Week 7

Welcome back readers, for all those of you who were at the University of Connecticut I hope you enjoyed an event filled Homecoming week. The week began with the Homecoming Parade on Sunday at 1:00pm. All organizations were given the chance to display their Husky Pride in the parade as well as incorporate the overall homecoming theme which was “A Spoonful of Fun”. Each group picked a breakfast cereal and with a little creativity and husky pride they each presented great floats. However there were also the opportunities to present a marching group instead of a float. The cultural centers all had marching units in which the student portrayed the theme and husky pride. The marching units ranged from groups of 20 to approximately 80. Although there was a prize for first place in both floats and marching unit the parade was not about the prize but instead about the pride. It was a good time for those marching as well as those watching with music all around and even entertaining acts walking between the students floats. Immediately following the parade the university tried something that had not been done before. A carnival was offered to the students and those attending the parade. The carnival included rides and treats such as fried dough and ice cream and what not. All in all it offered a great time to the students and a wonderful way of kicking off homecoming week.
On Wednesday evening was the Homecoming Royalty Pageant. The university student body had taken part in voting for a representative from each organization that they felt would make a good homecoming king and queen. On Wednesday night the top 6 representatives for king and queen got a chance to convince a panel of judges that they were the best choice. The pageant included a talent portion, a costume portion (students had to represent their involvement and their homecoming theme), and a question and answer portion. The question part included a variety of campus related questions such as “ The administration is trying to work on making spring weekend a more university acceptable weekend what are suggestions you would make to help this take place”. Each student gave wonderful answers but at the end Liz Stolow and Kevin McQuade walked away as UConns homecoming King and Queen Congratulations!
Thursday night was the night that many cultural centers and organizations were looking forward to; it was Lip Sync night. Lip Sync is the biggest competition of the homecoming week each organization puts together a dance routine and performs a routine that with dialogue and props incorporates UCONN pride and their chosen homecoming theme (which would be whatever breakfast cereal they picked). The night included many great routines and but ultimately the Asian American Cultural Center, Global House, and Kappa Kappa Gamma prevailed and each won first place in their respective groups. The whole show offered about 16 different acts so congratulations to those groups who were able to shine and job well done to the other groups who put many hours of work to put on great shows.
The Homecoming festivities could not end on a greater not on Saturday morning when the football team won the homecoming game over Louisville. Although it was a chilly day the football team put all their might into the game and prevailed so job well done boys the University could not be prouder.
Pictures presented are provided from myself and other students at the different cultural centers.