Student section out of line

It amazes me how students at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities are completely incapable of forming two lines to enter through the student admission gate at Wallace Wade Stadium for the big Alabama game. Hundreds of Duke students, nearly all of them underage and incoherently drunk, turned the student admission line into a funnel of pushing and screaming anarchy. Since the security guards were only admitting one person at a time in the front of the line while hundreds pushed as hard as they could in the back, people were squeezed to the point of pain and even fear for their basic safety. Angry and frightened cries for the pushing to stop fell on deaf ears.

Widespread remarks like “I spend $50,000 a year here, I shouldn’t have to wait in line for a football game, push harder!” confirm that the majority of Duke students are self-entitled brats whose regard for their own debauchery outweighs the safety and respect of their peers. Signs in K-ville proudly declare that Duke believes in sportsmanship and respect; the Duke fans I witnessed violated the basic principles of what they are cheering for in the first place and should be ashamed of themselves.

Jonathan Boreyko

Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. candidate