I am just curious about how many students even know how to vote for Homecoming king and queen? In high school Homecoming was the biggest week of the year! Everyone knew who was running for Homecoming and people were really excited about voting and then at the game finding out who would be Queen! Granted I know that my high school was a lot smaller than Purdue University, but I was shocked when I saw the numbers of voters this year compared to even just last year! I a recent article in the Exponent shows the drastic differences. One factor that may be contributing to the low numbers is no longer use of flyers. Purdue is trying to impliment a new system called "Get Involved" which serves as a way for students to contact and see what organizations at Purdue are doing. It is kind of like a Facebook in the sense that it is a way to see how students are connected. I think the concept is a good one, but I honestly think that flyers, even though they end up soggy when it rains, attract more students.
My sorority has a homecoming canidate again this year. We have all done a lot of work trying to get her name out there to be recognized. I think it would be a lot harder for those running who aren't connected in the Greek system. Not only did my house of 80 girls make tee shirts and bag tags, but we also serenaded (performed a little skit and dance) 20 fraternity houses one week night to introduce our canidate. Even with all of the efforts that we have put into this homecoming tradition, the overall campus involvement is shockingly low! How many of you even knew about voting? I hope that this tradition does not continue to spiral down ward. I remember being a little girl coming to football games with my parents and thinking that the Purdue Homecoming Queen was the coolest girl ever. I hope that that tradition can one day be carried out for even my child!
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I agree with you. I can't believe that the voting numbers were down so much this year compared to last year! Being a fellow greek student and also having one of my sisters in the running, I knew how to vote, and did. But if you aren't greek and having "get involved" shoved in your face every day, then I think it can be hard to really know what's going on in the community. As fashionista said, getinvolved.purdue.edu is kind of like facebook in the way that it keeps us all connected. Although it is too late to vote for homecoming candidates, I encourage everyone to go on there and check it out... it might be helpful in the future!
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