University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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Homeconti The week of Homecoming 2004 started out with a driz- zle and ended in a downpour. The rain was just as much a part of Homecoming this year as were the tradi- tional events. The window painting competition was rained out on Monday. Tuesday ' s Step Show was a major hit. Thirteen groups competed. The Black Student Alliance took home first place in the co-ed division. Phi Mu took home first in the women ' s division, and Pi Kappa Alpha look home first place in the men ' s division, also winning the overall competition of the night. The University Program Council put together an eventful night on Thursday with the Pep Rally held at McFarland Park. Hundreds of students came out to show their spirit for the UNA Lions Football team. The rain held off for the parade. Pine and Court streets were filled with eager little children wanting to get a jump start on their Halloween stash. Alpha Tau Omega took home first place in the Float competition. The 2004 Homecoming King and Queen were Caroline Beumer and Carter Ledgewood, and Phi Mu won the over- all spirit competition of the week. Some fans stuck it out in the rain till the end of the game but were sent home wet with rain and tears after the Lions lost to Valdosta State 24-20. — Laura Beth Mastroianni

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NextstoD... UNA partners with UCLA Film Festival toundtT George Lindsey and UNA Continuing Studies Director Dan Throgmorton announced at the 2004 festival an interesting opportunity for students who want to become movie stars or moguls when ihev grow up. Under a new inter-university partnership, UNA film students will soon be traveling to UCLA to study the entertainment industry and to get some real HolK ' wood experience. According to Throgmorton, film students will begin taking UNA prerequisite classes to kick off a certificate program offered by UCLA. The program will culminate with a 12-week summer internship in which the students will actually live on the LA campus. Its [UCLA ' s] certificate programs in film, television and entertainment studies are the gold standard in the industry, bar none, said Throgmorton, vvho used his former employment at the California university to help set up the prestigious partnership. If they had had that when 1 wont lo school here, I would ha e been the first one on the bus, Lindsey said. Film students are required to take a mini- mum of five courses in the field of their choice: development, pre-production, production lor fi film and television and post-production for film television. In addition, UNA will offer elective classes in acting, cinematography, film history and appreciation, film theory and directing. Students participating in the certificate program will also take an online, industrv role- D.in Throgmorton playing game entitled The Business of Hollywood, which will help ease them into the demands of their internship. It really immerses OLD FRIENDS. Lindsey and tmest Borgnine exchange greetings PAVING THE WAY. (nj; i() Jane Kagon conducts a workshop.