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ABBY GIBBS I PHOTO EDITOR The Harlem Globetrotters perform in Schar Center as a part of the Homecom* ing Weekend festivities on Thursday, Nov. 1. LIAM O'CONNOR I STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Tres McMichael and Hope Koene become Homecoming Royalty on Saturday, Nov. 3. JESSICA RAPFOGEL1 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHfR Jesse McCartney performs in Schar Center for the Homecoming Weekend concert on Saturday, Nov. 3. Getting to know the Homecoming Royalty ROYALTY 1 from cover “It’s paid for completely all four years — sixth, seventh, eighth grade and ninth grade,” McMichael said. "During the year, they have different Broadway shows, and they tour the country and meet ce lebrities.” The foundation offers men torships with other females in different industries such as fash ion design and performance. “I wanted to find a way to give back to that organization and the cool things that they’re doing,” McMichael said. Koene said she will give the prize money to Planned Parent hood. Though she doesn’t con sider herself to be a controversial person, Koene said she decided that supporting Planned Parent hood would mean staying true to herself and her passion for health care. “Obviously, just considering the political climate, it’s really import ant to advocate that women’s health care isn’t a controversial topic; it’s something that should be a right to all people,” Koene said. “I support all the activism as well as the health care that Planned Parenthood pro vides to people.” Despite the political tension, Koene said she believes her choice played a significant factor in the elections. “I had a lot of people tell me that they voted for me on that platform because they’re really supportive of women's healthcare,” Koene said. In 2016, SGA changed the way students would ^'ote for Homecom ing Court. In previous years, students voted for one female and one male — now students vote for two nominees, no matter the gender — changing the title from Homecoming King and Queen to Homecoming Royalty. McMichael said he believes the winners should simply be referred to as Homecoming Royalty. “I definitely support the idea of it being Homecoming Royalty and not necessarily Homecoming King and Queen. It’s kind of dismantling this idea that everything has to be heteronormative,” McMichael said. “It should be two people who the c o m m u n i - ty wants — whether it’s two males, two females or two peo ple who don’t identify on the gender binary — to represent the university. It’s all about the spirit of the person and how that spir it is existent with Elon and how they sup port the university and rep resent the -university, and it doesn’t have to be limited to their gender.” McMichael says he .enjoyed seeing the Elon community come together to celebrate the university. “It was just a really great week end to bring together the Fighting Christians and the Phoenix — all of the people who are part of this great community and make Elon so special,” McMichael said. A look back at an eventful weekend at Elon ii I SUPPORT ALLTHE ACTIVISM AS WELL AS THE HEALTHCARE THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROVIDES. HOPE KOENE SENIOR, HOMECOMING ROYALTY Michael Asch Eton News Network 1 @ascti_micliael This past weekend, Elon Uni versity students, staff, faculty and alumni came together to celebrate Homecoming weekend. The university was able to showoff the brand new Schar Center, which hosted a variety of events during its inaugural Homecoming Weekend. The Harlem Globetrotters kicked off the weekend at Schar Center by entertaining a crowd of more than 3,000 people. Fresh- man Danielle Thomas said seeing the Glo betrotters gave her a sense of nostalgia and that the event “brings all the fami lies together ... this is just a good Thurs day kickoff to Homecom ing.” Due to weather con cerns, Schar Center became the location of “Rock the Block.” The event went on without a hitch as people were still able to enjoy the food trucks, games and live music. Schar Center also hosted its first Homecoming concert on Saturday night, which featured Quinn XCII, Sean Kingston and Jesse McCart ney. SGA Executive Secretary Jack Johnson said the concert gave stu dents a throwback vibe with a mod ern twist. Johnson said most students know the words to Sean Kingston’s 2007 u STUDENTS WANTED EXACTLY WHAT WE GAVE THEM, ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS. JACK JOHNSON SGA EXECUTIVE SEGRETARY classic “Beautiful Girls” and Jesse McCartney’s 2004 classic “Beauti ful Soul.” Johnson also described Quinn XCII as an “up-and-coming major artist.” “Students wanted exactly what we gave them, according to survey results,” Johnson said. Johnson said his favorite part of the weekend was the tailgate, “Students should come out to these tailgates,” Johnson said. “We are changing the culture of this uni versity slowly, but we need their buy-in if we’re going to make tail gates the massive student event that everyone seems to want to have.” Elon was able to take the energ)' from the tailgate onto the football field, where they beat Rhode Is land 24-21. After the third quarter, the Homecoming Court winners were announced. Johnson said Elon has “moved away from a King and Queen mod el to a model that does not include gender in the specifications foT who can win or lose, and I think that was a great way to be more in clusive.” This weekend, Elon’s class of 1968 celebrated its 50th gradua tion anniversary, also known as the Golden Anniversary. Betsy Deerborn Miller 68 reflected on the milestone. Ij feels wonderful that you hnd this legacy,” Miller said, h® very surprising what Elon looks like today, and it’s great to see friends that you haven’t seen In a long time.” , Elon students, faculty, staff an alumni had a lot to celebrate this year. The events from this yeaTS Homecoming Weekend did just that.
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