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12 Monday, October 16,1995 MIKE MAN FROM PAGE 11 the mike man until he broke his hand on the last day of cheerleading camp. Because his injury forced him to sit on the sidelines, his coadi, Don Collins, asked Teel to be the mike man for the Syracuse game. “When Don told me to do it, it wasn’t really ashock,”Teelsaid. “I was excited to do it.” Mike man auditions had been sched uled to be held after the Syracuse game, but after seeing Teel as the mike man, people called Collins and said that they liked the idea of a cheerleader leading die crowd. Auditions were cancelled, and Teel be came this season’s official mike man Teel said he took the job partly because of the influence of his girlfriend, a cheer leader at N.C. State University. “She al ways encouraged it, she and my mom,” he said. “They’re the partners in crime.” Take Kaplan and get a higher score... [lsatllgmat: [GREjfecA^ ...or your money back!* We have the great teachers and powerful test-taking strategies you need. 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The mike man last year often entertained the crowd as well as cheering, but Teel said this year the mike man was to act as a liaison be tween Carolina Fever, the band, the cheer leaders and the crowd rather than as an entertainer. “It helps to be a cheerleader so you know cheers and know the rhythm,” Teel said. “That’s why they don’t pick a lucky fan to do it—it takes a little background. ” The new approach didn’t impress HOMECOMING 1995 Andres Echevarria, a sophomore from Goldsboro. “I miss the guy from last year,” he said. “I don’t feel he has the same enthusiasm as the guy from last year.” Teel said that he didn’t get harassment so much as constructive criticism. “I’ll be standing up there on the plat form and people will be screaming at me because they can’t see around me,” Teel said. “That’s the only thing people really harass me for ‘Sit down, I can’t see the game!”’ As for working under pressure, Teel said he made at least three or four mistakes per game. “The funniest thing that happened to me in the very first game, I was yelling and screaming during the play, and you’re not allowed to do that,” Teel said. “The tar IUhI ' BVH" 9pi wHm ; IPSfe- JhHHHI k • fc 97-- H| ■ VI .w f mm: Shopping at University Mall is easier than ever before. With the best mix of locally owned, regional and national stores, we offer everything in merchandise, from the usual to the unique. Check in at our customer service booth for information or assistance, save some steps with the park-and-ride public transportation service, or use the convenient diaper-changing station? But most importantly take time to enjoy the Southern hospitality and charm each merchant has to offer. For a pleasant, hassle-free shopping experience, visit University Mall. * \ionies & nr 'Xln&ersLtu fiil Mall & Plaza 15-501 Bypass ■S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill ■ 919-967-6934 ■ Mon-Sat loam-9pm, Sun. Iprr^pm band director, my coach and some guy on the sidelines were telling me I can’t do it.” But Teel said he was glad that the mike man stood on a platform in front of the crowd. “It’s an important thing for me to beinfrontofthecrowd,”hesaid. “Iflwas up in a box it would seem like a machine was doing it. I’m there for everyone to see and to throw things at.” “I like having a mike man,” Echevarria said. “I think it makes the game more enjoyable. It’s kind of hard to hear the cheerleaders, and a mike man really pumps up the crowd.” Not everyone was ecstatic about the mike man’s antics at games, however. “Well, he’s loud,” said Rebecca Hockfield, a freshman from Charlotte. “I think he gets school spirit going, but by the end of the game I’m ready for him to turn ®ljp Daily ®ar Hrrl the mike off.” Teel said it was difficult to lead the crowd at times. “A lot of people at the Syracuse game, towards the end, were like, ‘Shut up, we don’t want to hear you, ’” Teel said. “It’s kind of frustrating, but the trade off is good.” The feeling Teel experienced at the Vir ginia game was an example of the rewards of being the mike man. “They’re actually doing the cheers you’re screaming through the microphone,” he said. “You feel you make a difference.” But Teel said he was rarely tempted to make up his own cheers, preferring the traditional, familiar cheers so fans could join in. “If I were to come up with some thing off the top of my head, die cheerlead ers and the band would be looking at me like I was crazy.”
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