Ashley Judd shouldn't have gotten a good seat

TO THE EDITOR:

Can someone please explain to me why we are giving Ashley Judd one of the few decent student seats that exist in the Smith Center?

First off she is NOT a student.

Second she is an ardent Kentucky fan.

Many actual students go through their tenure at UNC without ever getting riser seats.

Someone told me it was because she made a bet that if President-elect Obama won North Carolina she would sit there. Well that sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me — hey if you do something I want you to do I get front row seats in your basketball stadium.

Maybe Mrs. Judd should concentrate more on Kentucky since Sen. McCain and VMI are the only ones pulling out victories there.

It's bad enough students are woefully under-represented in the front rows of the Smith Center. Now the few seats we have are given to rich and famous fans of the opposition. Carolina basketball shouldn't cater to celebrity fans of the other team. I guess my only solace is looking forward to peering into the risers and seeing John Tesh all decked out in red when State comes to town.



Dan Conrad

Graduate Student

Law School