1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

Was It the bleak. grey weather that prompted low
student spirit? Did It matter If the sun came out at all?
HOMECOMING
SPIRIT FADE"""'"
S
omelhln!! was I .. cklni durinll
halftime al Ihe Hom«omlnll
football lIame ... spirit. AI·
IhoUllh the weather was cold.
the Hokle fans' enthuslasm ..... s
lukewarm al best, as evldenc"d by the
b;I",ly half.lUled stadium wh ich sl"adlly
lost fans aft". halftlme. Tu rnout al Olh".
Hom«omlnll activit I". was bette •. bul
somelhl,,!! was still mlSSlnll- "Th" whol"
......,kend nound"red In medlocrlly." sum·
med up dlSllust"d und"'II.aduale lohn
Simmons.
o"e 01 the problems may hav" ~n Ihe
new method 01 selectlnglhe homecomln,
qu .... n candldal"s. lnstead 01 simply beln,
nominated by O'lIo"nlzatlons. Ihe ccondldales
hi>d to to Ihroullh an Inlervlewlng
process In which len finalists w"", chosen:
Kim Anderson. lenny Hays, Lo,1 lon"s.
K.llhl .... n Kill, Cindy Kome",y, Ellen Mil_
ler, Elisa Poleal, Robin Russell. Krislen
Saacke, and Bedle SII,ele' , The ",aSOf1 10,
Ihe new process waS 10 support Ihe " . ­
pa ndlni rol" of the qu .... n by chooslne only
undldate. whom th" lu dlles felt we.e
appropriate lor the new dUlles 01 Ihe
"" mblis§ado," 10, the ccompus. The que..n's
new dudes Incl~ded. amonll other aCIMlies,
work!n, with Ihe admlsslonsoffke and
.... rious hl,h schools.
Mothe. problem thaI may ha"" afleeled
Hokle Homecomlnll spirit was the foolball
pme Itself. Sludents did 1>01 have the
announcement 01 Hom e comln, Oueen
Krislen Saacke 10 look lo,,",am 10 durinll
top 01 all that and """ ftnds a b;od