Seinfeld act should have been advertised in Wildcat

Did anyone know that Jerry Seinfeld was doing a stand-up show in Tucson on Valentine's Day? I sure didn't and I bet most Wildcat readers didn't either. When I finally heard about the show, tickets had been sold out for weeks! Why is it that a popular show on the University of Arizona campus was not advertised to students, nor reported to students by the Wildcat? Now my only option is to pay a premium and buy the tickets on E-Bay or from a local ticket broker. This show is a big event in a town like Tucson, that obviously has a hard time attracting big acts. I would hope that in the future, the Wildcat would do a better job of announcing these kinds of shows to its readers.

Mike Williams
political science freshman

Wilson correct to criticize proposed waiting period

I cannot agree with columnist Kendrick Wilson more ("Anti-choice bill a big waste of time," Tuesday). As women, we shouldn't have to undergo a 24-hour waiting period just to have a surgical procedure. Back on Nov. 30th I was suffering a hemorrhage in my left tonsil after a tonsillectomy. I could not, for medical reasons, wait a day just so it could be corrected. If my doctor had not been taught how to correct an uncontrollable hemorrhage while in medical school (dare I say at UMC) where would I be then? I would have been getting a blood transfusion and probably end up getting infected with HIV. But that's another story.

Doctors everywhere should be educated about everything relating to their field. An OB/GYN should know about abortion just as primary care physicians should know some general knowledge about abortions. This treatment of glorifying ignorance is just as bad as passing the buck when it comes to emergencies. The "let someone else handle" policy is unspeakably insane! Had my hemorrhage had been something relating to needing an abortion due to some sort of medical emergency, the doctors at UMC are breaking their oath to help all those in need of medical care by not teaching the skills to do so. But hey, we'll let someone else handle it!

Katherine N. Ruiz
biochemistry sophomore

Best seats in McKale center should go to biggest fans

I must say that I am incredibly hurt right now. Not over the fact that our basketball team just lost to Stanford. No, no, I'm hurting because I couldn't be there to help root them on. Why not, you might ask? Well, I'll tell you why. The fact that our school has neglected to put all of the students together in one section is absolutely ridiculous! I can't help but think that if all of the students had been around the court, there would be no doubt as to who would have won.

I watch nationally televised games from all of the top programs (i.e. Duke, Maryland, Illinois) and I am actually ashamed of how pathetically silent McKale Center is. During the most crucial times in the game, the "elderly" people (all around the court, aside from the students) never get up unless we are playing incredibly. I am so angry. We would have won if the administration had noticed that the students become the sixth man, and with that comes an incredible advantage. I know that our team is the best team in the country, as well as everyone else who lives out here. The students love their team. No amount of losses is ever going to change that. But it is very frustrating for the diehard fans who want to get loud and give our team the real "home court advantage"! Maybe the school should do what Maryland does ÷ the first students in the stadium are the first to get the best seats. Something must be done to allow the students to help our team when it has an "off" night (which is rarely). I am down on my knees, begging for the administration to allow the students to sit all the way around the floor in the first 10 rows. It will without a doubt be the difference in the close games. We are the best, we know we are the best · Cats' 2003! We believe ·

Jeffrey Barsky
undecided sophomore

McKale Center needs more Îwild, excited drunk kids'

I love the UA, but with that said, the only time that I'm embarrassed on campus and really irritated with the school is at the one place that I shouldn't (be)÷ UA home basketball games. We are the No. 1 team in the country, for God's sake. But when I go to our college basketball games and see only 2,000 or 3,000 of my college peers in a stadium that fits 17,000, (and the rest of the seats) are filled with old snowbirds that can't even care enough to get out of their seats and support the No. 1 basketball team in the nation, I get embarrassed. I feel bad for myself, but I feel worse for the other 10,000-15,000 students in our school that don't even get to go the games because apparently the school cares more about its alumni and making money than what actually makes up this great university, the students.

I am not naive, I understand that this is a business, but this isn't the Phoenix Suns or some pro-sports team. The players on the court are our peers, we go to classes with them, and we live in the dorms with them. It's not like we are some exception to the rest of the country. Every major university has alumni and boosters who put a lot of money into programs, and yet those schools still care enough about their students to give them twice as many student seats as the UA does.

Our "student" section is a small portion behind each of the baskets, intermingled with 75-year-olds and little kids. They are what makes home court advantage and wins games. It's supposed to be a mob of wild, excited drunk kids who rave and rant at the other team and then motivate our team into victory. Instead, we have old people who clap for the other team and leave when our team needs it most. (Stanford game: eight seconds remaining, only down by three, and almost half the snowbirds desert their team?) When the old people actually did get in to the game, which would be the case the whole game if there were more students (we don't sit down, let alone leave), it resulted in a game-altering 20-3 explosion. Imagine if it was like that for 40 minutes, and not just five. I'm sure I'm not alone on this one.

Tristan Cayo Cotter
pre-business freshman