GA Tech players lacking etiquette

On the subject of Georgia Tech class and sportsmanship, the Tech football players need a few lessons in civility.

I am a Redcoat, and I waited on the Georgia Tech sideline before halftime in Atlanta Saturday. As I ignored the yellow football players and just cheered on the Dogs, Tashard Choice got right in the band’s face and shouted obscene profanities beginning with the letter “F.” I never have heard our players yell such heated, passionate, inappropriate statements at the opposing team’s marching band, especially unprovoked. Way to be a star player, Tashard.

NICK BIDDLE
Senior, Effingham
Spanish

Staph infection worse than cold

In response to the Nov. 27 article, “Stretching the staph truth,” if MRSA is just a cold, then skin cancer is just a rash. I found it not only dismaying but infuriating that so-called experts would compare MRSA to a cold. Having experienced the infection first-hand, I can tell you it is much more than that.

Further, I’ve never been put on IV medication and had what amounted to minor surgery from a woman in a bio-suit for a cold. While I understand trying to stave off the hysteria (I call it legitimate concern) caused by the recent media exposure – I feel that comparing MRSA to a cold is wildly disrespectful to anyone that has ever experienced the pain, immobility and yes, death, caused by the infection. While it’s not the Super-Bug, it definitely is not on the same level as a cold – most likely it will kill more people than AIDS this year.

CORY PRUETT
Graduate student, Augusta
Forest Resources

Off-campus meal plan a bad idea

In response to Brian Reene’s Nov. 26 letter, “Meal plan needs off-campus deals,” Reene said the plan is very limited.

As a result of the vagueness of his argument, I interpreted this two ways. Limited in plan. You can either eat on-campus Monday through Friday, or Monday through Sunday. I really don’t see the need for a meal plan for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but Reene’s argument isn’t about this, so perhaps he means limited in choice?

Off of the top of my head, I cannot think of a type of food that the dining halls do not offer. Why should the University create a meal plan for its students to eat off-campus at establishments not owned by the University? It would offer more variety? In what way? Almost anything you can get in Athens, you can also get in the dining halls. More students would take advantage of it?

And “most importantly,” overall nutrition could be improved? This is simply ridiculous because the University’s dining halls are far more regulated in nutrition than any private establishment, and even then you can’t force people to eat healthy. Reene fails to present any valid or good reasoning for the meal plan to expand beyond on-campus.

BLAKE WEATHERLY
Freshman, Macon
Philosophy