With the first home game in Tiger Stadium looming on the horizon, students all over campus are starting to get excited. We’re just two days away from the traditions that make Saturday nights some of the best times to be had at the University.Unfortunately, one of those traditions is on probation — the now-infamous “Oh-Wee-Oh” chant.This ritual, which customarily occurs during the long and energetic touchdown celebration, is a crowd favorite — which, given the staggering number of excellent cheers on game day, is saying quite a lot.It’s also recently acquired a controversial reputation, since the student section began attaching “you suck” to the end. After a particularly obscene rendition during last year’s contest with the South Carolina Gamecocks, Tiger Band refused to play the song, and the chant died.The student section proved last year they were willing to tone down the taunting during the Alabama game. But the chant is still essentially on probation — as soon as students resume tacking “you suck” to the end of the chant, Tiger Band will once again cut the music — permanently.We encourage the student section to keep the obscenity out of the cheer. The band and the University are only trying to prevent damage to our school’s reputation, and we can’t allow ourselves to ruin those efforts in the heat of the moment.
Besides, we’re talking about Death Valley here  — the student section hardly needs to be obscene to be an intimidating force on the field.Keep it classy, students.  The “Oh-Wee-Oh” chant is too much fun to lose.–Contact the Editorial Board at [email protected]