You stay classy, student sectionThis is it.This is the week we’ve all been waiting for.Why is this week so crucial to LSU?Is it the Carlotta Street party, recently approved? No.Is it the very Halloween night we are all looking forward to? No.It’s not even the opportunity to take out our frustrations on Tulane that I’m excited about.What’s got me staying up late tossing and turning in my bed this week?Well, I can’t wait to “Oh-We-Oh.”This Saturday, against Tulane, the students will have a chance to bring back the “Oh-We-Oh” cheer. As a member of Tigerband, (please try to refrain from judging and continue reading this) it was my understanding that upon the first touchdown we score, the band will play our touchdown sequence and then become silent, waiting for the students to start the cheer. Now, according to what I have heard, if the students chant correctly the band will then join in. However, if the students continue to chant “You Suck!,” then the Tigerband will play something else, thus killing the chant for all eternity.I can’t begin to express how demoralizing the absence of the chant has become. We have all hoped for some way to bring it back and now we have the opportunity. So I ask you, I urge you, I beg you to come up with the strength to resist the temptation to say “You Suck”. Let’s not focus on the past; let’s focus on the fact that we can bring our beloved chant back. Maybe a “Geaux Tigers” cheer can be placed in the words we are not supposed to say. “Oh-We-Oh” GEAUX! “Oh-Oh” TIGERS! That doesn’t sound too bad, does it? My point is, this is the chance many of us are waiting for. And the students in Tigerband want it just as bad as you do.P. Michael Hayesmusic education juniorBlackface is funny through its ironyIn Tyler Batiste’s column about blackface humor, he claims blackface is not funny unless you’re a racist since it conveys a negative image. I would like to know what that negative image specifically is. Is it negative in that it shows that black people are not the same color as white people? Absolutely not. It simply demonstrates that many people associate slaves with blacks since the most commonly mentioned slaves in our history books happen to be the ones brought to America from Africa. Let me put it into perspective for you. Even though Jewish slaves were responsible for some of the most impressive Egyptian structures of the world, if the actors in Kappa Sigma came out wearing Yarmulkes and wielding Menorahs, no one would see the connection to salves, and you surely would not have written your article about them. In fact, the very mention of the word “slave” offends you because you automatically parallel slaves to the black race. You claim that “slave” is more derogatory than “bitch.” Granted, I don’t know the entire Lafayette lingo, but I would gladly have someone call my mom a “slave” rather than a “bitch.” They didn’t dress up as blacks, they dressed up as slaves.Blackface is funny because it draws humor from the fact that the man under the paint is the polar opposite of being black. I have a fat friend dressing up as Michael Phelps for Halloween. Does that mean swimmers everywhere should throw a bitch-fit as well? Minstrel shows may have been offensive, but blackface has always been funny. Any jokes that stem from other cultures are always funny. We love to laugh at people who are different because we don’t know how to deal with it otherwise. You don’t have to be racist to see the humor in diversity. However, you do have to be a self serving sympathy seeker to find offense in this instance of physical mimicry. By dressing black, the actors aren’t saying anything negative. The message isn’t that black people are worthless. They are saying slaves in America were predominately black. You just assume the worst because of the liberal movement to make the very mention of race taboo. I am not going to be offended if a white actor taped his eyes slanted to portray an Asian. We have slanted eyes.I’m not saying the fraternity’s intentions were completely innocent, but the response is unnecessary. We live a country that tries to make us bite our tongues in the name of political correctness. Soon we will live in a bubble where we are terrified of stepping on the wrong toes for giving an accurate description. Stop trying to make yourself the victim all the time. Slaves in America were black. The only way the skit may have been funnier is if it was performed on a neutral ground.William Chiuconstruction management sophomoreHeat a necessit in the Long fieldhouseThere are several departments and classrooms located in the Huey P. Long Fieldhouse. This building was once a wonderful facility housing classrooms, dance studios and, of course, a swimming pool. Now, our building is slowly deteriorating. First, when you walk up to the front of the Fieldhouse, there is a lovely sign in an opening under the building where the feral cats live. The hidden sign reads Caution: Asbestos, Cancer and Lung Disease, along with a warning to wear a HazMat suit and respirator.Currently there is construction going on next door to the Fieldhouse. As a result of building the brand new Basketball Practice Facility, there was a construction error; thus causing the Fieldhouse and other surrounding buildings to be without heat. One of these buildings is a dorm. With dropping temperatures and no heat, it is very difficult to concentrate in a classroom that is far colder than the temperature outside. In some of our rooms, it seems as if the AC is on. For all the fees we pay to the University, we sure would love to have heat. We would like to know to exactly what our electric fee is going towards.The Huey P. is a lovely historic building and we would hate to see it be torn down. For all the money being spent on new construction projects (including the one that is taking away our heat); we can certainly find the money to save the Fieldhouse. Send the heat and get rid of the asbestos and then we’ll go from there.A few frozen students trying to survive in the fieldhouse—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at [email protected]