BACKGROUND
During the 2004-2005 school year, some govies had the brilliant idea to replace the cheerleading squad with a dance team that performed the same functions, only in obscenely ugly stretchy pants.
The roots of this incident began with initial tiff between Res Life and JM, a dance team co-captain. New rules had been instituted stating that three level one writeups could get a girl kicked off the team. This rule was enforced heavily, and after only a month team numbers are cut almost in half. JM is among the dancers cut, as she has recieved a couple of questionable (read: bogus) write ups. A new co-captain (suspiciously the other captain’s roommate and recent addition to the team) is voted into place. Senior Night is coming up, and the dance team, in accordance with tradition, decided to make a brand new dance: a chair dance. Dispite the dismay of some team members, the captains pulled rank and the dance went forward. After two weeks the dance was completed. The finished product had a heavy influence from the captains. After complaints from the team over how the dance had turned out, a special “senior-only” freestyle part was added, giving each senior a 5-second
dance solo to compose and execute any way they wished.EXECUTION
On Senior Night, the dance team, chairs in hand, came out onto the court and put the chairs down. During the dance the chairs are turned, flipped, and scooted around the gym floor. The freestyle part highlighted the... unique tastes of some team members. The captains went first and produced some wonderful examples of exotic dancing, while the other two seniors attempted to be more conservative. After the dance is over, some team members decided to drag their chairs off of the court behind them instead of picking them up. Deep scratches are revealed where the dance was done, as well as trailing behind the exiting team as it crossed the court. The GSSM and Coker administrations were furious that this has been allowed to happen by Coach Tasha and the captains.
AFTERMATH
The rumor mill reports that damage to the floor totals to around $15,000; the entire gym ends up being resurfaced. The captains aren’t punished; despite displaying an astounding lack of responsibility and common sense, the coach continues to be entrusted to safeguard govies in her role as an RA. The dance team is disbanded and replaced by the old cheerleading team, much to the relief of students uninterested in seeing certain Govies in skintight garmets.
CASE STATUS: CLOSED
Reported by HaMM