> LETTERS Isn’t it ironic? I find it pleasantly ironic that the student govern ment decided to close off a section of seats at Mac Court to protest the taunting of the Bruins by a few students. It sort of reminds me of the way some peo ple complain that it is unfair that a group should be punished by the actions of a few. Sherman, set the wayback machine to last spring when the Eugene city council decided to ban skate boards and dogs along 13th Avenue. “Unfair” cried students as they proclaim that to punish a group based on the actions of a few is wrong. "They’re tar geting the dogs and skateboarders, and that is dis crimination. That is wrong.” It’s the same with other groups. Be it high school students not being allowed into stores, to the home less man camping behind some bushes at the local park. The fact remains that a few do mess up the priv ileges for the rest. That’s life. What I find amusing is that the student government is doing what they themselves have decried as dis criminatory and unacceptable. Coincidence? I think not. It seems to me that somebody has just gotten a dose of common horse sense. Kimberly Witchey Eugene True fans Congratulations to the University men’s basketball team for its victory over Arizona on Thursday. De spite all of the ASUO’s distractions, the team re mained focused, came together and pulled out a ter rific win against a nationally ranked opponent. Head Coach Jerry Green also deserves to be com mended for his class and professionalism. In his speech before the game, Green gave positive support and encouragement to the crowd without validating the allegations of crowd misconduct. In his post-game interview, Green echoed what was in many of the hearts and minds of University students when he expressed his feelings that the stu dents have been treated unfairly by both the media and the administration in recent weeks. To the fans that rushed the court after the game and hoisted a triumphant Jerry Green onto their shoul ders: well done. You are an accurate representation ol the type of students that attend games at McArthur Court, regardless of what Glen Banfield or Kris John son may think. The conduct of the team, of the head coach and of the fans only serves to highlight the inappropriate be havior and overall lack of perspective exhibited by the ASUO in its decision to rope off a section of stu dent seats. If the ASUO truly wants to deal with racism, it should do so on a campus-wide level and refrain from making “executive decisions” affecting only those who attend games at the Pit. Students do not need, nor do they want any more of the ASUO’s publicity stunts and symbolic ges tures. In the end, the only thing as damaging to a cam pus community as racial division is misdirected and ineffective student government. James R. 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