A view of Memorial Stadium during the KU vs. Northern Colorado football game on Saturday, Sept. 5 is shown. The Jayhawks will take on Iowa State this Saturday in the annual homecoming game.
Monday, October 5, 2009
With midterms around the corner, student can take a break from studying this week by showing their KU spirit. During Homecoming Week, students can participate in alumni and student-related activities leading up to the football game against the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday.
Since last Saturday, students have been able to participate in various homecoming events to earn points for the Homecoming Award. Each event is assigned a certain amount of points that will be added together at the end of the week to determine first, second and third-place winners. The point system is set up in two separate groups, one for student life and one for greek life, so that everyone on campus has a chance to participate individually or in groups.
“The events are a great way to show school spirit and take part in a long-standing tradition at KU,” Megan Do, Wichita junior and homecoming special events co-chairwoman, said.
The Homecoming Steering Committee has worked to make this year’s homecoming events a combination of new and old that focus not only on KU spirit and tradition but also on involvement of the Lawrence community. Fun Day Monday, Chalk N’ Rock and Crimson and Blue Day will be taking place on Wescoe Beach, serving as homecoming reminders in the middle of campus.
This year, Homecoming Week began with the Homecoming Kickoff Concert at Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., where national recording artist Girl Talk performed Thursday for a soldout show of 750 people. SUA members and the Homecoming Steering Committee said Girl Talk was booked because the members wanted a big draw for the start of the week’s festivities.
“We really wanted to hype up homecoming this year since it’s such a big year for KU football and the University in general,” Do said. “We want students to get excited about homecoming and have school spirit and Girl Talk is the perfect artist to pump people up.”
Another student favorite is the annual Pancake Feed, which will take place the day of the homecoming parade from 7:30 a.m. to noon on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall. For $5, anyone can have all-you-can-eat pancakes supplied by Chris Cakes from the Kansas City area.
The I Spy: Peace, Love, Jayhawks competition is a week-long scavenger hunt. Daily clues will be printed in The Kansan and participants will have to photograph the object or building in the clue.
If running around campus in a mad dash for points doesn’t sound like fun, students can showcase their artistic skills by signing up to draw murals centered around the Peace, Love, Jayhawk theme on the sidewalk with chalk for Chalk n’ Rock. This will take place on Wescoe Beach from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.
Another event is the 3-on-3 basketball tournament. This competition is open to all students at the University who register online at www.ku.athleague.com. The games will take place beginning today and ending with the semi-finals and championship tomorrow at the Ambler Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
This year’s homecoming comedy show, which is co-sponsored by SUA, features Kristen Schaal and The Blanks. Students may recognize Schaal as Mel on the HBO show “Flight of the Conchords.” The Blanks is a featured acapella group on the television show “Scrubs.”
Kelly Unger, Overland Park junior, said she would definitely go to this year’s comedy show because of the success of last year’s.
“Gabriel Iglesias was there last year performing and was really, really funny,” Unger said.
Along with the events, students can enjoy the freebies that go along with Homecoming Week. Free chicken legs will be handed out to students today for Fun Day Monday from noon to 1 p.m. on Wescoe Beach.
Any student wearing crimson and blue on campus on Friday can pick up free KU spirit items such as crimson and blue beads, free cake, Jayhawk tattoos and stickers on Wescoe Beach.
Homecoming Week is a time when students and alumni come together to show off their KU spirit and enjoy KU traditions.
“I really enjoy seeing all the different KU groups come together to support this one great cause,” Candy Metzinger, Witchita junior, said. “This a week where it’s not about separating the different classes or about separating greeks from non-greeks. Everyone really comes together.”
— Edited by Amanda Thompson
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