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HOMECOMING

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

2009 homecoming talent production

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Five skits advanced to the finals competition Thursday night.

The final rankings and superlative awards will be announced 10 p.m.

Sunday on the steps of Jesse Hall.

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“THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE HOODCOMING”

Performed by: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho and Delta Chi Directors: Christina Honan, Emily Haw, Tyler Hansen, Alex Patterson, Jared Thomas and Tanner Michael

“A PEEK AT PEEP’S SHEEP”

Performed by: Chi Omega and Phi Kappa ≠Theta Directors: Katrina Steffensen, Mary Jesse Price, Dan James, Tyler Wiese and Connor Cole

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“AS THE LACES TIE…”

Performed by: Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Kappa Phi Directors: Tova Diamond, Mary Garcia, Amanda Schnieders, Amanda Mejia, Dan Ottolin and Brian Kirn

“MIZZOU’S GREATEST”

Performed by: Kappa Delta, Delta Tau Delta and Tau Kappa Epsilon Directors: Laura Ponath, Marissa Venturella, Tim Franklin, Josh Gambrell and Mike Pahde

“YOU CAN’T STOP A TRAIN: THE TALE OF THE LITTLE MIZZOU ENGINE THAT COULD” Performed by: Kappa Alpha Theta, FarmHouse and Phi Delta Theta Directors: Sandy Ruiz, Lexy Martin, Patrick McDonagh, Daniel Williams, Jim Leonard and Chris Klein SOURCE: 2009 HOMECOMING TALENT PRODUCTION PROGRAM

The Mizzou Drumline performs Thursday night at the Homecoming Talent Finals in Jesse Auditorium. The Drumline was an in between act, performing just before intermission.

All skits were based on nursery rhymes, with some TWISTS. TRAVIS CORNEJO Staff Writer Audience members filled Jesse Auditorium on Thursday night for the 2009 Homecoming talent production finals competition. The preliminary competition lasted the three previous nights and results will be announced 10 p.m. Sunday.

“We have probably sold around 5,500 tickets throughout the four nights,” Homecoming Tri-Director Sally McVey said.

McVey said the 5,500 tickets do not include online sales with alumni and the community.

The official title of the 2009 Homecoming talent production is, “Fight for the Spotlight: Tales of a Tiger.”

Kappa Kappa Gamma freshman Abby Lanasa said the overall theme for the skits is nursery rhymes. Each house has its own story and it correlates all props and skits accordingly.

“This year we streamlined themes and nursery rhymes are now the theme of parade, talent and campus decorations,” McVey said.

“Tales of a Tiger was an idea of the talent committee in the middle of the spring semester.”

The committee members include Aaron Finnegan, Betsy Jensen and Haley Wayman. Finnegan and Wayman were the masters of ceremony for both the preliminary and finals competitions.

The night’s events began with Kappa Delta Chelsea Woodard

singing the national anthem. Kappa Delta, Delta Tau Delta and Tau Kappa Epsilon were the first triad to perform a skit.

Their performance followed the childhood tale of the Hare versus the Turtle in MU’s Homecoming 5K Race. Characters included Jessica Rabbit and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

According to the Mizzou Homecoming 2009 Official Rulebook, each skit needed to include a song with lyrics altered to reference MU Homecoming and two choreographed dances.

“The songs were chosen by the skit directors about two months ago,” McVey said.

McVey said the organizations had complete control over what dances and songs they chose to use.

Chi Omega Katie Steis said organizations that participated in the talent production included all Panhellenic Association sororities.

A few Interfraternity Council fraternities chose not to participate, possibly because of time or financial concerns.

“No other organizations want to participate in the skit portion,” McVey said. “But a very diverse group of people are interested in performing with the (in between acts).”

The four in between acts that advanced to finals were the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma, John Gurney of Sigma Chi, the Mizzou Drumline and Kevin Valliere of the Alumni Association Student Board.

Gurney played the guitar while singing a song he wrote about Thursday nights in Columbia.

