#OccupytheSpectrum
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:21 am
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I thought it was funny that the question-asker was offended by the "winning team losing team" chant because of how much else went on during that game that night. I wasn't there, but I heard (mostly from BYU people, but from Aggie fans as well) how classless the Aggie crowd was.
Then at ward council the bishop discussed how inappropriate it was, at which point I found out that the main people doing the worst chants are in my ward. Hooray!
All the Institute teachers discussed it this week too. We'll see if there's any improvement.
The problem is, USU hates BYU for reasons I don't understand. The letter to the editor Art posted seems to suggest they think we're all hypocrites (it even implied that all BYU athletes are sleeping with their girlfriends and only Brandon Davies was brave enough to admit it) but many of the people I met at BYU were legitimately good people just doing their best to follow Christ; I can't even think of any real hypocrites (any more than we are all hypocrites). I also don't really think that we're holier-than-thou either. I get way more of that here ("BYU students are required to take religion courses; you're here because you want to be! How awesome are you?!"). In response, BYU doesn't even really care that USU exists.
Basically, I was sickened about what might happen at the game the moment they started "occupying the Spectrum" in preparation for the game, and my sinking feeling did not disappoint.
I thought it was funny that the question-asker was offended by the "winning team losing team" chant because of how much else went on during that game that night. I wasn't there, but I heard (mostly from BYU people, but from Aggie fans as well) how classless the Aggie crowd was.
Then at ward council the bishop discussed how inappropriate it was, at which point I found out that the main people doing the worst chants are in my ward. Hooray!
All the Institute teachers discussed it this week too. We'll see if there's any improvement.
The problem is, USU hates BYU for reasons I don't understand. The letter to the editor Art posted seems to suggest they think we're all hypocrites (it even implied that all BYU athletes are sleeping with their girlfriends and only Brandon Davies was brave enough to admit it) but many of the people I met at BYU were legitimately good people just doing their best to follow Christ; I can't even think of any real hypocrites (any more than we are all hypocrites). I also don't really think that we're holier-than-thou either. I get way more of that here ("BYU students are required to take religion courses; you're here because you want to be! How awesome are you?!"). In response, BYU doesn't even really care that USU exists.
Basically, I was sickened about what might happen at the game the moment they started "occupying the Spectrum" in preparation for the game, and my sinking feeling did not disappoint.