PC Dukes employees to wear togas for Homecoming

Workers at PC Dukes will wear togas during work hours in support of this year’s Homecoming Week theme, Go 4 the Gold.

The theme was inspired by the Olympic games held in Athens this past summer, said senior Jess Begley, a member of the Homecoming Student Spirit Committee that devised with the theme.

"We have really tried to recreate a theme," Begley said. Flyers on how to make a toga also will be handed out on the commons.

Some of the annual Homecoming events include the banner contest, Sunset on the Quad, Commons Day and Talent Jam, said Wendell Esbenshade, assistant director of alumni relations.

"Purple Out" T-shirts were made by SGA and will be handed out during the pep rally on Friday. More than 1,700 of the popular shirts will be distributed at the pep rally, according to senior Alka Franceschi, SGA vice president for student affairs.

The Homecoming Parade is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. The parade will start on Duke Drive by Mauck Stadium, and follow Bluestone Drive toward Godwin Hall.

The pep rally, sponsored by Student Ambassadors, will immediately follow the parade. Ambassadors will distribute beads, pompoms and key chains to students at the pep rally, according to junior Regan Hiatt, co-committee head of student spirit marketing.

Many of the prizes available at the pep rally will also be available at all the events, and more Homecoming info is available in display cases in Taylor Hall.