The theme of Homecoming 1982, "Jest Plain Fun,"
proved that even college can
become a laughing mailer.
Regan. Rainier-Evergreen walked away with the evening's top award in the dorm com petition followed by Ordal-off campus and
Under the direction of chairman Drew Londgren and programming director Mandy
Stuen-Cascade. Deb Consear
Taylor, the Homecoming Committee replrlced
coronated
as
and
the
Ray
Wilson
Homecoming
were
royalty
the traditional dorm competitions wilh ... well,
following $ongfes!. The Stomp capped the
a good time.
evening with music by "The Cowboys"
The week of entertainment was kicked off with the humor of comedy team Franken and
the C.K. The PLU
football
team
crowned
in the
Davis, two writers and performers from the original "Saturday Night live... One of the
Saturday afternoon.
first" big name" programs held al PlU for a
close with the Homecoming Fonnal at the
couple of years, the pair's controversial humor
Doublelree Plaza.
was heartily greeted by students who had spent many Saturday nights watching
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AI Franken." Homecoming activities continued with a show of student talent and nontalent in PlU 's , own version of "The Gong Show. . The following evening, students were treated to an All-American food night in the U.c. com
festivities with a win over lewis and Clark on The week came to a
Although Homecoming fell during midterms
this year , Mandy Taylor felt that the
rejuvination of the week's events with the theme of entertainment was enjoyed by the students involved. "Jest Plain Fun" was just that.
mons, complete with hamburgers and fries, girls on rollerskates, and a showing of the movie Gr�Qs�. To help gear up for the weekend's big events, a movie festival was held all week. Each night in the Cave a movie was screened that highlighted humor from the Marl( An IIppropriate Brothers to Steve M.ntin. noses, and fake leis, 'trinket - sunglasses, OUI to handed were arrow headpieces as the served � students who attended. admission tickets for Friday night's Stomp. Amid talk that Songfest might be aban doned in its traditional fonn, senior Dave Nelson rescued the annual display of campus entertainment and turned the evening into a spoof of "The Tonight Show." Interspersed with the dorm skits, hosts Joan Riven (Bill Scharff) and Ed McMahon (Dan Nelson) were visited by such noted celebrities as Indira G:mdhi and Secretary of the Treasury Donald
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