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Rally squad works hard for little incentive
Despite only receiving credit for their effort rally members keep spirits high
skills.
“ It helped me open up,”
Managing Editor
said squad member Marlies
Berney. “ I love it because it’s
Cheering is heard on Monday
fun.”
nights from 6-9p.m. in the
The members are from dif
Randall Gym when Clackamas’
ferent high schools. But
cheerleaders are hard at work
Worley said, “ We’re clicking
practicing dances, routines and
and working as a team, unify
jumps.
Advisor
Selma
ing. We’re out to show our
Cunningham is directing the
school spirit.”
rally squad and Marie Albano
Even though classes are of
is the assistant coach.
fered for cheerleading, they
Being on a rally squad re
are not con
quires a lot of
sidered to be a
trust in other
regular class.
team members
“They are a
when performing
club and not
tosses
and
"We're clicking
part of the ath
jumps.
“ It’s a whole
and working as a letic depart
ment,” said
new level on re
team, unifying.
Jim Jackson,
specting team
We're out to show
athletic de-
mates,”
said
squad member
our school spirit." partment
chair.
Sheena Worley.
However,
The
girls
Sheena Worley
money to sup
joined for differ
squad member
port
the
ent reasons.
classes comes
“There is no
from the ath
dance
team
letic depart
here,”
said
ment. But they do their own
Worley..“I’m a dance major.
fundraising, with money for
This is my first year
buying uniforms a priority.
cheerleading.”
The
athletic department pays
Erin Peterson said, “ I went
for their athletic insurance.
to a practice and decided that I
“ The athletic department
wanted to do this. I’m excited
and
ASG has sponsored us,”
about it. I think it’ll be really
said
Advisor
Selma
fun.”
Cunningham.
For others, it builds social
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JJnlike students
participating in
sports, they re
ceive riothing for
their hard work.
“None of these
girls have tuition
waivers for rally,”
said Jackson. “
They receive noth
ing but credits for
being on the
squad. Over the
past three years
I’ve seen them
raise about 6 or
$7,000,” said Jack-
son.
The club has
been around for a
number of years,
but nobody seems
to remember quite
how long the rally
squad has been part
of the college.
“The rally squad
used to be a huge
thing. I wouldn’t put
anything out of the
realm of possibility
for them,” said Jack-
son. "They've had
MAGGIE JIRASEK/ Clackamas Print
some good' leader
ship with students."
For more informa The rally squad practices on Monday nights from 6-9 p.m. working on jumps,
tion about the rally ' dances and routines. They recieve no tuition wavers and are classified as a
squad contact Selma club. Members have raised 6 or $7000 in the last three years.
Cunningham
at
ext.2854
Need cash?
Box or bag? The debate rages on
Rice-A-Roni’s on the floor
with a dented corner and now
you’ll have to sneak that into
the pan before the kids see it
and become mortified that
their friends might think you
picked it up at the Canned
Food Outlet instead of the
"real store" where Billy’s mom
shops. But I digress.
Next is the
question of
taste. While
it’s true I
Marvin G. Baker
have never
Guest Columnist
actually no
ticed a flavor
difference be
tween
the
lime
and
grape
rings
in
a
box
However, when it comes to cold
of Fruit Loops, I believe we
cereal all bets are off; this is
must give the manufacturer a
one area where you get what
nod for teaching that toucan
you pay for.
to read from a
Through a diabolical televi
script. That’s a
sion campaign we have been
pretty amazing
led to believe that beneath the
feat, and based on
cardboard all cereals come in
that I, for one, am
bags, and therefore, are equal.
willing to accept
This is a bunch of tonsil
that is what or-
scrapings. Have you ever tried
standing a bag of cereal to make , anges, lemons and
cherries should taste
optimal use of limited shelf
like. Conversely, a
space? You have to use your
sack of Fruit-Rounds
Captain Crunch to keep the bag
doesn’t exactly inspire a
of Apple-Zings in place.
leap of faith in this area. Mak
Heaven forbid you polish off
ing the bag transparent might
the Crunch Berries first and
be a selling point if it didn’t
lose your bookend. Pretty
look like it was half full of
soon the generic cereal starts
toaster debris.
bullying the Potato Buds aside,
I consider myself an astute
consumer. I’ve even been
known to clip coupons pursu
ing a compromise between
what I like and what I can af
ford. Considering I labor un
der what my ex claimed to be
the disabling burden of test
osterone, I feel this makes me a
pretty progressive shopper.
Finally, I have to touch upon
the physical hazards posed by
those cellophane-bagged
quarry nuggets. A bowl of
Coco Puffs is in total harmony
with milk. Rendered to an eas
ily consumed state, each Puff
sheds the essence of its good
ness, leaving behind chocolaty
ambrosia. Even the staunch
est defender of Emily Post will
turn a blind eye to the break
fast table when bowls are
hoisted for slurpin’.
Sadly, the bagged poseur
holds a far less rewarding end
for the unwary. Whether amal
gamated into shapes with Port
land cement or left in its natu
ral state, granite cannot absorb
milk no matter how finely
crushed (It’s like a rule or some
thing).
Many hurried
breakfasters
discover too
late there isn’t
enough Ora-gel in
one of those little
vinyl udders to dull
a ragged,aching
palate. You
think talk
ing on the
phone and
driving is hard?
packing gauze
into the roof of your mouth
on the way to work. It’s not a
pretty picture, so don’t say I
didn’t warn you.
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