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"EVEN OUR ROOM TOOK ON A FEMININE LOOK.

Our cheerleaders are gymnasts and dancers. We're a part of the athletic program not just ornaments on the sidelines. CHI PI PI's parody of our program, makes our cheerleaders out to be a bunch of dizzy blondes. Cheerleading takes as much will and stamina as anything the football players do."

The school newspaper again ran pictures of us. This

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time a sexy shot of Lee fluffing his hair. Dean Wilcox's reply, "I'm not making any value judgements, but we can't support all sports. What's next? Rodeo?"

His words were twisted in the town newspaper to say, "I'd support rodeo before cheerleading."

Then the s#@t hit the fan. Dean Wilcox was reprimanded by the college trustees. He had to apologize to the cheerleaders. He also had to cut the budget of his beloved football team and allocate money for the cheerleading as a sport, much to Sallys satisfaction.

She was quoted as saying, "Let the football players sell some cookies next year."

I guess it was sort of "kick the dog." Dean Wilcox was angry, and since he couldn't take it out on the cheerleaders he took it out on CHI PI PI. Since we were a college chartered fraternity, he had the right to do spot inspections. He wanted to find out who the girls were that caused him all the trouble, the ones living in the CHI PI PI house.

A spot inspection was held and he spotted us right off even in mens clothes. He couldn't miss us with our curled hair, thinned eyebrows and long nails. He left in a huff but the results of his anger were soon evident.

He called a meeting and decided to punish the fraternity by taking away our charter. After negotiations, Ralph was able to settle on making the punishment fit the crime. Lee and I were to dress as girls on weekends. Dean Wilcox orginally want us dressed full time but decided that would disturb his school. Also this punishment would humiliate the fraternity more than pulling its charter.

Somehow this edict seemed to smooth all the ruffled feathers. Sally had what she wanted. The paper's editor seemed to drop the subject for something else. The only feathers that were ruffled seemed to be mine.

Ralph came to our room after the ultimatum. He shyly said, "You guys okay...I just came by to let you know how sorry I am that you two are taking most of the punishment. I hope that you won't have too much resentment against the fraternity. I'm sure when this is all over, you'll be fine men. Until then, everything you need is on the fraternity budget. We've assessed the members a fee and have a special fund for clothes and beauty appointments. Sure you two are OK?"

Lee said, "Sure, it's not that bad."

"I don't know," I said. It's just that I'm growing up, and I hoped to be dating the coeds, not be one. I'll miss running