Univeristy of Oregon
University of Oregon Alumni Association
 
Homecoming and Family Weekend 2008

Friday, October 10

All Day

ASUO Street Faire

13th Street
All Day

Bone Marrow Registry Tent

EMU Amphitheater
10 am

Judging of Door Decorating Contest

Various Locations
12 pm - 1:30 pm

Hot Dog Eating Contest

EMU Amphitheater

How much can you eat? It's a little old-fashiond fun hosted by the Veterans, Family and Student Association.

2 pm - 3:30 pm

Campus Legends Tour

Oregon Hall, 1st Floor

Hear a few of the UO's most colorful stories and legends. We'll show you famous locations and tell you about many of our famous- and infamous- alumni, faculty, staff and students. Meet on 1st floor of Oregon Hall. For more information, contact the Ambassador Program, 541-346-1274, ambass@uoregon.edu.

3:30 pm - 5 pm

Career Center Open House

Hendricks Hall

Please stop by the Career Center for refreshments, a warm hello and a tour of our offices! The Career Center will be holding an open house on Friday, October 10th from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Career Center is the best stop on a student's or an Alumni's road to a successful career. We offer career counseling, professional connections, employment preparation tools, and an on-line jobs data base that reaches across the globe. See for yourself as you visit our resource library, computer lab, and chat with our great counselors and support staff!

4 pm - 5:20 pm

Scavenger Hunt

Hamilton Hall

Want a chance to win some great prizes while teaming up with your dorm mates, and learn some neat things about campus? Well here's your chance with Annual Giving's Scavenger Hunt! The dorm floor with the most participants will win a floor a pizza party, along with many opportunities for individual prizes. This is a great way to get to know campus in a different way, and find out how many places on campus are impacted by private gifts. Your RA will have all of the details.

4 pm - 6 pm

International Student Association Coffee Hour

Mills International Center
4:45 pm

Architecture Lecture: Daniel Solomon, FAIA

San Francisco architect and urban planner
177 Lawrence Hall
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Parade

Across Campus

What's Homecoming without a parade? Come out and cheer for your favorite float. Watch the parade go by as it travels in front of the Student Rec Center, in front of the LLC, Walton and Hamilton complexes, in front of Oregon Hall and Willamette Hall and finally ending at the EMU. Here is a map of the route.

6:30 pm - 7 pm

Pep Rally sponsored by Liberty Mutual

EMU Amphitheater

Get in the spirit for Saturday's game! Enjoy popcorn, giveaways, Duck cheerleaders, and the marching band! Prize winners for the parade and door decorating contest will also be announced. Stick around afterwards for a free concert!

Liberty Mutual
7 pm - 9 pm

Presidential Debate

Knight Law Center, Room 175

Clark Honors College students, members of the UO Forensics team, and students from the Freshman Seminar on the 2008 Presidential Debates bring this year's election to life. Two students, one assuming the Obama platform and the other posing as McCain, will enter into three debates regarding the candidates' positions on foreign affairs, the economy and moral/social issues. UO students from a freshman seminar regarding the presidential debates will judge the debates. In addition, an opportunity for the audience to pose questions will be provided after each debate.

7:15 pm - 10:30 pm

Amphitheater Concert

EMU Amphitheater

Stick around after the pep rally for a night of music presented by Cultural Forum.

7:30 pm - 11 pm

Caribbean Beach Ball Social Ballroom Dance

EMU Ballroom

$4 for students (w/ID), $6 for community members
Presented by the Oregon Ballroom Dance Club

8 pm - 11 pm

Duck Trivia Night at the Eugene City Brewery

Eugene City Brewery

Think you know everything about the UO? Match wits with the best while winning great prizes and enjoying some of Eugene's best food and drink!

8 pm - 11 pm

German Rock Party

LLC Performance Hall

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift with a German Rock Party! With German Rock Music and German DJ Arndt Peltner (Radio Goethe) and of course, snacks and drinks.

8 pm

UO World Music Series concert Kabile: Bulgarian Folk Music

Agate Hall Auditorium

The UO School of Music and Dance will host Kabile, one of Bulgarias premier bands on its U.S. reunion tour. The multi-talented group of six musicians from Thrace, in southern Bulgaria, plays all the instruments of a traditional Bulgarian village band.Collectively they form one of the most respected ensembles in Bulgarian Thrace. Folk dance party following the concert! Ticket $12 gen. admission, $8 students/seniors, available at the door.