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Letters To The Editor

Personal Concern Boosts United Givers Fund

On October 12, 1971 with
the help of The Cavalier Daily,
I appealed to you, on behalf of
the United Givers Fund to
meet a goal of $58,000 in the
1971 drive as the University's
share of the community's need
for $381,254.19.

Now John J. Becker,
Chairman of the University
Division, and John M. Stacey,
Chairman of the Medical
Center Division, have reported
on behalf of the more than 100
workers who actually solicited
the contributions, the receipt
in gifts and pledges of $60,500,
a total of 104% of our assigned
quota! Student and staff
workers were especially
effective in achieving this
splendid result.

In this campaign all
members of the University
family have had an
opportunity to express a
personal concern for our fellow
men. The response has been
superb, and you have helped to
make this community a
better place in which to live.
For this I am indeed happy and
grateful.

Needless Flaw

Although the Athletic
Department's new policy of
allowing each person to acquire
no more than four student
basketball tickets is much more
equitable than the previous
system, it still has one major,
needless flaw. Because each
ticket reserves a specific seat, it
is quite possible that many
students will not be able to sit
with their friends, thus
detracting from their
enjoyment of the game.

While fraternities, dorms,
and other fairly large groups
are most likely to suffer, it will
also be possible, for example,
for a student to find himself in
the ridiculous situation of
sitting at the opposite end of
the court from his date.
Similarly, the present system
makes it difficult for students
to sit with out-of-town guests
or their spouses who have
purchased regular admission
tickets.

To alleviate this needless
difficulty, the Athletic
Department should
immediately announce that all
student tickets are for general
admission only and that
University Hall will be filled on
a first-come, first-served basis
by students who have acquired
tickets in advance. This will
allow students to sit with
whomever they please and it
will also encourage a greater
attendance of the preliminary
games since the dedicated fans
who support the first year
team will be rewarded with the
best seats.

Brothers Reply

Twice in the past week Ed
Saunders has issued scathing
criticisms of the white
population of the University,
particularly those supposed
bastions of reaction, the
fraternity men. The reason Mr.
Saunders has instituted these
editorials is that he feels
blacks, in particular black
University students, are being
blatantly discriminated against.
Whether the discrimination is
as widespread as Mr. Saunders
would lead us to believe is
debatable. There is no doubt it
exists, however, to some
degree.

Until four years ago,
Virginia was an all-male, white
southern-oriented university,
and it is now in a state of
transition. Vestiges of this
heritage are bound to remain,