A Word From Our Campus Relations Chairs

My name is DJ Pulce, one of the Campus Relations Chairs for the 2013 Homecoming Steering Committee. Ball State Homecoming 2013 will be here before we know it and I am in astonishment at how exciting this year will be.

This year, we will be introducing a new event; The Red Brick Relays. The Red Brick Relays will be a challenge-oriented event where each challenge corresponds with a character. So, for Dorothy, contestants will have to run in her red high heels and collect baby oiled balloons; while teams will be given a pair of overalls and be required to fill them with a bale of hay, before carrying the teammate over the finish line first for the scarecrow.

For the Tin Man, teams of three are asked to find a way to get the Tin Man’s heart out of the cold. Two teammates’ challenge is to work together to melt the ice however they can to retrieve the heart.  Finally, for the Cowardly Lion, a fear factor challenge requires contestants to stick their hand in a tank of crickets and retrieve Toto from the bottom!

The awkward amount of tension, excitement, and anxiety that I have the Red Brick Relays cannot be explained in words. It reminds me of the feeling a child has when he is walking down the stairs to a Christmas tree; he knows that there is gift, but what exactly will it be?