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NEWS
THE LION’S ROAR
Students compete with only a ‘Minute To Win It’
Jonathan Rhodes / The Lion’s Roar
Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta won the Minute to Win It competition between the student organizations during Homecoming Week. Minute to Win It is a collection of games the are played by students with their organizations in to earn points in the Homecoming Sweepstakes.
BY JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter
The annual Minute to Win It competition continued the Homecoming festivities for student organizations as they played an assortment of games in Strawberry Stadium. The games were played on Wednesday, Oct. 19 as Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta finished in first place, Black Student Union and NAACP finished in second place and in third place, Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma. “I think it went really good,” said Harley Arrington, Student Director of Homecoming. “It was my first time doing it, so it was definitely a handful, but it went great. I feel like the games were a lot of fun. I’m really happy with the way it went.” The teams were made up of student organizations that were
either by themselves or teamed up with other organizations. The other teams were Phi Mu and Kappa Alpha Order, Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Tau Gamma, Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha, and Catholic Student Association. “We had 10 sign up, but eight showed up,” said Arrington. Minute to Win It gave students a chance to do something hands on and physically active for Homecoming. “Minute to Win It allows five people from each of the organizations to participate,” said Arrington. “The students love to come out and watch it to cheer on their friends. It’s easy to see cause they get to sit in the bleachers and watch their friend compete and can cheer on them.” The first game was Separation Anxiety. The second game was Noodling Around, a game where the participants had to put one
uncooked spaghetti noodle in their mouth and pick up a penne noodle until they looped all of them onto the spaghetti. “My favorite one was the one with the noodles,” said Nick Johnson, a spectator and senior nursing major. In the dice game, participants had to balance dice on a popsicle stick with it in their mouth. The last game was Wet Ball, where a balloon had to be sprayed across 10 yards on the field. Despite not winning, other contestants enjoyed the competition and had fun with their fellow students. “I enjoyed it this year,” said President of the BCM Bella Mokeba. “Obviously it’s a competition so sometimes I got a little frustrated, but it was still fun. This is one of my favorite events for Homecoming. I think the most people come out for this besides Lip Sync. It’s fun to have all your friends come out and cheer you on.”
Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta take Homecoming Sweeps BY REGINA PERGOLA Staff Reporter
Several competitions took place during Homecoming Week and consequently there were several winners. From Monday, Oct. 17 to Saturday, Oct. 22, the games varied immensely. Event winners were announced at the Homecoming Game’s halftime, or during the event itself. Each was judged on different days, but were announced together. Oct. 17 was the judging of the Downtown Decorating event. Teams were given one week, with warnings to be cautious about the weather, to decorate a willing businesses’ window. The theme of Homecoming, Roomie’s Road Trip, was the basis for how the teams decorated. Several of the businesses represented a different ‘stop’ on the mascot’s road trip. The first place winner of this event, Phi Breshon Foster / The Lion’s Roar Mu and Kappa Alpha Order, Students were able to participate in the Homecoming Week with the various games that were featured. The events decorated the road trip stop included Downtown Decorating, the 5K Paint Run, Minute to Win It, ‘Roar Rally’ Spirit Competition and Lip Sync of Orlando, Florida. In second Competition. All of the winners were announced at the Lions football Homecoming Game on Oct. 22. place was Theta Phi Alpha and
Wind symphony to bring Disney to Pottle BY AUSTIN CRADIC Staff Reporter
Southeastern Wind Symphony returns this year with two performances and songs from classic Disney movies including special guest movies like “Star Wars.” “We’re doing the music from Disneyland, some music from ‘Star Wars,’” said Dr. Glenn J. Hemberger, Director of Southeastern Wind Symphony and Graduate Studies. “We’re calling this ‘Disney and Friends’, so we can do Pixar, ‘How to Train a Dragon,’ music from ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ music from ‘Aladdin,’ music from ‘The Incredibles,’ music from ‘Frozen’ and a medley from ‘Lion King.’” The symphony will be performing the event on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. in the Pottle Auditorium. Admission is $4 for guests of all ages including university students and tickets
go on sale that morning at 11 p.m. until they are sold out. “We’re kind of doing a take off of what we did last year,” said Hemberger. “Last year we turned almost 300 people away, so we’re doing two shows this year.” The first year, the symphony focused on Disney songs. With this being the 2nd annual performance, Hemberger decided to add the “And Friends” edition to the lineup so the music more than features Disney music and characters. As November draws near, all of its members are getting ready for this year’s performance. “We’ve had a few runthroughs of a few of the pieces,” Isabella Basanti, a graduate student in flute performance. “I’m excited.” Andres Chavez, a graduate student in flute performance and resident of Colombia, stated that not all of the songs are familiar to him.
“For me this is something new, so I came from a different culture,” said Chavez. The performers will also be in the Pottle lobby after the performance for a meet and greet with the kids and other Disney fans. They will also be available in various Disney costumes and will be signing autographs for anyone as those characters. Elizabeth Brown/ The Lion’s Roar
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Kappa Sigma and third place was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta. After this event, students were able to participate in the 5K Paint Run, at 6 p.m. in North Oak Park. The winner of this race was Derrick McGalliard. On Wednesday, Oct. 19, the Lady Lions softball team finished the season by playing and winning two exhibition games. They won the first one against Faulkner State Community College 12-1. The second game was won 4-0 against East Central Community College. That night, at 7:30 p.m., Minute to Win It was held at Strawberry Stadium. Teams were given a series of goals to complete within a minute. The overall winner was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta. Black Student Union and NAACP’s group won second place, while Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma came in third. At the ‘Roar Rally’ Spirit Competition, students created
a chant and the first place winners were Black Student Union and NAACP. In second place was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta and in third place was Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma. The Lip Sync Competition was supposed to follow the Bonfire, but due to weather, it was pushed back until 10 p.m. and the winner was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta. The second place winners were Sigma Sigma Sigma, Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha and the third place winners were Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Tau Gamma. The Homecoming Parade float competition was won by the Baptist Collegiate Ministry followed by Phi Mu and Kappa Alpha Order and in third place was Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma. The overall winners for Homecoming Week were Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta.