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Cheerleader Conduct

Don't our cheerleaders have any
consideration for our guests? One
would hardly think so after
witnessing their conduct during
halftime at the VMI game. The
William Fleming band journeyed all
the way from Roanoke, presumable
in response to an invitation from
the Athletic Department, to
perform on the field. The
cheerleaders' shouting over the
loudspeakers during the marching
show was rude, to say the very
least. How are visitors in the
stadium supposed to believe
anything about our gentlemanly
tradition when the cheerleaders
show apparent distain for common
courtesy?

I heartily suggest that in the
future the cheerleaders make an
honest effort to behave as true
representatives of a community of
gentlemen, rather than repudiate
the gentlemanly image.