Line policy clearly stated

In waiting in line and then in mob for the senior game, I came to several conclusions about the senior game and senior class. This is a game that is meant to ensure that all seniors are able to make one of the last games during their college careers. This is admirable but does have some inherent negative consequences. For one, it prioritizes those less familiar or less motivated with the men's basketball team for entrance, leading to problems like those experienced by many seniors. The two-hour-early rule for wristbands dates at least to our freshmen year and presumably prior to that. After the wristband line is done, the walk up line starts entering, and anyone with a wristband not there by then should be and is considered a no-show.

Confusion about this is attributable to not attending a wristband game previously, not paying attention to the myriad letters about wristband policy for four years, and not checking with fellow students who regularly attend games. They have no one but themselves to blame for being poorly informed. To encourage the less interested among us, free pizza and beer were distributed. Distributing alcohol into any situation requiring waiting and order is a rather foolish idea-one need only examine the contrast in behavior between those waiting in line with cases of beer and those without to realize this.

Acquiescing to the "suggestion" by impatient seniors of forming two lines is probably, in hindsight, the trigger that led to the embarrassing mob behavior by the senior class. Tired of listening to senior complaints, they gave in, and the sheep descended on the line monitors in a drove rather than sensibly branching off the main line at the end of the mixed front and maintaining order. Before blaming the line monitors you should first examine the inexcusable behavior of your fellow seniors and question the wisdom of controlling a crowd without security.

Paul Wrayno

Trinity '06