URI Homecoming weekend starts off fresh
Chloe Thompson
Issue date: 10/12/07 Section: News
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He added, "This tradition we hope will build for a bigger and brighter future so we can hope to come back and enjoy it as alumni ourselves."
If students want to take home a tangible memory of the weekend, Homecoming T-shirts can be purchased at the Homecoming Booth in the Memorial Union for $6 today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or at the Rhody Rally, which is at 7:30 p.m.
Students can also vote for Homecoming King and Queen until 3 p.m. today by filling containers with soda tabs at the Memorial Union. The tabs will be counted, and the nominees with the most tabs will win the crowns.
After students get "RAMbunctious," as is the key word for Homecoming, they can gather at the bonfire, watch the URI cheerleaders do stunts for the crowd and eat free pizza while sipping Rhode Island's trademark Del's lemonade. Local radio station WWKX 106.3, also known as Hot 106, will also be playing disc-jockey that night, and again before the football game. The Homecoming King and Queen will be announced at the bonfire. The rain date for the fireworks is Saturday night, but Manseau said not to expect a cancellation unless it's down pouring.
After Friday night's festivities, students can head to Meade Stadium the next morning and visit a number of student and alumni-run tents, each featuring games, raffles, activities or food. The carnival-like atmosphere will also include airbrush tattoos and balloon artists.
There will be a strong Greek presence, as Lambda Chi Alpha alumni, the URI Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils, and Chi Phi alumni will be presenting their booths. There will also be opportunities for alumni to reunite under certain tents.
"All the departments of the university have really come together to work together and support everything as far as catering to the police, to the fire department, to transportation to athletics, to alumni," Manseau said. "We're happy that they were able to make the weekend more complete."
Students can also visit the Alumni Association information booth where they will have the opportunity to take a picture with the school mascot, Rhody the Ram.
After hanging around the tents for a while, students can venture over to the cookout, where Manseau said the only catch is that it's first come, first served.
The planning for Homecoming, which has cost the university more than $10,000, started in April. At that point, biweekly conference calls between members of the SAA and the Student Senate began to take place. The actual budget of Homecoming could not be disclosed, though Manseau estimated it was around $10,000.
Battis said, "We hope that Homecoming is a big success this year, and I've heard everyone's really excited for this weekend."
Leston added, "The amount of planning that went into it; I can't thank the people involved enough."
If students want to take home a tangible memory of the weekend, Homecoming T-shirts can be purchased at the Homecoming Booth in the Memorial Union for $6 today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or at the Rhody Rally, which is at 7:30 p.m.
Students can also vote for Homecoming King and Queen until 3 p.m. today by filling containers with soda tabs at the Memorial Union. The tabs will be counted, and the nominees with the most tabs will win the crowns.
After students get "RAMbunctious," as is the key word for Homecoming, they can gather at the bonfire, watch the URI cheerleaders do stunts for the crowd and eat free pizza while sipping Rhode Island's trademark Del's lemonade. Local radio station WWKX 106.3, also known as Hot 106, will also be playing disc-jockey that night, and again before the football game. The Homecoming King and Queen will be announced at the bonfire. The rain date for the fireworks is Saturday night, but Manseau said not to expect a cancellation unless it's down pouring.
After Friday night's festivities, students can head to Meade Stadium the next morning and visit a number of student and alumni-run tents, each featuring games, raffles, activities or food. The carnival-like atmosphere will also include airbrush tattoos and balloon artists.
There will be a strong Greek presence, as Lambda Chi Alpha alumni, the URI Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils, and Chi Phi alumni will be presenting their booths. There will also be opportunities for alumni to reunite under certain tents.
"All the departments of the university have really come together to work together and support everything as far as catering to the police, to the fire department, to transportation to athletics, to alumni," Manseau said. "We're happy that they were able to make the weekend more complete."
Students can also visit the Alumni Association information booth where they will have the opportunity to take a picture with the school mascot, Rhody the Ram.
After hanging around the tents for a while, students can venture over to the cookout, where Manseau said the only catch is that it's first come, first served.
The planning for Homecoming, which has cost the university more than $10,000, started in April. At that point, biweekly conference calls between members of the SAA and the Student Senate began to take place. The actual budget of Homecoming could not be disclosed, though Manseau estimated it was around $10,000.
Battis said, "We hope that Homecoming is a big success this year, and I've heard everyone's really excited for this weekend."
Leston added, "The amount of planning that went into it; I can't thank the people involved enough."
