Hoosier Homecoming

This weekend, despite the looming threat of rainy weather, current, former and future students and members of the Bloomington community gathered to revisit the past, look toward years to come, cheer on the team and celebrate all that is cream and crimson.\nIU celebrated Homecoming with the 43rd annual homecoming parade and pep rally, "Yell Like Hell" spirit competitions, the reunions of IU classes from 1961 and 1976, and of course, the football game against Illinois.\nMany of the events for Homecoming were organized by the IU Alumni and Student Alumni Associations and the Student Athletic Board. The alumni were welcomed back to the campus with a luncheon in Mellencamp Pavilion before the start of the football game, and with an open house at the Virgil T. Devault Alumni center on 17th Street.\n"Yell Like Hell," the yearly student spirit competition, was held Oct. 11 at the Willkie Quad Auditorium. Student groups competed in a cheer and spirit contest, and were also treated to a concert by the a cappella groups Straight No Chaser and Ladies First.\nThe pep rally featured cheers led by parade grand marshall and Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm, along with the IU Marching Hundred, the IU cheerleading and pom squads and the IU football team. Inspiring statements were made by seniors Antwaan Randle El and Levron Williams, two of the team's captains.\nBrehm dressed appropriately for the occasion, donning a cream and crimson cheerleading outfit.\nDuring the festivities, several individuals and organizations were honored:\n• The Homecoming court was crowned after the parade and pep rally at the Sample Gates. The king was junior Arty Allen, and the queen was senior Elizabeth Kienzler.\n•Zeta Beta Tau and Delta Gamma captured the "Yell like Hell" Spirit session, as well as other homecoming events, making them the overall homecoming winners. Representatives from ZBT and DG were awarded the alumni association grand champion trophy during the third quarter of the IU homecoming game.\n• Phi Mu and Phi Kappa Psi were runners up.\n• Forest Residence Center won the window painting competition.\n• Delta Gamma and Zeta Beta Tau won the banner display contest.\n• Phi Mu and Phi Kappa Psi won the Cream and Crimson Award, given to the float best exemplifying the homecoming theme "Let the Good Times Roll."\n• National Residence Halls Honorary won the Best Overall Float entry.\n• Delta Sigma Theta won first place in Marching.