Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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A TRADITIONAL TWIST Cameras! Action! Homecoming week was condensed into fewer days, but Premiere 89 ' .. a Homecoming Produc- tion combined the traditional Saturday football game with new events like an evening parade and a street festival. Kicking off this week of Hollywood hype, a spirit and athletic day was held on Wednesday. There were appearances by the men and womens gymnastic teams, the football team and head football coach Larry Marmie, who announced the Homecoming court finalists. Later in the evening Sigma Pi fraternity and ASASU presented Mock Rock, a lip-sync contest where students impersonated rock stars on stage. Mock Rock went really well, said Homecoming Direc- tor Kevin Connell. All in all, we had about 1000 people on PV Beach. All of the proceeds went to Multiple Sclerosis. On Thursday, the Homecoming Jam was presented, which featured a variety of music types including jazz, bag pipes, mariachi bands, and a steel drum band. r The HomeComing Jam was really successful, said , Connell. Students other than student leaders came out to see it. It was a really fun day. That evening, the Homecoming Ball was held at Tem pe Mission Palms with the announcement of the Homecoming King and Queen, Matt Ortega and Shelly Traw. The Homecoming Ball was very well-attended, espe- cially for a Thursday night, said Connell. The Student Alumni Association sponsored it and did a really nice job with it. On Friday night, the first annual Homecoming street festival was held, which included game booths, food, and concerts. We kicked off the festival with an evening parade, said Connell. It was the best parade attendance in about 10 years, because it ' s so hard to get people out to see it on a Saturday morning. Connell said that the Homecoming Committee tried to appeal to the non-traditional students with jobs and children, who did not usually have time to participate in Homecoming activities. Reactions to the changes were encouraging. I didn ' t like the short parade route, said Cheryl Fortier, a sophomore music education major and marching band member. But it was better to march in the parade at night. It wasn ' t as hot and we didn ' t get so tired. SEE PEOPLE MAKE FOOLS OF THEM- SELVES AT MOCK ROCK. HEATHER ALLEN FRESHMAN BUSINESS YOU QUM THAT e crowd fired up, Kalani Outienes cheers at the first basketball game. The basketball squad played the Australian National team on the night of Homecoming festivities and posted an 84.78 loss. WAS KIND Of FUN TO GO OUT AND Homecoming 11

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iding down Stadi- um Drive, senior Business Adminis- tration major Shelley Traw and junior al Arts major Matt Or head the Home- coming festivities as queen and king. The couple was crowned at the Homecoming Ball on Nov. 9. TAILS eking In the atmo- sphere, Sparky fires up the pa- rade crowd on Oct. 10. Sparky, the official school mascot, also helped cheer the foot- ball team on to a 90-22 victory over the Stan- ford Cardinal in front of a crowd of about 65,000. it IC-TAC-TOE ' raveling down the parade route, a game show float plays off the Homecom- ing theme, Premiere ' 89. Homecoming orga- nizers switched to an evening electric-light parade and street festi- val with games and food to try and appeal to the diverse student population of more than 40,000. Photo by Scott Troyanos Layout by David Kexel Homecoming

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Sure, you had an opinion about every bar and club you had ever ventured into around ASU. But what did the people working there think of you? On Oct. 6 Reporter Mary Cullen hit the Tempe bar scene to find out what waitresses, bouncers and bar- tenders were really saying about the ASU crowd. For a different atmosphere, students crowded into McDuffy ' s, a sports bar. They found plenty of televisions to watch their favorite sporting events. Judy Vallenari, a waitress at McDuffy ' s, previously worked at Her- man ' s, a bar catering to an older, more affluent crowd. My tips are good. They surprised me, Valleneri. said. I thought college students would he less likely to tip. It ' s casual people, it ' s cool, it ' s sports, and it ' s fun! (Continued on page 17) Photo by Susan Cleere