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Letter: ?Letter was right to call out students

TO THE EDITOR:

Thank you, Sarah Hallowell, for scolding the student section for being too quiet in your letter to the editor from Jan. 28.

Ever since the Dean Smith Center has been the site for men’s basketball games, I have been disappointed in the display of school spirit.

The student section, if not all the fans, should be the sixth man for every game.

The student section is the wine-and-cheese crowd in training, and the cheerleaders and dance team are just part of the entertainment pageantry we’ve come to expect during time-outs and half-time but do little or nothing to make us want to cheer during play.

Carolina students are bright and clever. I agree with Sarah that it’s time to develop some new ways to generate spirit and get behind the team.

Mary Wall Garren

Class of ‘73

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