Homecoming, parents' weekend mix
Activities will entertain alumni, families, students
By Sarah Grunder
Kansan Correspondent
Students and their families will have numerous activities to choose from during family weekend.
This year, family weekend and homecoming will overlap. This means an increase in the number of events for students, families and alumni visiting Lawrence for the weekend.
Stephanie Quinn, Dallas freshman, already has planned what she and her parents will do.
"I think we are also going to the game if my parents can get tickets," Nelson said.
"We probably will just go to the football game and go shopping," Quinn said. "It's the first time I'm gonna see them since I moved here. Family weekend was a good excuse."
Melissa Nelson, Minneapolis, Kan., freshman, said she also planned to shop with her parents.
Kristin Copeland, Emporia senior and Student Union Activities special events coordinator, said the weekend was geared toward all students and their families, but it did tend to attract more families of younger KU students.
"I think a lot of parents of freshmen come up more than those of seniors," Copeland said.
But even so, Copeland warned that because of the overlap of homecoming and family weekend, Lawrence will be busy.
The weekend will kick off on Friday with a
parade down Jayhawk Boulevard at 2:30 p.m.The parade will include the KU band, student organization floats and Chancellor Robert Hemenway. It will run from the Chi Omega fountain to Adams Alumni Center.
Families attending Saturday's events will have an assortment of activities to choose from.
Welcome information and check-in will be held on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until noon on level four of the Kansas Union, where students and their families can pick up a packet containing weekend information.
There also will be a KU faculty panel at 9 and 10 a.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. Copeland said these panels were designed to update parents and students on new programs that would affect the future of the University.
Many academic departments will hold open houses on Saturday morning from 9:30 to 11:30.
A historical walking tour of the University will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Kansas Union, and bus tours of campus will run at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Saturday also will include an admissions presentation at 9:30 a.m. at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union and the Alumni Association's "Picnic Under the Tent," a pregame party and festival, outside Adams Alumni Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The homecoming game against Colorado will begin with pregame at 12:40 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.
Bill Maher of Comedy Central's Politically Incorrect show will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lied Center.
"The Maher show will draw a lot of people in. The show was picked to be geared toward the weekend," Copeland said.
busy weekend
JAYHAWK FOOTBALL
1:00 p.m. -- Memorial Stadium
1:00 p.m. - Memorial Stadium
Kansas takes on the Colorado Buffaloes, who the Hawks defeated last year to gain a portion of the national spotlight.
KANSAS SPORTS
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
7:30 p.m. - Allen Fieldhouse
KU vs. Missouri Friday, KU vs. Iowa State Saturday.
Admission: Free with KUID, $3 for adults, $1 for children.
LATE NIGHT WITH ROY WILLIAMS
10:45 p.m. - Allen Fieldhouse
Immediately following the volleyball game, head coach Roy Williams and the KU basketball teams kick off the 1996- 97 season.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Super Target Field
Super Target Field KU vs. Iowa State KU vs. Nebraska
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4:00 p.m. Friday
1:00 p.m. Saturday
HOMECOMING PARADE
2:20 p.m. - Jayhawk Boulevard See Chancellor Hemenway, the KU Band, student organization floats, EXCEL award winners and more. A rally on Wescoe Beach will precede the parade.
All around campus
ACADEMIC OPEN HOUSES
Twenty academic departments will hold open houses on Saturday morning.
THE UNIVERSITY THEATRE
Jazz Ensemble One
Coming Here: A Trilogy
7:30 p.m. Friday
8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday
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Homecoming
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