Southeastern announces Homecoming contest winners
Contact: Christina Chapple
10/30/06
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(1) SPIRITED SHOEBOXES – Winners of Southeastern Louisiana University’s Homecoming shoe box decorating contest were, from left, (6-7 year old division) Brent Deli, first; Oswanta Dantzler, second; Sarah Delyea, third; (8-9 year old division) Brandon Stephany, first; Molly Barcia, second, Alaya Payne, third; (10-13 year old division) Marvalyn Vernon, first; Nathaniel Majesty, second; Jeremiah McAlister, third.
(2) HOMECOMING QUIZ BOWL WINNERS – “Honor Guard,” the team assembled from members of the Southeastern Louisiana University Honors Club, won the Phi Kappa Phi Homecoming Quiz Bowl championship on Oct. 24. The championship matches up the winners of the student and faculty quiz bowl divisions. From left, are Phi Kappa Phi President Donnie Booth; team members Stephanie Hight, a junior liberal arts major from Hammond; Angela Kamerer-White (captain), a freshman general studies major from Baton Rouge; and Zealon Solomon, a sophomore political science major from Oakdale; Phi Kappa Phi Secretary Joan Faust of the English Department; team alternate Chris Schneider, a sophomore physics major from Ponchatoula; Honors Club President Bridget Hester, a senior political science major from Tickfaw; and Quiz Bowl emcee Joe Burns of the Communication Department.
(3) HOMECOMING QUIZ BOWL, SECOND PLACE – The Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies’ faculty team, “Mens sana in corpore sano,” won the faculty division of the annual Phi Kappa Phi Homecoming Quiz Bowl, but took second place in the tournament after fall in the finals to the student “Honor Guard.” From left, are team members Eddie Hebert, Bovorn Sirikul, Charlotte Humphries, and Cary Berthelot and Phi Kappa Phi President Donnie Booth.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University has announced the winners of its Homecoming 2006 contests, held to boost spirit and participation during Homecoming Week, Oct. 23-28.
Faculty, staff, students, downtown businesses and area school children all participated in a variety of contests challenging them to use their creative skills in decorating doors, designing miniature floats on shoe boxes or concocting a tasty tailgating recipe.
Members of the Southeastern community also put their brain power to work in the annual Phi Kappa Phi Homecoming Quiz Bowl.
Here are the Homecoming contest results:
Phi Kappa Phi Homecoming Quiz Bowl
Overall winner – Southeastern Honors Club’s “Honor Guard” (Angela Kamerer-White of Baton Rouge; Stephanie Hight of Hammond, and Zealon Solomon of Oakdale).
Faculty division – Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies’ “Mens sana in corpore sano” (Charlotte Humphries, Cary Berthelot, Eddie Hebert and Bovorn Sirikul), first place; Communication Department’s "Word Warriors" (Claire Procopio, Carol Madere, Glen Galbraith and Jeff Giardina), second place.
Student division -- "And Now for Something a Little Different” (Walter McCall of Luling, Jon Fandal of Pearl River, Erich Kraus of Covington, and Matthew Arbo of Mandeville), second place.
“A Taste of Hollywood” tailgating recipe contest
Chefs Kevin Nicholas of Aramark, Phil O’Donnell of “O’Donnell’s Restaurant, and Chris Nicosia of Cocoa Bean judged the contest.
“Sweets” Division – Auxiliary Services, “Roomie Walks the Red Velvet,” first place; Veda Abene (Continuing Education), “Lion Tarts,” second place.
“Not So Sweets” Division – Kay Maurin (Disability Services) and Dawn Dottolo-Starkey (Campus Activities Board), “James Bond Meatballs,” first place; Housing Office, “Saturday Night Lights Dip,” second place.
Student Division – Circle K, first place; Campus Activities Board, second place; ACSMM, third place; Gamma Beta Phi, fourth place.
Campus decorating contests
Door decorating: Division of General Studies, first place; Continuing Education, second place; Student Publications, third place.
Displays: Campus Activities Board, first place; Theta Phi Alpha, second place; Alpha Omicron Pi/Kappa Alpha, third place
Board Painting – Phi Mu/Delta Tau Delta, first place; Alpha Omicron Pi/Kappa Alpha, second place; Circle K, third place.
Shoebox Float Decorating Contest
10-13 year old division – Marvalyn Vernon, Southeastern Lab School, first place; Nathaniel Majesty, Martha Vinyard Elementary, second place; Jeremiah McAllister, Martha Vinyard Elementary, third place.
8-9 year old division – Brandon Stephany, D.C. Reeves Elementary, first place; Molly Carcia, D.C. Reeves Elementary, second place; Alaya Payne, Hammond Westside Upper Elementary, third place.
6-7 year old division – Brent Deli, Midway Elementary, first place; Oshawnta Dantzler, Hammond Eastside Elementary, second place; Shara Delyea, Loranger Elementary, third place.
Downtown Decorating Contest
PJ’s Coffe, first place; Gagliano Group, second place; David Danel, third place.
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