The Weapon of Choice for Gonzaga Bulldogs

''Brokeback Mountain!''. This is the chant college students and fans of the No.5 ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs team use to heckle opposing teams.

This reference to the recent movie, ''Brokeback Mountain,'' about homosexual cowboys was chanted by some fans during Gonzaga's game against Saint Mary's and is apparently suggesting that the opposing team's players are gay.

A Philosophy professor at Gonzaga, Mark Alfino, said that these chants were widely discussed by students and teachers alike.

''Many faculty members have brought up the discussion in their classes,'' he said.

''They find none of the students have been comfortable with the chant, and that's a good sign,'' he added.

A senior named Callie Monroe wrote a column calling these ''Brokeback Mountain'' chants a case of ''outright discrimination.''

''Imagine yourself as a homosexual individual in the midst of your peers, classmates and friends during this 'Brokeback Mountain' cheer,'' Monroe wrote. ''I simply do not understand how a student body claiming to live by Jesuit principles of acceptance and respect for all can allow an incident like this to happen and remain silent.''

Faculty advisers of the Kennel Club booster group has already told the students to refrain from using the derogatory chant or any ''inappropriate chant'' for that matter.

''We implore the students of the Kennel Club to show the nation what makes Gonzaga different,'' Kennel Club advisers David Lindsay and Aaron Hill wrote in a letter.

''We challenge the students of the Kennel Club to exhibit the class, the creativeness and the competitive drive that has become a foundation of this great university,'' the Gonzaga faculty members added.