Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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Final preparations continued on Sigma NLYS house decorations. f1 ; TIE Eff 71$ 1 $1 n AV ! , 3y r: A IBM r $05k V 2w. v W . t' t; I? as w; t f r; n 0 J; g 3 V l: I ,- I I , . $ I v m! 4 4,4:- A L t The endless torture of pomping Alpha. Delta Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon get their decorations ready for homecoming. photos by Antonio Hansen ffudertf Life 11

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Homecoming is always 1:?the Ensiest week of the ' semester because it usual- ly falls on the week of mid-terms. Students are required to pomp, make signs, decorate Windows, and attend the weeks ac- tivities. These things and more like organization, pairing, and judging are all major parts of homecoming. Organization of homecoming preparation starts almost a year in advance with the selection of the homecoming execu- tives. The Alumni Council along with the chairman Jeff Moore, decided on the universityts theme. When the theme had been chosen, they submitted their decision at the end of last year. Once the theme was chosen, the acutual pair- ing of the individual living groups began. The menis living groups sent out three ranked bids to the womenis living groups. The womenis groups then rank the bids they receive from one to three and then the houses are mat- ched together. The third aspect of homecoming was pomp- ing. Pomping consisted of stuffing colored tissue paper in chicken wire. The wire was then wrapped STUDENT LIFE The Nightmare Continres Homecoming preparation devours students around wooden frames to form the house deck. Pomping hours are some- times required for the liv- ing groups and the hours range from 0-20. Next were the activities during the week. These activities included games night, the Beta skit, walk-around, and the parade. Attendance at these activities counted for participation points. Participation was a seg- ment in judging criteria for homecoming. Those activities showing spirit were also judged. Spirit was shown by painting on store windows and selling raffle tickets for prizes, getting the town of Still- water aware of homecom- ing week. Another way each living group tried to gain spirit points was through activities like sit- ting on a rocking horse or in a hot tub for twenty- four hours each day dur- ing the week. Lastly the judges were selected by the homecom- ing steering committee. The. selection of judges brought about many mix- ed emotions to many homecoming participants. One student. Chris 1ft, . ' - T ' .q stunr by Mandy Nzuman Schreiner, expressed his feeings by stating, ttIt has become entirely too com- petitive and its taking the fun out of it for the living groups. The major contribution of homecoming was very important since it got the whole campus involved. Junior Teresa Seres felt that, ttHomecoming pulls everyone together and makes it an alI-campus ac- tivity instead of a few liv- ing groups competing. Through pomping, activi- ties, and judging, homecoming remained a tradition at OSU. XI. n K. . :7;

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story by Vicki Edwards Homecoming 88, another year of hard work and preparation to wel- come homecoming alumni and defeat the rival team. The week prior, Saturday, October 22, 1988, was spent by OSU Greeks painting community store windows, constructing house decorations, and working on floats. One of the biggest words around campus was ttpomping. The biggest question was, HHave you and how much? The residence Homecoming Is . . . . . .The time ofour lives halls were busy making a float of their own and raising spirits for the up- coming game. Winners of all the events were annOunced during the half-time festivities at the game. Alpha Chi Omega and Pi Kappa Alpha were alwin- ning combination as they ran away with nearly all of the first place awards including sweepstakes, engineering excellence, first in class 2A house decorations, parade mar- shalls award, and first place out of class 2A ene trants. Other awards for house decorations were pres- ented as follows: Class 2A: Second place, Kappa Kappa Gamma- Sigma Phi Epsilon; third place, Pi Beta Phi-Sigma Nu. Class A: First place, Delta Delta Delta-Pi Kap- pa Phi; second place, Gamma Phi Beta-Lambda Chi; third place, Phi Mu- Phi Kappa Tau. Outstanding Safety Award was given to Kap- pa Kappa Gamma-Sigma Phi Epsilon. Parade entrants floats were also judged and awarded to: Class 2A: Second place, Kappa Delta-Alpha Gam- ma Rho; third place, Chi Omega-Delta Upsilon. Class A: First place, Sigma Nu-Pi Beta Phi; second place, Zeta Tau STUDENT LIFE A pink flamingo adds class to the homecoming parade. photos by An tom'o Hansen Alpha-Sigma Chi; third place, Bennett Hall. Outstanding commercial float was awarded to Stillwater National Bank and outstanding non- profit competitive float was given to Congres- sional District No. 3 Bi- centennial Competition. The half-time festivities included the crowning of the OSU 1988 Homecom- ing Queen. Out of the three finalists, Kristy Herr was crowned and will reign as the 1988 football queen. To top off the celebra- tion, 46,900 fans in Lewis Stadium sat and cheered on our Oklahoma State Cowboys to a homecoming victory defeating the Missouri Tigers 49-21. W3