Homecoming is around the corner!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009
MC Volleyball vs. Southern Connecticut State
4:00 p.m., Volpe Athletic Complex
All are welcome to cheer on the MC Volleyball team!

Pep Rally
5:30 p.m., Outside the Volpe Athletic Complex
Students are encouraged to attend a Pep Rally to gear the Warriors up for their games this weekend. There will be music, speeches, chants, dances, and a whole lot more!

MC Hockey vs. Holy Cross – home opener!
7:00 p.m., J. Thom Lawler Arena
$5.00 for everybody to celebrate the start of a successful season.

The Merrimack Newlywed Game
9:30 p.m., Sakowich Campus Center Multipurpose Room
Want to have some late night fun? Play the Newlywed Game for family members and their students. Teams will be one family member and their student. You think you know what you’re kids are doing, but you have NO idea! Winning team will receive a great prize! Note: This event is geared towards an older crowd.
PG-13.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009
Mass
9:00 a.m., Rogers Center for the Arts
Begin the day with a special liturgy.

Fall Festival
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Warrior Tent (Baseball field)
Price includes BBQ and one admission ticket to the MC vs.
New Haven football game. $18.00 adults, $10.00 children under 12. Free for children under age 3. $20.00 at the door.

Blessing and Dedication of the Labyrinth
11:30 a.m., Lawn between Austin Hall and Cushing Hall
Join Rev. Jim Wenzel, O.S.A. ’52, O.S.A., as he dedicates the new labyrinth with a special blessing.

Kid’s Korner
11:00 - 2:00 p.m., Warrior Tent
Children's activities: arts and crafts, pumpkins and more!

MC Football vs. New Haven
1:00 p.m., Warrior Field
Advance tickets are $3.00. Game day Family/Alumni discount is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children/students/seniors at the gate.

Help Merrimack College break a world record!
Immediately following the football game, we’re going to make the World’s Largest Hokey Pokey happen at Merrimack – all for a great cause: The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. We need 600 people to be successful, and we will be in the record books. An adjudicator will be on site to give us a certificate of success at that event. Fans will be lined up in the shape of the breast cancer ribbon, and put their whole selves in to finding a cure!

Mass
4:30 p.m., Cascia Hall

MC Men’s Soccer vs. Le Moyne
5:00 p.m., Warrior Field

Spaghetti Supper
5:30 p.m., Sakowich Campus Center
$10.00 per person, free for children under age 3.
Join us for a traditional spaghetti supper in the newly-renovated dining hall.

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