Senior Kappa Alpha Theta Josie Patton was another of the night’s

Delta Tau Delta sophomore Andrew Ellis dresses as a tiger with members from Kappa Delta, Delta Tau Delta and Tau Kappa Epsilon on Thursday night at the Homecoming talent finals in Jesse Auditorium. The group performed ‘Mizzou’s Greatest’ and retold the classic fable of the tortoise and the hare.

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Members of Kappa Alpha Theta, FarmHouse and Phi Delta Theta perform Thursday night at the Homecoming talent finals in Jesse Auditorium. The group performed ‘You Can’t Stop a Train: The Tale of the Little Mizzou Engine That Could.’ performers. She was one of 10 to 12 girls in her sorority who were selected as dancers after tryouts earlier in the semester.

“The hardest part is getting over your nerves and just having fun,” Patton said. “It’s pretty intimidating when you’re not used to dancing in Jesse, because of the lights and crowd.”

Patton said since her triad found out it made finals, it has been able to rehearse once earlier in the day of the finals competition.

Steis said hours and hours went into preparation for talent production.

“It’s nonstop practicing from morning to late at night with not a lot of breaks,” Steis said. “Marathon Weekend is when it finally comes together.”

Steis said Marathon Weekend is the weekend before Homecoming when all the final preparations come

together.

“We work on finishing the float, the pomp boards, getting the skit perfected,” Steis said. “It’s where the whole chapter comes together and works towards getting things finished.”

Steis said the talent production is her favorite part of Homecoming.

She said it is not about the competition but to get everyone excited for Homecoming.

“I’d like to see everyone do well and have fun,” Steis said.

The judges for the preliminary competition were Aaron Cook, Emily Bach, Neil Stenglein and Molly Lyman. The judges for finals were Greg Chase, Jason Scherer, Sue Hartman, Mark Baker and Robin Wenneker.

Steis said from what she heard, Alpha Delta Pi not making finals surprised people. The rest of the results were pretty expected.

Go Mizzou!

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HOMECOMING

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

BRYANT KAGAY

ANDREW SIDEL

Senior Bryant Kagay is from Maysville and is a mechanical engineering major. He got involved with his fraternity, Alpha Gamma Rho, through a former Homecoming king.

“Most of the guys are from small towns and have agricultural backgrounds,” Kagay said.

He said he decided to get involved because it help build a network of friends.

“Looking back, I couldn’t be happier with my decision to join,” he said.

His favorite part of Homecoming is the game itself.

“It’s easy to get caught up in all of the other events in Homecoming, but the main event is the game,” Kagay said.

He said being involved in Homecoming is a once-in-alifetime opportunity.

Kagay is also a member of the Alumni Association Student Board, Mortar Boards, Mizzou Engineering Student Council and Tau Beta Pi. After graduation, he plans to stay at MU to pursue his MBA. — MN

Andrew Sidel is from St. Louis and a political science major. After coming to MU a semester late to take time off to pursue music, he joined Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

“House decs are my favorite part of Homecoming,” he said.

“My mom and I have a tradition of walking around Greektown together with hot cocoa and watching all the skits.”

Sidel said he was shocked when he found out he was a royalty candidate.

“Once reality hit, I was overwhelmed with honor and gratitude,” Sidel said. “I was honestly surprised to be selected out of such a stellar group of students.”

Sidel is also involved in Omicron Delta Kappa, a musical group called Let Lions, Tennis Club, Honors College Ambassadors and is a New Greek Education leader.

After college, Sidel said he might go to Spain to teach high school for a year, and if that does not work out, he plans to go to law school for a career in international law or politics. — MN

TONY BROWN

JAZZ RUCKER

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CANDIDATES of 2009 >>Profiles by Maggie Nestor and Travis Cornejo

LOGAN HAINES

BRIANNA DUNN

Tony Brown is convergence journalism major from Centennial, Colo., sponsored by the Tour Team, which he joined April 2007.

“I don’t think I can accurately describe what it felt like to be chosen to Homecoming royalty,” Brown said. “I guess I’d describe it as an immense pride in being able to share this experience with everyone who’s helped me out over the past four years. I want this to be just as memorable for my friends as it is for me.”

Brown’s favorite Homecoming activity has always been the game but he might have a new favorite.

“For me, it has always been about the Homecoming game, because until now, I’ve never been involved in very many of the Homecoming traditions,” Brown said.

