Dear Clarion,

Hi my name is Kaitlyn King, and I found what you wrote about me in your article titled “Basketball Finds Help Down Under,” completely untrue, and frankly insulting.B B

As a journalist it is your obligation to report the truth.B B If you are not well enough informed to write about a subject then you should leave it out of your paper.B B

I did not leave the University of Denver.B B I am still a student here. The reason that I am not playing basketball is because of a health condition that does not allow me to play.B B I found it as a defamation of character to say that I left as Louise Gronemann had, who quit the team.B B

Thank you,

Kaitlyn King

Dear Kaitlyn,

The information in the story about the team came from DU sports media relations..We apologize that the information was misleading. However, defimation of character is a serious charge. We do not find the information extensive enough be considered defamatory.

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention,

Clarion editors

Dear Mr. Brooks Kircheimer,

I would like to bring it to your attention-as well as everyone else on this amazing campus-that your photograph covering the basketball fans in the last issue consisted of the band.

EVERYONE! LOOK CLOSELY! See the striped sleeves on the people, see the instruments?

Mr. Kircheimer I went to that basketball game, and I will speak on behalf of those students and surrounding community members who attended.B

It was an incredible game, we clobbered the other team! I had to sit 10 rows back from the court just because the seats in front of me were occupied.B

As we all know, our athletics support is low. Why is this? I have no idea. I’ve tried to answer this exact question for the past three years and now on my fourth year I have decided to notice the other side of the spectrum.B

Since freshman year the attendance rate at events has improved dramatically. One example is the DUPB films on Thursday nights. Three years ago the average number was 70-80 people, now the average attendance rate super exceeds and brings it to an average of 250 people.

I do not know if it is because of the incredible students that have come to our campus since the Hyde Interviews or if our community is actually becoming involved. Good question. Are the DU students actually getting involved? The answer is yes! YES we are! We are becoming more active!

And for those who do not

believe me, prove it! Go to an event, bring some friends with you while

you’re at it, and show me. No! Show each other that DU is involved with

DU.

As for you, Mr. Kircheimer, I suggest the next time you photograph an

event, use your photography skills to the greatest degree and find the

most appealing thing that will attract your audience.B Because after

all, it’s me, you, and the rest of the DU community you’re taking the

photograph for.

With greatest appreciation, passion, and love for my DU,

Ileya Finberg

Dear Editor,

Some of our hockey players are the most disrespectful, egotistical, and cognitively inept individuals on this campus.

This last Monday at Penrose library, my studying was rudely interrupted when three obnoxious hockey players sat down in a cubicle at the other end of the study area where I was sitting.

As soon as they sat down, they began devouring their illegally smuggled Chipotle burritos and began a dialogue comparable to a script of Beavis and Butthead.”Chipotle is on top of their game,” one loudly remarked. Another, “Do you get salsa on yours?”

Then one made a comment about the phlegm in the back of his throat, to which another replied that he wanted to see it come out.

Throughout their conversation, too, would be comments about their “awesome” stats. What’s that called again? Hubris? Then, unfortunately because there were women in the adjacent cubicles, one derided a colleague with the term “douche bag.”

Eventually, I and the women in the adjacent cubicles ended up leaving because these three stooges’ lack of consideration.

I know, I know, I know. I suppose I should cut these buffoons some slack because they are the ones that give our campus a beacon light in athletics.

But so what? Are we here for athletics or for learning? Throughout my tenure at DU, I have been to several hockey games and have enjoyed each one of them. But I have also been in classes with hockey players and have been disappointed with most of them – they sit in the back and play video poker, or latch onto one of their industrious peers to do group projects, or are given breaks by teachers.

Basically, what it comes down to is this: Why should we support our hockey team on the ice when they disrespect us off it? But back to the hockey players in the library…You already have a bad rap for STDs, arrogance, partying and intellectual deficiency, but perhaps that rap is deserved because of incidents off the ice, in the classroom and at the library.

And just because you recently won a national title and are pampered by our school does not mean you are allowed to disrespect your studious peers.

Just remember, if it weren’t for your studious peers, you wouldn’t have a school to play hockey at.

So next time boys, if you are in the library could you keep your voice down and the remarks to yourself?

Sincerely,

Jonathan Davis