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THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
Filling the boulevard with Jayhawk spirit
Student organizations compete for parade title
BY KATHERINE LESLIE editor@kansan.com
Every year thousands of students, alumni and Kansas fans line Jayhawk Boulevard to watch the Homecoming Parade. The parade
will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Kansas Union and follow Jayhawk Boulevard to the Chi Omega fountain. The parade will last 30 to 45 minutes.
Student life and greek organizations compete in the parade using
"There will be plenty of variety to this year's parade, ranging from KU organizational floats and banners, to a large, floating Chipotle burrito."
DAVID WILCOX
Parade co-chairman
ber of points for first, second and third place. The points are based on the difficulty of creating the floats and banners. Moving parts floats receive 200, 175 and 150 points for first, second and third place, respectively. Thirty-five points are award-
floats, decorated vehicles and banners.
Groups can participate in one of four categories to earn points: floats with moving parts, floats with nonmoving parts, decorated vehicles and banners. First, second and third places and honorable mentions will be awarded in each division.
In addition to participation points, each division allots a num-
ed for participation; nonmoving parts floats receive 175, 150, and 125 points with 30 points for participation; and decorated vehicles and banners receive 100, 75 and 50 points with 25 points for participation. Banners are worth 20 points.
General guidelines participants must follow during the parade include sticking to the jayhawk Nation theme and having escape hatches on the moving parts floats in case of fire. Parade cochairwoman Alyson Rodee, Wichita junior, said that participants could not endanger small children with vehicles or candy.
This year's parade will feature the Marching Jayhawks and the
Marching, Cobras, a world-famous Kansas City, Moo., drill team. The Rock Chalk dancers will also perform. The Grand Marshall for this year's parade is Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, a University of Kansas alumna.
"There will be plenty of variety to this year's parade, ranging from KU organizational floats and banners, to a large, floating Chipotle burrito," said parade co-chairman David Wilcox, Manhattan sophomore.
Student life and greek organizations compete in the parade using floats, decorated vehicles and banners.
Brittani
Johnson, Denver senior, described her sorority's plans for their float.
"For this year's theme, we're having a jayawk on a throne with a crown on his head, with stalks of corn as his subjects," she said.
Johnson said her sorority had placed well during her time at the University and she expected the same results at this year's parade.
"We've been in the top three ever since I was a freshman," she said. "We got second place last year. We're hoping for another victory this year."
Edited by Rachael Gray
Megan Nelson, Garden City senior, and Travis Connaway, Austin, Texas, senior, pump part of the Triangle and Delta Delta float for last year's homecoming. There are many parts that are assembled to make the final float, and the two spent many hours working on last year's float. This year's parade starts at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The route runs from the Kansas Union to the Chi Omega fountain.
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