iPods and cellphones may take backseat to Buff’s Bowl Game win
There are a few things that many CU students agree would make great gifts, and they aren’t the usual iPods or cell phones.
The top holiday gift for CU students in 2007, according to an informal poll, would be forgiveness of all campus parking tickets and fees.
Parking tickets get expensive when they add up, and once a person has been given a number of citations, their car is towed.
“Getting rid of parking tickets one time would be such gift,” said Ian Yamaguchi, 21, a sophomore psychology major. “My friend’s car just got towed, he could definitely use that.”
Yamaguchi’s second pick for a gift as a CU student would be the possibility of Buffs football winning a Bowl game this season.
“That would be awesome,” he said.
Yamaguchi may just get his wish when the Buffs make an appearance at the Independence Bowl at the end of the month. The momentum of the fans has heightened since the team’s victory over Nebraska, and students are hoping the Buffs will finish the season strong.
For Jalesa Moore, 19, a freshman and member of the Goldrush Dance Line, a CU win would be a perfect holiday gift.
“It’s been a long season, and to win a Bowl game would be the perfect ending,” Moore said. “I’m sure so many would appreciate that gift.”
As pleased about a victory as many students would be, it still wouldn’t top a wish for snow on the ski slopes.
The amount of snow this time last year is exactly what CU’s avid skiers and snowboarders are asking for again. Heavy snow for the holidays is a gift that would be used all the way into spring.
“Snow is number one on my Christmas list,” said Jennifer Mitts, 19, a freshman integrative physiology major. “Last year was amazing; people around here would definitely appreciate that much snow again.”
Mitts was referring to the snow storm in late December 2006, which covered much of Colorado with about three feet of snow and up to eight foot drifts.
Kate Sandler, 21, a freshman integrative physiology major was one of only a few people surveyed that was not so enthusiastic about the thought of several feet of snow.
“I can’t handle another winter like last year,” Sandler said. “Something that takes three months to melt- that is not a gift.”
Contact Campus Press Staff Writer Sarah Ruybalid at sarah.ruybalid@thecampuspress.com.
