2IVICTION CLASSICO #0

CHEERLEADER MASCOT

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CHEERLEADER MASCOT By Sandy Thomas

I guess my life might have been different if Dad hadn't been killed in a plane crash when I was 11.

Mom remarried a state senator about a year later and their busy schedule didn't leave much time for me. So I was sent to boarding school and my summers were spent in camp and I was lucky if I saw my mother other than around Christmas and my birthday... if it fell on a weekend.

My father had left a substantial insurance trust fund for my support and education and with this legacy, I entered college at the age of eighteen and was rushed by the campus academic fraternity, Chi Pi Pi. My reputation as a "brain" had preceded me. This group of guys made an effort to get men who were academically advanced, which was why our fraternity was generally known as Sigma Nerd.

Our image had become a major problem and our president, Ralph Smith, called a meeting after dinner one night to discuss the matter.

"Our ratty old tiger is just about worn out," he said. "I'm opening the floor to suggestions for a new fraternity mascot. C'mon guys, what do you say?"

"How about a Lion?"

"A Snake?"

"What about a Bear?"

"You men can do better than this. Be creative. Let's find something we can all get into. It doesn't have to be an animal."

"How about the Red Socks," I said. "We could all wear red socks?"

"Wait a minute! Wait just a minute," my friend, Lee said. "Why don't we grab a cheerleader and make her the mascot? All the other fraternities have animals. If we get a cheerleader, we'll be unique!"

Everyone laughed as other suggestions were written