Cotton candy, a dunking
booth and a DJ could all be
found in the grassy area of the
Amphitheatre on Monday for
the Charity Carnival that celebrated
the kick-off for Homecoming
and raised money for
United Way.
The music by DJ Craig
played classics like “Cotton-
Eyed Joe” and Michael Jackson’s
“Thriller.” The booths
were themed to represent the
Wild West. Alpha Delta Pi and
Pi Kappa Alpha teamed up to
have games like pop the balloon,
guess the jelly beans and
the popular dunk tank.
Kappa Delta and Sigma
Alpha Epilison re-created the
game of shooting ducks, three
Greeks walked back and forth
with targets on their chests
while a student could try to
shoot them with Nerf guns.
“We asked the KD’s to join us
this year, last year we went with
Sigma Kappa and we wanted
to get to know these ladies,” Joe
Holifield, junior business major,
said, “We knew they worked
hard and so do we, so we could
all have a great Homecoming.”
Other organizations that
had booths included the Baptist
Collegiate Ministry, Volunteer
ETSU, Tri-Iota, Polo and
SGA.
The Gospel Choir’s booth
was titled “Finish the Lyrics,”
a song would be chosen and
played and then once the song
stopped the lyrics would have
to be completed to win a prize.
Sigma Kappa and Sigma
Phi Epsilon were some other
Greeks that formed a booth
together. When asked whether
it is weird to have Homecoming
without a football game,
junior corporate finance major
Audrey Colwell said, “It gives
us something to focus on as a
charity, it is less about a sport
and more about helping.”
“This is a lot of fun and completely
worth it, some people
are confused that ETSU has
a Homecoming but everyone
here has a lot of fun,” said
computer Science major Craig
Lewis, a.k.a. DJ Craig.
The students and organizations
not affiliated with Greek
organizations contributed with
games and prizes.
“I think this is for the whole
student body and although it’s
geared toward Greeks, anyone
can stop by,” said freshman
Kristina Alexander. “I did
not even have a football team
in high school so it does not
bother me, I love this!”
The carnival created four
hours of fun for any student
who wanted to drop by, listen
to music and get some candy.
ETSU’s student body, even
without a football team, still
had a pretty good day at the
Charity Carnival.

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