CAFNR
float takes first
Holly Newcomer, posted Oct. 30, 2006
CAFNR
Student Council’s float was a big success in the homecoming
parade, taking first place in the organizations division for
float decorating. The parade was held on Oct. 21. “The
theme of the float was to encompass all 16 degree programs
in our college,” Meagan Perry, chair of recruitment
for Student Council, said.
To accomplish
this, all degree programs were represented on the trailer.
There was a canoe filled with agricultural goods such as cotton,
sunflowers, corn and pumpkins, to signify he bounty of the
harvest season. The Torque-N-Tigers club also displayed their
quarter-scale pulling tractor. Torque-N-Tiger Vice President,
Matt Holtman said, "I thought it was really great getting
a chance to show the rest of the university and the community
the many different aspects of agriculture that make up CAFNR.”
The float
featured a Holstein calf from the University’s Foremost
Dairy Farm. To adorn the float, straw bales and mums were
placed all over the trailer.
The theme
of Homecoming was “Pride on the Prowl” and student
council members created a fitting slogan. “The float
also had banner that read: From Farm to Fork, CAFNR Feeds
and Clothes the Tigers on the Prowl,” Perry said.
At the
neck of the trailer there was columns to represent those standing
on the quadrangle. The Biochemistry division provided a display
on the human genome to symbolize life sciences as an important
component of the college.
Matt
Holtman, Meagan Perry, Chris Nation, Sarah Shaw, Tyne Morgan,
Lindsay Grotjan, Ely Starkey and Christine Tew all road on
the float. Josh Lehenbauer was driving the semi that pulled
the float. “We thought it would be a great way for CAFNR
students to participate in the homecoming tradition, and we
also thought that it would be good for the community to see
CAFNR in a different light,” said Perry. “I am
very proud of the participation we got from students, the
support from our faculty and staff and the reaction we got
from the community.”
