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To help counter the increase in budget needs, department officials presented to university President John Petersen and Knoxville campus interim Chancellor Jan Simek a list of ways to raise additional revenue.
‘‘Basically they picked four things: an increase in season ticket price, charging students for tickets, reduce faculty and staff ticket discounts and beer sales,’’ athletic department spokeswoman Tiffany Carpenter said.
Plans are in the works to implement all four changes, but Tennessee’s Faculty Senate is asking school officials to reconsider the beer sales.
