Central Connecticut State University’s homecoming weekend was kicked off with this year’s pep rally on Oct. 5.
The pep rally was hosted by CCSU’s Student Government Association, the Central Activities Network, RECentral, the Inter-Residence Council, and The Brazen Blue Devils, the pep rally held a sense of disappointment amongst the student body.
The pep rally, held at Arute Field featured performances from the dance team, the pep squad, the cheer team, and CCSU’s new majorette dance team. Despite the time and preparation these teams took for this event, the energy reciprocation was not received from the section of students.
Christine Dai, a freshman at CCSU, attended the performances and felt showed spirit for the Blue Devils, she said. But, the pep rally held a sense of disappointment amongst other students, Dai said.
“I enjoyed each performance, but everyone else around me made comments on how it went on for too long,” she said. “I thought they were cute and they represented the school very well. I just wish everyone else around me felt the same.”
After The Great Dubois performed and the raffle winner was announced, students migrated to Kaiser Lot where the rest of the activities were held.
Kaiser Lot was lined with food trucks including the Teriyaki Mania truck, which served chicken teriyaki and white rice, and the Kona Shaved Ice truck, which served a ‘mix your own flavor’ shaved ice.
Tymaine Smith, a sophomore at CCSU, said waiting in the food truck lines took away from the event.
“The lines were extremely long,” Smith said. “I was in line for the majority of the pep rally.”
The food from the food trucks was good, but not worth the amount of time spent in the line, Smith said.