By Dylan Butler

There's a lull in the action at Alumni Hall on the campus of St. John's University. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, he appears through a maze of people. The crowd begins to stand and cheer and in just moments the old on-campus arena is alive and noisy.

Who is it that brings the masses to their feet? Is it Erick Barkley with his cross-over dribble? Or maybe Lavor Postell jumping to the rafters for a rebound? The person who brings such a charge to the crowd does not even wear a basketball uniform. He is known simply as FlagBoy.

While he may be known as FlagBoy in the college basketball community, his given name is John McGarry. The St. John's senior is in his fourth year with the cheerleading team and it is his second waving the large