Spirited students earn prizes

Students wearing cream and crimson received free prizes Tuesday as a part of Homecoming Week.  

Homecoming Spirit Day tents were posted near Ballantine Hall, 10th Street and Fee Lane, the Arboretum and at the red clock outside the Neal-Marshall Education Center.

Volunteers handed out free IU gear to passersby, such as cups, leis, T.I.S. coupons and Frisbees, said senior Kara Brooner, vice president of Homecoming Week.  

“It’s all to promote Homecoming Week and get people to wear red on campus,” she said. “It’s our goal to get as many people to wear red as possible.”

The volunteers at the tents passed out the spoils of the day to the many students who showed up despite the weather. They tried to elevate the level of excitement for Homecoming with their cheers as they bounced from each student passing by to the next.

Sophomore Kristine Marshall handed out gear with other Student Alumni Association members at the Ballantine location.

“I like to go out to as many events as I can and show my school spirit,” she said.

In addition to working stations set up around campus, volunteers drove around campus in golf carts to hand out more IU spirit wear and coupons to those not dressed in IU clothing.

Although the stations around campus this year were new, the golf carts have been going for years, Brooner said.  

In all, about $1,000 worth of supplies were ordered, Director of Spirit Day Carlin Way said.

“We’ve been handing out stuff, being energetic and promoting
Homecoming,” he said.