COLLEGE GIVES CREDIT FOR TEAM SPIRIT; MOORPARK COLLEGE ADDS CHEERLEADING TO FALL CURRICULUM.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer About a dozen cheerleading The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. hopefuls waited anxiously outside an audition audition /au·di·tion/ (aw-dish´un) hearing. chromatic audition color hearing. au·di·tion n. The sense, ability, or power of hearing. room at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. for the start of try-outs Saturday, practicing the moves and jumps they would soon be doing for a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
Among them was Megan Elcock, 20, who said she hopes to transfer to San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. next fall and wants to join the cheerleading squad there. But she figured she'd gotten a bit rusty from her days as a Newbury Park High School cheerleader. ``I haven't done this for about two years, so this has helped me get back into the groove,'' Elcock said. ``And it makes you want to be at school when you're doing something else you want to do.'' The school has 13 members cheering at football games. At the try-outs on Saturday, another seven or so will be added. The Moorpark cheerleading squad was formed as a club eight years ago to cheer on the school's football and basketball teams. It functioned informally until this fall, when it was made an official class with a paid adviser. The girls now get two units of physical education credit, and the class acts as a training ground for students interested in trying out for the squad in the following semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . Some of the women who tried out Saturday have been a part of cheerleading in the past, while others said they are doing it for the first time, just to see what it's like. Members said the team gives them a chance to be a part of the campus community - often a difficult thing at a two-year college. ``When you come here, you don't really get involved,'' said the team's co-captain, Heather Allen. ``You just come to class and leave. But we do get involved.'' Many of those trying out said a sense of community and an outlet for their interest in dance and cheering were some of the reasons they wanted to be on the squad. ``It makes it look better if you want to join other stuff, that you've been out there,'' said Lashai McCowan, 18, who once cheered for her high school team at Rio Mesa High School Rio Mesa High School is located in Oxnard, California and is within the Oxnard Union High School District. It serves the Oxnard communities of River Park, Nyeland Acres, El Rio, as well as the western portion of the city of Camarillo. in Oxnard. ``And it shows school spirit,'' said friend Lourdes Sarabia, 17, a former drill team member at Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. . ``It shows you want to be a part of helping your school.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Students practice their routines before trying out for the Moorpark College cheerleading squad. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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