University of Idaho’s Homecoming Week is off to a loud start with the annual Yell Like Hell event.
Booming echoes of students yelling reverberated from wall to wall in the International Ballroom of the Pitman Center Sunday night. Yell Like Hell was one of the first events to begin this year’s Homecoming Week.
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Sophmore Sophie McGrath, junior Drew Pickens, and freshman Skylar Oneida compete in the “Most Vandalized Fan” event at Yell like Hell.
With 20 teams in attendance, head chair of Yell Like Hell, Lise Welch, said students came together to show off chants they wrote to gain points for their team.
Throughout the event, chants were broken up with announcements about events occuring throughout the week and included homecoming royalty announcements. The winners of Yell Like Hell, announced by Welch, were Theta Chi for fraternities and Pi Beta Phi for sororities.
The winner of Yell Like Hell is chosen by how loud they are, measured by an app that counts decibels, or the intensity of the sound, Welch said. The creativity of the chant however, depends on the group and how creative they are willing to get.
Welch said she considers this year’s Yell Like Hell to be a success, as they saw a larger increase in attendance than in previous years.
The most vandalized fan consisted of three different rounds— best dressed, best go-Vandals and audience participation in the Vandal fight song. The winner was Kappa Alpha Theta.
Homecoming royalty was announced at Yell Like Hell, with Homecoming Queen and King nominations. Voting began Monday and ends Friday at 5 p.m. Yell Like Hell announcers said to watch social media for the poll. The top eight will be announced at the bonfire Friday.
Yell Like Hell has been going on for a few years and has grown ever since, Welch said. It works to promote a sense of unity within the Vandal family, said Quentin Graff, assistant chair for Yell Like Hell. The event works to evoke a sense of pride among UI students, Graff said.
“It’s the most Vandal pride thing we do,” Welch said. “A lot of our other things focus on our theme or other contests we do throughout the week, but this is really showing our love for Idaho and our sprit and just being loud and proud about why we love the University of Idaho.”
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