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r Sports Friday, April 8, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 5 Tryouts for US< By WAYNE WASHINGTON Sports editor Tryouts for (JSC's varsity cheerleading squad will be Lheld Sunday from 1 p.m. to about 4 p.m. at the Booker T. Washington building in the gym section. There are several requirements for students who wish to try out. Students must be full-time undergraduates and have at I least a cumulative 2.0 grade-point average at the time of uyouis. i ney musi uc in guou acaucimi; Manning aim uui B on any disciplinary probation. Also, females cannot weigh more than 120 pounds. The final requirement is that students be healthy and free from any ailment that would hamper their ability to perform as a cheerleader. USC cheerleading coach Bill Boggs said the requirements listed in the handout he gives to students at a urn DOMINO'S PIZZA i hot a fc Your pizza from Domino's Pizza' is because it's delivered?like m; We guarantee it!' 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Tonetta Watson, who cheered for four years at USC, said she wasn't intimidated when she first came to tryouts. "I really felt I had a chance," she said. "I enjoyed chcerleading so much. It was something I wanted to do : once i got nere. : Watson, who recently completed her degree in I rehabilitation counseling, had to go to iryouts three times before making the squad. But she said it was worth it. "There have been times when I was kind of dissatisfied HHK .i,y; ..j j j : ': ' ' j : !.. I IflM Advertisement 60, elevels on has replaced . Pinstripes have And Wall Street dstock. ajor changes that iince the 60's, one at all: the change ,ce in the Pill. >:n i a Mfekl l n ,:=i in the Pill have t's ^fraction of the indicate that if you were fertil before you took the Pill, taking 1 is as effective as will not affect your ability to ha\ t, it's still the most children later. Some women ma control available experience a short period of reac cation. justment after discontinuing th ight for you? 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Talk to your doctor, have one? Studies You've already taken a step in tl on of Reproductive Health Professionals through an ediuatu i e held Sunday with the way things were going, but I just kind of stuck with it." she s;iid "I w:is oxnmrd to nconle I wouldn't have had a chance to meet. It also helped mc become a stronger person ? to believe in myself." Watson traveled with the squad when it went to San Diego this past January lor a cheerleading competition. USC finished sixth in a field of twelve squads. Hoggs said hard work goes into being a cheerleader. "In the fall, we come back three weeks before school >tarts. Then, we go to a camp in Tennessee and, when school starts, we practice two hours per day Monday through Friday. There's a lot of time involved." Boggs said even though cheerleaders lift weight during practice and perform hair-raisino stunts little d:inorr is involved. cs :: dropped o considerably. ut right direction. 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