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    Date: 10/30/97
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple  67

SLU HOMECOMING WEEK SCHEDULED NOV. 17-22
     HAMMOND -- Charles O Drobinak, a 1953 SLU graduate and Certified Public
Accountant who rose through the ranks to become a member of the top policy board of national
accounting giant Price Waterhouse, will become Southeastern s newest  Alumnus of the Year  at
the annual Alumni Association Awards Evening on Nov. 21.
     The gala evening is one of the many events including a host of reunions planned for
Homecoming 1997. Tickets for the evening, which will also feature announcement of the
Distinguished Service Award, are $15 and are available at the Alumni Center, 504-549-2150 or
1-800-SLU-ALUM.
     Building on the national award-winning success of last year s Homecoming  activities,
1997 s week s-worth of  welcome home  festivities will revolve around the theme
 Southeastern: A Monopoly on Pride. 
     Students will kick off the action with a  Tip Off Celebration  pep rally at noon Nov. 17
in the Student Union Mall. They ll have a fun day of  goofy games  to get further into the
Homecoming spirit on Nov. 18 and enjoy the annual Gumbo Ya Ya Fest on Nov. 19.
     Nov. 19 features the second annual  Two Tons of Fun Food Drive  with students hoping
to collect more than two tons of food for the Tangi Food Pantry s holiday needs. Also on
Thursday, the traditional bonfire will be torched at the University Center.
     Southeastern s mascot, Roomie, will be on the prowl around area schools and Hammond
businesses on Friday and that evening the College of Business hosts a very special alumni
reception at the College of Business Building.
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     Homecoming Day, Nov. 22, will literally get off to a running start when the Options
Holiday Prance takes off from the University Center. The day s events include an open house at
the Alumni Center, rugby games at Strawberry Stadium, the annual parade through downtown
Hammond and a giant barbecue-reunion at the University Center leading up to the Homecoming
basketball game between the Lions and Texas College. Lady Lions basketball alumni will take to
the arena floor in the  Maw Maw Classics  and fireworks will light up the night.
     If Roomie draws your seat number at the Homecoming game, you will win $400 (two
$100 American Express gift certificates to keep and $200 for your favorite SLU program or
department). If you catch one of the special doubloons tossed during the parade, you could win a
pair of airline tickets compliments of Rownd Travel. You can also register at the barbecue to win
a night at New Orleans' Windsor Court Hotel.
     For more information about Homecoming, call the Alumni Center or check SLU s web
site, www.selu.edu.
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