Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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Bashing Birds And Tradition Scott Harke In the fall of 1980, Clemson students as well as community residents gathered on the streets of Clemson to celebrate the hammering of the hooters when the Clemson Tigers played Rice University in the first football game of the season. The following year brought the celebration known as curb the dogs and in the fall of 1982, the home football season opened with another traditional First Friday Pa- rade. Cries of Bash the Birds were heard all along the parade route from East Campus apartments along Highway 93 to Sikes Hall. Traditional as it was, First Friday 1982 saw some drastic changes. The location was moved from the downtown area out to Highway 93, allowing for more room for entrants and viewers. The newly enacted city beer ordinance also prevented the parade participants from drinking or hav- ing open drinks on the floats. Each entrant was also screened before the parade to ensure that nothing profane or morally offensive would be in the parade. All of these precautions were taken after a mi- rage of complaints arose over last year ' s parade. Many community residents com- plained that children could no longer en- joy the parade because of the nature of the entrants. This year however, the chil- dren and residents of Clemson returned and joined with students to welcome the weekend that was to be the first home game following a National Championship season. Tiger Band led the parade with the sound that shakes the southland, Tiger Rag . Following the band was a parade of floats all built around the theme, Bash the Birds. There were birds and tigers of all sizes; each displaying in a unigue way the 26 — Student Life

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I Scott Harke HEAD CHEERLEADER SCOTT GALLOWAY leads the crowd at the pep rally which followed the parade (opposite). A POUNCING TIGER shows how to bash a bird — Clemson style (left). LEADING THE PARADE was Tiger Band with its own special version of Eye of the Tiger (below). Scott Harke Student Life — 27