Homecoming fun

Hi all!

So fall break was this Monday and Tuesday… a very welcome two days off from school. But yesterday we jumped right back into it… and this week is homecoming! So last night we had the Lighting of the B ceremony– it’s tradition every year to light a B on top of Bradley Hall. Back in the day, Bradley Hall was one of the tallest buildings in Peoria, so they lit the B as a symbol to help guide alumni back to campus and also to let the city know that it was indeed homecoming week!

I was there at the lighting of the B ceremony not just for fun, but because I had to be… I’m actually on homecoming court and am running for homecoming king! woo! Very excited about that. Danielle, who also works as a STAR here in the office, is running “with” me- there aren’t any official pairings but everybody kind of has someone as a running mate. So we’re representing the admissions office, and we’re both raising money for a couple of different philanthropies.

And the whole weekend is jam packed with stuff to do! We’re having a bonfire on campus on Friday, which I’m told is the first one in a long time. After the bonfire is Hoopla on the Hilltop, which will be the “official” introduction of the men’s & women’s basketball teams to the campus- and that’ll be in the new arena. After THAT will be Late Night BU and the homecoming court will be pitted against each other in some kind of competition… but they won’t tell us what!

Saturday is the tailgate party before the soccer game, and then the soccer game, and at halftime they’ll announce the winners! Also, coincidentally, I’m actually broadcasting the soccer game that night… so I’ll have to run out of the booth at halftime and go to the opposite side of the field for the announcement! haha.

Wow, I got tired just reading all of that stuff to do! Now it’s off to class for today, and then I’ll be in the quad for penny voting… gotta love being busy!

Till then,

Kevin