'Let the Good Times Roll'

Students looking to study last night in Willkie Quad may have found it hard to concentrate, as the Student Alumni Association's annual "Yell Like Hell" spirit event was held in the Willkie Auditorium. \n"Its all just spirit things to get people standing up, excited and ready to rush out for homecoming," senior and SAA organizer of the event Morgan Wills said. "It gets people ready and going. It's almost like the pep rally, but it's before it, so it makes the pep rally even better."\nThe event featured a variety of skits, musical performances and cheers, all in competition to get the crowd excited. When the judges' final votes were tallied, Delta Chi took third place, Phi Mu and Phi Kappa Psi tied for second, and Delta Gamma-Zeta Beta Tau placed first.\n"They were all really good, I was very impressed," said Maggie Brozio, SAA director and a sophomore. "It looked like they put in a lot of hard work, and I think the skits were better than last year."\nDelta Gamma and Zeta Beta Tau put on a documentary of famous Hoosiers, including "Hugh Zure," the football team's first mascot and "Harry Bear," a die-hard, face-painted fan with IU drawn on his chest. Their performance also included imitative cheer by the Marching Hundred and the Lady Red Steppers, featuring one person squatting on the ground as the torso and another lying on the ground beneath providing animated leg movements.\n"It was awesome," said Delta Gamma member and senior Audrey Treasure. "It was exciting to be involved and have such support from our group. I think a lot of the girls put in a lot of time and effort into practicing and making up the skit. Some of the other performers were quite good, but we always expect to win."\nThe collaboration of Phi Mu and Phi Kappa Psi produced a mock football game in which the IU\ncheerleaders took over in the final quarter to beat Illinois 18-14. The skit also included a somewhat-less-than-flattering halftime dance routine by male cheerleaders posing as the Illinois squad. \n"We're really excited that we did so well, and we really had a blast being here," said sophomore and Phi Mu member Natalie Wertz, who came out to support the squad. "The girls did a lot of work. They worked really hard. It got me excited for homecoming."\nRead created a Casino motif complete with men clad in tuxedos, women in fancy gowns and a pair of dancing die to the tune of "Hey Big Spender." \n"It was interesting, I just learned the choreography yesterday," said Read resident and performer Eric Hafner, a junior. "So many people get involved in it, it's awesome. It's a definite spirit-lifter."\nThird place finisher Delta Chi featured a time machine that transported the stage to the 1950s for a swing dance number, 1979 for KISS's "Rock and Roll All Night" and 2001 to the tune of Limp Bizkit's "Rollin" and a predicted 71-0 route of Illinois this weekend. \nWhile much of the crowd was made up of the competing fraternities, sororities and residence\ncenters, some people came just to watch. \nEigenmann Hall resident and senior Jemmy Hartono saw the flyers and thought the experience would be fun.\n"I heard it was going to be a lot of fun," he said. "I didn't go last year, but this is incredible." \nWills said all the teams put on entertaining performances. \n"I was very impressed by the field," she said. "Usually there's a couple good ones and the rest\nreally aren't that great. But, there was a lot of competition going on this year. The acts were funny\nand well-put-together. They put a lot into it and worked really hard"