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Time to take action

When will the athletic department ever get it right?

Yesterday, UA Athletic Director Jim Livengood held a press conference "regarding a major and exciting event concerning Arizona men's basketball."

First thing that came to my mind was STUDENT SECTION!

Could it be that the UA was finally going to give back to all the students who pay ridiculous amounts of money for tuition, books, parking tickets and beer?

No. What was I thinking! Hell would freeze over first before Arizona would think of taking away season tickets from our precious senior citizens who give thousands, actually millions of dollars each year to the university.

We are just students, what should we expect?

The UA would thrive without us, they don't need us, not to pay for the new Student Union or the Integrated Learning Center or to keep the professors (who are underpaid) employed.

Enough is enough, though, the McKale Center is an embarrassment.

In order to get good season tickets - those not in the upper deck or buried behind the basket - one must have white hair, a pacemaker and give at least $100,000 to the UA a year.

The crowds are horrible. Viagra should pass out free samples before a home game, that would get the place rocking.

We as students need to fight back, our classmates are on the floor pouring their hearts out, giving all they have, and we should be there to support them.

It is time to rally together, it is time for a student section.

I am tired of being told to sit down by some gray-haired man behind me who resembles Moses more than a UA basketball fan.

To get a student section, we must take a direct course of action. We must let Livengood know how we feel.

It is our university and Livengood as UA athletic director should cater to our needs.

I encourage, in fact I urge every person who reads this column to e-mail Livengood and let him know how you feel.

He can be reached by e-mail at livengod@u.arizona.edu.

I am not joking, this is serious, if you want a student section then you must take action.

I am sure Livengood would be greatly honored to personally hear from a few thousand students.

Let him understand that you - a tuition paying UA student - are entitled the right to have a student section, just like at other schools - Florida, Michigan State, Stanford and Duke.

Arizona owes this to us. No longer should the geezer convention get priority over the students, it is time to fight for our rights.