Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Coming H This page. Below: Dorothy and her friends bring this year's Homecoming theme, There's no place like home, to life at the annual parade Above right: Theta Chi and Gamma Phi cap- ture the overall attractiveness award with their bigger-than-Iife float entry. Opposite page. Top left: Homecoming King Chuck Grouzard and Queen Jill Turak greet students, alumni, and townspeople gathered along Lincolnway. Far right: Phil Johannes flashes a muddy smile after competing in the traditional slime-in contest. lower left: Kim Hague pulls for the Chi Sigma Xi's. 1 t L: I - W '1, Sherry LaMorticella ZMHomecoming anerry LaMorticella Ne: , T Eb Ky Homecoming '85, held Oct. 18-20, centered on the Wizard of Oz. Alumni from across town and across the U.S. came to celebrate the event with its theme There's no place like home. Activities emphasizing the theme included a pre-weekend Emerald City Fashion Show in which king and queen nominees modeled fashions from local merchants and a mid-week screening of the Wizard of Oz. Although the Friday night bonfire was heid in the persistent drizzle of the weekend, the king and queen coronation was moved into the Union Great Hall where Jill Turak and Chuck Grouzard were crowned. Court members included Gail Adamick, Mitch Berg, Tim Bohimann, Elise Chevalier, Dave Duesenberg, Joel Hoffmeister, Teresa Mappes and Beth Reali. Despite the dreary weather, alumni and students gathered Saturday morning along a yellow brick road to watch the Homecoming Parade as 10 floats traveled through downtown ome i Valpo. An entry designed by Gamma Phi and Theta Chi wbn the most attractive float trophy, while the most original title went to the Phi Beta Chi and Phi Kappa Psi float. Pi Kappa Alpha and Chi Sigma Xi won in the best theme category. That afternoon, the Crusaders skipped over the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 41-28. Weekend activities for alumni included the Alumni Association meeting in Mueller Hall Friday night, a post-game Hymn Sing and Saturday night's Alumni Fest. Fraternities, sororoties and other organizations scheduled their own activities as well. Students participated in the ' traditional Friday afternoon games, including the tug-of-war, the keg toss and the infamous slime-in. Even though raincoats and umbrellas were needed for most of the weekend, this did not dampen the spirit of VU students and alumni: there's still no place like home. -- lane Houghtaling

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laughed and some ate, . but Whether they stayed one hour or SIX, it was an ALL NIGHT Some played, some watched, some This page. Above: Goeod aanswer, goood aanswer, cheer the whiners as they score points during the preliminaries of Campus Family Feud. Right: Comedian Andy Andrews, entertains the crowd packed into the Great Hall. Opposite page. Left: Students eagerly sampie pizza as part of the Union AiFNighter. Right: Memoriai's R.A.'s poae for their family portrait before going to the competition. Several teams dressed up for the event. ZWUnion All-Nighter