“I think the parade is going to be my new favorite.”

He is an employee of the Advancement Department of the Trulaske College of Business and is involved with the Reynolds Journalism Institute, the Dudes of Lee Street, KCOU/88.1 FM, Innovative Technologies Fund and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Brown plans to stay at MU to pursue a graduate degree in journalism and would like to be a high school teacher. — MN

Jazz Rucker is from Moberly and is a vocal music education major.

Of all the aspects of the Homecoming festivities, Rucker said his favorite activity is the game.

Like other candidates, Rucker was surprised by his candidacy.

“It was really unexpected, it still feels a bit unreal,” Rucker said.

Rucker said his favorite thing about MU is the sense of community and family because it seems everyone can have a place, according the Homecoming Royalty Web site.

Rucker is the Music Director for Add9, a community adviser for McDavid Residence Hall, the president of the American Choral Directors Association and the Theater Reaching Young People and Schools vocal director. He is also involved in the National Residence Hall Honorary and College Music Educators National Chapter.

Rucker got involved with his fraternity through a hometown friend.

After college, Rucker plans to be a high school choral music director.

— MN

Phi Kappa Theta senior Logan Haines, from Sikeston, is a finance and banking major with a minor in economics.

Haines became involved with Phi Kappa Theta his sophomore year.

“Looking back, I attribute my strong involvement on campus from first joining Phi Kappa Theta and the great Greek system we have here at MU,” Haines said.

Haines relishes in the spirit of Homecoming week.

“The parade is my favorite Homecoming event,” Haines said.

“It’s great to see all of the local community, students and alumni in the streets to celebrate one of the best traditions at MU, Homecoming.”

Haines is a Recreation Services Club Sports specialist and Business School Ambassador.

Haines is also president of Omicrom Delta Kappa Honors society and a member of Relay for Life and Mizzou4Movember.

After graduation, Haines said he would like to spend a month traveling in Europe and looking for a job on the business side of health care.

“A dream of mine has always been to own and run a restaurant someday,” Haines said. “For now though, I’m just going to keep making the most out of every day and see where life takes me.” — MN

Kappa Alpha Theta senior Brianna Dunn is double majoring in business and journalism. Dunn is from Overland Park, Kan. She said participating in Greek Life has been a rewarding experience for her.

“I can't imagine my time here at Mizzou without it,” Dunn said.

Out of all of Homecoming’s activities, Dunn said her favorite is campus decorations.

“I remember being in awe the first time I saw them freshman year,” Dunn said.

“They've continued to impress me every year.”

During Dunn's sophomore year, a photograph of her putting finishing touches on the boards made the front page of the Columbia Daily Tribune. That day also happened to be Dunn’s 20th birthday.

Dunn is also involved in Mizzou for Malawi, Honors College Ambassadors, College of Business Student Council and the Society of Professional Journalists.

Looking back, Dunn says her best experience at MU would either be the moment she realized Mizzou for Malawi reached its $25,000 goal or the snow day that happened her freshman year. — TC

BONNIE THOMAS

ASHLEY MCDONALD

COREY CATHEY

KATE RAYMOND

Chi Omega senior Bonnie Thomas, from Phoenix, is majoring in journalism and sociology.

She found out she made the top 10 when the Steering Committee came knocking on her door at 5 a.m.

“I was shocked, honored and so excited for the journey ahead,” Thomas said.

Thomas said the best part about making the top 10 was being able to call her parents and tell them to fly out to Missouri from Arizona for Homecoming.

She said the talent competition is her favorite activity.

“I love singing, acting and dancing,” Thomas said. “Watching everyone perform is so entertaining and exciting.”

Thomas is also involved in the Radio Television News Directors Association and is a KOMU/Channel 8 anchor.

After graduation, Thomas will apply for local newsroom jobs across the country and see where she lands. — TC

Sigma Sigma Sigma senior Ashley McDonald is a psychology major from Mexico, Mo. McDonald was a part of Sigma Sigma Sigma’s first pledge class at MU. She decided to join Greek Life because she has had a positive opinion of the Greek community and its involvement on campus.

“It's been a great way to meet some inspiring women and future leaders on campus,” McDonald said.

