to seniors at all campuses, then to juniors at all campuses, then to freshmen and sophomores at University Park, then to freshmen and sophomores at commonwealth campuses.

Jay Chamberlin, UPUA president, said he normally wouldn't be so outright with his rejection of a formal opinion drafted by a committee, but found it necessary in this case.

"This is horrible, and this is very discriminatory against a large number of students," he said.

The opinion was passed through the special events and programming committee unanimously but received no votes in favor of it from the general assembly.

Tom Shakely, a UPUA off-campus representative, said the problem occurred last year when tickets were offered to freshmen when they attended the First-Year Testing, Counseling and Advising Program (FTCAP). Shakely said students would have no one to blame but themselves if they don't get tickets under the current system, as long as freshmen weren't given preference again.

Nicole Stettler, a UPUA at-large representative, agreed with Shakely.

"A problem occurred because the system was biased towards freshmen," she said. "We shouldn't remedy that by biasing it in the opposite direction."

A portion of the opinion said that freshmen and sophomores at University Park deserved preference in ticket sales because they earned admission to the University Park campus through better academic standing. Stettler said she knew many people who chose to attend a commonwealth campus even though they were offered admission to University Park.

Ricardo Torres, UPUA at-large representative, said that by rejecting the opinion, UPUA was, "sending a strong signal that we're against anything that discriminates against commonwealth campuses."

Once passed by the assembly, an opinion becomes the formal opinion of the UPUA and may be considered as a recommendation.