Election coverage falls short this year
I’m writing to express my disappointment with this semester’s election coverage.
Homecoming received an entire special section, while elections only merited a small article the day of elections and one on the results.
There was no pre-election coverage of candidates or issues, and thus voter turnout was very low.
Maintaing traditions like Homecoming are important, but they wouldn’t happen without active students who dedicate their time and energy.
If students aren’t aware of their chances to get involved in campus affairs, such as through Student Government, wonderful events like International Week or Teacher Appreciation week will fizzle out because there will be nobody to plan and run them. Student Government elections are extremely important to campus life and LSU’s future, and thus deserve much more coverage than they received this week.
Sara Gore
senior
French
Fan etiquette article needs tweaking
I am writing in response to Heidi Cenac’s article on Tiger football fan etiquette.
I agree with Cenac that something as minute as where people are standing in the student section should not spoil a game’s fun, but I think her solution for the standing on the bleachers situation needs to be looked at more closely.
The people on the very bottom rows of each section cannot see because others are constantly walking by to go to the bathroom or get concessions. So these bottom row fans stand on their own seats.
The people on the back rows stand on the seats in front of them (because as Cenac says, they “have no where to go,” but don’t they have their own seats to stand on).
Somewhere in the middle is one unlucky row of squished fans that is faced with people standing on the seats directly in front of them and people standing on their seats. I have been a part of this row and it is very uncomfortable, but there is generally nothing anyone can do about it once it happens.
The advantage to standing on your own seat is that if you want to sit down you don’t have to ask the person behind you to step off your seat, but the advantage to standing on the seat in front of you is that it is more convenient to just step forward rather than backwards and up a foot.
I don’t know the best way to resolve this situation, but in my opinion we should all stand on our own seats.
That way the bottom row can see, the top row can see, and you can sit down at your own will without having to ask someone to step off your seat.
Speaking of sitting down, I’d like to admit that I don’t like to stand up for the entire football game, and I know there are others out there like me, who like to rest their weary feet once in a while. Just because I am a student sitting in the student section doesn’t mean I am required to be an avid football fan. I like going to the games, but I don’t like standing up the whole time.
I think others should respect my opinion to sit down, and I think it’s pretty rude when other students make comments about me if I do choose to sit down.
Making nasty comments is definitely not going to make me want to stand up.
If you want to cheer your heart out, go for it, but respect my wish to take a break from standing. Then we can all have a good time.
Becky DeFoe
English / secondary education