Insult to Some May Be Badger of Honor to Them

To the wife of the Tournament of Roses volunteer who relied on free tickets to fulfill her wish of experiencing the Stanford band [Viewpoint, Jan. 8]:

Good choice. You got fair value. If you overpaid, it wasn’t by much.

I did not attend this year’s parade, but I am proud to disclose that I was again in the stands cheering my Badgers. To paint all of us as smelling worse than Limburger cheese is unfair, wrong and simply inhospitable. First of all, Limburger is a gift of the farm. Besides, we Wisconsin fans are known to smell at most of beer and Swiss; perhaps beer and cheddar. Limburger and beer as a rule don’t go.

IRA LEE NEWLANDER

Los Angeles