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6The Daily Tar HooiMnday. October 28. 1985 r - ii n n H o vs k o k n Kc x H I .:!! : : - I ; x ; -m I x - ' . f ; i ! "v. I t C LQ i n Y V.'I LL! Ah". 3 The long-awaited Yure Nmomma party Thursday night drew a crowd of about 1,00-0. But ths party that was supposed to feature the crowning of the 19S3 Homecoming queen left some Teague residents disappointed and dissatisfied. When Mark Pavao, Carolina Athletic Association president, made the presentation, Teague residents didn't get the anticipated crown, but a mug with an inscription acknowl edging Yure Nmomma as the 1983 queen. . . "We are very disappointed," said ' Robert Radford, a senior Teague resident, after the ceremony. "Ths cup's great, but we want our crown! "Every Homecoming queen before us got a crown didn't they?" Teague residents didn't know before the party what the queen would receive during the presenta tion. And while they echoed Rad ford's remarks that the cup was nice, they said it wasn't what they expected. "Everyone in Teague thou::ikt we lent. Mcafee and Ed UJ.V Futrell accented the cup on behalf of Scott Kendell and Steve "Yure Nmomma" Latham, the 1933 escort and queen who have graduated, Mcafee wore a black tuxedo, and Futrell wore a dress.' . ' ". , (league) won the !5S3 Home-, .coming queen to get a cup some thing you can buy in Student Stores," Futrell said. . "They've (the CAA) done a good job in recognizing us this year, but it's the principle of the thing," Mcafee said - ' ' "We put a lot of effort into it' (Homecoming queen) that year. We got about 200 votes just from Teague alone. We showed just how apathetic students were." Pavao said the CAA derided on -J DTHChanes Le'Jford Yure U.v.oroma stand-in Eddie Futrell with escort Uci'.h f.'.catee partying the mug because it wanted something it could place an inscription on, and it wanted something that could be placed in Teague's trophy case. "We felt an inscribed mug would be more appropriate," he said, adding that he had tried to have a -crown inscribed on the mug but was unable to get it done on such short notice. Pavao worked with Wyatt Closs, Campus Governing Council speaker, in laying the groundwork for the party. Teague residents wanted to be recognized for what they'd done, and i inev wanted to nian a nanv arouna 'the event that would be comparable to Springfest. It was decided Yure Nmomma ;'ouId be recognized by the CAA, but not necessarily with -a crown, Pavao said. " The ceremonjr Thursday night essentially was a crowning, but Pavao said crowning may have been the wrong word to use. "It was a misunderstanding if the ' guys at Teague thought they, were . getting a crown," he said. "In 20 years, if the party is still going on, it (the mug) will mean more, than a crown. The inscription says what Yure Nmomma was all about and how it played a part in Rampage The idea to sponsor Yure Nmomma began as a joke which later turned serious, said Kevin Daugherty, Teague president "We probably did more for Home coming queen that year than anyone else in the history of the University, he said. , r Daugherty and several other Teague residents said they didnt like this years Homecoming queen selection process in which a commit tee decided who the five finalists were, . "But ifs a better process than three years ago," Daugherty said, "And it's a whole lot better than last year." The Homecoming queen process should be set up with fraternities zr. 1 areas on campus sponsoring a :rl, Futrell said. "That way it would be the p :ron who is most popuhr an J who hrs the most spirit," he J. "That's v. hit Homecoming's all about.'1' "Spirits" were certainly a p;rt cf the Yure Nmomma party. Tec;'; showed up at Ehrirghau;;. field v.iih coolers full of their favorite bevcr:;3 or with six prks in hand to I' t:n to about six hours cf muc: ty Specks, Bruce Fry and the Zi'.zz Street Band. Freshmen at the party had mixed feelings about the party and v,hr.t it was celebrating. "Back home, nothing like th;t would have happened," said Lea' Emory, a freshman from Charl; : tcr., S.C Emory added that curio: ivj to see the guy who was elected If:: in coming queen was one cf t he re : ; ; . : he went to the party. Scott Hart, a v freshman f . ; : Fayetteville, scii living H Tc was his main reason fcr t ; l.'g t! : IVe heard about Yure Kmc r. piles ri've'beert'Kere.! he' : Ifhe2x3fabcutTeegt;i' honor and p:iI':j cf I.:,'' ' participate and attend." Some people showed up because of vhe publicity the party rccavei when the CGC voted to override Student Body President Patricia Wallace's veto to provide funding fcr the party. Lisa Sawyer a senior from Envh, was one of them. But she cho remembered the I5S3 Homecoming. "It didnt bother me like it did other people, she said. "I thought it was great that it (Yure Nmomms election) could make a point about how worthless Homecoming queen seemed to be." The number of people who turn:' J out for the party was less than expected, but it wasn't a bad crcx d, Radford said after the crowning. J U if , I us V-r .y LJ U U V-' n p . ! j ( i I - Lit .1-' xi U u u u u u o Cy RACHEL OFIR Staff Writer Despite UNC's loss to Florida State, those who attended the post-game party Saturday sponsored by Kappa Alpha fraternity in Little Frat Court were still smiling and enjoying the festivities. Students, alumni and visitors packed into Little Frat Court after the game to drink beer, socialize and celebrate the Homecoming weekend while listening to the music of Covacus, a Greensboro band. , Ralph Blasey, a graduate student from Bethesda, Md., said the loss to FSU had no affect on the amount of partying after the game. "Most people don't even know there was a football game," he said Kappa Alpha President Lou Baldwin said; "The" Homecoming court party is always the best one of the year because alumni show up in large numbers." - Indeed, alumni and parents at the party danced and drank with students as if they were still collegiates. Owen Spivy, a 1976 graduate, said, "The court parties are still the same people standing around drinking beer." Tom Archie, who received an undergraduate degree in 1965 and a law degree in 1968 from UNC, said the court parties had not changed much since he was in school. "They x are still wild and woolly," he said. Archie has a freshman sonatUNC. Vernon Plettner. a 1965 graduate, said this year's Homecoming party was much classier than those ' he remembered from his times as a student. "We got drunker and were louder," he said. William Barnes, a 1981 graduate and former member of Kappa Alpha, said the post-game court parties were a Kappa Alpha tradition. He said the parties had not changed much, except this year's crowd was calmer than when he was a student. However, Barnes said he was still enjoying himself. Benjy Mottcsheard, a 1985 graduate, said he thought the party was great. He said this year's Homecoming, with its return to tradition, meant more to him than past Homecomings. Kcthy Merkel, a senior from Chapel Hill, also said she liked the return to tradition. "I like it (the traditional Homecoming) a lot better," she said. "There is a lot more spirit this car." Steven Zorn, a senior from Asheboro, said this year's : Homecoming was much better than last year's. "There has been a lot more parties and involvement in this year's Homecoming. A tremendous number of alumni are participating and are in frat court." Thcj;h the party may not have been as rowdy as those in U e pa t, no one in Little Frat Court seemed to mind. Peer!; milled about the area engaging in numerous conversations and making frequent toasts to the occasion rr- t with the theme, "Let's party!" t . ;v:vv;:-::-:-:: " : : X:-::-:-:-:o:;:;::::::::: ' :- v.::.. :.::-:-::: x:-Sf SSwv-K:.-:v: ll J x. , ;Vn Crov.-d c-''-rh-!3 cf Li"b Frnt Ccurt for a larger than ususl post-gsms party i I' f ;y;X X": . .z: "-i 6 T it n!3 cf ths pirtytho'n!! be'ere vsitto picked
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