UM: Cheerleaders

The Wall Street Journal reports on the increasing trend of alumni cheerleaders returning to their schools decades later to continue their tumbling tricks. Dick Kimball, a former UM cheerleader, plans to attend this Saturday’s UM football game and recreate his cheerleading days. At 75 years old, Kimball will launch into a backwards somersault from the sidelines. Many alumni attempt now-banned tricks – another of Kimball’s planned tricks, a “toe pitch,” was banned from UM years ago, and the university said they are not liable for alumni safety. [Source]