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Red, white fight, fight!
Each year the Husker football staff has the
task of selecting a startinq offensive and
defensive team out of about 100 persons who
try out.
Bill Murphy has a similar problem. He must
select three female and two male yell sauad
members from 50 female and 15 male
candidates.
Murphy, a member of the men's physical
education staff, has been the squad sponsor for
eight years. Unlike other years, Murphy will be
the only judge this year.
Last year, controversy arose when all three
new male yell squad members selected were
from Theta Xi fraternity.
"Bill Tuning and I picked them last year,
although it didn't look that way," Murphv said.
"YV'e let people express opinions, but when it
got right down to it, we picked who we wanted
to anyway."
The yell squad membprs not returning are
Linda Jones, Peg Bukacek, Phyllis Burhardt,
Marv Schliep and Steve Bartlett.
The returning squad members are Jan Shook,
Marty Ortiz, Nancy Hines, Jeanine Station,
Rhonda Shepard and Ernie Thurber.
Yell squad aspirants have been practicing on
Free Theatre
opens season
Old Times is about people,
the best and worst of man,
according tn dirpctor Mike
Lang. Harold Pinter's play
opens the spring season for
Free Theatre, at the Hungry Id
March 16-18.
"Pinter captures individuals
In isolation, unable to
communicate Each person is
afraid to know each other
because it would destroy their
world," Lang said.
"The show revolves around a
married couple talking about a
friend coming to visit.
Throughout the show then, the
entrance of an outsider sets up
a contest about who is really
the outsider," Lang said.
The audience will find that
Old Times is a show that will
involve them personally, Lang
said.
the Coliseum stage one and one-half hours a
day since Feb. 28. Final selection for squad
members will not be made until next Thursday.
When the practice tryouts began there were
more than 100 girls, but the number has
dwindled to 50.
A typical practice session includes practicing
two required routines in small and large groups,
interviews with Murphy and conversation with
the yell squad members.
Jan Shook, who will be the yell squad
captain next fa' hi the main problem the
girls have is doing the 'step'.
"The 'step' is really unique, because nobody
else does it," Shook said. "It's the hardest thing
to do because it's so different.
"We're looking for how fast they can pick up
a routine and they're ability in doing a
routine," she said. "We're also looking for
poise, appearance and personality."
Ernie Thurber, who will be the yell king next
fall, said that the men are judged on four
criteria.
"They'll be judged on their aerials (lifts with
the girls), interviews with Murphy, talks with
the present yell squad and chants that they
make up," Thurber said.
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photo by Ted Kirk
Yell Squad . . . about 50 UNL women are preparing
for tryouts Thursday.
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daily nebraskan
friday, march 16, 1973