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(10/27/06 1:15am)
Homecoming at the university level is a bit different than in high school. For one, there is no dance, but at 5:30 p.m. Friday, parade spectators will see one tradition live on -- the floats.\nOrganized by the Student Alumni Association, the 48th annual homecoming parade will run west on Third Street and north up Indiana Avenue to its Sample Gates destination. The parade will consist of approximately 80 entries, ranging from the Marching Hundred to various student organizations and local businesses.\nSondra Inman, director of student programs for the Alumni Association, is anticipating maybe 10 or so floats, as many organizations struggle to find flat bed trucks. \n"There will be a handful of floats, but not a ton," Inman said. \nVarious student organizations involved with homecoming floats may include members of the greek community, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Habitat for Humanity and the Black Student Union. Each float, as well as other parade entries, is judged by a three-person panel of IU faculty members. \nThe Craftsmanship Award is the only float-specific honor and is given to the best overall float. Floats are also eligible for the Cream and Crimson Award, given to the entry with the best use of the homecoming theme. Winners of these competitions will receive first place points, which will go toward the particular organization's overall homecoming point total. \nLast year, the Black Student Union won the Grand Champion Award. \nSenior D'Anna Wade, president of the BSU, said while it did not win the Craftsmanship Award last year, she is confident in its chances in 2006. \n"We're going to win this year," she said. "We are definitely looking for the win -- the big 'W.'"\nWhile some organizations scramble at the last minute to get their floats built, the BSU started planning far in advance this year. More than two weeks in advance, the Union had its design drawn out and ready to execute. Wade said she anticipated the float would take anywhere from 12 to 18 hours to construct. "I'm just guessing," Wade said, "but (I know) there is a lot to be done."\nAnother organization that will have a float is the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center. Not only did it incorporate the "Glory Days" theme, but it also took on the challenge of including an aspect of its project relating to Hillel. The group's float building was headed by Evan Remer, a University of Texas at Austin graduate, who serves as Hillel's Jewish campus service corps fellow. \n"We didn't have a homecoming at Texas, so I am looking forward to participating in homecoming," Remer said. "It's a good way to show support for IU and share your school spirit." \nWhile many student organizations compete against one another in hopes of earning an awards, the homecoming festivities are about joining as one to represent the cream and crimson. \n"The homecoming parade is a wonderful event for the Student Alumni Association to bring together students, alumni and the community in support of a University tradition and (to) celebrate Hoosier football," Inman said.
(10/26/06 4:00am)
Word of the IU Dance Marathon has extended outside of Bloomington's city limits and across the nation. Now, thanks to sophomore Delta Sigma Pi member and IUDM dancer Danielle Freimuth, Lance Armstrong has caught wind of the country's second-largest dance marathon. \nTwo IU cycling jerseys signed by the seven-time Tour de France champion will be raffled off in an IUDM fundraiser sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi. Freimuth's parents donated the jerseys. \nCorrine Krawczyk and David Krawczyk, Freimuth's mother and stepfather, were at the Ride for the Roses, a pledge ride in Texas organized by Armstrong himself, Freimuth said. David Krawczyk was Denver's top fundraiser for the Livestrong Challenge, so he earned an opportunity to be one of a select few people to get three items personally autographed, Freimuth said. When Corrine Krawczyk found out her daughter was participating in IUDM, she decided to purchase two IU cycling jerseys and bring them along. Hoping to help out with the fundraising, she tried extremely hard to get them autographed, explaining the cause they would benefit. Freimuth said a woman in charge of the private autograph session told her mother Armstrong couldn't sign anything else for them, but the four-time AP Male Athlete of the Year thought otherwise. \n"He just grabbed them and said, 'I'm going to sign these,'" Freimuth said of the cyclist.\nIUDM President Josh Wendahl said he thinks it's "awesome" that Armstrong not only knows about the fundraiser but went out of his way to help. \n"It says so much that he wanted to help our cause," Wendahl said in an e-mail. \nDelta Sigma Pi has put together a raffle to collect money for its 37 IUDM dancers. The raffle, which will take place during the marathon, will consist solely of the highly coveted autographed jerseys. The fraternity is one of many organizations that have become increasingly involved this year, thanks not only to the generous jersey contribution, but more significantly because of the great strides made by Delta Sigma Pi IUDM co-chairs Carol Dangelmajer and Andy O'Bryan. \n"Andy and I are really obsessed with this cause," Dangelmajer said in an e-mail. "Since IUDM is mainly a greek event, our co-ed business fraternity had little involvement in Dance Marathon in the past. Andy and I wanted to change that." \nO'Bryan also voiced his excitement about the group's increased involvement. \n"Both Carol and I have personal ties to Riley (Hospital), and we cannot think of a better way to spend our semester than helping out the kids at Riley Hospital," O'Bryan said. "We spend almost every waking moment doing things for Dance Marathon. We fail classes for IUDM." \nAccording to http://iudm.org, the marathon raised $677,415.19 for Riley in 2005, primarily through donations or special events such as last week's annual date auction. \nBuying raffle tickets is another simple way to help the cause, at the same time getting the opportunity to win the Armstrong jerseys. Tickets went on sale Wednesday and will also be available today in the business school and in the arboretum, or at the IUDM office in the Indiana Memorial Union until the marathon. While those involved with IUDM are trying to raise as much money as possible, the primary focus of IUDM is not the total amount of money brought in. \n"Whether its $1,000 or $1,000,000, we're making a difference for these kids, and that's what makes IUDM such a great organization," said RD Ahlers, IUDM vice president of finance.