Jadwin Jungle keeps real fans out of the best seats
Regarding 'New group works to attract fans to Jadwin' (Feb. 9):
Call me old fashioned, but in my day school spirit was free. Seems to me like that idea somehow got lost in the shuffle of Princeton University's latest halfhearted attempt at organized fun: the Jadwin Jungle. This is a plea to the Johnny-Come-Lately who thought it would be a good idea to make Princeton sports a safe haven for all the kids who see a basketball game as a study break. If you want to show the visiting team who's boss by razzing them with unoriginal, uninspired group chanting, I'm not going to stop you. But when you make students pay to sit in the student section, you've simply crossed the line.
After I was directed by a security guard to my seat somewhere up in the rafters of Jadwin because I hadn't paid five bucks to join the new club, I spent the rest of the game watching the Jungle members stand and watch the game in utter silence. If you're going to take all the good seats, at least put them to good use.
To the founders of the Jadwin Jungle: I realize you were trying to do a good thing for the school, but from now on, leave the cheering to the real fans. Ryan Daniel Alberti '04
National anthem should trump our rivalry
Regarding 'Penn embarasses m. hoops' (Feb. 11):
I have rarely been so disgusted as I was when Penn's student section screamed "Princeton Sucks!" during the singing of our National Anthem. Such behavior is particularly crass considering that our nation is involved in a military campaign that puts so many people of our generation in tremendous peril.
The anthem honors our nation's history, of course, but it also asks us to pause and offer tribute to the young men and women who have died and who continue to risk death half a world away from the comfort, security and luxury of the Ivy League.
For the two minutes it takes to perform the anthem, the rivalry should be put aside and proper homage should be paid to all of our brethren in the armed forces. Emily McDonough '04
Dean's time at Princeton was more than studying
Regarding 'Alumni recount Dean's tiger years' (Feb. 10):
If the 'Prince' had spoken with any of Judy Steinberg Dean '75's friends or roommates at Princeton, it would have learned that in addition to being a serious student, Judy had an active social life at Princeton and many friends and admirers in her classes, Wilson College and Colonial Club. Cathy Klion '75
Making fun of Penn is no way to run a newspaper
Regarding 'Beat Penn' (Feb. 10):
I found your editorial to be arrogant and offensive. All of the Ivy League schools are fine academic institutions. I note that Princeton has no law school, no medical school and no graduate school of business. Penn also has a major health care system. Compared to Penn, Princeton is a minor enterprise. But the important thing is that I would never trash your alma mater the way you have trashed mine.
Justice has been served: Penn 67, Princeton 52. Clifford Rones (The writer holds undergraduate, law and business degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.)
The Jungle let down its founders at the Penn game
Regarding 'New group works to attract fans to Jadwin' (Feb 9.):
Perhaps no one informed new members of the Jadwin Jungle that it is a fan club; we go to cheer for the Tigers. I joined this organization for the obvious reasons: food, shirt, transportation and cheering. Of course, the incentives of free food cannot be beat, but the main idea of forming this group was to build crowd support at the basketball games. Freshmen Freddy Flaxman, John Boscia and Jonah Perlin did a great job getting people out to the games, but you are letting them and the rest of the fans down.
I walked into the Penn game being optimistic. When I saw that the Jungle's size had completely doubled, I thought we would rock Penn back to their buses. However, we were silent. The visiting crowd from Penn took away our home-court advantage and cheered louder than we did. The majority of us were merely spectators when we should have been fans. Michael Westrol '07
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