University of Virginia Library

Dear Sir:

As every good Wahoo surely
knows, we live in a community of
civilized gentlemen and scholars,
many of whom enjoy attending
Cavalier basketball games and supporting
the team. However, the
University unfortunately houses an
embarrassing minority of bush-league
fans whose most creative
display of misdirected enthusiasm is
tossing crunched Coke cups on the
court; undoubtedly a cultural refinement
of the rock throwing at
South American soccer games. The
impression of the University this
must leave on prospective athletes
visiting the games may partially
explain our high standing in the
conference. After all, who would
want to play ball at a school where
one's physical well-being is constantly
endangered by the threat of
getting clobbered by an errant ice
cube. And, in the case of Wednesday
night's contest, a well deserved
technical foul brought on by the
rubble raisers could have cost us all
one of our rarest treasures in the
sport: an ACC victory.

Bob Gibson
College 2