96-10-04 Homecomming Activities Listed

OHIO STATE CELEBRATES HOMECOMING WEEK OCT. 6-12

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University will host Homecoming 
week Oct. 6-12 with a variety of activities as students and 
alumni celebrate Mardi Gras Buckeye Style, the theme for the 
homecoming celebration this year.

     "With homecoming we are recognizing tradition and history, 
while having fun and looking at creative ways of coming together 
as a university community," said Brenda Fields, program 
coordinator of campus events.  "Each day will be exciting and is  
for everyone affiliated with Ohio State."

     The day-by-day list of festivities is:

Monday, Oct. 7
Mardi Gras Carnival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the Ohio Union west 
lawn, 1739 N. High St. There will be food, music and games 
throughout the day, and a concert with Robin Lacey and deZYDECO 
at 6 p.m.

Tuesday (10/8) 
Students, faculty and staff will stomp on the Oval during Fat 
Tuesday Aerobics at 4 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. In case of rain, 
the aerobics will be held in the Ohio Union East Ballroom.  

Wednesday (10/9)
The Student Wellness Center will hold a mocktail party in 100 
Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, with motivational speaker Mitch 
Crane giving talks on alcohol responsibility at 6 and 7 p.m.

Thursday (10/10)
Music group Blessid Union of Souls will be in concert along with 
Arnette Howard's Creole Funk Band at 7 p.m. on the Ohio Union 
West Lawn.  At 8 p.m., the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will crown 
the African American Homecoming King and Queen during the African 
American Homecoming Pageant in 100 Hughes Hall, 1899 College Rd.

Friday (10/11)
Anyone wearing a homecoming T-shirt will receive discounts at 
participating campus-area business.  The traditional homecoming 
parade, featuring floats, the Anheuser Busch Clydesdale horses, 
the Ohio State Marching Band and the Homecoming Court will begin 
at 6 p.m. at the French Field House.  Grand Marshals are Ohio 
State alumni Butch Reynolds and Erin Moriarty.  Reynolds is the 
Olympic gold medal winning track star and Moriarty is a CBS News 
correspondent who regularly appears on the news program 48 Hours. 
They will lead the parade east on Woodruff Avenue, south on High 
Street and around the south side of the Ohio Union to end on the 
Oval.  Following the parade at 7 p.m. Reynolds, Moriarty, the 
Ohio State football team, Ohio State cheerleaders, the 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. 
                                                                        Satu
rday (10/12)
The Buckeyes will host the Wisconsin Badgers for the Homecoming 
football game, with kick off at 3:30 p.m.  During half-time, the 
Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned.  From 10 p.m. to 2 
a.m., a Masquerade Ball will be held in the Ohio Union West 
Ballroom.  Cost is $5.  All other events are free.

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CONTACT: Brenda Fields, program coordinator of campus events, 
(614) 292-2324.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 4 Oct 1996 10:45:51 -0400]
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