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...were silly like us," Auden wrote of Irish Poet William Butler Yeats, but the truth is that Yeats was sillier, more willing to appear foolish and embrace mumbo jumbo in service to his art. Auden's way was very different, circumspect; his poetry achieved greatness but never reached out for Yeatsian grandeur. He wrote...
...they do it? Tricia G. Butler '80 does it because "it's one good way of keeping my shape." Toni M. Hoover '81 says she "always wanted to in high school" but couldn't because she marched in the band. Coutu says she's been doing it for "years and years," but thought "it might be even better here, since, you know, this is Harvard." Besides, she throws in, "you travel...
...Janus sought organizers from the unofficial basketball cheering squad, which a group of students formed on their own a few years ago. Janus offered the squad University sponsorship and uniforms. Butler, who is a member of the basketball squad, willingly accepted the captaincy; Janet Crenshaw '82 agreed to be manager. They held try-outs in September and signed up everyone: 14 women and four men; and a third of the women were on the original basketball squad...
...keep their minds on the game." She doesn't feel deprived. "I'm not there to meet the football team, I could go to guts to do that." Even after the games, the men remain elusive. "After the game they just rush into the locker room and change," Butler says...
...members in particular, have asked Powell if she feels "high-schoolish." Powell vigorously defends the squad against charges of immaturity: "Look at all the other big-name colleges. They all have cheerleaders." Similarly, they scoff at accusations that they are perpetuating the sexist stereotype of a submissive, giggly teenager. Butler insists cheerleading is a sport, like football. "We aren't just jumping up and down; your feet have to be pointing exactly one way, your hands have to be in a special position." If it looks childishly simple, Butler says, that is just "part of our job; to make...