8B = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HOMECOMING
FRIDAY,OCTOBER 11,2002
The Unity Dance Squad performs a dance routine to a mix of hip-hop at the Homecoming Pep Rally at Memorial Stadium.
Tyler Longpine/Kenan
Peprally draws a crowd
By Lindsey Ramsey
correspondence@kansan.com
Kansan correspondent
Memorial Stadium was filled with students last night as the University of Kansas' first-ever Homecoming pep rally kicked off.
"We all came with our fraternity, and it seemed like a good way to get involved with homecoming," Kit Leary, Olathe freshman, said.
To start the rally, football coach Mark Mangino had some inspirational words for the student body
about tomorrow's game.
"We will continue to try and fight to the very last second of each and every game," Mangino told the student body.
The pep rally provided students with the chance to play games such as duck pond, dart toss, beanbag toss, ping-pong
"It was good to hear Mangino talk because as a freshman, that was the first time I'd ever heard him talk, and having the band and the cheerleaders there everyone really got in the spirit of things," Ross Holst, Fairway freshman, said.
throw and more.
"I didn't know what to expect. This was unlike any pep rally I'd ever been to. I had never been to one that had so many fun games and stuff," said Dana Goon, Eden Prairie, Minn., freshman.
The special events committee for homecoming was in charge of making the pep rally as unique and exciting by providing attractions like a Velcro wall and a moonwalk.
"We are hoping that it will be more like a small town carnival,"
SEE PEP RALLY ON PAGE 9B
The KU Cheerleaders dance for the crowd gathered at last night's pep rally.
Tyler Longpine/Kansan