For a university that prides itself for its amount of class and respect,

UA students should be ashamed of themselves for booing the MDB for not playing “Rammer Jammer” after the Tide’s victory on Saturday.

After the game, people were walking up and down the isles notifying students that the song would not be played out of respect for the Bulldog’s fallen teammate. Yet students insisted the band play it anyways. When they did not, students made rude comments and obscene gestures as they exited the stadium.

We are lucky we have not lost a valuable player to something as tragic as cancer. If we were to lose someone such as Ingram, J. Jones, or McElroy to something so tragic, the students here would insist on showing some form of respect. However, when it is not our university, we boo the MDB, or yell obscene slurs to their players and sing it anyways.

While I realize only in a perfect world could we get everyone to comply with the absence of this song, the whole experience was disappointing.

I was also disappointed by the students seated in the organizational

seating section because they showed an inability to remain silent during the moment of silence before the game. I urge University students to show a greater sense of compassion.

For the first time in my three years here at UA, I was genuinely ashamed in my fellow students and their decision to sing Rammer Jammer. The only thing we did on Saturday besides win another game was prove that we have a long way to go before we can adequately demonstrate class and respect. Way to “stay classy,” Alabama. Roll Tide, the classy way. Kamilah Marks is a junior majoring in social work.