Strawbridge Cheerleading Incident
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The Strawbridge Cheerleading Incident is a historical event at Eastern Tsuga College that led to the administration banning competitive cheerleading from campus in the mid-1980s. The ban remained in place for approximately four decades until Haley Wegner and Whitney Cavendish successfully lobbied for the revival of the ETC Cheerleading Club in Fall 2024.
Dr. Renee Vance, faculty advisor to the revived club and current Kinesiology faculty member at ETC, was a member of the ETC cheerleading squad when the incident occurred. She stays at arms-length from the current club not because she does not care but because she has no interest in revisiting that world.
The specific nature of the incident, what happened, who was involved, and what the connection to Strawbridge College was, has not been established in canon.
Canon notes
- The specific nature of the incident has not been established
- Whether the incident involved Strawbridge College's squad directly or merely occurred in a context connected to Strawbridge has not been confirmed
- The full circumstances of the ban have not been detailed
- Dr. Renee Vance's specific role in or proximity to the incident has not been established beyond her being on the squad at the time