Congratulations on a fantastic turn-around season in men's basketball. I have been attending games since I graduated in '75 and am very excited about Matt Doherty and all that is happening to make basketball great at Notre Dame.

I have one grievance which I hope can be resolved by the student body, namely, the "sucks" cheer after each opponent's name is called. It occurred to me, after that great comeback game against West Virginia, how active the student body is in the community. Many support all kinds of community services and lead the way in the nation toward helping kids. Would any of the students want to cheer "sucks" if they were standing in front of one of the kids they help? Though I doubt they would want to look that raunchy individually, they seem to take on a different character as a group. It's not really all right if the whole student body is anonymously raunchy.

I watch the kids in the crowd who are very interested in what the student body is doing. As an alum, I am also very hopeful that the students will represent all the University is about with character. In fact, they did throughout the game. To the students, and whole crowd, do not resort to foul stuff very often.

I hope we can come up with a more resourceful cheer to accompany reading The Observer during the introductions.

Tim McBride

Class of 1975

February 7, 2000

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