Friday, October 24, 1997
Royalty crowned, but no parade
Brad Chapin, a fourth-year microbiology and molecular genetics
student, and Ann Lovell, a fifth-year English and psychology
student, were crowned the 1997-98 Homecoming king and queen on
Thursday.
The ceremony was short and sweet; their parade will be
non-existent. Due to lack of interest, the Student Alumni
Association will not be holding the traditional Homecoming
parade.
"We’re trying to give it a year off," said Beth Bloom, the SAA
Homecoming director. Rather than shut down the city to hold a
parade which few people were involved in, the SAA has decided to
"focus on new traditions," Bloom said.
The success of last year’s carnival in Westwood Plaza,
BruinFest, has prompted the group to expand the program and try to
attract more interest.
This year, the traditional Dorm Run will be replaced with a more
organized "Yell Like Hell," a "human parade" of people coming down
Bruin Walk to the carnival.
BruinFest will be at Westwood Plaza from 7 to 11 p.m. today.