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Inside this Issue: * Students Gear up for annual homecoming parade....page 1 * * The Tradition Burns on...page 1 * * Golden Eagles Reunion...page 2 * More homecoming events...page 2 *
SCRAPPY WANTS YOU!!
to come join in the fun and be apart of UNT homecoming 2007!
Students gear up for annual homecoming parade
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hicken wire spreads out like a canvas held up by boards of wood and staples. It’s homecoming time and for many students, it’s time to prepare a float. With more than 100 participants, 50 of those being outside businesses, this year’s homecoming parade is anticipated to be a big success, So much Selby, said Karen time director of special events. The parade will start at 1 p.m. Saturday at the is put into intersection of Welch and Hickory streets, travel around the Denton pomping,” Square and will end on Highland sStreet.However, a lot has to happen Sabo said. before a float is parade-worthy.The first step in making a float is designing it and completing all of the paperwork necessary for the judging, said homecoming chairwoman for Pi Beta Phi Stephanie Sabo, Austin sophomore. The hardest step for many is pomping, said Phi Kappa Sigma member Raymond Jackson, Austin sophomore. Pomping is defined as gluing little pieces of tissue paper into the small holes of the chicken wire to create a design. Participants must cut millions of the pieces of paper and either twist the middle of the paper or stick their finger in the middle, in order to then place it in one of the holes of the wire. “So much time is put into Continued on page 2
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Calendar of Events: * Oct. 24- Spirit Wall Competition * show your Mean Green Pride through display of spirit wall on the Campus Green * * Oct. 25 - Homecoming Pep-rally and Picnic- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Shrader Pavilion * * Oct 26 - Spirit March and Bonfire7 p.m.12 a.m. at Eagle Point
The Tradition Burns on More than one thousand NT students and alumni showed up at the Eagle Point Campus Friday night to watch over 200,000 pounds of wood stacked over three stories tall burn brightly into the autumn sky. As the last major event before the football game, the annual bonfire marked the end of NT’s homecoming week. This brings the entire university together,” said Talons president and Dallas junior Michael Maher. “Honestly, if you think about it, it’s a really simple thing. It’s just a big, giant fire and that’s it, because people love coming to see a big Continued on page 2 pile of fire.”
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Calendar of Events contin... Page 2 * Oct 27- Athletic Hall of Fame and Breakfast and Induction Ceremony8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Gateway Center Ballroom; Price: $10 (advance) / $12 (at door) * Professional Leadership Program Reunion- 3 p.m. at Mean Green Village Price is free! * Tailgating -join students, alumni and faculty in the parking lot outside of fouts field before the game for food and festivities * pomping,” Sabo said. “I am at the Sigma Chi house [Pi Beta Phi’s partner for homecoming], over twentyfive hours a week. We are pomping constantly. There is never any time to study or do anything else except homecoming.” Homecoming hen picking winners, serves as a judges look for time to reconnect, creativity, originality, observance of theme, reflect and reminisce,” Selby craftsmanship and most importantly school spirit. said. The homecoming parade has been a tradition for more than 50 years. It is a time to connect with the school and the alumni, said Karan Huggins, vice president for many of these contributing to the parade. “Homecoming serves as a time to reconnect, reflect and reminisce,” Selby said. “This annual event promises to bring together university friends and family all with one common bond.”
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he bonfire’s history dates back nearly a century to over 70 years ago in 1935. Preparation for the 2007 bonfire started Everyone here has eight days before the put their blood, event. More than 5,000 sweat and tears wooden pallets are individually carried into this,” said San into place to make up Antonio senior and the structure, each Bonfire Committee pallet weighig nearly 40 pounds. The bottom head Nicole Obregon. five feet of the stack are soaked in diesel fuel to allow for quicker burning. Only Talons members and alumni are allowed to build the bonfire. Each participating member must undergo safety training before they can begin. everal members stand watch over the structure 24 hours per day. As the hour approached 9 o’clock Friday evening, with the eyes of over one thousand people watching, 23 Talon torchbearers simultaneously tossed their flames on to the pallets to begin the fast-burning blaze. “Everyone here has put their blood, sweat and tears into this,” said San by : Richard White Antonio senior Nicole Obregon.
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Golden Eagles Reunion It’s a 50-year class reunion for the class of 1957! A luncheon and reception will take place in honor of them. 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Silver and Golden Eagle Suites , Oct. 26. Sponsored by: the Office of Student Advancementt
by: Summer Baily
Sponsors and Contacts:
Kathy Higgins- 940.565.3687- khiggins@unt.edu Sean Rae- 940.565.3855- sean.rae@unt.edu Karen Sanchez- 940.565.4373 -karens@unt.edu
by the UNT Department of Journalism Newsletter by: Randi Crowder