Club sports are highly competitive

The article on club sports by Sam Branch is really a helpful and fairly accurate description of what the groups are all about. However, there is something that needs to be clarified. These teams may not be exclusive and competitive in terms of admission of students, but we are all very competitive in those sports. Speaking on behalf of the lacrosse club team, we play many of the big name schools from typical ACC and SEC conferences, and many in-state teams. You’ll be hard pressed to find someone on our team that says it isn’t competitive. I seriously doubt that any of the other cub sports teams that actively participate in games, meets, matches, races, etc. are not competitive. I appreciate the effort to put the club sports program in the public eye and give it a better reputation, but to say that we are not competitive bears some need for clarification.

Matt Hisamotosenior, art and design

Stop Printing Names

For at least the second time this year, the Technician printed a story about a crime committed by a student on the front. Also, for the second time, I am appalled that the newspaper would print the name and even a photo of the student charged with the crime. The article if noticed was Student breaks into felony charges. As an NCSU junior, I have made my own mistakes, and those of you who know me well know about my own legal strife’s. However, they know because I told them. Not because it was printed for all 30,000 plus students, faculty and readers to see. For this, I sympathize for Logan Blair, and I suggest the Technician apologize to him. Felony charges are a very serious and personal matter and everyone makes mistakes. We can all relate to one silly mistake or bad decision that cost us dearly. Even George W. Bush admitted in 1976 to drunken driving in Maine. Let Mr. Blair fight his own battle anonymously or with a close group to which he’ll share the information. The article states at the end that this was “…not a violent crime…,” the keys were recovered and there is no cause for alarm. Reporting the crime is one thing, but the article could have served its purpose without naming Mr. Blair. So I recommend the Technician show some class, and, out of respect, stop printing names and photos in these articles. Mr. Blair has enough to get through right now.

Jason Leonejunior, statistics