Besides being a part of Sigma Sigma S i g m a , McDonald is also on the Dance Marathon Steering Committee, Tour Team, is a comm u n i t y adviser in North Hall and a continuing scholar in the McNair Scholars Program.

After graduation, McDonald plans to attend graduate school. — TC

Senior Corey Cathey is a communication science and disorders major from Hallsville.

She is representing the MU Chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association.

Cathey said she found out she made the top 10 a couple of days after the second round of interviews.

Besides being a member of NSSLHA, Cathey is also a member of the MU Shooting Team, the MU Cheerleading/ Mascot Alumni Association, the School of Health Professions Dean’s Team and the Student Auxiliary Services Student Executive Development Committee.

“The organizations I've been involved with and the people I've met along the way have become the connection and ties to Mizzou that I will carry with me into all my future endeavors,” Cathey said.

After graduation, Cathey plans to attend graduate school to obtain a degree in speech language pathology and then hopefully work in a children’s hospital. — TC

Kate Raymond is a nursing major from Dallas, representing Kappa Alpha Theta.

She said Greek Life has a strong presence on campus that has contributed to the richness of her MU experience.

Raymond said she was completely ecstatic when she found out she made the top 10 Homecoming candidates.

“It is such an honor to be able to represent Mizzou as one of the candidates,” Raymond said.

She said her favorite Homecoming activity is viewing the decorations.

“So many hours and behind-the-scenes work goes into making such a production,” Raymond said. “It fosters a sense of pride in knowing that we continue to carry on and improve upon a tradition that was started almost 100 years ago.”

Raymond is also a member of the Alumni Association Student Board, the Student Nurses’ Association, Student Outreach and the Mortarboard Society.

After graduation, Raymond plans to work as a nurse in Washington. — TC

HOMECOMING

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

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Juniors Jasmine Arnold and Denisha Thomas pose for a picture after the banquet for the Black Royal Homecoming Ball on Thursday at the Stoney Creek Inn. Attendants at the event, which was sponsored by the Legion of Black Collegians, had some time to mingle before the announcing of their king and queen for Black Homecoming.

Black Homecoming creates its own traditions Events include a comedy show, a step show and a Gospel excursion.

KAYLEN RALPH AND MAGGIE NESTOR Of The Maneater staff There are many traditions associated with Homecoming rooted in Greek Life. The Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association spend countless hours completing the tasks associated with these traditions, which culminate in grand activities throughout Homecoming weekend.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council has traditionally not participated in those activities.

The reason is not explicit, but NPHC, in collaboration with the Missouri Students Association/ Graduate Professional Council Black Programming Committee, the Legion of Black Collegians, the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center and several other campus organizations, have hosted their own "Black Family Reunion Homecoming."

This year is the seventh annual "Black Family Reunion Homecoming." The weekend will consist of several activities designed to bring the black MU community, both past and present, together.

LBC Homecoming Court king candidate Spencer Evans said the togetherness is his favorite part of homecoming.

"I love the whole feeling of alumni coming back," Evans said. "I guess just the camaraderie with the people that come back."

In addition to the "Black Family Reunion Homecoming," LBC hosted a Black Formal Homecoming Ball on Thursday

night at the Stoney Creek Inn at which the LBC Black Homecoming Court winners were announced. The LBC Black Homecoming Court was a tradition missing for 18 years until it was reinstated in 2008.

"In terms of the Homecoming Court, it's fairly difficult for a black person to actually make it onto the official Homecoming Court and then actually have a chance at winning," Evans said. "There's not much black tradition that goes into the Homecoming traditions of Mizzou. This is so that we can have something that's our own thing."

The Reunion Homecoming consists of several events designed to bring students and alumni together. These events include a comedy show Friday night, an NPHC Step Show on Saturday afternoon and a Brunch and Gospel excursion featuring the LBC Black Gospel Choir on Sunday.

"The Black Homecoming is a way to put a different lens on Homecoming," said Derrick Christian, NPHC president and the second LBC king candidate. "The difference in our Homecoming week is that we are dealing with things in a culturally different way, such as our stepping competition. It's a way to get more minorities involved, and fully integrate them into the Homecoming celebration."

