The Red and Black

Dare we dream that homecoming is going to be

worth attending this year?

Homecoming is a big event at most schools.

Alumni come from near and far to visit their alma

mater. It's a big fund-raising weekend for many

universities.

Although students are often involved in the

process, they don't get as much out of homecoming

weekend as the alumni. It's seen as "alumni day,"

and aside from attending the football game, current

University students just try to stay out of the way.

The All Campus Homecoming Committee is hop-

ing to change all that this year with the advent of

Dawg Fest '97. It's a bigger and better homecom-

ing, complete with parade, pep rally and musical

guest John Berry (who got his start in the bars of

Athens, by the way).

Most importantly, Dawg Fest '97 will have

pyrotechnics, something we didn't see last year.

Regardless of the event, fireworks always draw a

crowd.

The ACHC should have no problem outshining

last year's event, which was plagued by adminis-

trative errors in the homecoming queen election

and a severe case of student apathy toward a strug-

gling football team.

The parade, which went through campus last

year, didn't even have a grand marshal.

This year the parade will go through downtown

Athens instead. It should give members of the com-

munity outside the University a chance to get

involved.

If you don't think homecoming is worth your

time, we encourage you to give it another try. You

might like what you see.

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that we cannot run anonymous letters to the editor.

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ago. We simply have no way of knowing if anony-

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