Two open tryouts were recently held in the Activities Building for the IUS dance team, ending with nine women making the final cut and becoming the newest members of the team. The dance team will have a whole new look and feel this fall when they begin appearing at events. Their first appearance will be the first game for the IUS men’s basketball team on Nov. 4. Elizabeth Wooden and Alicia Corcoran-Scott, IUS co-head coaches, said they intend on bringing an exciting and competitive dance team to a program that has been dwindling over the past several years.

The search for a new IU Southeast dance team coach started in March and ended in June when Elizabeth Wooden and Alicia Corcoran-Scott were hired to lead the team. Between Wooden and Corcoran-Scott,...