On Monday, both letters to the editor were from alumni who watched Saturday’s football game against Marshall. They criticized the student section and told students to get to the football game on time. As a student with season tickets, I will tell everyone that we did.

For those not familiar with it, the new system for the student section involves a student exchanging a voucher for a color-coded wristband that denotes the section and the rows in that section the student can sit in. On Saturday, students were ushered into the stadium one by one, counted, and assigned a seat by the ushers, causing a huge backup and congestion in the stadium. This resulted in some students missing most of the first quarter.

What is the point of the wristbands denoting a general area of seating when we are assigned a seat anyway? The UW Athletic Department failed miserably on Saturday and should be embarrassed about it. Saturday can be added to the long list of ways non-athletes are given less consideration than those on the field. Do they not realize the student section is a huge part of why opponents fear Camp Randall? We help carry on the tradition of Wisconsin football, and we are just as important to the game as the players on the field. For the sake of the football team and all Badger fans, I hope the UW Athletic Department can figure it out in time for OSU in a month.

On Wisconsin, and go Bucky!

Andrew Bremer

UW junior, biomedical engineering[email protected]