Brenna Patrick
Staff Writer
Homecoming began late last week on Saturday, Sept. 28, with the annual ISU door decorating contests.
Involvement Center Administrative Assistant Jeanine Hebdon said explained she takes applications for the SAB activity.
“The departments themselves get together and decorate the doors,” said Hebdon.
Hebdon said the departments become very competitive and end up creating some really nice doors.
“It’s really need neat to go around and look at all the doors and see the effort the department put into them,” said Hebdon.
According to Hebdon, the decorations were judged on presentation, creativity, use of theme and Bengal pride as well as representing this year’s homecoming theme “50 years of U.”
Tuesday, Oct. 1, three winners were chosen by three judges and winners will be notified Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Special prizes will be given out to those who place in the top three.
Financial Aid and Scholarship Administrative Assistant Susan Ross is pumped for this year’s door decorating.
Ross has her four work-study students and another student that helped design and decorate the department’s two doors.
“The registrar’s office and Academic Advising always decorates their doors and we always challenge each other. It just makes it more competitive and fun,” Ross said.
Ross said the students are the ones who are an instrumental part in planning the ideas and helping make the decorations for the door. She said it is definitely a big group effort.
They all got together according to Ross and had punch and cookies while decorating the doors.
Ross enjoys the decorating and the healthy competition but in the end “of course we all want the free breakfast.”
According to Hebdon, first place will receive the Bengal breakfast Ross referred to, which is usually a basket filled with items such as milk, yogurt, orange juice and more.
She also added that the runners-up receive a Bengal brunch that has milk and cookies, while third place will win a “Bengal basket with an assortment of treats.”
ASISU President Matt Bloxham is eager about this year’s Homecoming events and competitions.
Bloxham said he is most excited for “The parade and the football game, obviously. Those are always a good time. Homecoming is always one of my favorite times of year, especially since I got involved with student government.”
“One of the other reasons I really like Homecoming Week is that it’s just a blast,” said Bloxham. “There’s a lot more orange and black everywhere on campus.”
Bloxham also noted that the College of Business assigned different clubs with different floors to hold a decorating competition.
Bloxham would love to see more of the campus competing with each other.
“Science and Engineering versus the Physical Science Building, Life Science versus the Nursing students, I think that would be really cool. I’d like to see the different floors of Turner against each other and Rendezvous and all of the student housing,” said Bloxham.
Bloxham said he really gets into the Homecoming season because it “gives everyone on campus a reason to be proud to be a Bengal.”
