Let students rush the fieldI suppose it was good our game against UNC-Chapel Hill was not at Carter-Finley Saturday because the N.C. State students might have actually tried to rush the field, and who knows what chaos would have followed.In my four seasons of attending Pack football games, I have never been able to join my team on the field after one of our big wins. My heart fills with jealousy every time I see a replay of another college’s huge upset and the avalanche of excited students that follows.I remember attending my first college football game at my brother’s college. As the clock was counting down, a voice came on loudspeaker saying, “Do not to rush the field.” The students laughed and before I knew what was going on, I was standing on the 50 yard line.If all these other schools can rush the field without destruction and chaos, why can’t we? Perhaps it’s the 50 officers encircling the field. But maybe it’s more. Maybe the students need to get really excited, and I think the game on Saturday would have been the one.Regrettably, the Miami game on Saturday will be my last. It seems that I will never have the chance to join my classmates on the field even when we win. Perhaps one game in the future, security will lighten and the fans will join together on the grass of Carter-Finley, and I will watch as a happy alumnus wishing I could have done the same.Daniel Donnellysenior, EnglishChalk messages on UNC campus tastefully build rivalryI want to sincerely congratulate the N.C. State students who chalked “41 – 10” messages on sidewalks throughout the UNC-Chapel Hill campus Monday morning (Nov. 24, 2008). Why congratulate? The “rub it in” message was clear, but done without vandalizing or defacing campus property. The chalk messages were EVERYWHERE but washed away in Monday evening’s rain. I congratulate the message writers — it must have taken HOURS to chalk all these messages — for their industriousness, well-deserved pride and choice of ephemeral chalk. I just hope that I have the chance to chalk such messages on the NCSU campus when the Lady Tarheel Basketball team beats the Wolfpack on Jan. 11 and Feb. 23!Carol Ann McCormickAssistant CuratorUniversity of North Carolina Herbarium