University of South Florida - Aegean Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Is it Miller time? A tug of war participant collects his well-dcscrvcd trophy. Bull Reggae. Culture Roots entertained Homecoming celebrators at the Reggae with the Bull party. Royal Couple. Harold Oehler and Connie Pelina were chosen as the Homecoming King and Queen for this yeafs festivities. 10 Homoeomlng

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Basket Bulls blast Bull Spirit into orbit of mayhem t Ah. the visions of Homecoming The rguyly colored Roan; gliding dawn the kampux buulevardx. The teettrgritting tstudents pulling with all their might. in T the tug ut'wur games. The Heccy. Hnwing 1guwn 0f the Homecoming Queen. tWiIhout any 0! them. the USF Homecom- hmg juet wouldn't have been the same. Well. Bull Blast 1986 tncluded all of the usual festivities that are the mainstay of USF. plus a few added celebrations lu tkeep things fresh. The week long extravaganza opened on h Tuesday. February 4th with the King and tQueen Shnw in the University Lecture h Hallv Candidatcx fur the coveted crowns :put their best, and best dressed. foot 1 forward before the judges in spirit. origir 1 nahty and creativity competition. The nudges. however. kept everyone in hsuxpcnsc by holding their seurecurds under wrapx. until the halftime crowning ceremnny. The Martin Luther King Plan was Mransfurmed into a battlefield on Wednesday. as the tug-ot'-wur competiv lion commenced. Miller Beer. hpnnsnr of the event. pitted t'rutemtlies. mmriticm dunnitury residents and campus gruupx t against each other. Later that evening. comedy became the order of the evening as amateurs took to 1 the stage for Sling the Bull Night, Held in the Empty Keg. stmienu attempted to win over the crumb and the jmiges by demon- strating their creativity and unktuenehw. Thursday. centemd annmd the Sun Dome as USF'S anketBulls tangled with the Knights from the University of Central Florida During the halftime. the King and Queen were crowned. just in time to reign over USP. 814,5. victory. To helpcclebmte the triumph. Pepin Dis- tributors. Iiastem Airlines. AAA and the Bull Spirits joined forces In hold 3 Reggae with the Bulls. featuring the band Culture Roots. The Homecoming Committee shifted gears and gave intellectuals a chance to excel in the Brain Brawlt' hetd on Friday. Based an the nutinnally renowned College anlf the event featured fast paced questions and answers between eight student organizatiuns tn the University Center To blow off the steam and mental ten- sion of the day. the Alumni Association and Student Government Productions brought Kant and the Gang and the Asswiation tn the Sun Dome fur the main concert of the week. Saturday saw the BaseBults juin in the Homecoming celebrations. as USF opened its spring baseball seamn against the University of Tampa. The Spartans gave USF a tough ftght but started off the Bulls' winning season. by crumbling under to a 4'3 defeat. After a day at the diamond. students were treated In a mure tmditinnal staple of Homecoming. the parade. Sptmsorcd by the USF Residence Halls. the parade brought floats. bands and clowns to the winding roads of USF. The Black Death. Sigma Nu and Kappa Delta wait patiently for the parade to sum. Two bits. four hits . . . With pigtails bouncing. a cheerleader hops to the beat of a musing cheer.

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and festivities In the past. celebrations and separate events were held for the students and for the alumni; but 1986 brought the studentsi tailgate party and the alumni's barbeque together, for a tailgate party with a barbeque. Sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Homecoming Committee, the Event was held outside the Busi- ness Building and preceeded the main event, the game against Jacksonville. The halftime banner competi- tion brought the spirit to a boiling point, but the Dolphins popped the BasketBullis bubble by hand- ing USF a 62-54 Sun Belt Con- ference defeat. To help ease the pain, the main party of the week, the HBull Blast, went off as scheduled in the Special Olympics Stadium. All the winners of the weeks events were publicly announced and awarded their prizes, to the beat of Oingo Boingo. Student Government Productions, the sponsor of the event, capped off the celebrations with a breathtak- Bull blasters The Homecoming game packed a full house in the Sun Dome and these fans enjoyed a lull in the action to talk with friends and fellow celebrators. ing fireworks display in the skies over Northeast Tampa and Temple Terrace. Homecoming seeped over into Gasparilla, Tampais annual street festival. as USF entered its float in the Gasparilla Day Parade. USF students were reserved a special space along the Bayshore Boulevard route and then joined in the downtown festivities. as Tampa relived the historic invasion of Jose Gaspar and his band of pirates. Homoeomlng 11