Kaitlyn Lewis, News Editor
The Department of Student Life kicks off KSU’s 2014 Homecoming events this week starting Thursday, Oct. 9. It all accumulates toward the football scrimmage, which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m., where the king and queen will be crowned, said Jennifer Messer from the Department of Student Life.
“This is my ninth KSU Homecoming celebration and each year it gets bigger,” said Messer. “I love seeing all of the KSU spirit on campus during Homecoming week.”
The Student Government Association will be working with VKSU in a service project called, “The Great Owlreach: Because We Give a Hoot.” This event will take place on Friday Oct.10 from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. on the
campus green.
“With football coming, this is gonna be a foundation we can build upon as we consolidate with Southern Poly and start our football program,” said SGA Director of External Affairs, Khy Chestnut, who served on the homecoming committee this year. “I feel KSU is growing and becoming a great institution. This homecoming will be telling of that.”
The homecoming committee has been working to include students from Southern Polytechnic University, as it will be consolidating with KSU in Jan. 2015, according to Chestnut. SPSU students had their last homecoming in February. The homecoming committee, which includes at least one member from each department at KSU, has been conversing with SPSU’s Student Life Department.
According to Chestnut, SPSU will be included in the homecoming parade, which starts at 4 p.m. on Friday Oct. 10. The parade is taking three routes: a campus route, an apartment route for off campus residents and a route that will transfer SPSU students to KSU campus for the
football scrimmage.
After the parade, KSU will get ready for a pep rally at 5 p.m. and a volleyball scrimmage against Stetson University
at 7 p.m.
The football scrimmage on Saturday, Oct. 11 will start at 3 p.m., but gates will open at 2 p.m. During the game, last year’s king and queen, William Caleb Lee and Rebeckah Prater, will crown the new homecoming king and queen.
Students can elect their new homecoming king and queen through owllife.kennesaw.edu
