No More Townies

[NadaTownie]

Everybody up works too.

Thanks to everyone who is trying to help the situation, it means a lot to me and my "fellow townies". :-D

[DisplacedCornellian]

always has been, and forever will be, "TOWNIES UP!"

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Unless, of course, the non-student residents of Ithaca would actually stand when they're supposed to.  Then it wouldn't be necessary, and it wouldn't have to go on forever.

JH

[NadaTownie]

Nope

[DeltaOne81]

I think the most important thing here is that even if everyone on this board agreed to change, it wouldn't change a damn thing. How many students do you think read this board? 2 or 3 dozen at most, with probably less than 10 regular student contributors. You think we can change a cheer of 1500 other people? Not gonna happen.

Secondly, while, in the general context, townies does have a a pejorative connotation, I've never felt that way in hockey. Lynah is a community atmosphere and 'the townie section' is just the half of the rink that is filled by people that aren't Cornell students - professors, alums, everything like that.

Here's my question for you "Nada townie"...
Do you live in the Ithaca area?
Are you a student at Cornell?

If you answers are yes and no, then YOU'RE A TOWNIE. Doesn't matter if you're also a professor, or graduated from Cornell . Through a connection of my parents, I've considered a job in the Ithaca area... then I'd be a townie, and I'd admit it.

And, if you don't live in the Ithaca area, then you're probably not going to be to very many games, and you can probably deal with it for the 2 or 3 times you do go. And if you're a student, what the heck are you doing over there??

P.S. Chill out



Post Edited (11-01-03 13:40)

[Chris Moberg]

I spent 4 years in the stands as a student, and then 7 more as a townie. I find neither the term nor the cheer derogatory .  Now I consider myself an Out-of-Townie.

Chris

[mike]

I've been a townie for years, and can't understand why anyone would be offended.  What exactly is supposed to be wrong with being called a townie, that I might be offended by being one?

I think whining about being called a townie is silly.  If I were a student, I'd be inclined to react negatively to this sort of whining.  

Maybe it should be:

Nadatownies UP!
Nadatownies UP!
Nadatownies UP!

Or..
Hey Mrs. Nadatownie, your mom called, and she said...
Your a Townie.
Townies UP!
Townies UP!
Townies UP!

[DisplacedCornellian]

mike wrote:

I've been a townie for years, and can't understand why anyone would be offended.  What exactly is supposed to be wrong with being called a townie, that I might be offended by being one?

I think whining about being called a townie is silly.  If I were a student, I'd be inclined to react negatively to this sort of whining.  

Maybe it should be:

Nadatownies UP!
Nadatownies UP!
Nadatownies UP!

Or..
Hey Mrs. Nadatownie, your mom called, and she said...
Your a Townie.
Townies UP!
Townies UP!
Townies UP!

LOL!

Instead of a telephone cheer for the goalie, a telephone cheer for a townie instead (nah, in addition)....that has promise!

[NadaTownie]

Y'all are too kind.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Hey goalie...the residents of Ithaca and nearby communities who are not students here at Cornell called.  They said....YOU SUCK!!!   And don't call us townies!  :-P

JH

[Greg Berge]

Point to A: "Gown!"
Point to M: "Town!"
Point to O: "Clown!"

[Kyle Rose \'98]

Agreed.  God willing, I will be an Ithaca townie one of these days: the only thing I have yet to figure out is how to get an equivalent salary living in Podunk, NY. :-)

Cheers,
Kyle

[BigBaldGuy]

As the big bald guy in the second row of Section N, who lives in the area and works at Cornell, I just want to say that I have no problem being called a "townie".

After all, the chant is "townies up", not "townies suck"!

Keep up the chant, and thanks for gettin' us townies up on our feet!

[French Rage]

Wow, I know I've been too a lot of games when I recognize who you are by a 3 word description.  :-D

[Lowell '99]

Am I the only one who is not insulted by the term "townies," but rather the mindless insistence on standing up at EVERY SINGLE GAME REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION?  Yes, it's dramatic, yes it can be inspiring, but do it all the time and it loses the COMPLETELY.  There have been very effective uses of this in the past; now it's just another mechanical thing that happens just because.

EDIT:  Obviously I'm not talking about the student section.



Post Edited (11-02-03 00:19)