The Carolinian [February 10, 2009]

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For the first time in a long time, school spirit rocks the game
Lauren Robison and
Audrie Webster
Staff Writers
Last Wednesday evening; the
night before the highly anticipat­ed
"Blue and Gold Day" and the
much talked about game against
Davidson, students piled into
Fleming Gymnasium for the pep
rally to hype up family, fans, and
players of UNCG's men's basket­ball
team. Students, faculty and
staff had been talking for months
about the first home game for the
team to be played in the Greens­boro
Coliseum the next day.
At the pep rally, student Chel­sea
Nichols shared her thoughts
on the move from campus. "I
think moving to the Coliseum
will create more excitement for
students so that they will want to
go to games, and the advertise­ment
for the Coliseum will be
better as well." The pep rally was
just one of many things that was
scheduled to· advertise this new
step in the direction of increased
school .spirit.
The pep rally was hosted by
a comical MC and had perfor­-'
mances from break dancer group
. 6lSyx Teknique, the UNCG
cheerleaders, and the dance team.
The Spartan band played in the
background as the crowd cheered
on with the cheerleaders to the
famous "U-N-C-G-G-G-G-G­G"
chant and free T-shirts were
thrown out into the crowd.
The men's basketball team
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Left, members of the Student Alumni Association, Christina Harper, Stuart Smith, Ami'!nda Brege!, Mitchell Summers, Carrie Hamrick imdErin Kimsey enjoy the
tailgate before the game on Thursday. Right, Rachel Griffen, Myshaina Kehinde, Sparty the Spartan, Torey Thorpe, Danielle Thompson and Nikki Mayer inside tl)e
coliseum _before the game.
themselves then made their way
out into the middle of the court,
where they were each introduced
by name and hometown. The tri­captains
of the team each had a
moment to speak their words of
inspiration and gratitude for the
support 1from the students, fac­ulty,
and alumni of UNCG. Fol­lowing
their brief speeches the
cheerleaders, dance team, and
basketball team all gathered in a
huddle in the middle of the court
to sway arm in arm, shoulder to
shoulder, to the familiar alma
mater song ofUNCG.
Sophomore Nneka Little at­tended
the pep rally and had her
own thoughts about Spartan Spir-it.
"I think that if they advertised
more for the games and other
events, as well as haviqg more free
give-aways more-people would be
motivated to support our school
at various functions."
The Spartan Spirit carried over
into Thursday as students pre­pared
to cheer on the home team
at the first basketball game to be
held at the Greensboro Colise­um.
All day students and faculty
dressed in their best UNCG attire
to celebrate "Blue .& Gold Day"
before heading to the Coliseum
parking lot and Pavilion at 5:00
p.m. for some tailgating fun.
At the Coliseum the univer­sity
brought out all the bells and
whistles to pump up the crowd,
including inflatable playgrounds,
free ·give-aways such as pom­poms
and foam Spartan helmets,
free freshly grilled hot dogs and
hamburgers, arid loud music.
Blue Crew President of two
years Michael Deasey was more
than pleased with the events
outcome .
. "It went above and beyond our
expectations. I've never seen so
much blue and gold in one place
before;' he said. ~'People told me
that they felt like they were going
to a different school." Deasey said
that despite the loss they are hop­ing
that the event will become a
tradition and catch on for next
year.
Though temperatures were in
the 20s, the weather didn't deter
the large crowd of Spartan fans
that crowded together outside
theii- cars to socialize and enjo_y
the spirited atmosphere that had
previously been •rare for UNGG's
sporting events. Fans in atten­dance
ranged from Greek life to
the Student Alumni Association
and 21 student organizations
participated in the tailgating
competition.
"I like it because it's the first
tailgate we've had at UNCG
and the music .really gets people
SEE SPIRIT ON PAGE TWO
Greensboro community walks for peace
Elizabeth Acevedo
Staff Writer
Students . from UNCG, Ben­nettCollege,
and North Carolina
A&T walked from their respective
universities to unite downtown
Saturday, Feb. 7 setting "the stan­dard"
for college students work­ing
for peace in their homes and
living environments.
UNCG students departed from
the EUC Lawn at 3:30 that after­noon
ana made the walk to the
intersection to Market and Davie
Street, where they enjoyed the
company of students from other
universities.
While taking the time to move ·
to address the issues of violence, ·
specifically gun violence, that .
have plagued the college com­munities
within the past year,
students honqred the lives lost by
taking action for change. Busta
THE CAROLINIAN
ESTABLISHED 1919
VOL. LXXXIX
ISSUE 12.
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO/ ~H'E CAROLINIAN
Keynote Speaker Taryn Mitchell, discussing "reclamation of self"
against violence at the Peace Walk on Saturday.
SEE PEACE ON PAGE TWO
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