Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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Homecoming 1978 Style iP tility. or comme Saye 8 NEE 8 Weer temennnmnnemmnny On Thursday afternoon of homecoming week The Dynamo sponsored this hot air balloon in the quad. t Dean Davis gets a big kick out of Todd Schneider's initiation by Sandy Wood. Spirit and enthusiasm prevailed during the 1978 Homecoming celebration. The festivities, planned under the chairmanship of Student Senate Vice-president, Jim Humphrey, added an excitement and unity in participation that have in the recent past been missing from Mount Union’s homecomings. The celebration started off with a bang, or more accurately, several big bangs, as a Heidelberg Student Princes car was crushed by students participating in the Car Smash-up. Sponosored by the Student Senate, the smash-up served not only as a release for hostility and demonstration of strength, but it was symbolic of what we hoped MUC’s Raiders would do to the Princes. That same evening, things mellowed with the annual AWS Fall Fashion Show. The show featured freshmen models Lori Brunner, Belinda Dawson, Lynne Keener, Paula Lewis, Cathy Snoderly, Laurie Swaldo, Maria Tsipis, and Karen Yohn. Faculty models were Dr. Kathleen King and Mr. Richard Giese. Student male models were Bruce Ferrentino, Paul Gulling, Todd Locke and John Teece. These models, under the leadership of Co-chairpersons, Jane Marshburn and Leigh Ann Wilson, made the Fall Fashion show a great success. It was an enjoyable evening for all who attended. The mood was one of fun and excitement as Memorial Hall was turned into a Homecoming Carnival. Students and faculty alike left their worries outside as they entered the carnival scene complete with games, barkers, and food. Highlighting the carnival scene was the faculty jail, where students paid to have friends, enemies, and administrators jailed or put in the stockade, but only after a ‘‘fair” trial. Dart games, the Tri Delta ladder climb, and the Physic’s department “fiendish fencing’’, offered chances to test skills while guessing games included the first place Sophomore Service Honorary booth, ‘How well do you know your profs?” Complete with popcorn, caramel corn, candy apples and lemonade, it was truly a night “UNDER THE BIG: TOP,” The next evening, students, with faces glowing under the light of flaming torches, lead by the Mount Marchers and MUC'’s cheerleaders, marched in the torch light parade. An arousing rally followed in the stadium. The rally included a literal exploding of the spirit of Heidelberg and a firm commitment from the senior football players to do their best to beat the Princes. The evening’s events didn’t end after the rally. It was followed by a celebrity series concert sponsored by Student Activities Council. Steve Fobert, Alex Bevan, and the Poisette-Dart Band provided the evenings musical entertainment. Finally the big day dawned. Pre-game activities began with the homecoming parade. The parade wouldn't have been complete without its clowns and the band. Floats expressed themes ranging from the “Flush the Heidelberg Student Princes,’ common to both the first-place Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Alpha Epsilon float, and second-place Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Nu float, to the rat patrol third-place float of the Psychology Club. Then the stadium began to fill as game time approached. Despite the spirited fans, the first two quarters didn’t look good for the Raiders, behind at the half by a score of 7-14. Halftime began with the Mount Marcher’s grand showing of their new uniforms in a sparkling performance. The money for the uniforms was provided by the Parents’ Association of the college. Then the 1978 Homecoming Queen, Laurie Elias (Alpha Delt Pi Representative) was crowned by last year’s queen Mary Ellen Newport. The court included Cindy Brooks, Alpha Chi Omega Representative; Patti Frasher, Independent; Debra Morgan, Black Student Union Representative; Kathy Sharp, Delta Delta Delta Representative; Susan Tesi, Independent; Elizabeth Welch, Alpha Xi Delta Representative. The Raiders returned to the field seemingly more enthusiastic than in first half play. They scored 13 fourth quarter points in their come-from-behind 20-17 victory against the Heidelberg Student Princes. To cap off the week’s festivities was the Homecoming Dinner and Dance sponsored by the Student Senate. Even there the spirit of the week could be felt by the many faculty members, alumni and students who filled the Alliance Country Club bringing the Homecoming activities to a pleasant close. 17