KU News Release

Homecoming Week at KU includes contests, comedy and concerts

LAWRENCE — “D-list celebrity” and comedienne Kathy Griffin will headline Homecoming Week at the University of Kansas with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Lied Center.

Other homecoming events include murals, singing, a hotdog-eating contest, a parade and the KU vs. Texas A&M football game, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 7. This year’s homecoming theme is “Once a Jayhawk, Always a Jayhawk.”

The festivities kick off at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, with the Spirit Sprint at the Kansas Union. Entry is $15 for students and $20 for nonstudents. Jayhawk Idol and Spirit Sing auditions will also be at the Kansas Union that day.

Homecoming murals are due Oct. 2, and a medallion hunt will kick off the same day. At noon, the hotdog eating contest and Jayhawk Idol finals will be held at Wescoe Beach. A basketball tournament will be held in the Student Recreation Fitness Center throughout the day.

Oct. 3 will start off with KU Can-struction from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wescoe Beach. Another round of Jayhawk Idol finals will be held in the same location at noon. Griffin, star of TV show “My Life on the D-List” will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. Tickets are on sale at the SUA Box Office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.

On Oct. 4, those with Jayhawk spirit can sign a good luck banner for the football team from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wescoe Beach. The office-decorating contest will be judged that day as well.

The festive mood will continue to build with Chalk n’ Rock from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 5 at Wescoe Beach, and a pep rally will be from 6 to 8 p.m. in the KU Visitor Center parking lot.

Oct. 6 is designated as Crimson and Blue Spirit Day, and the Get Down Concert will be from 6 to 11 p.m. at Eighth and Massachusetts streets.

Homecoming will wrap up Oct. 7 with a pancake breakfast from 6 to 11 a.m. on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The cost of the breakfast is $5. A parade will make its way down Jayhawk Boulevard at 9 a.m. The football game will bring the festivities to an end. Game time is 11 a.m. For tickets, contact Kansas Athletics at 864-3141 or 800-34-HAWKS.

For a complete schedule of events, visit the homecoming Web site.

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