Show Another star to cheer ' Sharon Epps a transfer student from Southwestern Community College in San Diego Calif is tearing up the basketball courts across the league See page 11 for Epps' career story ITH YEAR NO 47 16 PAGES Who are tYnrc who are I Z this year's icil basketbcS sports writer DJii C‘ C-gives his virj i t ’j z TGIF column ci j UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY XOTQD Gi)OGClGft F entertainment bat arts it a c ‘ tion with farmer U1U It looks as if the KVNU chicken Taggart at the time the brightly colored mascot of a local information secondhand” radio station has been axed The “1 do object to that kiadcL ' It is gross and inrxrua-- ’ ” “bird” who cavorts around at USU basketball games was booted out for The Calico Dancers s’ t! : good as a result of the “megaphone” forming during incident at the were not immediately tmrzrx Barbara basketball game on Feb 4 was taking place ist test f ' ’ The Utah Statesman has obtained a cording to Jackie FiTwr C viser “They thought the M copy of a letter sent to USU President Stanford Cazier by laughing at them because ” had made a mists!” si ( KVNU station manager Dave Fullmer said that tie Miller concerning the fate of disrupted the chicken In the letter dated past and had been Feb 5 Miller cites “seriou off the floor during haHlse' added that the dancers were problems resulting from f “devastated t'H tactions by the KVNU chicken” at the UCS3 he fck that he game Allegedly the wrong” she chicken made obscene 1 his place as an end: g gestures with a the team is down megaphone create a dtstractioa(L d ’ which upset some mance that has a I t cf t' spectators at the money invested fca & game The letter Fullmer added ti t decision was made n “tnr’ t -- a ' U FRIDAY LOGAN UTAH 1 u n UC-San- ta d ft dl' i ' - nil cheer-leadin- continues "The and confirmed to (ASUSU president) that the chicken will Eric Olsen cease to exist” as far as attendance at USU athletic events is concerned According to the letter KVNU sports director A1 Lewis called Miller immediately alter the game and informed him of the situation and the decision to ax the chicken “was made at that time” When asked who made the final decision to keep the chicken away from future USU games Miller said that the decision was exclusively his own Miller added that there was no pressure placed on him by anyone at the university Miller said that no one on his staff had actually seen the incident in question Miller added that the first complaint from the university had come from Eric Olsen on Friday morning When asked what it was he had been told about the incident Miller said “I heard that the suit had torn and that he (the chicken) was trying to cover it up But I'm not really sure if it was tom or not” The letter followed with Miller's apologies to President Cazier “I apologize for any embarrassment caused to you personally your administra- tion student body or institution” President Cazier who was at the game was not watching the halftime tils — Ulrr‘ i! jor financial athletic depart CK-r- tr known after the aft “quite fiu' r a dll As Car as the among the adlxic chy is concersrr V: qsacpxul or tree rm" Dave Norvell Has' t f r x director has bees L conaplaiata far tr that as Ear as £ ? t concerned tie dearly mueod When ale! (1 ' dudaen at UT I v ' said that f v’ v “oaly if I tl ntioiisuwt ar -- bri3 ken t As k crwi KVNU be kis ui cl‘ It ' ' ' |