'Vegas-Style Homecoming Slotted For Oct. 3-8
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Sammy the Bearkat will be ‘lovin’ Sam
Houston State University tender’ as the university’s
very own Elvis Presley impersonator as part of the 2005 homecoming
festivities, Oct. 3-8.
“Viva Huntsvegas…Bearkat Style,” this year’s homecoming
theme, was selected as part of a contest earlier in the year. As the winning
entry, it received about half the votes cast from the student poll.
Homecoming week will kick off on Monday with a rally at noon in the Lowman Student
Center Mall Area and a Viva Huntsvegas! Casino Night at 6 p.m. in the LSC Ballroom.
On Tuesday, Bearkats can Rock and Bowl from 9:30 p.m. to midnight at Huntsville
Lanes, and Wednesday and Thursday will also give gamblers an opportunity to play
like they are in Las Vegas with the Kat Klub’s Texas Hold’em tournaments,
at 5 p.m. on both nights in the Kat Klub.
Wednesday night’s activities will include the homecoming
parade, beginning at 7 p.m., followed by the annual SamJam
carnival, featuring rides and midway-type games, at 8 p.m.
in the Bowers Stadium parking lot. Parade participants should
meet at 6 p.m. on 19th street in front of the Homestead restaurant
to line up for this year’s route, which will run north
on Sam Houston Avenue, turn right on 12th Street and go back
down University Avenue.
On Friday, the class of 1955 will be honored at 11 a.m. in the LSC Ballroom as
part of the Golden Circle Reunion, sponsored by the President’s Office;
the Department of Recreational Sports will have an open house at 5 p.m. in the
Health and Kinesiology Center; and the Distinguished Alumni Gala reception and
dinner will be held at 6 p.m. in the LSC Ballroom.
The culmination of the homecoming activities will occur on a very busy Saturday,
beginning with a morning filled with college and
departmental open houses from 10-11 a.m. All open houses will be held in their
respective buildings, with the Humanities and Social Sciences open house to be
conducted in the Mattie B. Medford Living Center, located in Academic Building
II.
Receptions will also be held for the College of Business Administration, which
will host an alumni appreciation breakfast from 9-10 a.m. in the Smith-Hutson
Building; Student Leaders Alumni reception, sponsored by the Dean of Students’ Office,
which will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Peabody Library; Agricultural Sciences,
which will be held from 10-11 a.m. in the Thomason Building; and the Honors Program
Alumni reception, also from 10-11 a.m. in the Student Advising and Mentoring
Center.
At 10:30 a.m., the bell tower will be formally dedicated just outside the Bobby
K. Marks Administration Building, and SHSU President James F. Gaertner will meet
and greet campus visitors with Pre-Game with the President from 11 a.m. to noon
in Austin Hall.
At 11:30 a.m., the Lettermen Association will recognize its newest inductees
with the annual Hall of Honor luncheon, in the LSC Ballroom.
As game time approaches, the university will continue to celebrate homecoming
with a tailgate party, complete with Sammy the Bearkat donning an Elvis costume.
in Bearkat Alley, on the north side of the Bowers Stadium parking lot, from noon
until kickoff time for the SHSU and Northwestern game, which will begin at 2
p.m.
This year, along with food and fun, the Office of Student Activities and the
Office of Alumni Relations will give new incentives for continuing the “Viva
Huntsvegas” theme through a tailgate competition. Cash prizes of $150 will
be given for three categories: “Best Food,” which would include an
appetizer, main dish and dessert; “Most SHSU Spirit;” and “Best
Use of Homecoming Theme.”
Those who wish to participate in the contest should sign up
through one of the two sponsoring offices, by calling 936.294.1841
or visiting http://alumni.shsu.edu.
There is a $5 entry fee for each category, and the contest is open to everyone.
Entry forms must be turned in by Oct. 3.
That evening, the new Bearkat Baseball and Softball Facility will host an open
house and an alumni baseball and alumni softball game, beginning at 5 p.m. at
the facility.
Saturday’s events will conclude with the Lady Bearkats’ volleyball
match against Lamar University at 7 p.m. in the Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum
For more information about any of the homecoming activities, including lodging
information, visit the SHSU Homecoming Web site at http://www.shsu.edu/homecoming.
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SHSU Media Contact: Jennifer
Gauntt
Sept. 19, 2005
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