The search for new Homecoming Week events should never cease. Therefore, we have generated a list of potential future events. Sit back, enjoy and feel free to pitch a few of your ideas to next year's Homecoming Steering Committee.
1. Team timeWe realize the football team devotes a great deal of time to practice, but we're rooting for many players who we may not recognize if they sat next to us in class. Let's see the faces of the team - it's a little difficult to see through the face masks and padding when they're on the field.
2. Sleepover cityTransform LaFollette Field into the basement of your best friends house. A campus-wide sleepover would be a great way to enjoy the last few days of nice weather before Indiana winter creeps in. A movie could be played on a large projection screen and massive amounts of popcorn could be made available.
3. Undie runEnough said. If so desired, this event could lead into the sleepover.
4. Nautical nonsenseRace boats on the Duck Pond. Whoever wins gets the magnificent prize of bragging rights. Warning: beware angry ducks.
5. Uniform confusionMen should support the team at the game by dressing as cheerleaders and women can dress as football players. Beware who you tailgate with, however, as the end results of this could provide endless amounts of blackmail photos your friends could use against you.
6. Wheelbarrow raceEither real or human wheelbarrows could be raced around Shafer Tower. Helmets may be necessary considering we crash into each other walking and on bicycles, let alone in wheelbarrows.
7. Hot dog heavenWe should see if Carter would be willing to let us use his hot dogs for a hot dog eating contest. Who wouldn't sign up for an endless amount of Carter's Nearly World Famous Hot Dogs?
8. Capture the flagStudents can relive the glory days of childhood by teaming up against opponents to protect their flag. Fort opportunities are endless and it would force students to find new, less traveled routes through campus.
9. Dunk/Pie TCAthletics director Tom Collins can set up shop in a dunk tank for the evening while students, athletes and alumni test their aim. Another option would be a banana cream pie, or something similar, to the face. Proceeds from this will go toward the "Athletes Seeking Bail" fund.
10. Sundae sweetnessWe could stick Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora in a bathtub in either the Quad or University Green and turn her into a giant ice cream sundae.
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