The Multicultural Greek Council has also tended not to participate in Homecoming activities.

MGC Secretary Mindy Dang said the organization didn't participate in Homecoming week this year because it is such a small group. It plans to participate in Greek Week, but is not able to participate in both events.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. senior Derrick Christian, from St. Louis, is a journalism major with an emphasis in strategic communication.

As the National PanHellenic Council president, Christian is very involved with the planning of the Black Homecoming.

“We tried to create events that fully integrate the minorities and create something culturally specific,” Christian said.

Being on this year’s Black Homecoming Court is also a highlight for Christian.

“My favorite part of Homecoming is probably the Black Homecoming Ball, because it was reintroduced last year, and since I was a prince last year, it’s neat to be able to be a part of its evolution,” Christian said.

He is the Keeper of Records for Kappa Alpha Psi, assistant editor of the Kappa Alpha Psi, and a member of the Grand Board of Directors for Kappa Alpha Psi. “I got involved in the groups I’m involved with because I saw something I wanted to be a part of,” Christian said. “Both journalism and my fraternity helped me to achieve that, and I just moved up in the ranks from there.”

After college, Christian would like to work for a multicultural advertising agency, preferably in Chicago.

BRITTANY HOWARD

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. senior Brittany Howard, from Edwardsville, Ill., is a journalism major in the strategic communication sequence.

Her favorite part of Black Homecoming is the social gatherings.

“My favorite part of Homecoming would just be bringing the alumni back and being able to mix and mingle with older people that I made friendships with before they left,” Howard said.

Howard also hopes this specific Black Homecoming has an impact on the community.

“We hope to show that there’s a strong black community here that has a positive effect,” Howard said.

She is also a member of Women of Worth, Ad Club and Women’s Club Basketball.

“I got involved with the organizations through general interest,” Howard said. “I love to play basketball.

It’s been a passion of mine since I was young.

I also had a strong urgency to help the community.”

Howard hopes to enter a graduate program, preferably visual communications.

“I want to refine the skills I learned in the journalism program here,” Howard said.

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DARYL MORGAN

Alpha Kappa Alpha senior Daryl Morgan, from Detroit is a Radio-TV journalism major.

Her mother and grandmother were members of Alpha Kappa Alpha and she grew up knowing and wanting to be part of the organization.

The spirit is Morgan’s favorite aspect of Homecoming.

“Seeing everyone really proud to be an MU tiger is definitely my favorite part of the week,” Morgan said. “MU is already such a spirited school, and it’s good to see people put aside their differences and unite in spirit. Just seeing the black and gold up and down Ninth Street is just one way that MU stands behind a common cause.”

Howard also has hopes for her black community.

“I hope it brings black students who wouldn’t normally get involved with Homecoming into the spirit,” Morgan said. “Sometimes blacks look at Homecoming and say ‘Homecoming’s not for me’ because they don’t see their faces in the crowd because we aren’t a part of pomping or Greektown, but hopefully our Homecoming helps black students to see other people like them getting involved.”

Morgan is also part of the National Association of Black Journalists and Target Hope.

She hopes to continue pursuing broadcast journalism after graduating.

“I hope to find a job and keep doing well and see what happens,” Howard said.

SPENCER EVANS

Omega Psi Phi senior Spencer Evans is a fine arts major from Houston.

Evans said his favorite part of Black Homecoming is the return of the alumni to bring a sense of camaraderie to Homecoming.

Evans is keeper of records and seal for Omega Psi Phi. Evans is also an MU Eagle Scout.

He became involved with Omega Psi Phi through the normal process of joining an National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternity and found the Eagle Scout group through a Facebook group during his freshman year.

After college, Evans would like to use his fine arts degree in whatever career he finds.

“I would like to go into commercial illustration, like the creative aspect of advertising,” Evans said. “Then I want to work at a gallery, either as studio artist, or maybe in the gallery as a curator or writer/critic. I have experience with this type of work because I was a studio assistant a couple of years back. My back-up plan would be teaching at the college level.”

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HOMECOMING

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

Spirit in the streets

As part of Decorate the District, residence halls, student and Greek organizations garnish local businesses with paint, streamers and MU pride.

