SGA president urges good sportsmanship from students

Mark W. Gustafson / Letter to the Editor, SGA Executive President

Fellow students,

I want to commend you on your participation with athletic events. The turnout at these events (especially basketball) has been great and has made a major impact on our campus and most importantly on our athletics. We are beginning to see the importance of home-court advantage and supporting our team. Thank you for your support!

We need to make sure that at these events we follow proper etiquette and decorum. We cannot allow the voices of a few to represent all of us to our faculty, staff, administration and especially our community. At any campus event, we represent the university and need to do so respectfully and with integrity. Also, remember that people of all ages attend Elon athletic games.

In our student handbook it states that:

“Students are asked to refrain from cursing, harassing team members, visitors or officials and making obscene gestures. Fans who are unable to display proper behavior will be removed and may be referred for judicial action.”

Please keep this in mind as our winter sports are wrapping up and spring sports begin. We have a lot to look forward to from our athletic teams, so let’s support them. Go Phoenix!