This past weekend, the Brandeis community and student body were invited to come out and support the members of the men's soccer team, who competed for their second Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Men's Soccer Championship title. We congratulate the team for its decisive victory, winning with a score of 8-0 in the championship round against Albertus Magnus College. Furthermore, we encourage the administration to continue advertising campus sports events to raise school spirit and give Brandeis athletics the attention they deserve.

While in the past, Director of Athletics Sheryl Sousa '90 and Senior Vice President of Communications and External Affairs Andrew Gully have given attention to sports events and spurred student support, University President Frederick Lawrence took the time to send out two emails for this specific event, including a follow-up email, for both games. Though support from the administration is always important and welcome, Mr. Lawrence's interest gives further credence to the events, showing that the school administrators truly value the school's sports teams and celebrate their successes.

To increase student involvement, the Saturday game against Norwich University included a community-wide cookout and on Sunday spectators were offered free pizza. Providing these extra features generated interest among the student body and ensured a substantial turnout. We hope that following this event, involvement in University sports and school spirit will become characteristic features of the University.

The attention and promotion that has been given to the men's soccer championship games has potentially set a aprecedent for the upcoming basketball season. We hope the support that the administration has shown for the soccer games will continue for future basketball games, and periodically for other University sports teams.

Though in the past, the University has not always actively advertised its sporting events, this recent attention may be moving Brandeis in the right direction toward gaining school spirit that is appropriate for our school. The successful turnout of the men's soccer games was bolstered by the emails sent out by prominent members of the community and the interest of the student body. We implore students and administrators to consider similar efforts for future campus sports events to boost school spirit and give proper attention to University teams.