Bona's students take school spirit to a new level
Elizabeth Grady
Issue date: 11/20/09 Section: Features
"When they put the signs up, I got pushed right up," he said. "Really small girls were getting pushed around. I had a backpack on, so people kept pulling on it."
Kelly O'Dell, a freshman journalism and mass communication major, described how she began crowd surfing while waiting in line for the tickets.
"I was with my group of friends when we were rushed to the door," O'Dell said. "Some kid asked who the smallest one was and I was like 'I am.' The next thing I knew I was up in the air."
She described a scary moment as the mob carried her overhead.
"We had a little scare. I almost fell, but someone caught me, and I was floating again," she said.
According to O'Dell, the crowd carried her from the line for extra large shirts to the line for medium shirts.
As the crowd grew outside, the T-shirt ticket distributors stood inside anticipating the doors being opened.
"I thought I was going to have it easy passing out all the small T-shirt tickets, but the girls actually turned out to be quite feisty," Brannan said.
After the rush to get T-shirt tickets subsided, students took their seats in the Reilly Center for the pep rally. Events included performances by the step team, the hip-hop team and the cheerleaders. Under spotlights, the announcer introduced each member of the men's and women's basketball teams.
Both Mark Schmidt, men's basketball head coach, and Jim Crowley, women's basketball head coach, spoke about team spirit and the season ahead.
Scannell set up the schedule of events for the pep rally.
"From last year's script, I changed it up, knowing how the teams are going to perform," she said.
The overall reaction from the pep rally was positive. Students, including O'Dell, expressed happiness to get their shirts and watch the performances.
"It was a nice break from the school work I had to do," she said.
Students had mixed views about how the T-shirt distribution went. Ross offered a solution.
Kelly O'Dell, a freshman journalism and mass communication major, described how she began crowd surfing while waiting in line for the tickets.
"I was with my group of friends when we were rushed to the door," O'Dell said. "Some kid asked who the smallest one was and I was like 'I am.' The next thing I knew I was up in the air."
She described a scary moment as the mob carried her overhead.
"We had a little scare. I almost fell, but someone caught me, and I was floating again," she said.
According to O'Dell, the crowd carried her from the line for extra large shirts to the line for medium shirts.
As the crowd grew outside, the T-shirt ticket distributors stood inside anticipating the doors being opened.
"I thought I was going to have it easy passing out all the small T-shirt tickets, but the girls actually turned out to be quite feisty," Brannan said.
After the rush to get T-shirt tickets subsided, students took their seats in the Reilly Center for the pep rally. Events included performances by the step team, the hip-hop team and the cheerleaders. Under spotlights, the announcer introduced each member of the men's and women's basketball teams.
Both Mark Schmidt, men's basketball head coach, and Jim Crowley, women's basketball head coach, spoke about team spirit and the season ahead.
Scannell set up the schedule of events for the pep rally.
"From last year's script, I changed it up, knowing how the teams are going to perform," she said.
The overall reaction from the pep rally was positive. Students, including O'Dell, expressed happiness to get their shirts and watch the performances.
"It was a nice break from the school work I had to do," she said.
Students had mixed views about how the T-shirt distribution went. Ross offered a solution.
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