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PHOTO BY ALLIE GARZA | STAFFAndrew Krebs, a marketing freshman and Sigma Chi pledge, works on the Sigma Chi "Paint the Town Blue" entry on a window of Whitehall Classroom Building on Sunday.

Queens, kings and lots of paintVegas theme helps paint Lexington casino-blue

By Taylor [email protected]

Lexington has been painted blue.Saturday morning 39 student organizations participated in the “Paint the Town Blue” Home-

coming event. Organizations painted a window either at a campus building or a local business with a “Viva

LexVegas” theme. The goal of this event is to help the university connect with the Lexington community and to

help student organizations publicize themselves while competing for Homecoming points, saidBryce Moffett, director of traditions for the Student Activities Board.

“(It) is good for Lexington to see what is going on at UK,” Moffett said.

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HOMECOMING 2008

STAFF FILE PHOTOBiology Senior Jillian Meeks accepts her title as 2008 homecoming queen on Saturday October 18, 2008.

STAFF FILE PHOTOStudents painted the windows of White Hall Classroom Building at the start of Homecoming week on Saturday, October 11, 2008.

STAFF FILE PHOTOStudents painted the windows of White Hall Classroom Building at the start of Homecoming week on Saturday, October 11, 2008.

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Homecoming’s schedule of events, accordingto the Student Activities Board Web site,

(http://www.uky.edu/SAB/events.php):

! Banner competition: began Sunday at 4 p.m., judging at noon onTuesday and ends once judging is overBanners will be displayed at the W.T. Young Library and the JohnsonCenter; the top three banners will be on display outside CommonwealthStadium at Saturday’s game against Mississippi State.

! Homecoming gallery: Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5p.m. at the Rasdall Gallery, located in room 30 of the Student Center. The Homecoming Exhibit will be taking place, where any student or or-ganization can enter art to display with the theme of “Spirit of UK.” Theevent is free and open to the public.

! Canstructure: Monday beginning at 10 a.m. at Memorial Coliseum,organizations paired up will build a structure out of canned goods. Judg-ing begins at 3:30 p.m. and all cans will be donated to God’s Pantry.

! Kitty Karnival: Tuesday starting at 5 p.m. at the South CampusCourtyard (near the towers), students will put on a carnival for childrenof Lexington. There will be games, food and giveaways, along with apetting zoo. In the event of rain, the carnival will take place in the Stu-dent Center Grand Ballroom.

! Big Blue Impromptu: Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Student CenterGrand Ballroom, participating organizations will compete in a comedyevent. The show will feature comedian Theo Von of “Road Rules” as itsannouncer.

! Homecoming parade: Saturday starting at 9 a.m. SAB will put onits annual parade. This is the first year it will take place on gameday.Float check-in starts at 7:30 a.m. in the Martin Luther King lot near Blaz-er Hall and Memorial Coliseum. Parade route: The parade will start at Memorial Coliseum, down Av-enue of Champions to Rose Street, through University Drive to CooperAvenue and then back to each float’s construction locations.

! Crowning of Homecoming king and queen: Saturday during half-time of the Mississippi State game, Mr. and Ms. UK will be crowned.The game begins at 7 p.m.

This year’s candidates:Shaun Denney

Student Development CouncilDwight “DJ” LacyBlack Student Union

Justin LinnePhi Sigma Kappa

Calvin RineyKappa Kappa Gamma

Ben DuncanDelta Tau Delta

Autumn AbrahamPi Beta Phi

Ashley JacksonBlack Student UnionKatie WilkersonKappa Alpha ThetaBarbara Jackson

Chi OmegaDana Deptola

Alpha Omicron PiLast year’s Homecoming finalists:

Kristen FulcherPi Kappa Phi

Adam MesarosSigma Kappa

Aun Ali MunisPhi Delta ThetaEmily ParsleyAlpha Delta PiMeg Phillips

Delta Delta DeltaClayton Spiceland

Delta Sigma PhiJeff Steller

Phi Kappa TauMadison Young

Student Government2008 winners:

Jillian Meeks — Student Development CouncilTim Joos — Sigma Chi

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PHOTOS BY ALLIE GARZA | STAFFAdal Yousef, an accounting junior with Alpha Kappa Psi, the business fraternity, works on a painting of a slot machine on the window of Whitehall Classroom Building on Sunday. UK fraternities and sororitiespainted the classroom building and other buildings around campus for Paint the Town Blue, part of Homecoming Week, over the weekend.

Student organizations could havebegun painting as early as Saturday at8 a.m. The final projects have to becompleted by Monday at 8 a.m.

Some teams, like service fraternityAlpha Phi Omega, worked on theirwindow on Saturday afternoon. AlphaPhi Omega painted the windows ofTolly-Ho Restaurant with casino cardsand the saying “Cats Cash In.”

Other organizations did not beginworking until Sunday.

Marty Dunning, a member of PhiKappa Tau fraternity, worked on his

fraternity’s window at Raising Caneson Sunday afternoon.

Dunning said for their window,the organization wanted to mesh a LasVegas theme with a Lexington theme.Dunning said he planned to paint“trademarks of the city,” includingRupp Arena and Commonwealth Sta-dium.

Student organizations could re-quest three primary colors of paint touse on their window. In addition tothe three primary colors, each teamreceived a can of black paint.

The judging starts at 9 a.m. Mon-day. Points will be awarded based onhow well the window represents the“Viva LexVegas” theme.

The windows will be on displayuntil Friday afternoon.

