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/ HOMECOMING / MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
EVENTS
Schedule combines celebration, competition all week
BY NOOPUR GOEL editor@kansan.com
This year, like years in the past, the Homecoming Steering Committee has created an entire week full of events for students, alumni and the entire Lawrence community to get involved in.
"There is a perception out there that this is some kind of greek-only event," said Kristopher Nielsen, the committee's co-chairman for publicity. "We want to make it absolutely crystal clear that this is something we encourage every single student, student organization and every alumni in town to participate in."
OFFICE DECORATION Monday through Friday
Every office on campus will get the opportunity to decorate their space with the homecoming theme.
"This is the most faculty oriented event." Nielsen said.
These will be judged on Wednesday, but may be decorated throughout the week and kept up as long as the office inhabitants please. The judging will be based on creativity and adherence to theme.
SCAVENGER HUNT
Monday through Friday Every day a different clue will be released in The University Daily Kansan.
Nielsen would like to point out that there is one in the paper you are currently reading.
After the clue is released in The Kansan it will be posted on homecoming Facebook and Twitter. The first group to arrive at the Adams Alumni Center with a photo of all five of the correct locations referenced by the clues will be the winner. The clues may reference a building or structure on campus.
MONDAY FUNDAY Today
Go to Wescoe Beach between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to get fliers of the week's events, participate in a giveaway, and purchase a homecoming shirt (both long- and short-sleeved).
"It's just kicking off the week and getting everyone prepared for what's ahead," said Gina Littlejohn. Homecoming Steering Committee co-chairwoman of publicity.
BASKETBALL
TOURAMENT
Today and Tuesday
Student organizations, or even just groups of friends, will battle it out to win their bracket. The tournament at the Ambler Recreation Center features three brackets, male, female and coed. In the past there have been 20 to 30 teams, and the turn-out for this year is expected to be around the same number.
CHALK'N'ROCK Tuesday
Ten teams will be chosen from pre approved entries. These teams will then be given a square of concrete in front of Wesco Hall where they will have two to three hours to create a mural in chalk. The chalk murals will be judged mainly on school spirit, creativity and adherence to this year's homecoming theme. Rock Chalk Road Trip.
"We're looking for people that take it beyond the obvious." Littlelohn said.
Points will be given for first, second and third place, as well as participation. The winners will be announced at 2 p.m. that day.
CANSTRUCTION Wednesday
Each team will collect cans to donate to the Eckan food pantry and build a structure out of them on a square outside of Wescoe Hall.
"I similar to Chalk 'n' Rock, but philanthropic." Nelson said.
After 2 p.m., when all the winners have been announced, the cans will be donated. Although the "Canconstruction" teams only need to bring enough cans to fulfill their design, Littlejohn and Nielsen suggest that they try to bring as many as possible because points will be allotted based on the number of cans provided.
STUFF THE BUS
Wednesday
"The goal, obviously, is to stuff the KU bus full of cans," Littlejohn said.
A bus will be in the parking lot of Dilloris, 1015 W 23rd Street, between 2 and 7 p.m.
They will be donated to the same food nursery as Construction
Organizations earn points per can but Nielsen stresses the event is for the entire Lawrence community.
HYPNOTIST
Wednesday
Former Kansas wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe goes airborne in an attempt to catch a pass against Iowa State in 2009. This year's Homecoming Week ends with a football game against Texas A&M.
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
There is a special event being hosted by Student Union Activities in collaboration with the Homecoming Steering Committee. Together these two groups are bringing Fredrick Winters, hypnotist to the campus. He will be putting on a show for students at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union's Woodruff Auditorium.
Winters has hypnotized more than 155,000 people and done more than 2,000 shows nationwide. He was named the Campus Entertainer of the Year and bestowed the Best Male Artist Award.
"It's like when you're watching TV and you kind of get glued into it. That's how he explained the people up front get glued into the things that he says," said Eric Driscoll, events coordinator for SUA.
MURAL CONTEST Thursday
The Chalk 'n' Rock concept is revisited with ply wood. Ten students are given the opportunity to make a mural of a pre-approved design on ply wood. Judging will once again be based on creativity and adherence to theme. Wesco Beach is where these murals will be displayed and judged that day. After the competition, the murals will be hung up in the Underground, instead of Strong Hall as usual.
"We thought that this would give other students more of a chance to see them," Littlejohn said.
HOMECOMING FOOD
FEST FEATURING
JAYHAWK JINGLES
Thursday
Activities, booths, live entertainment,
and most importantly, food.
"Free food," Littlejo said. "Why wouldn't you want to come?"
The food is being provided by local businesses such as 23rd Street Brewery and Paisanno's.
This event is different from years past because Jayhawk Jingles have never before been combined with anything else.
There is also something else special about the event this year. Littlejohn and Nielsen said it may be one of the most historic things to ever happen during Homecoming Week.
One lucky fan will get the chance to re-write the fight song. Since Nebraska and Colorado are no longer in the Big 12, that part of the fight song will have to be re-written. At this event some of the entries for this revision will be on display, and the Jingles' participants will also be given the opportunity to offer their re-write. The actual winning revision will be announced at halftime of the homecoming football game.
"That person will go down in history as the person who wrote the fight song," Neilsen said.
RECEPTION Friday
The reception is by invite only. "It is an internal celebration for people who put it together, as well as people who are being honored." Nielsen said.
The reception
Three awards are being presented at the ceremony. The ExCEL Award, Jennifer Alderdice Award, and the Spirit of 1912 Award. The ExCEL award is presented to a senior who has a GPA above a 3.0 and has demonstrated exceptional leadership and involvement in the community and on campus. The Jennifer Alderdice Award is given to an underclassman, sophomore or junior, who has demonstrated these same qualities. The Sprit of 1912 award is presented to an alumnus or alumna of the University.
"It is given to an alumni who has shown above and beyond dedication to KU past being graduated," Nielsen said.
The winner of the 1912 award is judged based on their dedication of time, energy, and donations to KU.
CRIMSON AND BLUE DAY Fridav
There will be a banner on Wesco Beach for fans to sign. It will be given to the football team to wish them good luck.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Saturday
There is a tailgate every game day at the Adams Alumni Center, but this one is special because it is the starting point for the parade which will continue down Jayhawk Boulevard. There will be food and drinks, as well as live entertainment provided by the KU Band.
Cris Cakes will provide a wide array of pancakes and pancake toppings for the consuming pleasure of students, faculty, fans, alumni and community members two hours before kickoff on the Stauffer-Flint lawn.
There is a $5 charge per person, and there will be participation points given to the attendees. The purpose of it is to provide a meal while people wait for the game to start.
"It's really the key event for homecoming." Nielsen said.
PARADE Saturday
TAILGATING ON THE HILL Saturday
Saturday Two hours before the homecoming game, the parade will
leave from the Adams Alumni center, go past Wescoe Hall, and stop at the Chi Omega Fountain. Because Wescoe Hall will be the halfway point the judges and announcer will be positioned there.
Some of the featured groups include the Marching Jayhawks, the Corvette Club and Operation Noah's Ark.
JAYHAWK JOG
Sunday
"They are really a blanket local charity organization that takes care of a multitude of other charity organizations in Lawrence," Nielsen said.
This is a 5 KW/run benefiting the Douglas County United Way.
The walk would usually fall on the Sunday before homecoming, but Littlejohn and Nielsen said that because Fall Break fell right before Homecoming Week, it made more sense to have it on the Sunday after the game.
It is $15 to participate and par
ticipants get a T-shirt.
Edited by David Cawthon
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