The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 27, 1992, Page 20, Image 20
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By JENNIFER FULLER
Assistant Carolina! Editor
Two students were chosen from
a pool of fifteen students who tried
out to portray the USC mascot,
Cocky, for the 1992-93 school
year.
The students were interviewed
by a panel of judges, and then performed
for three to five minutes in
the Cocky suit, Spirit Coordinator
Bill Boggs said. The students were
judged by the president of the
Student Gamecock Club, a USC
employee experienced in spirit
coordination, the former Cocky,
and Boggs. Boggs said the judges
were looking for people who were
"able to play the character that was
established."
Boggs said Cocky had first been
portrayed by students, but a professional
was later hired because
Cocky's many apperances and
extensive traveling were too much
for the average full-time student to
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said. It takes 2-6 hours weekly
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Cocky performs at university T- -t? mts
at no charge, but private
mts are scheduled at $75 per
jr. The students' salaries are
1 undecided, but they are only
d for private appearances,
lb keep Cocky's identity secret,
students will not keep the unim,
because of the possibility of
mmates finding it. The places
sre the students change are carey
chosen for confidentiality as
Ceeping Cocky's identity secret
important because "we like to
tray Cocky as real. We don't
it people to look at him (Cocky) ,
a person in a suit, but a real
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