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Runners receivedcheers of motiva-tion as they fin-ished the laststretch of the 5Krace on Sundayafternoon.

PHOTOS BYADAMWOLFFBRANDTSTAFF

DanceBlue 5K draws increase in participation this year

By Katie [email protected]

Five hundred. That is the number ofparticipants in Sunday’s 4th annualDanceBlue 5K Run/Walk for the Kids,an increase from last year.

The race started at CommonwealthStadium, went around to the front of thestadium, through Greg Page ApartmentComplex, through the back parking lotsand then back to the beginning, saidKelsey Webster, overall chair forDanceBlue. The fundraiser lasted from3 to 6 p.m.

The Student Activities Board organ-ized the event this year, with help fromDanceBlue and the HomecomingCommittee.

Webster said DanceBlue would notknow the total amount of money raiseduntil Monday, but said members usual-

ly keep the final number to themselvesso as not to take away from the reasonthey do the event.

Webster said this year, SAB organ-ized the overall event and DanceBluewas more focused on the marketingaspect, including recruiting runners.

“We just used all the resources andall the DanceBlue followers to get peo-ple out there,” she said.

Webster also said John’s Run WalkShop helped out in areas of organiza-tion.

“They pretty much put together thebeginning and ending of the race … theyunderstand how races work, so theywere the ones that put together the end-ing and how each person comes in at theend,” she said.

The overall men’s winner was ZackSanchez with a time of 16:16, and theoverall women’s winner was BridgetWolfe-Bertling with a time of 20:21,said Tatum Dale, the chair of the 5Krace for SAB.

Webster said the event was more ofa group collaboration than other events.

“I think it’s just a good event to haveduring Homecoming just because itinvolves the community and a lot of theother events I think are more student-based,” she said.

“It involves the community anda lot of the other events I think

are more student-based.”TATUM DALEChair of 5K race,

on it’s appeal during Homecoming

Spanish sophomore and Kappa Delta member, Anna King (left) picks up a free snack and water with chemical engineering sophomore andAlpha Phi Omega member, Ashley McClean after finishing the 5K race on Sunday afternoon.

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Homecoming week provideslast chance at tradition

Most people remember what Homecom-ing was like when they were in high school.Embedded in as much tradition as pep ral-

lies and proms, wholeepisodes of popular teensitcoms are devoted to thebig Homecoming game.

Whether you were oneof the warriors on thefootball field, trying towin one for the school; afan sitting on the bleach-ers, cheering till yourvoice went out; an excitedstudent on HomecomingCourt, about to step outon stage at halftime; or a

kid who didn’t attend, because football cele-brations weren’t your thing, Homecomingwas part of your high school experience. Ithelped bring the school together to celebrateschool spirit and foster a sense of belonging,if only for one night.

For college students it’s a little different.While much of the college experience is

similar to high school — there is the sportsand homework — those fond memories wehad as high schoolers are hard to replace.There’s no more gross lunch food that yousecretly didn’t mind, no more social breaksat lockers between classes and no moreprom, the so-called biggest night of yourteenage life.

But just like the Homecoming traditionin high school, the UK Homecoming tradi-tion is offered as the perfect opportunity forstudent to take advantage of creating and re-creating those memories of life as a student.

In what other facet of your life are youallowed to come together as a part of some-thing bigger, a group you belong to, andhave fun while showing your support?

Unless corporations begin hostingHomecomings for their employees, this willbe your last chance to experience the tradi-tion.

Homecoming in high school usuallymeant a pep rally in the gym, naming of aking and queen, a home football game and asemi-formal school dance. All this wrappedup in one neatly packaged celebratory day.

UK does Homecoming on a much largerscale.

Instead of the three pillars of celebrationfor a high school Homecoming —the rally,the game, the dance — UK offers a week-long celebration of UK tradition, UK athlet-

ics and UK students, with events geared to-wards entertaining students and giving backto the community that supports them.

While some tend to see the Homecom-ing tradition at UK as an event for theGreeks or other campus-involved organiza-tions, Homecoming provides the entire UKcommunity with an opportunity to celebrate.

The Homecoming week kicked offSaturday, helping to bring the commu-nity together by having different cam-pus organizations painting UK-themedscenes on windows of UK buildings andlocal businesses.

Throughout the week, there will beevents offered that other students can partic-ipate in, including Big Blue Impromptu onWednesday, which consists of students pro-viding entertainment and comedy, and a peprally held in Memorial Coliseum on Fridaynight, with Coach Cal and Coach Brooks inattendance.

If you missed Big Blue Madness, this isthe next best thing for a free event on cam-pus to celebrate UK Athletics.

The weeklong celebration ends with theannual campus parade and the football gameagainst Mississippi State.

Other events are less about the schooland more about the surrounding community.Unlike the Homecoming in high school,which along with tradition and school spiritwas about socializing with friends and find-ing an excuse to buy a dress, UK’s Home-coming is about students giving back toLexington.

On Monday, Canstructure will haveteams building structures out of donatedcanned goods, which will then be passedalong to God’s Pantry. Also on Tuesday, stu-dents will hold the Kitty Karnival for chil-dren in the Lexington community, providingthem with fun games, food and toy give-aways.

With so much happening on campus ona regular basis, the events that are a part ofHomecoming week might get lost in thecrowd to the average UK student.

But for all of us, high school is over, andbefore long, college will be over too. Now isthe time to take advantage of the college ex-periences before we graduate and forgetabout the importance of traditions and feel-ings of school spirt.

Megan Hurt is a journalism senior.Email [email protected].

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