>We here in Fairbanks sneer at such ersatz "traditions". We pride ourselves
>on having no traditions whatsoever, though somebody was overheard yelling
>"sieve" to a befuddled Carlson Center crowd the other day. It was after an
>offsides call, and was directed at the linesm...., aaaahhhh, Associate
>Referee.
 
        I like that.  When you start out you're an Assistant Referee,
then you get tenure and become an Associate Referee.  After a while
you get bumped up to full Referee.  Does that mean Pierre Belanger is
a Referee Emeritus?
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
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