"Silence in Section A"

From yesterday's(?) Sun:
[cornellsun.com]

He had me until about this:

Besides, asshole isn’t a swear.

He has a point, though. I'm also in A and the ushers are constantly there.

They actually singled me out during the Dartmouth game. I was saying "rough 'em" up and the lady pointed at me, came up to me, and said "You should not be cursing. We've been getting a lot of complaints about this section." I denied any wrongdoing and looked her right in the eyes, and she backed down and went "I meant the section." I then asked her why she singled me out. She just said "Tell your friends."

I figure it's because I was joking around with the people around me, and was pretty loud. Still, it didn't feel very good and I had to keep glancing over at the usher the entire game. It's definitely a problem.

At least they haven't threatened to mace anyone yet this year...

By the way, I'd also like to thank athletics for successfully killing the nonoffensive, nonagressive, nondelaying (except when a moron does it later in the game), and totally unique tradition of throwing fish for the Harvard game. I could have counted the number of fish thrown on two hands.

I wonder when they'll demand the students sit for the whole game...

Chris '03
From yesterday's(?) Sun:
[cornellsun.com]

He had me until about this:

Besides, asshole isn’t a swear.

At any rate it's not profanity. Unless you're an ass-worshipping rim-jobber.

I sit behind RazzBaronZ, and I remarked to him during Dartmouth that I've lost a significant part of my enjoyment for the games: the ability to be obnoxious. I never swear; however, I've had to stop being so loud and annoying because there's an usher next to our row (I'm on the A-B aisle) the ENTIRE GAME, all the time. It's really a killer, because they just STARE at you every time something loud's coming out.

I really, really hate it.

BMac
I sit behind RazzBaronZ, and I remarked to him during Dartmouth that I've lost a significant part of my enjoyment for the games: the ability to be obnoxious. I never swear; however, I've had to stop being so loud and annoying because there's an usher next to our row (I'm on the A-B aisle) the ENTIRE GAME, all the time. It's really a killer, because they just STARE at you every time something loud's coming out.

I really, really hate it.

I definitely agree. I was getting glares the entire harvard game for wearing my "Harvard Sucks" shirt. I feel as if there's nothing more that usher would like to do than throw me out of the game. If I think a particular call is crap, I should be able to express that (within reason of course... I'm not a huge fan of the ref chants) without dreading a tap on the shoulder. My greatest ambition is to be able to donate tons of money to the athletics department with the stipulation that the ushers lay off a bit (among other things of course). Of course by the time I make anywhere near the amount of money to do this I'll be one of the cranky old guys complaining about those dang young'uns with their loud music and such so my complaints will only make the problem worse.