Another corporation

After reading Technician‘s article on the “terrible thing” that students did this week in the name of academics, I am thoroughly convinced N.C. State has become nothing more than a money-making corporation. When students use old, public cartoons that were changed and used for ACADEMIC purposes, I don’t understand the fuss with copyrights and who’s suing whom. I think it would be nice, for a change, for the university to appreciate talented and determined young individuals in their effort for a higher education. This university seems to have nothing but making money on its mind. Maybe try leaving the details and realizing these students were using their free time to fundraise for a business management competition and were not, in fact, doing drugs, vandalizing property or hurting anyone.

Carter ReebFreshmanEnvironmental Technology

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That’s it. I have had it with N.C. State basketball. No, wait — I have had it with Herb Sendek basketball. Why? We are having a great season, right? Best start since our ’74 championship year, right? NO!! Sadly, for those of us who care about N.C. State basketball, we are a far cry from our ’74 championship season. We are not even on the level of our ’83 championship season (in which we were not even ranked going into the Tournament). What is the difference? Those teams had great coaches, and Herb Sendek is simply not. I am now simply going to assume Herb will lose the games that N.C. State cares about the most. Duke went on a run to break our hearts at the end of the game this year. Similarly, at North Carolina, the Heels went on a 13-0 run at the end of the game to win. And that brings us to Wednesday night. We were dominated in every aspect of the game and in the end we lost by 24 points. UNC’s team of freshmen beat our team of upperclassmen so badly that by the end of the most important game of the year at N.C. State, our student section was sitting down, heads hung, already prepared for the despair that would follow Herb’s sixth straight loss to our rival. He is now 5-17 against the Tar Heels. When did it become acceptable for our program to regress to this pathetic record against the team with which we had so many classic battles over the years? As for us (the students), you can’t say we didn’t try, Herb. We yelled and screamed and jumped up and down. We did anything and everything to try to give our team an advantage, but in the end your coaching won. You truly coached a great game Wednesday night, Herb. I just wish that you could have coached that game for us instead of giving the game to UNC.

David ThomasSophomoreBusiness Management

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The Q and A “article” in the paper on the 22nd was inappropriate and borderline slanderous. Whether or not the words used are opinions of students, they belong on the editorial page, not the sports page. There was nothing of sustenance on the sports page today, spare a small fact box in the middle of the comments. It is a sad day when arguably the most important game of the season comes around, and all the build-up is nothing but empty insults capped off with the quote of the day, “Somebody that fat shouldn’t win a national championship in basketball.” Regardless of build,Sean May was a good basketball player and was physically capable in everything he did in college; to insult him based upon his weight and build is juvenile and in poor taste.

I am just as into a good rivalry as the next person, but be tasteful. We live in an era of sports where people are assaulted at games over what team they pull for, and players are ridiculed for personal things that should be left out of the matters of athletics. College sports are about exciting, fun, entertaining events that leave the student body prideful in its teams accomplishments. They are intended to be wholesome, safe and suitable for the whole family — something that is botched and tainted every time people behave in malignant behavior towards the opposing team.

Technician represents N.C. State. The students, the professors, the athletes, the chancellor, the fans and anyone else who considers himself a part of the Wolfpack family. The paper is public domain and is free to all who wish to read it. I personally am ashamed at the comments published today. Regardless of rivalry, we should uphold the moral and ethical standards N.C. State maintains as an accredited university in the eyes of the nation. If people wish to have such opinions, then by all means, I do not challenge them. But for them to be published as news, or even “commentary” is not only inappropriate, but another nail in the coffin of sportsmanship.

Andrew Tucker