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Columns::October 20, 2003
Russell Symposium examines homeland security issues
Great idea pays off: Accounts payable wins ‘best practices’ award
Benefits enrollment period under way for UGA employees, retirees
Four faculty members receive D.W. Brooks Awards
Coffee perks: Researchers find that caffeine lessens muscle pain during vigorous workout
New dual degree offered for UGA undergraduates
Campus Closeup
Update: Private Giving
Newsmakers
Making waves: Grady dean discusses media ownership requirements
A record of time
Campus News
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| Students Nicole Shelton (left) and Tierra Destiny Johnson have fun at last year’s Homecoming parade. (Photo by Peter Frey) |
A legendary event
Homecoming celebration scheduled for Oct. 19-25
By Larry B. Dendy
ldendy@uga.edu
There’s Charles Herty and Herschel Walker, Dean Tate and Charley Trippi, the Arch and the Chapel Bell, Hairy Dawg and
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Harry Mehre.
What do they have in common?
They’re all University of Georgia legends, and their legacies--along with those of many other notables from UGA’s past--will be in the spotlight when the university celebrates Homecoming Oct. 19-25.
“UGA . . . Where Legends Are Made,” this year’s Homecoming theme, “will serve to show all in the Bulldog nation our rich history and the wonderful successes that we have enjoyed throughout the years,” says Ailena Gibby, student homecoming coordinator.
Students get into the Homecoming spirit with competitions, pep rallies, parties and an appearance by hypnotist Dale K, while returning alumni will enjoy social events sponsored by schools and colleges. Other highlights include the Homecoming Parade through downtown Athens, the Homecoming Concert featuring hip-hop artist Busta Rhymes and crowning of the Homecoming king and queen at the Homecoming football game, when Georgia plays the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Student groups will follow the Homecoming theme by choosing a UGA legend to feature in the street painting and banner competitions and in parade floats. The street painting competition on Sanford Drive, which traditionally opens Homecoming Week, began at midnight Oct. 19.
A Homecoming kickoff party will be held Oct. 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Tate Center plaza. Dale K, whose hypnotism shows are popular on the college circuit, will perform that evening at the Ramsey Student Center.
An Oct. 21 “beach bash” on the Brumby Hall lawn, 4-7 p.m., will include games, music and free food provided by Athens restaurants. Banner competition entries will be hung from the Sanford Bridge and in front of fraternity and sorority houses.
A “dawg rally” will be held Oct. 23 on Legion Field at 8 p.m. Coach Mark Richt and football players will be present, student groups will perform and there will be door prizes and Homecoming T-shirts.
Basketball coach Dennis Felton will be grand marshall for the Homecoming Parade Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. The parade will feature members of UGA athletic teams and include student-built floats. The parade will step off on West Daugherty Street and move through downtown on Pulaski, Clayton, Thomas and Washington streets.
Busta Rhymes and the group Blackalicious will perform at the Homecoming Concert that night at 8 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. Rhymes, one of the early and most influential stars of hip hop, has been performing since the early 1990s. His albums have sold millions and his record company, Flipmode Entertainment, has produced best-selling albums. Rhymes has a clothing line and has entered the movie world with a lead role in Halloween: Resurrection.
Those with a different musical preference can attend the “Big Dawg Dance” in the Athens Classic Center immediately following the parade. The event--an evening of food and music featuring a 20-piece band playing tunes from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s--is sponsored by the School of Music and the Classic Center Arts Foundation and is a fundraiser for the music school scholarship fund and the arts foundation. Tickets are $75 and can be bought at the Classic Center box office (357-4444).
Students will vote throughout the week on OASIS for the Homecoming king and queen. The winners will be crowned during halftime of the football game, which begins at 1 p.m. Oct. 25 in Sanford Stadium. Vying for king and queen are Ginny Barton, Alpha Omicron Pi; Sarah Cherry, Traditions Council; Elizabeth Granger, Delta Delta Delta; Kathryn Kay, HERO for Children; Rebecca Lane, Resident Housing Association; Mike Mannina, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Carlton Rice, Arch Society; Latham Saddler, Alpha Chi Omega and Alpha Omicron Pi; Scott Scharf, Kappa Sigma; and Josh Weddle, HERO for Children.
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