Nothing gets students riled up more than a perceived revocation of a privilege they now enjoy. Last fall, the Provo City Council responded to local residents’ concerns and passed a parking program south of campus. Few students objected. This past spring, Provo City held hearings to implement the parking program south of campus. Many students strongly objected.

The Student-Provo City Alliance formed amid the confusion to help find truth and work with the city and university in a meaningful way. Since then, each city council member has spoken with us several times. They are friendly, helpful, and eager to work with students. Their primary concern with students is simple: we need to vote, and vote locally if we want to be considered an equal stakeholder in the community.

We students have a tremendous opportunity to make a difference and be an equal stakeholder.

In reply to “DU not a fan” (9/22), what did you expect? Just because it’s the BYU-run newspaper doesn’t mean they are going to say that “FSU was lucky and we would get them any other time.”

It’s a newspaper! They don’t paint pretty pictures of terrible events. The newspaper reports what happened and reports the repercussions whether good or bad.

I’m sure many of the DU staff are fans, but they have a job, and they have to do it properly
It’s a newspaper! They report news and other events that happened. Honestly, what did you expect?

Morgan Adams
Lubbock, Texas

I would like to thank you for the front page article (9/23)about the new turf at LaVell Edwards Stadium.  Watching the game, it was apparent that everyone was slowed down, since Florida State only converted their first 9 third downs and scored on 8 of their 9 possessions.  And averaging only 6.4 yards a carry, that new turf must have felt more like Velcro than grass to them.
We should get that fixed.

Eric Maughan
New York

I’ve never done anything like this before, but this is just absolutely ridiculous.

If you were unprivileged as I was to read the letter “Mission doesn’t make the man,” you too read irresponsible and misleading statements that insinuate that serving a mission is just not that big of a deal; it’s kind of just up to you to determine if you feel like it’s a necessary thing to serve the Lord. I just can’t let that go.

Is there truth to the idea that a title, in and of itself, does not make you all it should be? Certainly, yes. Does there exist a small percentage of elders that did missionary things for two years, and returned in vain? Does that happen?

Sadly, we all know that it does occasionally.

To the author of “Mission doesn’t make the man” (9/22), I agree completely.

It isn’t a mission that makes someone amazing; it is their commitment, among other things.

Although my mission did change me and, I believe, make me a better person (I’m sorry yours didn’t), I could have had the same growing experiences here at college without serving a mission.

Your advice to single young women, however, is completely off the mark. No, choosing not to serve a mission wouldn’t necessarily keep anyone out of heaven, but I don’t think young women should consider marrying guys who didn’t serve a mission for reasons other than health or any other circumstances out of their control.

I wouldn’t marry a girl who wouldn’t take out that second set of earrings for the same reason: it reflects their commitment to follow the prophet.

Oh hullabaloo, and what to do? BYU has done it again; “The Bakkhai” was canceled mere hours before it was to go on stage. BYU’s official statement puts it diplomatically: “‘The Bakkhai’ itself presents difficult material and the approach of this production could be problematic for members of our audience.”

This is much better than simply saying “This play is stuffed with violence, drunkenness and sexual imagery, which people here don’t want to see.” BYU is plagued with having to make cultural and artistic sacrifices to avoid shocking their audiences.

I’m sure it was a disappointment to the actors to suddenly find the excitement of an imminent energizing and passionate performance instantly switched out with a slap on the hand and a gentle “We don’t want you.”

Is it better to go to BYU home games rather than watch them at home? And do I feel this way because we lost, or do I feel this way no matter what?

We fans have been neutered into a “plain brown wrapper” crowd. We cheer when we’re supposed to cheer, and we’re quiet when we’re supposed to be quiet. Parking and exiting after the game is a joke.

Each home game entails a seven-hour ordeal that disrupts my whole day.

Answering my question, I think we love to go to home games when we win but our hopes of ever being a top tier team are never truly realized such that even the “winning seasons” don’t mean much.

FSU Coach Bobby Bowden said it best after thrashing us: “... this is a bonus win for us ... we still have a chance to win our conference.” Why is winning the ACC so important? Because they can still get into a BCS game and BYU can’t.