Chicken Feed Lc Hiding Behind Its ‘Cool’ Rep”
All this fuss, over a chicken? Well, yes. Because Chuck, as the students at Lewis and Clark and Ferris high schools affectionately call him, is more than just a rubber chicken. He’s a symbol of spirit, of dominance for the two south Spokane schools.
Other schools have their rivalries as well. North Central and Shadle battle over the Groovy Shoes, Central Valley and University vie for a Stinky Sneaker and East Valley and West Valley both want squatting rights over the Golden Throne.
Winners of these yearly spirit contests at mid-season basketball games earn territorial bragging rights for the next 12 months. Today, students from LC and Ferris, the oldest rivalry, take a few goodnatured jabs in a recount of the Jan. 13 contest. Ferris won the Rubber Chicken. You decide who wins this face-off.
Gee, is Lewis and Clark just cool? I mean, if I picked up a dictionary and looked up the word “cool,” I am sure a picture of LC would be there, in all of its radiance. They are just plain cool. So cool, in fact, they attempt to shrug off their recent Rubber Chicken loss by pretending they are a better school than Ferris.
Perhaps their cool aura is actually jealousy. After all, it must be hard not having Chuck hang proudly in your trophy case, or not having a huge number of students cheer for your school - even to the point of raw throats from screaming. I know I would be jealous of LC if they exhibited a higher amount of enthusiasm. If, however, is the key word.
They must be the slightest bit envious of the sea of red filling their opposing student section and balcony. They must be a little green over the creativity Ferris displayed through their chants and props. They probably feel a twinge of jealousy over the half-time shows, where Ferris’ dynamic drill team performance devastated LC’s catty (and rather annoying) routine.
The mutilating that Ferris girl’s basketball team gave LC no doubt unsettled the Tigers even more. Of course, the upset of our incredible boy’s team created an even higher rage as they soared above LC’s firstin-the-GSL-no-longer team.
They no doubt feel disturbed about Ferris’ work ethic as well. The drill team, cheerleaders and ASB became involved in the planning for the Rubber Chicken months beforehand, and the student body jumped in eagerly and instantly. Everything, from the cheerleader’s outfits to the posters, pointed directly to the theme, “We Feel Like Chicken Tonight.”
From the looks of it, Lewis and Clark did not even care about maintaining their school spirit. Their theme, “The Eye of the Tiger,” was about as generic as you can get. Then again, I suppose you can’t expect too much from a generic school like LC.
Not only was LC angered after their loss, but they also acted alarmingly vindictive the night before the competition. After throwing rolls of toilet paper everywhere on the Ferris campus, they broke a cafeteria window and sprinted off into the dark.
And now LC students acting as if they don’t even care about their loss? They certainly went to a great effort for not caring.
The truth is, LC does care. They choose to pretend nothing bothers them. They choose to pretend they are the real winners of the Rubber Chicken. They choose to pretend they are the better school.
Ferris, however, does not need to pretend. We show our love for our high school through our sense of spirit. We yell and scream and dance and jive and inform everyone who’s watching or listening “We care about our school!”
So LC can continue to put on their act of being “too cool.” Ferris will just keep on winning the Rubber Chicken.
ILLUSTRATION: Color Photo
MEMO: See the defending story under the headline “Chicken Feed Ferris just too cute for words.”