Dear Editor,

Tim Schrag recently commented on something that K-State has been lacking for many years — traditional cheers. As meaningless as it is and as much as I hate the Rock Chalk stuff at KU, it is unique to the school and thus immediately identifies it. The media loves it. So I have a proposal for you. How about sponsoring a "Let's start a new tradition" blog or commentary. A contest perhaps. Maybe we could do something as simple as putting words to the Jimi Hendrix classic that the band plays at each game, Purple Haze. Perhaps we could replace Hendrix's words that were distinctly connected to the drug culture with something like:

EMAW,

is on my brain.

Welcome to,

the House of Pain.

We will beat you,

and this is why.

The Cats are better,

and that's no lie.

K-S-U, K-S-U, Fight!

It is painfully obvious that I am no songwriter, but we need to start somewhere. Are you game? Maybe a blog at kstatecollegian.com? What would it mean to K-State and the alumni to come up with two or three more ways to get everyone excited?

- Brian Willis, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, Dept. of Anatomy & Physiology