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Homecoming 2001 - Just Different!

As I sit here and write about Homecoming I still can't stop thinking about September 11. As a matter of fact, no one who attending Homecoming could think or talk about anything else either. I expected the numbers to be lower this year since we put so much effort over the past couple of years, but nothing prepared me for what to expect after 9/11.

Over Seventy-five Brothers did attend and I'm sure more would have except travel at that time was considered dangerous or at best, not highly recommended. It was a different group this year with faces we had not seen before, mixed with older more recognizable ones from the past, like Brother Ragle 1978, the Cox Brothers, Craft, Cake-Knife and list of others. We still missed some of the local boys who did not attend like, Tom Bay 82, Rick Johnson 82, Tony Mamone '73 and Doc Covey. Either I made an error and didn't call (I can't believe he would not have been there) but I did not see Doc Covey the whole weekend. I think this was the first time in my life as a Sig Tau I did not have weed soup for Homecoming. Doc, I promise to call and see what happened. I know you were missed. All in all new everyone had a fantastic weekend.

This Ole' House

I cannot believe I am still writing about this house. It is in really bad shape. Poor Patricia Ball '72 had to see how the plumbing didn't work the first day. I asked Kevin Kimble '75 and Tony Mamone '73 for some ideas. An idea I had, was to use the existing roof and turn the inside into one big meeting room with a House Manager.. Not sure how cost effective this would be since we do not have Alumni Dues coming in regularly. Oh well, the dream I had of getting brothers into a new place by last summer is faded. We also talked about clearing the whole lot and making one large Pavilion. This is option two. Either way, this is going to take some time. Time at least is on our side. We also have Sig Tau mountain to look at. As we speak a road is being cut to the top and by next homecoming will be paved for all to look at. Make plans now for Homecoming 2002, October 12th. This will be a blowout year. Who knows, maybe we will party on the hill. See everyone soon.