<p><a href='http://mitathletics.cstv.com/genrel/042309aaa.html'>A Letter to the MIT Community on Sport Reduction</a>.</p>

I am very disappointed. I loved playing for my 0-16 hockey team, and they’ve been improving a lot since those first years. This year they had a four-game winning streak. The evaluation criteria they mention make me think that hockey is probably losing because of the practice time issue—only one ice rink means either men or women have to practice outside MIT’s reserved time for athletics (5-7 PM). I’m also very sorry to see the pistol team go—it’s one of MIT’s more successful varsity teams. Conversely, I’m sort of shocked not to see football on the hit list—I’d thought it was terribly unpopular and not very successful.