Greek fraternities and sororities can earn points for their respective houses as a part of Homecoming festivities.

Photos by Mike Ziegler, staff photographer Alpha Kappa Psi senior Katie Ducklow and junior Sarah Kraus stand on the roof of The Heidelberg on Wednesday to drop down streamers for Decorate the District. The Heidelberg was one of numerous businesses decorated in preparation for the event.

Alpha Kappa Psi sophomore Brad Hugunin hangs decorations Wednesday at the Heidelberg for Decorate the District. Various business fronts are decorated in MU spirit in preparation for Homecoming by residence halls, Greek organizations and student organizations for the event.

Store fronts along Ninth Street adorned MU spirit Thursday in preparation for Homecoming. Residence Halls and various Greek and student organizations participated in Decorate the District, an event in the overall competition to win Homecoming.

Glue and tissue paper bond Greektown This year’s decoration theme is childhood stories.

MAGGIE NESTOR Staff Writer Tissue paper, marker, glue and stamina combine to create the unique Homecoming tradition of pomping.

Members of Greek Life crowd into the basements of various houses and spend — sometimes up to 30 personal hours — gluing tissue paper to pomp boards.

Pomping is part of the decorative aspect of this week’s Homecoming festivities and competition. Along with the banners adorning residence halls and the houses of Greektown and the floats to be unveiled Saturday morning, pomp boards, or house decorations, will be displayed in front of the Greektown houses beginning Friday morning.

This year’s theme is childhood stories.

Each Homecoming group, comprised of two or three sororities and fraternities, has its own story to depict in its house decorations and talent performance, which took place on throughout the week.

Many chapters require their pledges and new members to do a certain num-

ber of hours of pomping per week. During pompers to start over. The pomp heads are Marathon Week, many members spend most sometimes referred to as pomp Nazis and of each day pomping, preparing props for pomp princesses. skit, working on floats and participating in “Pomping is such a unique aspect of our other Homecoming preparations.

Homecoming,” freshman Joanie Jockel said.

Although many chapter members also “I have friends that are involved with Greek pomp, the bulk of the work is left for new Life in schools in Maryland, Virginia and members.

North Carolina, and pompPomping ing isn’t something that they Pomping is not required for creates a do. It’s neat how it’s somecampus decorations, which bonding thing so unique to us.” make up 14 percent of a team’s experience overall Homecoming score, In recent years, the pomp between sororities board maximum has been but it is a MU tradition.

“The house decs are a big and fraternities and a moved from 35 to 16 boards thing for the community of great way for them to and only 75 percent of the mesh. It’s definitely decorations can be tradiColumbia,” sophomore pomp something I will never tional pomp, as an effort to head Brandon Hochstedler forget.” become more sustainable said. “A lot of families come —freshman Cody Reece with decorations. Pomping through Greektown to see the decs and the skits we have disis no longer allowed on played. It’s a huge tradition and fun time with floats, either, as a way to conserve time and all the festivities.” resources.

The act of pomping involves taking strips “A lot of people have negative attitudes of tissue paper, wrapping them around a about it and complain of the time wasted marker or pencil, dipping a flattened end in and the tedious work,” Jockel said. “They glue and sticking it to large wooden boards. feel like they could be using their time more The effect is similar to a mosaic, creating a pic- efficiently. But it’s such a huge tradition here, ture that depicts the theme of Homecoming. that even if people gripe about it, it is an If done improperly, there are members whose incredible feeling in the end to see how amazjob is to scrape off the mistakes and tell the ing they look.

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Jockel said even if people complain having to go pomp, they have a great time once they are there.

“I have such a big pledge class, pomping presents a way for me to get know a lot of the other girls,” Jockel said. “It’s a great bonding experience.”

This sentiment seems to be shared by many who work on the pomp boards.

“Pomping creates a bonding experience between sororities and fraternities, and a great way for them to mesh,” freshman Cody Reece said. “I have met so many people just hanging out in the basement and pomping.

It’s definitely something I will never forget.”

The pomp boards will be taken out of the basements at midnight Friday, and the finishing touches will be put on them before the public begins to view them in the morning.

