To the Editor:

Re: “Intramural Hockey Axed in Budget Cut,” Sports, Sept. 1.

Playing intramural ice hockey and then downing our nightcap — a Ruloff’s pitcher — was one of our favorite pastimes in college. So you could imagine our dismay when we discovered that the Athletics Department axed our beloved sport.

More than the disappointment that Cornellians will no longer have the privilege of playing on Lynah’s legendary sheet of ice, the end of intramural ice hockey shatters the heart of a revered Cornell institution.

It’s truly incredible that a school that prizes its men’s hockey team as a source of pride, tradition and revenue, will not allow its own (non-varsity) students to play the game they love. We who played paid steep intramural fees to field a team, and some of us bought season tickets that nearly tripled in price between our freshman and senior years. It truly offered us an experience that we cherish from our time spent at Cornell.

Cheers to another budget cut that makes Cornell a lot less fun!

Jordan Fabian ’09

Ross Freilich ’09

Alex Matthews ’09

Lee Mendelowitz ’08