Current students, alumni, family and friends joined together on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, for Harding's homecoming tailgate on the front lawn of the Ganus Athletic Center. The lawn displayed the tailgate tradition of tents, food, friends of old and new uniting, and Bison pride before the football game against Southwestern Oklah ma State University. Men and women's social clubs, Student Publications, Generation HU, FIRST Robotics Alumni, African American Alumni for Harding and the President's Council were just a few of the groups that spent their afternoon tailgating. According to senior Megan Page, tailgate director for women's social club Delta u, not only was the Delta u tailgate a success, but the day as a wh le went extremely well. "It seemed like the entire tailgate ran very smooth," Page said. "Everyone was reuniting with old friends, eating, laughing and having a great time." Junior Hannah Foust organized the homecoming tailgate for women's social club Zeta Rho alongside junior Anna Carr. Zeta Rho decorated their tailgate tent with jerseys from years past and old club photo albums for current students and alumni alike to fup through as they ate and mingled together. "\'V'hile we were eating and hanging out, we got to see alumni come and take pictures with our club letters and look through the photo albums, which was really fun to watch," Foust said. While alumni looked back at old Harding memories, Foust looked forward to when she would be doing the same. "It was special to see them getting excited and reliving fun memories," Foust said. "It was crazy to think that that will be me soon." arr loved homecoming week nd and tailgating because it was an opportunity for old members to come back and share their stories with the current members, including advice to not take college for granted. "Every time someone said something like that to me it just reminded me of how blessed I am to be in this time of my life, and how I need to enjoy every second of being in this club with such like-minded girls," Carr said. "I really love being reminded of that during Homecoming weekend. It gives me a lot of thankfulness for what the club has given me, but also a lot of club pride." I Members of men's social club Sub T-16 and women's social club Ko Jo Kai play comhole at the Homecoming tailgate on Oct. 21, 2017, in front of the Ganus Athletic Center. #TailgateHU was a campaign implemented by Harding University Communications and Marketing to engage with Harding students and alumni on social media during Homecoming weekend.// Photo by Kazu Fujisawa Sophomore Toni Sharp, a member of women's social club P1 Theta Phi (PTP), considers food options as the PTP Homecoming tailgate prepares for the afternoon on Oct. 21, 2017, in front of the Ganus Athletic Center. Tailgating at Harding was about food, friends, fellowship and football.// Photo by Kazu Fujisawa I 0 ~ rn 0 0 ~ z G)
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