Then, the weeks of work will finally pay off for some.

“Pomping is what you make of it,” freshman Nick Berra said. “If you go into it with a positive attitude, you have fun, meet new people and bond with your brothers and sisters. And it’s worth it to be part of the tradition.”

Decorations will be displayed in various places around Greektown starting Friday, with official tours from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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HOMECOMING

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

GREEKTOWN MAP Newman Center

Pi Beta Phi

Delta Upsilon

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Delta Tau Delta

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Alpha Gamma Sigma

Delta Gamma Annex

Delta Gamma

Chi Omega

Gamma Phi Beta Delta Delta Delta

Chi Omega Annex Alpha Phi Annex

1918 — Homecoming is canceled due to a raging influenza epidemic.

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BREWER BREAKFAST COMPLIMENTARY PANCAKE BREAKFAST 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Brewer Fieldhouse in the Student Recreation Complex HOMECOMING PARADE 9:30 a.m. on the MU campus and downtown Columbia ELLIS LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE WITH REFRESHMENTS, TOURS AND ACTIVITIES 10 a.m. to noon at Ellis Library MIZZOU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBER APPRECIATION TAILGATE 4:30 p.m. at the Hearnes Center BLACK FAMILY REUNION HOMECOMING TAILGATE 2:30 p.m. at the Virginia Avenue Amphitheater HOMECOMING GAME: MU TIGERS VS. TEXAS LONGHORNS 7 p.m. at Faurot Field CORONATION OF THE 2009 HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN Football game half time

Sigma Kappa

Alpha Tau Omega

1926 — Memorial Stadium replaces Rollins Field as the home of MU football at the Homecoming game.

Gamma Phi Beta Annex

Alpha Chi Omega

Zeta Tau Alpha

Alpha Epsilon Pi

Pi Kappa Alpha Alpha Tau Pi Kappa Phi Omega Annex

Sigma Phi Epsilon

Phi Mu

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SUNDAY

BRUNCH AND GOSPEL EXCURSION 11:30 a.m. at the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center

Kappa Alpha Theta

Crowder

Evans Scholars

North KATIE PRINCE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT

The homecoming parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Conley and Missouri avenues and will wind through campus and downtown, ending at the corner of Elm and Sixth streets.

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1911 — MU started the national Homecoming tradition. The first game took place when Athletics Director Chester Brewer invited alumni to come back to MU for a home football game against Kansas. The game resulted in a 3-3 tie.

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CAMPUS DECORATIONS UNVEILED Tour from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Greektown FRIDAY NIGHT COMEDY SHOW 7 p.m. in Jesse Hall Auditorium SPIRIT RALLY 7:30 p.m. at Burnam and Richmond in Greektown

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This will mark the 98th Homecoming anniversary.

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homecoming

1928 — The “all-school” Homecoming dance first takes place at MU. 1930 — In hopes that it would help raise funding, groundbreaking for the South Wing of Memorial Union is a part of Homecoming festivities.

1931 — Three students light the bonfire the night before the Homecoming rally. Approximately 100 students work throughout the night to rebuild the pyre in order to have the bonfire as scheduled the next day. All male students are excused from classes to help finish preparations.

1935 — House decorations first begin to appear at MU. 1940S — The freshman class marches in lock step from the columns to the stadium as part of the newly formed “Thundering Thousand.”

LOCUST ST.

1977 — The first MU Homecoming king is elected. Homecoming queens had been voted on previously.

ELM ST.

PARADE FINISH

ROLLINS ST.

PARADE START

2003 — Sheryl Crow serves as Homecoming Grand Marshal.

HOSPITAL DR. STADIUM BLVD.

2011 — The scheduled game against Texas A&M will mark the 100-year anniversary of Homecoming at MU.

VIRGINIA AVE.

TURNER AVE.

MISSOURI AVE.

CONLEY AVE.

1999 — MU enters the Guinness World Records Book for collecting the most blood donations in a single day: 3,156.

COLLEGE AVE.

HITT ST.

STEWART RD.

MARYLAND AVE.

PROVIDENCE RD.

UNIVERSITY AVE.

SPENCER PEARSON/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

SOURCE: MIZZOU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WEB SITE