Accusations against McCain supporters unacceptableMr. Ivory, your letter appalled me.
First of all, let me state that you should have heard what the College Republicans had to say about the event before going on your rant and basically calling us all racist. If you will go back to your newspaper from yesterday and read how I, the College Republicans chairman, felt about the issue, maybe your letter would have been a little more educated. You will realize the CRs do not condone this language in reference to any person, including Sen. Barack Obama. Sen. John McCain would not support this language and I think it is fair to say 99 percent of the Republican party would not accept this behavior.
Sir, your blatant accusations of these students even being McCain supporters is also appalling. I believe you are forgetting Bob Barr and Ralph Nader are also running for president, plus people of you own party who do not like Sen. Obama. To be upset about these statements is perfectly acceptable; I am upset about the incident. But, to go and blame John McCain, N.C. State, white people and the Republican Party is just as bad. You even have the audacity to call the students the “McCain Klan.”
Sir, also let me correct you on your statement about the “sea of white faces and rebel flags.” The Confederate Flag, or as you say the “rebel flag,” is not a symbol of racism. It was made that way by people who are confused about its meaning. Some of our fraternities on campus are Southern frats founded many years ago by Southern people, before this flag was a symbol of the Klan. If you know your history, the flag should not offend you in this context. When the flag is with a fraternity, it is mostly to respect the Southern tradition of the fraternity - if you see a Nazi flag, then you should be upset.
Sir, I am sorry this happened at a NCSU game, but I am not going to apologize to you because I am a white, Southern and Republican. And I would like an apology from you declaring these offenders McCain supporters and accusing Republicans of wanting to “lynch” Mr. Obama.
Also, let’s not forget there are white supremacists and racists in the Democrat Party as well.
Ches McDowellsophomore, political sciencecommunications director, Students for McCain
Alleged tailgating incident reprehensibleWhile away this weekend, I returned to the good news of the Wolfpack’s upset victory over ECU. Unfortunately, I also had to read of the incident involving potential harassment of people involved with “Tailgate for Change,” in support of Barack Obama. The political discourse in our nation should not be that of racial slurs and other vile actions taken by a few McCain supporters at the game. Racism has no place in this nation, no matter who you stand for. I would be willing to bet that if John McCain heard what happened on Saturday he would have been absolutely disgusted.
Personally, I am an Obama supporter, but I believe a majority on both sides would condemn this incident. The actions reported to have occurred are reprehensible and disgusting and don’t represent the NCSU I have come to know and love.
Jeremy Gilchristsenior, meteorology
Open more gates at football games Changes to ticketing procedure aren’t going to improve the lines at the student gates until more gates are opened up for general admission usage.
When it gets close to game time there is literally no wait to get in at gates 7, 8 and 9. I know this because (as an unknowing transfer student) I thought I could get in at those gates with my GA ticket, silly me. Meanwhile there are hundreds of students at gates 10 and 11 standing around like a bunch of sheep waiting to get their tickets scanned.
Why can’t they open up two or three of these unused gates to GA usage when it gets close to game time? It’s disappointing that fans and alumni are getting into the game on time while students are being treated as second-class citizens. We may not pay for our tickets, but our fees sure do.
Jason Kubotajunior, history
Be a diehard Wolfpack fanI was rather annoyed as a State fan to read the ‘Let’s all be realistic’ column describing State’s inevitable fall from grace over the next eight football games.
Myself, I’m more of a glass half full sports fan and as such, I’ve never understood counting your own team out before it even steps onto the field. This season will be a tough one, especially seeing as we suffer a major injury about as often as your average crash test dummy. However, the good thing about football is it doesn’t matter who is “supposed” to win a game. It matters who comes to play and, in the end, if someone says that a team we’ve beaten is ‘still better than we are,’ who cares!
I doubt Armanti Edwards and his Appalachian State teammates lost too much sleep over the fact that they were “supposed” to have lost to Michigan in the Big House. Like Andre Brown said, “you got to believe it.” If our team plays the rest of the season like they did against ECU we can beat every team left on our schedule. So come on Pack fans give credit where it’s due (ECU is a good football team), but on that same note, Let’s all be realistic and believe that our guys can win every game!
Joseph Davissenior, business administration
