ND students act like spoiled, arrogant adolescents
Letter to the editor
To the current student body:
When people are under great emotional pressure, their true self emerges. I sat in section 35, row 16 on Saturday, and I did not like what I saw. Especially in the stands. Especially in sections 35, 34, 33 etc. Although I was not surprised.
Seated so close, it was hard to misinterpret the salute you gave during the 1812 Overture — and I'm pretty sure it was not directed toward the composer. And your ability to absorb a defeat and leave before the alma mater (about 85 percent of you) did not surprise me either. Such behavior is expected from a basically pampered, spoiled, self-indulgent cluster of arrogant adolescents.
As an Notre Dame graduate, a parent of some recent grads and a Chicagoan who is thankful to be able to live close enough to attend four to six games a year, I can tell you with no uncertainty, that you who left early and/or saluted the coach do not deserve the $100,000-plus "education" you are costing someone. You are most typical of many in today's America, who think first about yourselves and usually never about who you may disappoint or embarrass.
When your alma mater and the kids that bust their rear ends end up on the short end of a battle, your reaction is to (1) feel cheated, and (2) abandon the fight. Do your parents a favor and transfer to the local state school and leave a spot for someone who can appreciate how wonderful Notre Dame is — with or without a BCS berth.
To those who conducted themselves as loyal sons and daughters of Notre Dame: Hang in there. It will get better. Even if it doesn't, you'll never be sorry about acting with class, dignity and devotion. The rest of you should just leave — for good.
Thomas O. Misch
Northbrook, IL
September 20, 1999
All Viewpoint Stories for Thursday, September 23, 1999
