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Being the natural opposite, some may believe I had a fierce hatred of cheerleaders in high school.
But I’m actually more like the girl from MTV’s Made who tried out to be an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader. I too secretly want someone to professionally train me to dance. (Although at our school, it wasn’t the cheerleaders who had the best moves. It was the drill team.)
The desire to be part of any pep squad has nothing to do with social status or football player boyfriends. It’s about movement. I have the same desire to be a ninja warrior… or a fire bender.
I had a chance to perform once.
For a semester we trained under the pregnant head coach of the cheer leading squad. (I would wince when she did the splits. Would it fall out?)
She spent most of the semester focusing on her cheer team and didn’t seem interested in preparing us for our debut at the high school talent show – a requirement for the class.
While we had little direction, there was one move the teacher refused to change.
The movement mimicked a crude jester hooligans use to reference mentally challenged people. It was a little sharper, almost like a hail Hitler. But instead of going from your shoulder outward, our arms came up to the opposite shoulder from our side.
Myself and a fellow dancer named Sara took the lead, editing choreography and pushing the girls to do their best.
Before the show, Sara peered out behind the curtain. “Oh my God. Why are there people there?” She said, her voice trembling. “This is just practice. Why are there people? They shouldn’t be there!”
I grabbed her shoulders and tried to explain calmly where we were, but she grew increasingly hysterical and the rest of the girls were starting to crowd around us.
I started humming and broke into song. “Tell me why. Ain’t nothing but a heart ache. Tell me why. Ain’t nothing but a mistake. Tell me why I never want to hear you say, I want it that way.”
She and a few of her friends joined me in song, and we took a collective deep breath before going on stage.
Looking out into the sea of nothingness and bright lights, I forgot all the moves.
“Go Margie!” My brother’s friend cried from the audience. My memory came back.
And then came time for the controversial movement. When we all looked left and raised our arms in unison, the audience laughed and then it didn’t matter that I had forgotten most of the moves.
Since then I had put aside my desires to perform on a stage. So I was surprised to find myself running with Longhorn cheerleaders… and even better, we were about to come out on the ultimate stage for a girl from Dallas – Cowboys Stadium.
We were on an even playing field, the cheerleaders and I. With a media badge and a camera, I attracted and held just as much attention. We were free to run together with no judgment.
That is – until halftime was over.
I didn’t make it on to the field until after the Longhorns won. We were going to Cali.Being the natural opposite, some may believe I had a fierce hatred of cheerleaders in... more
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Iran and Texas seem to be polar opposites. What happens when you are an Iranian who is raised in Texas? Maybe fans of college football will have some insight._________
MUSIC BY: FERRABY LIONHEART
MySpace URL:
http://www.myspace.com/ferrabylionheart _______
CAMERA: Anlo SepulvedaIran and Texas seem to be polar opposites. What happens when you are an Iranian who is... more
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Buck Burnette, backup center for the #5 Texas Longhorns, has been kicked off the team over racist comments he posted on his Facebook profile after Barack Obama won the presidential election.Buck Burnette, backup center for the #5 Texas Longhorns, has been kicked off the team... more
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A standoff continued Wednesday between the University of Texas and two students who have posted presidential campaign signs in their windows.
During an administrative hearing Wednesday, a UT staff member gave Connor Kincaid and his cousin Blake Kincaid two hours to take down the signs from their Brackenridge Hall dormitory room that show support for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, Blake Kincaid said.
A possible penalty for not complying is getting barred from registering for classes in the spring, Kincaid said.
The two students said after the hearing that they decided to leave the signs up.A standoff continued Wednesday between the University of Texas and two students who... more
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Longhorns love Current! Join me in telling the world why we're the best and why we deserve to have Jake and Steve do a special about UT!Longhorns love Current! Join me in telling the world why we're the best and why... more
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A Chinese woman has a horn growing out of her head. Doctors speculate that she suffering a hormone imbalance.A Chinese woman has a horn growing out of her head. Doctors speculate that she... more
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James Henry, a freshman running back for the UT Longhorns, was arrested today and charged with felony counts of obstruction and tampering with evidence as well as for allegedly beating up one of the victims of a July robbery committed by 2 of his teammates.
Henry's arrest brings the total number of University of Texas football players have been arrested since June to 6.
3 of the arrests (including today's) were in connection with the July robbery, 2 were for suspicion of driving while intoxicated earlier this summer (I wonder why they just say suspicion - did they not do a breathalyzer to confirm one way or the other?), and the 6th was on drug charges last week.
Good thing it wasn't the basketball team, or they'd be out of a bench!James Henry, a freshman running back for the UT Longhorns, was arrested today and... more
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