Dear Editors:

I am writing to you to share my disappointment about the lack of student support at the K-State women's basketball game on Monday night.

I work the basketball games as a student volunteer with the K-State sports information department, and on Monday I was disappointed to turn around from my seat on press row to see only two students sitting in the front row of what many people would call the student section. I could count the number of students who showed up to the game on less than 10 fingers I think.

After seeing that, I feel horrible for our women's team. The girls work as hard and deserve as much support as our men's team and, unlike men's basketball, it's free for students to attend women's games. How is it we can pack the stands for men when it costs money, but our students won't come watch our women when it costs nothing?

It just blows my mind.

Our women's team is 0-2 right now, and Monday was a tough loss. I'm sure the girls would really like to get their first win on Friday night against Washington State, right here in Manhattan. Both the men's basketball team and the football team are out of town this weekend, and only the women's basketball team and the volleyball team are at home.

I know it's the weekend right before Thanksgiving break and many students might already be headed home for the holiday, but I also know there will be many students still in town. The team needs our support, and they need that place to be as loud as possible when they take the court.

So, if you have nothing better to do on Friday at 7 p.m., I suggest you come out and pack Bramlage with purple. I'd like nothing more than to turn around from my seat on press row and see a very loud and very packed student section. Let's remind Washington State why Bramlage is such a tough place for opposing teams to play in! Go Cats!

- Zach Zaborny, Sophomore in electronic/broadcast journalism