Homecoming Week at SUU

What a week! I have joined an organization at Southern Utah called SUUSA (Southern Utah University Student Association). It is like the "student body program" for the university. I am a student coordinator for the activities board. We get to put on all kinds events for the school such as Homecoming. It was quite the experience! It took me back to only a year ago when I was in high school helping plan events. As weird as it may sound, it was so nice feeling that rush of stress and adrenaline once again. This years homecoming was an absolute success! Let's start with day 1.


DAY 1

Out of the activities the first day, I was only able to attend one; Movie Night! We watched Monsters University which I hadn't seen since that night. It was incredibly cute and is now one of my favorite movies. Rumors have it that the reason it took 12 years for Monsters University to come out after Monsters Inc. was because those who watched Monsters Inc. when it first came out would now be entering college. I'm not quite sure whether it's true or not but it sounds pretty spot on to me! The movie was held in the SUU Ballroom where a lot of inside events happen. It's a large room and we happened to fill every bit of it past the screen. Although it was crowded, it was pretty grand!

DAY 2

Tuesday was the Miss SUU Pageant. Not only was it a great show, I was able to help hands on back stage. I got to meet more people and experience more!


DAY 3

Wednesday was the Powder Puff Football Game! These girls were extremely competitive making it very entertaining for the crowd. Unfortunately, the entire night it rained. It was cold and the whole time I kept thinking "I should've layered my socks". I definitely couldn't feel my feet. All in all, the powder puff game was a great game aside from the weather.

DAY 4

Thursday was my very first pep rally held in the centrum. This was one of my favorite days. Everyone was seated on one side of the centrum as fireworks flew on the other side! Yes. Fireworks inside a gym. Our game was against Portland State University. Our football team got us pumped for our game promising a good game and victory. We chanted and cheered with SUU's cheerleaders, teams, and students.

But the night didn't end there.

Right outside the centrum was our smashing car written Portland State all over it! Now, you could only imagine the fun coming out of smashing a car with your homecoming rival. Watching students and Thor (our mascot) smash this car was the highlight of the night. I wish I had gotten a picture of the car afterwards. It was completely totaled. It didn't even look like a car! Okay. I'm a little bit exaggerating. It still looked like a car but it was totally damaged. Here's a little snippet of what went down.

-sorry for the poor lighting quality

DAY 5

Friday was our busiest day. Two major events happened this day; Forever Red and True T-bird night. We'll start out with Forever Red. Forever Red was mainly for SUU alumni and of course, for the students as well. It was pretty chilly that day but don't worry, I layered up my socks this time. There were drawings, chances to win scholarships, food, loads of music, and my favorite part, It's Hellogoodbye came and played for us. Let me just say, in the 6th grade, this band was my ultimate favorite!

They were incredible! I didn't know much of there new music which is what they playing majority of the time. They go on tour with Metric and Paramore this year. It was such a neat experience!

Next came true t-bird night. I didn't participate in true t-bird night and my dad would be so proud. To become a true t-bird, at mid night of the night of Forever Red, you kiss someone in front of the Old Sorrel statue on campus. 70% (and I'm over exaggerating a bit again) of the people who become true t-birds usually kiss strangers to become a true t-bird and to be honest, I wasn't quite too sure about kissing a stranger. Gross. But it's okay because I have 4 years to become a true t-bird or less! I hope that's enough time.... Yikes.

DAY 6

Saturday was another busy day. Pancake breakfast, parade, tailgate, and football game against Portland State. The best part about day 6 was the free pancakes. Who doesn't love free food?! SUUSA committee helped with organizing and setting up the parade. That was a hassle. Talk about stress overload when you have 72 floats waiting on YOU. The parade turned out great. Long but great. After the parade, we were supposed to head to the tailgate but instead, I went home and took a nap. So that was nice. The football team kept their promise and won our victory 17 - 7.

// So was homecoming week for me. From handing out fliers, knocking from door to door advertising, work back stage, experiencing homecoming from a college perspective, free pancakes, to a winning game, homecoming was amazing. I'm glad I chose SUU. They are giving me the experience of a lifetime. I'm glad I pushed myself to be involved. Being stressed and still having fun reminds me that I'm alive. Everything is coming up quick and the semester is already half over. I can't wait for you all to hear about more of the events I get to help put on with the SUUSA and my college experience. I'm living everyday to it's fullest and I'm working my butt off down here. What a great life.