Spring Break
Spirit-filled cheers highlight of 'Yell like Hell'
Rebecca Swayze
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: News
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Each of the groups came up with their own theme for Homecoming week that they used throughout each of the events. Latinos Unidos came out on top for the student organizations. Delta Zeta took first place for the Greeks. Arey/Benson Complex's theme Offense and Defense carried them to first place for the residence halls.
"A couple of the ones that stood out to me were the cheers presented by the sorority Alpha Sigma and AMA [American Marketing Association] just because they all wore the same costumes and shirts and presented their cheers in unison," Homecoming Steering Committee Spirit Rally Coordinator David Hanschke said. "What was good about the winning cheers was that they were more enthusiastic than any other group and showed lots of school spirit."
"Yell Like Hell" gives student organizations, fraternities, sororities, and residence halls a chance to compete against each other on a point system of 1-10. Faculty and staff judge the groups based on spirit, volume, clarity, originality, organization, crowd response, adherence to theme and time limit. Each group performs a cheer created by their organization with a limit of 60 seconds. Performance exceeding the time limit were deducted points.
The Williams Center Gymnasium echoed in shouts and chants that bounced back and forth from one group to another. Every group encouraged the other groups to yell louder and respond with clever cheers to keep the excitement flowing. Some groups keep a traditional chant or cheer to represent their organization that alumni started years ago.
*Sarah Millard contributed to this article.
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