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Then-junior Jen Layton, a member of the 2007 CAA Homecoming com
mittee, prepares cotton candy at the fourth annual Feast before the Fight.
Student events in Pit
to take place all week
BY WHITNEY BAKER
STAFF WRITER
Some students might be sur
prised to learn that there is more
to Homecoming than the adver
tisements for court candidates
that seemed to appear in the Pit
overnight last week.
Throughout the week there
will be themed events hosted by
the Carolina Athletic Association.
The themes are throwbacks to old
high school Homecomings, CAA
Homecoming chairwoman Jessica
King said Decades day, rockstar day
and superhero day, among others,
are designed to engage students and
get them excited about the events.
Themes tie together events that
include competitions, free food,
performances, and prizes that will
take place in the Pit from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. every day this week.
“The Pit events are definitely
the most popular,” King said. “The
Pit is the most visible area.”
King’s goal when helping orga
nize events for this year focused
around the visibility of events and
getting as many people as possible
involved, she said.
Leading up to Homecoming
week, however, knowledge of such
events was scarce.
“When I think of Homecoming,
I think of the football games,”
junior Emily Carey said.
This year, a partnership with
local businesses led to events at
locations like Pantana Bob’s and
an effort to include events on
South Campus, such as basketball
museum night, King said.
The committee’s effort to
advertise these events included
using Facebook, e-mail distribu
tion of the schedule, event posters
in dorms and campus buildings,
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handing out business card-sized
lists of events and rampage stick
ers distributed in the Pit.
Homecoming does not have as
big a presence on South Campus
as it does on North Campus, first
year Molly Matthews said. She said
online efforts were more successful.
“I had no idea when Homecoming
was until I started getting e-mails,”
she said.
Still, despite these efforts, stu
dents seemed familiar with certain
events and less informed about the
daily happenings or the bigger cel
ebrations before sports events.
“I really didn’t know that much
was going on,” said first-year
Sathya Mandjiny.
King expects that two other
events, the True Blue Fanfare on
Friday and the student tailgate
Saturday, will be the biggest
Fanfare, which will take place
from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. in front of
the Smith Center, immediately pre
cedes the womens’ basketball exhi
bition against Premier Players.
The Student Tailgate will take
place Saturday two hours before
the football game against Georgia
Tech. Free food will be provided
and special plastic fly swatters in
the shape of the characteristic Thr
Heel will be passed out
King and her co-chairwoman
Jordan Puckett have been work
ing with a nearly 30-person com
mittee since April to organize the
week’s events.
“Carolina has so much tradi
tion and history,” said King. “But
Homecoming has never really been
that strong. I want to see people
get excited.”
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.