...of Panther Pride Cry!

A Day in the Life...of a student attending Panther Pride Cry!
After 365 days of waiting, UNI's Homecoming Week 2012 has finally arrived!  Tonight's kick-off celebration was Panther Pride Cry!  What is Panther Pride Cry, you may ask?  You just sit back and relax and Ashley and I will tell you all about it!  Pride Cry is an event where different student groups/organizations on campus create a 3 minute long song/dance number that incorporates the UNI Fight Song, the homecoming theme and any UNI-related lingo they can think of!  This year's homecoming theme is "Throwback," so we are bustin' out the jams from the 80's, 90's and today.  Tonight, we heard Spice Girls, N'Sync, Queen, Sugarhill Gang, Vanilla Ice, and many more!

 Pride Cry is always held on the top of Maucker Union and you will always see many famous faces there, such as President Ben Allen and his wife, Pat, T.C., T.K., and the student body president.  The UNI Cheerleaders and the UNI Dance Team perform and the Panther Marching Band play some rockin' tunes as well.  It's a fun event to show your Panther Pride and kick off the week's festivities! Here are few recaps of tonight's event!

The Orchesis Dance Company threw back so far that they made themselves into elderly people!  It was HILARIOUS!  They obviously made it to the finals!

This is Sigma Phi Epsilon (fraternity) performing with Alpha Delta Pi (sorority)!  They moved onto the finals, which are on Friday at the Pep Rally!  Ashley and I have two co-workers that performed in this group!

The Black Male Leaders Union (BMLU) did a fantastic job and we loved their suspenders and bow tie's!

The Dance Marathon Exec Board, maybe even a few Morale Captains running around as well! 

The crowd showing their Panther Pride! Wahooo! "Hail our Panthers, we are ever loyal!!"

The Student Admissions Ambassadors (SAA) and Connecting Alumni to Students (CATS) performing a Queen melody!  We have co-workers in this group as well so we were a bit biased :P  They moved onto the final round as well!  YAY!!

Ashley and I had a BLAST cheering on our co-workers and our friends, can't wait for the other activities this week!  We may have lost our voice cheering, so we need to rest up before the big game on Saturday!  Have a great homecoming week!

~Ashley and Vanessa, STARS