TO THE EDITOR:
Your Feb. 11 editorial, “Upping the ante,” overlooked an already incredibly “playful fanaticism” that can and does get the students who attend the games into a state of “frenzy.”
Before every home game at the Dean Dome, hours before “the main event,” we get to watch one of the only junior varsity basketball programs in the country. Phase one ticket holders stand in the risers and cheer them on. It is an amazing thing for both spectators and the athletes who have worked so hard to make the JV team.
Instead of suggesting that we need to create a new “physical manifestation” to compete with K-ville, encourage all of the students to get to the Dean Dome as early as possible to support the JV team.
The JV program is one of the many legacies left here by the great Dean Smith. Going to support this great program has the ability to make the hype of K-ville seem obsolete. And what’s the only thing better than seeing UNC win? Seeing UNC win twice.
Greg La Fratta
Communication studies
