THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN | NEWS 5
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012
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From page 1 for NU’s Red Watch Band program, which focuses on alcohol safety practices. Davis said the group’s executive board strives to promote safety for all students during Homecoming Week, especially regarding alcohol consumption.
Students registered for the event via The Color ROAR Facebook page. Registration was open Oct. 8 through Friday and cost $5. Participating students picked up white T-shirts to wear during the event Thursday and Friday at Norris University Center. Davis said about 300 students initially registered for the event. Madison Loew, public relations
co-chair for Homecoming, said the fight was “a wild success” and hopes this event returns next fall. The Communication senior said she liked seeing students of all grade levels and all different parts of campus attend the fight. Students expressed similar enthusiasm for the event. “It was a good study break,” Weinberg
freshman Julia Harrigan said. “There was lots of spirit. I hope they do it again.” David Tyson, a Weinberg freshman, said he was not expecting powdered paint, and sometimes it got into his mouth as he tried to throw it against the wind. SESP senior Zoe Goodman said she tagged one of her best friends in the Facebook event, and five minutes later they
were registered. She said Color ROAR ranks high on her list of the best events she has attended at NU, almost higher than the Norris Drag Show, one of her personal favorites. “It’s senior year, and I am trying to do as much as I can,” she said. stephaniehaines2015@u.northwestern.edu
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ROARING GOOD TIME Colored dust fills the air at the start of the Color ROAR celebration.
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STACKED Color ROAR participants, covered in paint after the fight, form a human pyramid for a photograph.
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FIGHTING DIRTY Students fling colored paint dust at each other during the event on Lakefront Field.
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POWDER POWER A student pours powdered paint into his hand. Some participants said they hadn’t been expecting the dry paint powder.
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SAY CHEESE A paint-splattered student struggles to smile as she poses for a portrait during the color battle.
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COLOR WAR ALLIES Two participants stop to embrace amidst the flying paint.
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Photos by Rafi Letzter/Daily Senior Staffer