Homecoming is right around the corner, and Bakersfield College’s Student Government Association has been hard at work to provide BC students with a fun-filled week. Homecoming will be during the week beginning Oct. 20 and finish with the football game against Glendale Oct. 25.
SGA president Lyne Mugema says that although the SGA has been working on Homecoming on and off throughout the summer, its been top priority since Sept. 8.
This year’s Homecoming theme will be Renegade Red Carpet: “A Week at the Movies,” said Mugema. Each day’s dress-up theme will be a different movie genre.
Although many of the week’s activities are being kept under wraps, Mugema promises the SGA has something new and different in store for this year’s Homecoming.
?”As SGA, we are one continuous body. We have people coming in and going out, but we’re still one entity. We want this year’s activities to represent this year’s SGA, which is what it is right now,” said Mugema.
?Some of the activities that Mugema did share include an ultimate Frisbee tournament and a Mission Impossible scavenger hunt.
?”We’re looking to have a really top-notch Homecoming week. We want to really recognize all the fall athletes since it’s for them,” said Mugema.
?Homecoming may be to honor the fall athletes, but Mugema believes it is more than that.
?”People should care about Homecoming because the phrase is the notion that you are a part of something, an individual in a group. The athletes are coming home to you. It’s about more than just athletes,” Mugema said.
“Our similarities are more important than our differences, and Homecoming will acknowledge that.”
?One big change this year is the process of Homecoming king and queen nomination. In the past, one could nominate him or herself, provided he or she had signatures from other people and a good GPA.
?”The winners are king and queen of Bakersfield College. We want to raise the standards,” Mugema said. “A member of the faculty or a club has to nominate you with a letter. From there, you have to submit an essay explaining why you want to be king or queen. After that will be an interview.”
?Mugema said that generally several hundred students will vote for Homecoming king and queen, which isn’t much considering how many people attend BC. This year, Mugema hopes for a better turnout.
“If it’s about pride instead of popularity, there will be a better turnout,” Mugema said. “People want to vote for something important.”
?Mugema has high expectations for this year’s Homecoming and hopes the progress will continue next year.
?”Hopefully, we’ll blow the students out of the water. Ideally, I want this to be the Chinese Olympics of Homecoming. It’s going to be all shades of awesome,” said Mugema. “And I hope next year’s Homecoming blows us out of the water.”