OSU Celebrates Homecoming Oct. 16-21

OHIO STATE CELEBRATES HOMECOMING WEEK OCT. 16-21

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University will host Homecoming 
Week Oct. 16-21 with a variety of activities as students and 
alumni celebrate the 125th anniversary of the university's 
founding in 1870.  "A Past with a Presence" is the theme for 
both the anniversary and the homecoming celebrations this year.

The festivities begin Monday (10/16) with a giant birthday 
party on the Oval at noon.  The Ohio State Marching Band will 
perform followed by comments from quarterback Bobby Hoying and 
other student leaders.  At 12:30 p.m., some 5,000 Ohio State 
students, faculty and staff will step onto marked areas of the 
grass to form a human "125" and sing the Ohio State alma mater 
"Carmen Ohio."

On Tuesday (10/17), anyone wearing a homecoming T-shirt will 
receive discounts at participating campus-area businesses. 
Thursday (10/19), an Ohio State trivia contest will be held in 
the Ohio Union South Terrace from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  At 7 
p.m., the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will crown the African 
American Homecoming king and queen during the African American 
Homecoming Pageant in the Ohio Union ballrooms.

On Friday (10/20), the traditional homecoming parade, 
featuring floats, the Ohio State Marching Band and the homecoming 
court, will begin at 6 p.m. at French Field House.  Grand Marshal 
Richard Lewis will lead the parade around the south side of the 
Ohio Union to the Oval.  After the parade, Lewis, Archie Griffin, 
the football team, cheerleaders, homecoming court and other 
supporters will hold a pep rally on the Oval.  The homecoming 
king and queen will be announced during the pep rally.

The king and queen will be crowned on Saturday (10/21) 
during half time of the football game with Purdue University.  
Kickoff is at 12:30 p.m.  The game is being televised by ESPN.

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CONTACT: Amber Stephens, homecoming steering committee 
chairperson, (614) 292-2324, or Brenda Fields, adviser, Student 
Events Committee, (614) 292-2324.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 16:14:53 -0400]
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