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...squad was born last spring when the undergraduate athletic committee at 60 Bolyston Street decided that women armed with indestructible shakers would do wonders for the sometimes-reserved football crowds. Niki Janus, associate athletic director, says the committee members agreed to underwrite a cheerleading squad after they got sick of hearing alumni complain that Harvard was the only Ivy League college without cheerleaders. "People would ask me, 'What is this? How can the (athletic) department let this go on?'" Janus remembers. Varsity crew members traditionally lead cheers at the game, but alumni wanted something "more structured," Janus explains. The crew...
...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...
...confusion and contradiction fundamentally rest on the President's Janus-like attitude toward the Government's role in the economy. On the one hand, he shares the public's rising distrust of Washington-dictated solutions for inflation or energy. Yet his concrete policy proposals usually involve 1960s-style programs that require big spending and larger bureaucracy. Last week's energy program would mean two new bureaucracies and $141 billion more federal spending. And as the election approaches, Carter may be tempted to reach for even more Big Government solutions to prove his effectiveness and leadership ability...
...AIAW has no leverage in the matter, Janus said, adding that although a demonstration will occur Sunday in Washington, it is "imprecise" strategically because Congress is presently in recess...
...Janus passed out forms entitled "Title IX Alert," urging students to exert pressure on congressmen by writing personal letters...