B-Ball Santas Go Awry

When would an ad in the newspaper lauding your "buff physique" in revealing biker apparel make the perfect gift?

When you play for the varsity women's basketball team and it's Secret Santa season.

Members of the team participated this week in their annual rendition of the Secret Santa gift-exchange game, a tradition which Captain Cara J. Frey '94 says is often played "more like Secret Satan."

The game started last week with the teammates playing embarrassing pranks on each other and will culminate tonight with nicer gifts as the Santas reveal their identities.

"We just had three days of mean things, so it's over," Frey said last Saturday referring to the end of the "Satan" period of the game.

One Santa last week bought an ad in The Crimson with a photograph of her Santee, Tammy E. Butler '95, hamming it up at a "biker" theme party.

"I though it was funny," Butler said. "It was all in the spirit of Secret Santa."

But some pranks did not go over as well.

One Santa posted signs in the Yard askingreaders to call player Kelly S. Black '97 "for agood time" and displayed her phone number on theposter.

Black would not comment, but players said sucha prank was unusual.

Catherine M. Criser '94 said, "This is thefirst time in my entire experience here [thatsomething like that happened]."

"It was addressed with players that [such aprank] was out of line," she said. "Once it wasclear with everybody there were no more problems."

Elizabeth Gettelman '96 praised the traditionin spite of its problems. "Overall, people have areally good attitude," she said. "It's really goodfor team morale."

"Everybody knows it's all fun," Frey said."People suck it up for the week and you have agood time with it; it's unfortunate if it turnsinto a bad thing [because] everybody looks forwardto it."

Elizabeth M. Proudfit '96, who was dragged outof practice by a man dressed as a "big cahuna"last week, hoped the tradition will continue. "Itshould definitely be kept alive," she said

One Santa posted signs in the Yard askingreaders to call player Kelly S. Black '97 "for agood time" and displayed her phone number on theposter.

Black would not comment, but players said sucha prank was unusual.

Catherine M. Criser '94 said, "This is thefirst time in my entire experience here [thatsomething like that happened]."

"It was addressed with players that [such aprank] was out of line," she said. "Once it wasclear with everybody there were no more problems."

Elizabeth Gettelman '96 praised the traditionin spite of its problems. "Overall, people have areally good attitude," she said. "It's really goodfor team morale."

"Everybody knows it's all fun," Frey said."People suck it up for the week and you have agood time with it; it's unfortunate if it turnsinto a bad thing [because] everybody looks forwardto it."

Elizabeth M. Proudfit '96, who was dragged outof practice by a man dressed as a "big cahuna"last week, hoped the tradition will continue. "Itshould definitely be kept alive," she said