LETTER: Occupy the Spectrum is disrespectful

To the editor:

I hope I am not the only one who feels that the Occupy The Spectrum is offensive to the very real and serious Occupy movement.

This movement is not about getting students to camp out for a seat at an athletics event. I approve of spirit and think that it is important for students to attend games and for all of us to cheer our hearts out. I do not think it is appropriate to demean and belittle the economic struggle many Americans are faced with today, and I am offended that our school would appropriate the title in order to garner more athletic attendance. Some of these demonstrators have been faced with violence, arrest and the loss of everything they have left. Could we show a little more respect?

Isaac Furniss