by Vivian Luu
Copy Editor

What sort of team spirit do SCC students have at sports events? Wait a second: what team spirit?

Are the school colors, green and gold, prominent among the swarm of excited fans as the stands fill up during the basketball season? How about some noise for the soccer team as Parys Fox or Maika Usita scores a couple points right under the other teams’ noses?

Imagine being at a typical SCC sports event with your friends. You’re in Washington, so it’s a little chilly; picture yourself wearing a sweater or windbreaker. Are the metal bleachers making your cheeks numb? Add some foam seating material to the mental image and you’re all set.

Now add one more thing to your image of SCC spirit: cheerleaders. Yes, gentlemen, goodlooking ladies dressed in relatively short, pleated skirts and double-knit polyester shells donning “SCC” in gold lamé lettering and cropped pom-poms.

Don’t worry, fellow members of the female demographic, the cheerleaders won’t be stealing the spotlight at the games—they can get water breaks.

Promoting school spirit and an increasing participation in the student body doesn’t sound too bad, eh?

Sure, there’s a rather common belief that cheerleaders are wild, promiscuous and unintelligent. But don’t forget to account for all the facets of their amazing, optimistic and seemingly vibrant personalities. Although cheerleaders are supposed to promote school spirit, they are still people like you and me who have their quirks. They come with flaws, but it is because of those flaws that their individuality emerges.

No one would be able to fit the stereotypical image that society has created for these individuals, so the prospect of perhaps starting a cheerleading squad at SCC shouldn’t be shunned completely. Just imagine seeing the girl sitting next to you in your morning lecture class doing a double-nine after a toe touch and a back tuck basket toss with variable backhand spring finishes.