“Watch as our adventure unfolds, we want hearts of maroon and gold.”

That was how Team New Towers tied together its theme of Mario with CMU spirit and the Homecoming theme of ‘The Adventure Continues’ in Tuesday’s Yell Like Hell competition.

Yell Like Hell is a spirit competition that parallels cheerleading. Teams compete with self-made cheers to see who has the most energy, creativeness and spirit.

The winner of the Maroon Cup groups was Barnes Hall. Dansville freshman Amber Cummings joined the team because she loves cheerleading.

“And because Barnes Hall is amazing,” she said.

The winning teams earned points toward the Maroon Cup or the Golden Goblet.

“I just love the enthusiasm and energy that CMU has,” said Milford junior Jennifer Slack.

Taking second was Larzelere Hall with a ‘Where the Wild Things Are’-themed cheer, while the Calkins/Trout team came in third.

The combined Delta Phi Epsilon sorority and Beta Theta Phi fraternity team won the Golden Goblet.

Team pride

Beta Theta Pi choose to participate in Homecoming as part of the Chapter of Excellence Competition to not only show Homecoming spirit, but compete for the Chapter of Excellence Award, which is given out annually by the Office of Student life.

“We could have volunteered for an event, but we choose to compete,” said Dowagiac senior John Klapchuk.

The joint team of Beta Theta Pi and Delta Phi Epsilon won the competition for Golden Goblet points. Beta Theta Pi won the Golden Goblet a few years ago, Klapchuk said.

Other winners for Golden Goblet were the Student Recreation Association in second and the Asian Cultural Organization in Third.

“We always participate in homecoming events, we look forward to them,” said Warren senior Mai Thao, from the Asian Cultural Organization.

Many other students came to show pride for their residence halls.

“What we wanted to do was show Thorpe pride and CMU pride,” said Lansing senior Jarrod Becht.

Each team had its own theme, from Team New Towers’ Mario theme to Robinson Hall’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme.

“I trained these elite ninjas from birth,” said Burt senior J.D. Sheets, one of the members of the Robinson Hall team.

E-mail the author: Maryellen Tighe