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techniques. Members can compete in
casting distance and precision, or they
can compete to catch the same squir
rel, he added.
He said about 30 students are cur
rently in the club, but as the word
spreads, and if the club gets spon
sored, he experts about 100 people
would be interested in joining. He
said with the base funding that initial
sponsorship would provide, the club
could make T-shirts to use for
fundraising.
Mcllhaney said the West Coast has
a strong history of squirrel fishing, and
one of the largest clubs currently re
sides at University of California,
Berkeley, which has 84 members, in
cluding faculty and staff. With a num
ber of other clubs competing, includ
ing those found at University of
California, Santa Barbara and the Uni
versity of Arizona, he said there would
be plenty of opportunities to compete.
While some students use the sport
to practice for traditional fly fishing,
Mcllhaney said that's not his intention
for the club.
"I don't do it for that," he said. "I do
it to squirrel fish."
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The sport has also raised concerns
among members of the University's
Species Equality Through Action
group, formally Students for the Ethi
cal Treatment of Animals.
"We're not too thrilled about it,"
SETA member Nate Oester said.
"I think it's kind of a
springtime diversion.
... Having a kind of
connection, a moment,
with a wild animal
is kind a special thing."
Christine Theodoropoulos
Architecture Department head
However, Oester said the group has
more important issues to deal with,
such as eliminating animal research
testing, or vivisection, on campus, l ie
said he does have a problem with
people using animals for entertain
ment rather than "valuing them as in
dividuals."
"I'd just be more concerned with
the moral aspects," he said. "It seems
kind of degrading to me."
But others say the sport provides an
opportunity to connect with nature.
Architecture Department Head
Christine Theodoropoulos said when
she heard about the sport from Mcll
haney, she knew her 9-year-old son
would want to give it a try.
"I think it's kind of a springtime di
version, " she said. "Having a kind of
connection, a moment, with a wild
animal is kind of a special thing."
She said she was initially skeptical
of the sport, but after watching her
son participate, she doesn't see a
problem with it.
Club Sports Director Sandy
Vaughn said she likes learning about
new activities she's unfamiliar with.
She said the last questionable sport
that came up for sponsorship was Ul
timate Frisbee, which has become in
creasingly popular.
"The majority of people were very
skeptical," she said. "Of course, now
it's one of our largest team sports."
Although she was also initially
concerned about the squirrels' wel
fare, she said it's important to consid
er new ideas.
"It's just important always that our
program keeps an open mind to the
interests of the students," she said.
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