97-10-15 Ohio State Celebrates Homecoming Week Oct. 20-25

OHIO STATE CELEBRATES HOMECOMING WEEK OCT. 20-25

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University will host Homecoming
Week Oct. 20-25 with a variety of activities as students and
alumni celebrate “Planet Buckeye, The Spirit of Ohio State,” the
theme for the homecoming celebration this year.

     “Our goal is to have every department at Ohio State
participate and work together to recognize the tradition and
history of homecoming, while having fun and looking at creative
ways of coming together as a university community,” said Carie
Howard, chair of the Homecoming Steering Committee.  “Each day
will be exciting for everyone affiliated with Ohio State.”

     The festivities begin Monday (10/20) at 7 p.m. with a ritual
-- students, staff and faculty will rally on the Ohio Union West
Lawn, 1739 N. High St.  The Ohio State Marching Band and the
Women’s Glee Club will perform, and remarks will be made by
campus dignitaries.  Following the rally, a Buffalo Wing-off will
be held at Larkins Hall, 337 W. 17th Ave., from 8 to 10 p.m. to
decide which restaurant makes the best wings.
Tuesday (10/21)

     Students, faculty and staff will participate in a line
dancing event with the Collegiate 4-H program at 4 p.m. on the
Oval.  At 7 p.m., the Student Wellness Center will hold a Women’s
Health Program in the Ohio Union East Ballroom.

Thursday (10/23)

     The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will crown the African
American homecoming king and queen during the African American
Homecoming Pageant at 8 p.m. in Weigel Hall, 1866 College Road. 
Also at 8 p.m., hypnotist Jim Wand will entertain at Independence
Hall, 1923 Neil Ave.  Admission is one can of food.

Friday (10/24)

     Anyone wearing a homecoming T-shirt will receive discounts
at participating campus-area businesses.  The traditional
homecoming parade, featuring floats, the Ohio State Marching Band
and the homecoming court, will begin at 6 p.m. at the French
Field House, 460 Woody Hayes Drive.

     Astronauts Nancy Currie and Ronald Sega will be the grand
marshals.  They will lead the parade east along Woody Hayes
Drive, south on High Street, west on West 12th Avenue and north
on Cannon Drive to end at the French Field House.  Following the
parade, Currie, Sega, the Ohio State football team, Ohio State
cheerleaders, the homecoming court and other supporters will hold
a Pep Rally at 7 p.m. at the field house parking lot.  The
homecoming king and queen will be announced and crowned during
the Pep Rally.  At 8 p.m., Red Wanting Blue will perform a
concert in the field house parking lot.

Saturday (10/25)

     The Ohio State Buckeyes will host the Northwestern Wildcats,
with kickoff at 3:30 p.m.  From 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., a homecoming
dance will be held in the Ohio Union West Ballroom, 1739 N. High
St.  Cost has not yet been determined.  All other events are
free.

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Contact: Carie Howard, homecoming chair, or Megan Hohenberger,
homecoming public relations, (614) 292-2324.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 16:18:05 -0400 (EDT)]
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