{"id":4640,"date":"2019-07-08T14:50:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2019-07-08T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:50:26","slug":"the-ultimate-tailgater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/2019\/07\/08\/the-ultimate-tailgater\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Tailgater"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Paige Griffee<\/p>\n

To some students, school spirit means showing up to campus events. For Breanna Baker, school spirit means much more.<\/p>\n

Baker participates in all of the homecoming week activities with her sorority, Sigma Sigma Sigma<\/a> (Tri Sig). Some of these classic Western homecoming events involve trivia night, a drive-in movie, the pep rally on Friday night, and the parade Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Baker said being a part of homecoming at Western each year is a fun tradition to her now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHomecoming<\/a> games give me the opportunity to reconnect with friends, hang out with sorority sisters and to see lots of alumni that come to the game,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n

She said homecoming really brings different organizations together and has brought her closer to her own organization while also getting to show school pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spirit at the tailgate and the game is very high; everyone is excited and the crowd is much bigger than usual,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n

Baker participated in the pep rally this year as the ringleader of Tri Sigma\u2019s routine with the theme of elephants.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite part of homecoming week is the pep rally,\u201d Baker said. \u201cIt\u2019s super fun to go get pumped the day before the game, and so many organizations come up with so many cool dances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baker was excited to see who won royalty at the pep rally and watch the game from the new pavilion.<\/p>\n

Baker said her game day plans involve eating good food at the tailgate and hanging out with friends before going into the game to cheer on the Griffs.<\/p>\n

Baker claims she has no doubt she will return to Western homecomings as an alumni.<\/p>\n