Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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The upper Brandeis dining room held a capacity crowd anxious to hear the cheerleaders ' side of the story. John Scully, a member of Young Americans for Freedom, explains his opposition to the cheerleaders stand. Student Board President Joe Warm opens the meeting called to discuss the cheerleader controversy. 28

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Blankets and fast give Pakistan aid Seven thousand blankets and $3,000. That was the result of Creighton ' s effort toward the relief of Pakistan ' s refugees. On Sunday, October 17, 75 Creighton students and 225 high school students canvassed the city to collect the blankets and $1,500 in cash. The blankets were later sent to the Catholic Relief Service in New York. The service pledged to match the number of blankets collected and forward them to the Catholic Relief Service in Calcutta, India for distribu- tion to Pakistan. The drive was co-sponsored by the Student Board of Governors and the Community Service Center. Monday, November 1, was declared a day of fast by the Board. Catering Management, Inc. agreed to remit money to the cause based on the number of stu- dents participating in the fast. Of 1,475 students covered by the food plan only 120 ate breakfast, 500 lunch and 500 dinner. The remission by the food service and donations of town students totaled $1,500. Chris Harlan takes a well deserved break as a new crew take over the folding duties for a while. 27

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Sharon Watson pleads the case on behalf of the cheer- leaders at a meeting in the Brandeis student center. Cheerleaders seek individual rights The opening of basketball season brought the open- ing of a major campus controversy with the question of how the cheerleaders should react to the pre-game play- ing of the national anthem. Initially the black cheerleaders stayed on the floor and remained seated with the majority of other black students. When objections to this were voiced the entire squad elected to leave the floor for the playing of the anthem. Pressure from alumni and the general public grew and the administration issued an ultimatum — either the squad would remain on the floor and stand or they would resign. The university held that as representatives of the university the cheerleaders should reflect the views of the university. The squad called a public meeting to present their side of the story and circulated petitions calling for the reinstatement of the squad. 29