Jacksonville State University - Mimosa Yearbook (Jacksonville, AL)

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Lack of School Spirit Runs High Students Show Little Enthusiasm for Sporting Events School spirit is very im- portant. if a university is go- ing to have a community feeling among the students. Many JSU students enjoy our Gamecodks faithfully and then there are the other 6,000 students. It seems that a university consisting of 7,000 students, where the esprit des corp supposedly runs high, would have a little more school spirit than we have here. For example, on a Monday night last winter only a few stu- dents showed up to watch a basketball game between our defending national champion Gamecocks and another Gulf South power in a battle for first place in the Conference. There have been many other occassions on which there were very few students on hand for the sporting events. When Mis- sissippi College visited two years ago for homecoming the stands were only half full. It is sad when a univer- sity cannot draw fans for such a gala. On the other hand, you could bring in Troy State for a game of checkers, and most of the student body would cut their finals to be present. Why can one school stir us up so much? For once it would be nice to see the student body forget their yearly Whup Troy philos- ophy and adopt a i'Whup ev- erybody theme. Spirit leads to victory. Just follow any university that wins, and you will see a student body that backs them. It is a beautiful sight to watch a student body join together in their college sweatshirts in one color and support their school for a game. JSU games seem to be strictly a social event where everyone can show off their pleated pants and t' jackets. Forx a college dent to wear a coat and tie a ballgame is as absurd putting a new roof on an out house. Every student on 1 campus longs to have a ning team to cheer for, but true winner will remain al to his team through and thin. Let's rise up gether as students and ate a sense of pride ai n the Gamecock commu ity After all, what else is to do-study? Randy Gra vitt a 10 Theme: School spirit . '.,.. .4 . ',, ' . H L.,-..,,,.,f,,. ' shi vi-115A-. ' I l fr..-w.. , .-sq. , . -1 --.1--Q. .,.. ,,.

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