By Jiselle Lopez
“It is cool that Hood allows people to be themselves. If people didn’t want me to be king, they wouldn’t have nominated me and voted for me,” said Jennifer Jones in the 2006 article in The Frederick News Post about her winning Hood’s Homecoming King.
It has been seven years since we’ve had a Homecoming due to the uproar Jones’ win caused in the community. Although she received 64 out of 169 casted votes, many felt her nomination and overall win only discouraged males from wanting to run in future Homecomings.
Many interpreted the issue of a female Homecoming King as a Gay/Lesbian issue here at Hood College. As Frederick News Post’s article wrote in 2006, “It’s nice a woman can beat men in a contest. However, this opportunity shouldn’t have been taken away from the few men at Hood. This is a gender issue turned into a gay/lesbian rights issue.”
This year will be Hood’s third Homecoming and the first Homecoming at Hood since 2006. This year Homecoming is being incorporated with Family Weekend; The weekend of Oct. 4-6.
Beginning on the fourth at 2pm, Professor Flora, Ph.D., Physics will be talking about Living in a Nuclear Age in Rosenstock, Room 305.
Professor Atwood, Ph.D., Journalism will run a program called, So You want to be a blogger? in the adjacent room, 306.
Two different topics will be covered later, beginning at 3pm. Professor Latkovski, Ph.D., History will talk about Inside Putin’s Russia in room 305 and Professor Farrell, Ph.D., History will be talking about the impact of Emigration on Ireland and the United States in room 306. Lastly, at 4pm Professor Laufer, Ph.D., Biology will discuss Advanced Biofuels in room 305.
From 5-6:30pm there will be appetizers and beverages served in Brodbeck Hall as a Welcome Back Happy Hour event for students, family, alumni and faculty.
Then at 9pm students and family will gather in Hodson Auditorium in Rosenstock to watch skits prepared by Hood students. The last event of the night is at 10:30pm in Whitaker, it’s called the Homecoming Late night Extravaganza. This event features a Taco bar and fun activities to participate in. These will conclude the opening events for the Homecoming and Family weekend.
On the 5th, from 10-10:50 in Whitaker, Alumni, the Career center, Undergraduate admissions and more will join together to inform students of any opportunities available to them and any new ways to support Hood.
Following that event, at 11 President Volpe will give us any Updates on the College in Whitaker, which is a new location from where he has made his previous speeches. The Homecoming festival itself will be from 12-5pm on the Quad. Activities for Homecoming will include a live band, a rock wall, a food kiosk and more. At 8pm there will be another performance in Hodson, followed by a Community Dessert Reception hosted by President Volpe at 9pm.
The last HomecomingHoodCollege saw was left with mixed feelings that inhibited recent students from having a Homecoming for a number of years. Although it has taken over six years to rehabilitate the idea of a Homecoming event here at Hood, this year’s events will still be notable in their efforts as well as the events themselves.
Hood has a great sense of community that helped soften the blow of any negative comments Jennifer Jones may have received after being crowned Hood’s 2006 Homecoming King. This year, students will be just as supportive, no matter the outcome of the event.
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