OUR VIEW: You’re an Aggie, now act like one
You go here, you cheer here. There have been numerous sightings of USU students sporting BYU – and other schools’ – apparel. To those students who feel this is appropriate behavior, we say, “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Nobody wants to sit next to a zoobie in class and smell that awful stench that permeates from a supporter of a school that does not allow its students to make their own righteous decisions. These students let the school choose how far a member of the opposite sex can walk into their apartment or how little facial hair a male can have on his face. It is even a campus that is covered in grass on which students are not allowed. For these individuals who favor this type of atmosphere – and who should be in a mental ward – you deserve the snide comments you may get in class. In fact, you deserve a lot more than that.
Show some Aggie pride. Be proud to be a student at USU. Go to the games and cheer for the school you pay for your education. There must be some reason you are here at USU. It could be we have a better academic program that you are interested in or you just didn’t want to live in “happy valley.” Just because your mommy and daddy, or even your second great-uncle twice removed are all BYU alumni, we don’t care. Take off that BYU t-shirt and adorn yourself with real clothing – Aggie clothing.
We could come up with an entire list of brutal, horrible things that could theoretically happen to those students who feel the need to betray their school and cheer for BYU. Slushies in the face, toilet swirlies and being hung by your underpants from the flag pole are the elementary school versions of the situations you may find yourself in if you tend to flaunt any BYU pride. Avoid it. Burn that BYU t-shirt. If you don’t, then you can’t complain about what may or may not happen to you. Utah State athletics are rapidly on the rise, so be a part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
We understand that you may like or even, unfortunately, support BYU. In fact, you may like BYU enough to have a a poster of their cheerleaders hanging above your bed, but show some loyalty to the school you attend. If for no other reason, we at least let you walk on the grass.