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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
DOWNTOWN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Various organizations got together to participate in the university's 99th annual homecoming event in 2011 on Jayhawk Boulevard
Homecoming parade moves downtown to Mass Street
MADDY MIKINSKI
mmikinski@kansan.com
Some things should be left in the '80s shoulder pads, Madonna and a quarter of Arnold Schwarzenegger's filmography, to name a few. But is a Massachusetts Street Homecoming parade one of those things?
From 1984 to 1990, homecoming parades took place downtown on Massachusetts Street. Since then, they've been held on Jayhawk Boulevard. And that seems like a logical place for it to be. But this year, the parade is moving back to Mass. Originally, the parade was set for the night of Oct. 4, but Late Night at the Phog went in the way.
Steering Committee member Holly Lafferty was one of the masterminds behind the change. "We were originally planning on
doing it on campus on Friday [Oct. 4] at 6 p.m. but, because they moved Late Night to that Friday, we decided to move it to Thursday [Oct. 3]...we decided it was a good opportunity to change it up and move to Mass Street again."
Jennifer Sanner, senior vice president for communications at the Adams Alumni Center, agrees with the move. "It makes a lot of sense to have [the parade] downtown on Thursday when you have Late Night on Friday and all the excitement it brings. Why not extend the excitement to another evening?"
And it's going to be exciting.
Keeping with this year's theme, Jayhawks Around the World, alumnus Brian McLendon will act as grand marshal for the parade. "We thought, 'How cool
would it be to have Jayhawks Around the World and have the creator of Google Earth be [grand marshall!]?" Lafferty said.
Elle Rose of the Steering Committee said,
"We as a committee decided who we were going to invite [to be grand marshal]. We knew McLendon... was a KU alum and we were dead-set on that."
with this year's lineup of Google royalty and fresh scenery, the homecoming parade is not something to be missed. It will take place on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. Afterwards, be sure to catch a peep rally at 8th Street and New Hampshire.
- Edited by James Ogden
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ALUMNUS
Brian McLendon to lead parade
The homecoming parade grand marshal this year is Brian McClendon, Google Earth co-creator and 1986 University
McClendon
Emma LeGault
graduate. He originally designed Lawrence, where he lived for many years, to be the default center of the program when it was released in 2005.
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