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I'm in Fargo, so no I didn't go to the meeting. Prepare yourself.......I mean it.......Seriously.....I'm not kidding....You better sit down for this....I'm not a student anymore. I still have student tickets though, so I'm hoping I can still get into the games.

This meeting was rather short notice, so I would think that would be at least partially responsible for the low attendance. The main reason for the low turnout was probably how students felt the meeting would just have been a stern lecture, but the short notice played at least a small part. Still the turnout sounds rather pathetic. I think UND should schedule another meeting in a couple of weeks and give more notice for it, where they can discuss things that can be done to improve student behavior and atmosphere. Then at the end of the year have another meeting to further these discussions. One meeting on rather short notice that is mainly about what the students shouldn't be doing at games, won't help improve what everyone ultimately wants and it might not even eliminate the problem that the meeting was called for in the first place.

Since I know many of you are wondering, yes I am accepting donations so that I can purchase the Schneider jersey and yes you can PM with the amount you would like to contribute.

Hollywood fine you can believe that, but you still have to be willing to compromise. Just because you have a vision about what would be your perfect situation at games doesn't mean you'll get it. In fact, there is no way you will. You have to be willing to give a little to get a little. I would bet 99.999% of the people who post here would love it if the games were all rocking for every second, it's not going to happen though because it's not realistic. By the same token, you believing and expecting that you should be able to do whatever you want, isn't realistic either. If you keep this viewpoint, you're never going to be happy because it certainly will not happen. You don't have to be pleased as punch about it, but make the best of what the new situation is going to be. If students could take all their frustrations about everything that happens to them and channel it into cheering for UND, the games would all be great.

How does UNH make that much in student fees? Do they charge students for every sport? Even then it seems like they wouldn't make a huge amount of money when compared to UND.

Weather that rivals that of South Beach?

Sioux Crew was tried the first year of the new arena when the whole student section was GA. It went over like a fart in church. Maybe it would be different now though, who knows. The ticket dispersal was changed because of Kupchella, I'm pretty sure. He didn't want students skipping class to sit in line. This is what I've been told by the former student body president. Seems pretty stupid to me as the one year we did sit in line everyone I knew still went to class. It happened though and it's not likely to change unless Kupchella leaves or is somehow convinced to change his tune, which is doubtful.

The theory is as follows: There is no theory. There's no magical reason or story behind Mansucko being called the Landcows. I called them that for no reason and that's it.

I can tell you where all three came from.

I don't think REA could get rid of the student section all together, could they? They could certainly move it and make it smaller, but I thought they have to have a student section.

All very true and also kinda funny to read. I'm inclined to give the kid a break though for right now because I'm guessing he's 18 or 19 and there are alot of 18 and 19 year olds that are pretty self-centered. I was one of them. I used to think exactly like him. Screw all those other people who disagree with me, they are idiots. I'm going to the games to do whatever the hell I want and everyone who doesn't like it can kiss my arse. Then I went to a meeting about the issue and my viewpoint began to change. If he goes to this meeting and actually listens (might not happen, I know) to what other people say he'll begin to understand that people aren't completely against him. He'll get it and I think he'll change his tune. He'll begin to understand that a huge percentage of people who come to games don't have it out for the students and instead they, just like him, only want to have fun at the games. After this he'll be much more likely to sit down during the game and much less likely to join in on the swearing cheers.

From the fact that Gopher fans were allowed to keep littering the ice with crap without security doing anything, I would think it was due to a lack of security that the sign got in.

No one deserves cheaper seats. Students get their seats at a greatly reduced price. You should be happy about that and not look at it as a right just because you're a student. Suite holders don't get anything for free. They pay for all that food and drink that they have in their suite. Just like people complaining about students but not offering any suggestions on how to fix the problem don't help any, students who think they are God's gift to the world and think all non-students should quit whining, don't help any.

This is the problem right here. You ask others to show respect, but right before that say that our ancestors stole land, lied and killed. You want your ancestors to be respected, but don't seem to think it is neccessary for ours to be respected. You may have a great point, but it is damaged but saying things like this.

Yep, everything is the students fault. Lets all have a negative attitude about this because it certainly helps. Everyone be pissed off at everyone else and thus make it 10x harder to listen to each other's ideas. As stubborn and stupid as many students are, there seem to be a few people here who are equally stubborn and stupid about this issue. Rather then trying to put a positive spin on this, some people just want to tell the students to shut up because they are clearly wrong and being morons. So the students are being stupid, so what? Bringing a negative attitude to the issue doesn't help one bit. Complaining about the problem but offering no solutions about how to solve it doesn't help one bit. Saying just sit down and don't swear is not a solution. In a perfect world, that would be enough and would happen. We obviously don't live in a perfect world though, do we or this would have happened long ago. Saying I don't know, it's not my problem, figure it out for yourselves isn't a solution either. Students should most certainly sit down a majority of the time, but how about some sort of an agreement about when they can stand up? Not because students are stupid and don't know when to stand up, but because this way when someone does stand up at a time that isn't allowed, they have no defense for doing it. This way it isn't subjective. This way students won't feel that they are being picked on. Easy solution that can be solved at the meeting with minimal effort. This is the bigggest problem and that is the simple solution to it that will work. Both sides better do it. As far as swearing, that is going to be tougher to get rid of. Getting individual people to not swear is much tougher then getting a group of people to sit down. Once again, both sides should come together and implement a policy. Any student who says I should get to stand up because I pay lots of money to go to school here..... or this school belongs to me, not the grumpy old people......so I should be able to do whatever the hell I want, is a buffoon. This should be the first thing listed in the policy. The solution to all the problems is the two sides meeting and coming up with a plan and rules. One that is agreed upon by both sides and will be permanent. One where if changes are wanted to it, REA/UND has to approve it and so does the Student Government. One where instead of it being about what students can't do, it is about what students can do. Make it a positive for once, instead of the constant negative it has been for five years.

Did Shanley play Shattuck tonight? I thought I saw a score of 1-0 Shattuck. If this is true, who did Shattuck play to only win 1-0?

The Gophers have idiot fans, not a suprise. All teams have moron fans who do stupid stuff. Heck one time I almost threw my drink on the ice. I'm glad I didn't. I think the fact that Minnesota fans leave in droves is much worse for showing what kind of fans attend the games. While every team has idiot fans, not every team has fans who leave in droves.

Thank God that if the Sioux make the NCAA's they won't have to go to Green Bay. Holy Crap.

I liked how Frazee nearly fell over from Watkins spraying him.

It was definately a major. There have been weak major calls this year, but this wasn't one of them.

You know it. She wanted sign ideas so I told her to make one that said "My Mom can beat up Bruce Ciskie" Nice job, Toews.

I told her to make that sign. And her mom did beat up Ciskie.

Really? I'm so proud of her. Brings a tear to my eye.

Aaron Walski

And I'm just quoting what HockeyMom said after rewatching the play on FSN. I was over it two seconds after it happened. I'm just wondering how you are able to read minds and be so certain about it. I'm simply attempting to further my education and trying to learn new things.