By
Brooke Wonders
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Poll reveals ditty is backed by 500 votes
Nearly 5,000 UA voters logged online last week to decide whether the "Bear Down" tune would continue to play at noon.
The vote was 2,672 to 2,144 in favor of the University of Arizona fight song recording - a noontime tradition since the inception of Campaign Arizona in November.
UA spokeswoman Sharon Kha said she was thrilled that the tune won campus approval.
Kha continued playing the song because she said alumni and students seemed to enjoy it - and voiced their approval - at the Campaign Arizona fundraising event.
However, after controversy stirred concerning the recording, she organized an online survey to determine the fate of the song.
"I've gotten the final tally, and the campus says: 'Let the tune continue!'" she said. "That was a pretty good voter turnout."
Students' reactions, as shown by the distribution of the votes, were polarized -either showing they felt the tune was an excellent tradition worth keeping, or they vehemently but humorously opposed it.
Jessica Kuenzli, a pre-nursing freshman, is all for playing the fight song.
"I think it's nice. It's school spirit," she said. "It's cool, and it lets me know it's noon."
Tommy Cannon, a theater arts senior, has his own bizarre plan to stop the song.
"I actually voted against that online. Now I'm hoping to destroy the speakers, because they can't play 'Bear Down' without speakers," he said.
