In UDaily’s article, “October Homecoming”, the article states that the University of Delaware’s annual Homecoming will take place this year on Saturday, October 18th against Towson University. There will be a week full of festivities leading up to the game, which will be sponsored by the Homecoming Student Committee, and the Office of Alumni Relations. One of the events that will be featured at Homecoming is a spirit station where the first 400 students who show up wearing UD school clothes will win prizes. The Homecoming pep rally and banner competition will be taking place in the Carpenter Sports Center, where there will be music, games, a photo booth, giveaways, and much more. There will also be a first down student tailgate, and Homecoming King and Queen, where five male and female students in the class of 2015 will be selected to be their class Homecoming Kings and Queens. After the game on Saturday, there will even be a goalpost party. Lastly, there will be a UD Employee Spirit Photo Contest. For additional information about this fun-filled event, visit the Homecoming website.
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October Homecoming
On September 10, UDaily posted an article called “October Homecoming” by Michael Yancey, which was about the spirit-filled homecoming we have coming up in just a few weeks. Between the homecoming football game, prizes, and stations, the school is really excited to have an amazing homecoming weekend. The week leading up to homecoming weekend there will be “spirit stations” set up throughout campus. The Homecoming Student Committee set up these stations where some lucky blue hens that are showing their blue hen pride, can win prizes. As the weekend gets closer, Friday is filled with pep rally and banner competitions. These will be held in the Little Bob and are open to all students and organizations. This will consist of tons of different games and activities. Before the game on Saturday, there will be a tailgate held on South Campus. UD also offers the Homecoming court where 5 males and 5 females are picked to run and once they are in the court they will campaign to try and become homecoming king or queen. After the game, there is something called a “Goalpost Party” where alumni and students will be given food, drinks, music, and other activities. Throughout this fun time on campus The UD Alumni Relations Association asks UD staff are asked to send in creative school spirited pictures for a contest.
An Exciting Homecoming
“October Homecoming” by Micheal Yancey
UDaily has published an article describing how this year’s homecoming week is filled to the brim with events planned by the school, ending with the football game against Towson University. The week will consist of Spirit Stations that will be giving away prizes to the first four hundred students who come to the station wearing University of Delaware clothes. These stations, sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations and the Homecoming Student Committee, will be positioned all around campus. There will also be a pep rally and a banner contest on the Friday before the football game in the Carpenter Sports Building. There will be a ton of activities in there including music, a photo booth, games, inflatables and much more. The Tailgate on South Campus is another exciting event that has a ton of fun activities to do. Besides the crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen, there will be a Goalpost Party for Alumni and their guests after the football game in the President’s Tent in Hospitality Village. The UD Alumni Relations are also collecting creative, spirited photos for the quest to win the People’s Choice Award.
English 110-074, Fall 2014 