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Despite all the happenings on the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa campus for Homecoming this week, it is what is going on off campus that has students talking.
Saturday’s Homecoming football game against Utah State at Aloha Stadium is one of many highlights in a week of sporting events and other activities for students and alumni.
Junior Kia Atkins, a family resources major, said she is eager for the Warrior football game and thinks that Homecoming can unite the student body.
“I feel like Homecoming brings us together as a community,” Atkins said.
Students who are not into football, like freshman Solomon Champion, may find Homecoming Week to be no different from any other week.
“I knew it was Homecoming Week, but the only thing I can really think of is the game,” said Champion, an ethnobotany major. “I’m not even sure I’ll be going.”
ASUH, Campus Center Board Activities Council and the Office of the Chancellor are collaborating on an event for students on the lawn outside Bachman Hall on Friday. The day is set to include a pep rally, rock-climbing wall and booths hosted by ASUH, Letterwinners Club and the UH Bookstore.
Other Friday events include a 3:30 p.m. networking session for current and past UH Mānoa business students in the Shidler Courtyard, as well as a lecture and reception for law students at 5:30 p.m. at the law school.
Brittany Tice, a sophomore psychology major, looks forward to getting to know some new students through different events.
“It’s a good way to meet people,” Tice said. “I’m stoked about it.”
For freshmen like electrical engineering major Robert Gabriel, they will be getting their first taste of what Homecoming at Hawai‘i is about.
“I’m kind of excited because it’s gonna be my first Homecoming here,” Gabriel said.
He said during his first Homecoming he is trying to just take it all in.
Keith Fernandez, a junior international business major, said he’s excited for “all the parties that will be going on.”
“And hopefully,” Fernandez said, “the football team will win this week.”
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