Photo Credit: Yasmin Akbari
The Tak Fudenna Stadium ready for the homecoming show-down.
October 30, 2011
Shivanjali Sewak and Yasmin Akbari
School pride is abundant here at Washington, and Spirit Week only emphasizes our love for our school. However, we may be going too far this time.
The homecoming game against the American Eagles is here and tensions have been high. The “Battle of the Boulevard” game is arguably already the most popular game of the year, and with American as our opponent, excitement and spirit turned to anger and hate on both sides. The Facebook event page was shut down, seemingly because of the ugly words exchanged between students of both schools.
As responsible students, we need to question what kind of behavior is acceptable. It is not surprising that such an issue has risen, but students need to step back and re-evaluate their responses to rivals’ comments. We Huskies should have a higher level of respect for our fellow Fremont Boulevard-ians. This is not to suggest that we should suppress our pride. I am simply saying that when an American student posts something rude, don’t engage in an argument; time will tell who the better school is. As the saying goes, “haters gonna hate.” American students would not be so harsh with their words if they knew they had nothing to fear. Washington has obviously established itself as a school to be taken seriously.
Regarding the game, rumor had it that American students were going to print shirts with derogatory sayings and planned to wear them to our homecoming game. When asked about the rumors, Mrs. Paris could not confirm that the shirts have in fact been made, but did notify us that if students did show up at TAK with the shirts, they would not be allowed into the game. “We will not tolerate unhealthy competition,” she said. “We were the first school here. We invented spirit.”
Hopefully there weren’t any issues at the game. No matter what happens or what the outcome is, though, we will still have pride in our school, and nothing can change that.
