UNIVERSITY
Students trying to revive
Homecoming on campus
By April Brinkman
Emerald Contributor
A student committee is trying to re
vive Homecoming at the University de
spite a late start and lukewarm enthusi
asm shown by students.
"This is our bahv year." said Karmen
Fore, vice president of the Student
Alumni Association. “We an? trying to
lay a foundation for the future so that
Homecoming will be a major event on
campus again."
In recent years. Homecoming has
been marked merely with a few bunches
of balloons placed around campus the
Friday before the game. Fore said. This
year, the steering committee hopes to
involve as many students as possible in
a week of activities scheduled Oct. 2!)
through Nov. 4, including a lawn deco
rating contest, a noise parade and a
comedy night
‘We are trying to lay a
foundation for the future
so that Homecoming will
be a major event on cam
pus again. ’
— Karmen Fore
For students, the highlight of Home
coming Week may be a performance by
comedians Jake Johannsen and Arnold
Mukai on Nov. 2, Fore and Horswell
said. Johannsen has appeared on the
Johnny Carson and David Lettorinan
shows and on HBO's "Comedy Relief ”
Mukai has won many local comedy
awards in Seattle.
Students are* encouraged to wear
green and gold on Spirit Day. also Nov.
2.
The residence halls and greuk houses
will adorn their front lawns and court
yards with Homecoming theme decora
tions for a lawn display contest to lx*
held Oct 29 Prizes will lx? awarded to
the lies! displays from both groups
And on Nov. 3. a noise parade featur
ing members of the Alumni Hand will
march from tin* EMU courtyard to Aut
zen Stadium Indore the kickoff of the
Ducks' game against UCLA
Other activities for alumni and stu
dents over 21 will also he featured
throughout the week, including a
Homecoming Dance the night of Nov. 2.
To add to the festivities. Parents
Weekend coincides with Homecoming
this year All parents are invited to at
tend a brunch in the KMU ballroom on
Nov. 3. which will feature a State of the
University address from President
Myles Brand
The student steering committee, coor
dinated by Pore and Richard Horswell.
also of the Student Alumni Association,
currently includes representatives from
residence halls and the greek system
Horswell says he and Pore tried to get
as many student groups as possible in
volved in tin* steering committee, but he
said most organizations have shown lit
tie interest, perhaps because the Student
Alumni Asset iation itself got a late st.irt
planning the event
The Association is still trying to get
on its feet following a reorganization in
winter 1989 when it lost its indepen
dent status as the Student University
Relatirms Council and came under the
leadership of the Alumni Association.
Fore said.
( mir1r«t phoiu
Things have changed since the Homecoming of 1917. when the class of 1921
built a four-story bonfire that burned for three days on the site where the
Knight Library now stands.
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