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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cambridge get along fine except for issues which are of major importance," he said...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Cambridge/MIT Hold Steady In Stormy/Calm Relationship | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

...male cheerleaders don't get to dance. While the "girls" do the dance routines, the "men stand behind the girls and scream the cheers" through megaphones, Coutu says. At the end of a routine, the men get down on all fours to form the bottom of "the mount...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...alumni need to loosen up, Janus says, and she's counting on the cheerleaders to get them going. Janus is a shouter at games. One Saturday afternoon she let out a particularly lusty bellow and a distinguished crusty alumni next to her glared. "Madam," he corrected, "It's not appropriate to shout...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...hopes so too, for the cheerleaders sake. Right now, "the people in the stands do more laughing at them than cheering. Or at least that's what I hear on the bench." Pendergast believes the crowd's attitude bodes ill for the squad's future. "If they don't get support, I don't know how long they will last, he adds with regret...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...cheerleaders get few opportunities to "mingle with the football crowd," as one cheerleader put it. Coutu doubts this will change even on an away game weekend. "I'm sure when we go away, we'll be pretty much segregated. They want the guys to 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...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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