Price should reconsider his own deadly sins
Friday's Devil Dish of the Seven Deadly Sports Sins (which, by the way, was really only six because there was no No. 4) had Taylor Price saying, "Peyton Manning wishes he were Tom Brady."
Well, let me say, I bet that was never the case, but I sure know it isn't now. Colts beat the Pats, and Manning beats Brady. Also, Price was 0 for 2 on his title game picks, as both the Patriots and the Saints lost this weekend.
Maybe his example for pride should have been him apologizing for his own arrogance, both in terms of his incorrect picks and nonsensical comments about Manning.
Matt Storey
JUNIOR
"Arizonan of the Year" should provide better parking on West campus
Today on the West campus, I noticed that I was not the only person who had to park across the street at an Arby's and dodge six lanes of traffic because I can't afford to park my vehicle on campus.
I don't mind the walk. The troublesome part is that there is no crosswalk at the intersection, which means that I have to stop on the median and wait for another onslaught of speeding cars to pass by.
Last year I received numerous emails from parking services, stating that I could enter a drawing for $25 off my decal (wow, thanks!) and also informed me that the doubling in price of parking fees would be used for parking maintenance.
Would it be too much to ask "Arizonan of the Year" [University president Michael Crow] to make it a little bit easier to actually get to campus by getting some crosswalks put up for those of us whom you have nickel-and-dimed to death?
You offer no alternatives for us. It's either pay an outrageous amount of money to park on campus, or risk your life dodging traffic.
I think a deserving "Arizonan of the Year" would at least pretend to care about the safety of the students who are lining his pockets.
Adrienne Leyland
SENIOR
Kids and Lady Devils make a good combination
It was a great idea having 6,000 elementary schoolers cheer on our Lady Devils last week. Wells Fargo Arena was loud as hell and it felt like a home game. Kudos to the Athletic Department.
Now, can we get that kind of support for a regular game? Only a few home games left - time to get on board!
Tony Jackson
SENIOR
Smokers are jokers
Since Life Magazine's colorful photos in the 1950s of socialites smoking cigarette after cigarette, the American public has viewed smoking as cool. Popular culture usually showed us our favorite fictional character, butt in hand, inhaling and exhaling this tool of "cool."
It's only been since legislation has applied expensive taxes on each box of these killers, one puff at a time, and new research confirming the toxic value that American dependency has finally lessened. New laws, both statewide and national, are nearing prevention of smoking in almost any setting but the fool's own home.
Here at ASU, it seems that an inordinate amount of students smoke, especially ironic because students usually complain of financial destitution. How can we complain of paying for our education, our housing and other necessitees when it clearly seems many of us fork down a lot of money for cigarettes?
Every day I walk to class in the morning, I choose to speed past any apparent smoker or choose a different route, because I want to avoid the health detriments second-hand smoke may cause, and because someone who smokes is no longer cool.
Andrew Pentis
FRESHMAN
