Over 25 RSOs pitch their tents at Tent City Tailgating before Homecoming game

Homecoming proved true to tradition as students, faculty and staff flooded Tent City last Saturday.

Alumni, RSOs, Greek Life and groups came out to enjoy the festivities before the game. Almost 700 alumni registered to return to Millegeville for Alumni Weekend, according to Herbert Agnew, director of Alumni Relations.

“This was my first year going to Tent City,” said freshman psychology major Taylor Solomon. “All of the tailgates have been fun last semester and this semester so far, but the Homecoming tailgate topped them all. The weather was beautiful, and it turned into an awesome day of music, food, yard sports, and above all friends.”

 

Other students agree that Tent City this year proved to be just as eventful as last years.

“I went to Tent City last year and it was a lot of fun,” said sophomore business management major Kerry Jivide. “But this year it seemed to have a much larger turnout. For a while, the tents and the area around Centennial Center was so packed it was hard to get to the tables.”

According to SGA Secretary Claire Cantrell, there were 25 to 30 RSOs with tents set up at Tent City this year.

There were also incentives given to those who had the best “paws” at Paws for a Cause, an event a few days prior to Tent City. During Paws for a Cause, RSOs painted paw prints for their organization. Jamie Knox, PR Committee Chair for SGA, supplied cookie cakes to Alpha Delta Pi and Delta Sigma Phi for having the most artistic paw prints.

“We wanted to give something to the RSO with the best paw prints,” Knox said. “We chose to give them something edible for their tailgate because we knew anything eatable would be well received.”

One of the biggest components to Homecoming is the Alumni Weekend events.

“Alumni Weekend draws a lot of people into the city,” Agnew said. “This year, we topped last years attendance for Alumni Weekend by 214 percent.”

The Class of 1961 also attended their 50th class reunion this year.

“The alums were very excited to see the recent changes on campus, as well as the nostalgic places that were here when they were,” Agnew said.