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Homecoming festivities slated

GROVE CITY — Grove City College’s Homecoming 2013 promises to be a weekend to remember.

The festivities planned on campus and around town for Thursday to Sunday are a chance to celebrate the ties that bind Grovers together, meet up with old friends and new ones, recall the “good old days” and make new memories.

Highlights of the weekend include:

• Alumni Lecture Series, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, featuring Dr. Randall L. Wilber on his Olympic experience, and 3:30 p.m. Friday featuring Dr. Paul Kemeny, 2013 professor of the year. Both lectures are in Sticht Lecture Hall, Hall of Arts and Letters.

• Men’s soccer, 4 p.m. Friday against Waynesburg at the soccer field. The team celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.

• Building art sculpture dedication, 10 a.m. Saturday, STEM Hall.

• Homecoming parade, 11 a.m. Saturday, through campus and down Pine and Broad streets.

• Bands on the quad, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, featuring Junction Pa., a band formed by alumni in the ’70s, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

• Organization, team and group tents, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday on the main quad.

• Future Grovers play area, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday on the main quad.

• Greek village, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday on lower campus.

• Football game, Grove City College vs. Westminster College, 2 p.m. Saturday at Thorn Field.

• Homecoming worship service, 10 a.m. Sunday at Harbison Chapel.

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