House Decs
By Charles Minnick

This weekend Mizzou’s campus will be decorated with millions of pieces of tissue paper in one of the many competitions during Homecoming. The decorations will be mounted throughout Greek town as part of the Homecoming festivities.

The house decorations have been under construction in fraternity houses for the last month. Homecoming pairs of fraternities and sororities have already put in hours of pomping. Some Greeks have a required total number of hours and others have a certain number of hours required per week.

These decorations are constructed upon large boards, which are then covered in thousands of ‘pomps.’ ‘Pomps’ are small pieces of tissue paper wrapped around a pencil, a marker, a finger, or another cylindrical item and dipped in a batter of flour and water that serves as glue. These pomps are placed in patterns using dozens of colors and schemes in order to decorate the houses in a variety of themes.

“House decorations are hard work but worth it to continue the great tradition Mizzou has in Homecoming,” freshman Kevin Roepe, Alpha Gamma Rho, said.

The house decorations will be on display from 6-10 p.m. Friday evening. Viewing is free and open to the public. .

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