Lets be real…the best thing about homecoming weekend was the football game and what happened on the field. The flash mob a was a little awkward, and I’m sure the high attendance of the carnival was largely in part due to the fact that it overlapped with parents weekend. Sure you can say that it may inspire parents to donate more…but after paying to be a parents weekend, they may not really feel the need to shell out more cash…especially for a mediocre “carnival.” Resnick, you were lucky the football team won…it was the best part of the weekend, and an excellent victory for homecoming to piggy back on

let’s be real, “let’s be real,” it’s a lot easier to sit behind a computer criticizing someone than it is to spend months putting together an over 4,000-person event that reaches out to everyone from students, to administrators, to alumni, to parents which was also a major part of the platform upon which you were elected to public office with. I’m not sure exactly why you and a few very vocal others feel the need to find fault with every action emily takes, particularly those which she was elected to carry out, but it’s growing really old, really fast.

As someone that organizes large races amongst other events, I know very well the time and effort that goes into putting together a large event. I’m not knocking the fact that it was accomplished after Emily had promised it. I’m pointing out the fact that it was a mediocre event, and it should probably be reconsidered whether or not it is a worth while event in the upcoming future. If it was mediocre in it’s year of “rebirth,” excitement would probably dwindle with oncoming years. And please don’t bring up attendance as an argument…remember, it was parents weekend. Furthermore, you forgot to include one group of people that were also reached out to by the event…UCLA “Greeks,” many of which were required to attend by their respective organizations.

I have to second “lets be real” comment. Homecoming was a mediocre event. This should’ve been the year that really demonstrated to UCLA that it was a needed tradition, but it did not. I have to say that HC was just not what I expected. The group who planned it didn’t seem like they knew how to really plan an event of that proportion. And, I’m not knocking them on that. Event planning is hard, but it was not what it could have been. Noble effort though, nevertheless.

gonna hate. if slate politics didn’t exist at our school, none of this would be happening.

90k goes to bruin bash, and about 7,000 go to that event. why does no one complain about that? this was only 20k and for almost 5,000 students/parents…. sounds like a damn good deal to me…. but waiiiiiiiiiiiit anything that emily resnick does is going to be hated on by a lot of people just because one (and the more outspoken) slate doesn’t like her. take for instance the recent poll about homecoming? do you think people really give a flying fuck about daily bruin polls? – no… yet over 2,000 people vote in this particular one? sounds like something fueled people to vote against this… maybe some list serve e-mails?

if you want to complain, complain about the fact that only 8-9 thousand students vote in each election. one of emily’s main campaign promises was to bring back homecoming, and she did… in terrific fashion. some people are upset, but that is democracy at its finest ladies and gents.

and lets be real… maybe it wasn’t a coincidence that homecoming was the same weekend as parents weekend… maybe it is the perfect opportunity to see what great events UCLA has to offer for parents as well….

get over yourself and stop hating. if you want to do something better, i hope to see your name on the presidential ballot next year…because as of now i think emily is doing great.

@haters…..conspiracy much? Homecoming was publicized alot and there was alot of hype around it. So…I think that’s why there’s alot of opinions on it. I doubt any one group of students could cause this.

We’re in a democracy, yes, and in a democracy, people are allowed to have opinions and criticize the folks who control their money. If anything, Bruin Bash got alot of slack this year too……remember? I’m just glad that USAC is getting critiqued as a whole. Transparency is an important issue esp. for people who control our student fee money.

@ Seriously: So now it was publicized well? But according to this article, it wasn’t…

http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/10/_ucla_homecoming_carnival_effort_misplaced_

You guys need to make up your mind and stick with one point instead of flip-flopping whenever it’s convenient.

Maybe next year’s Homecoming Carnival should be put to a vote during this year’s election.

Having seen UCLA’s “homecoming” compared to other schools (USC, Stanford, Michigan)… I’m not entirely sure UCLA knows what homecoming is. Or is there just a meaningful dearth of pride on campus these days?

I’ve said this from jump street: UCLA is not a Homecoming type of school!!! We lack school spirit, simple as that!! If it wasn’t for groups like Student Alumni Association, who try their best to promote school spirit and honor our school traditions (Beat SC Week, Bonfires, Spring Sing, etc) or the occasional football team win, we kinda suck in the spirit department quite frankly and I don’t feel bad by saying that, trust me. I have to agree with John Jameson, compared to other schools (SC, Standford, Washington State, Cal) We don’t know what homecoming is all about. Leave homecoming to folks like SAA and let USAC get back to tackling the campus issues! UCLA is a political hotbed and that what makes our campus so great, so unique, and so difficult all at the same time. We shouldn’t be trying to relive the old days or trying to be like other schools, cus UCLA is beyond a little homecoming carnival. UCLA is a Powerhouse and that’s what we are good at doing/being. I’m a proud UCLA Bruin, I know i bleed blue and gold. How about that rising tuition tho?

As a proud and loyal Bruin Alum (‘93) I just want to second Emily’s comments about the Homecoming Event being a pretty successful return to UCLA Homecoming. During my years at UCLA I always looked forward to the UCLA Homecoming parade and rally that took place each year and had been saddened in recent years that festivities had been absent. It is a prime opportunity to bring students, alums, parents and community fans together and I commend the students groups that helped organize this year’s event and participated. It was so nice to see so as many people attend that did and I am sure each year will see a bigger draw. My only suggestion is to increase your food truck offerings (one is simply not enough) and try to involve the cheerleaders and current and past football players in some way. A celebrity appearance or two wouldn’t hurt either – it’s provocative, it gets the people goin’! Congrats on a great effort and good luck with next year’s plans!

You know why there is a relative lack of school spirit? We are overworked to death!! Between the circle-jerk of trying to get classes, fulfill GE’s and then get A’s and B’s many of us have no time to participate in these spirit fostering events, which is regrettable. Many students work, volunteer and do research or have horrendous commutes. Almost half the people I know here work, which I believe is a function of rising tuition and the bad economy. I will just say that life as a UCLA is not easy (well for South Campus dwellers at least) and many of us are so wrapped up in our own little hell of responsibilities that we sort of, forget to have much spirit and pay attention to much of anything outside our bubble. I personally didn’t go to homecoming, I had to study late into the night so I could go to the game at the Rose Bowl the next day and drink heavily for my only free day of the week. I only say this because I believe it has to do with the pace of the quarter system. As a person who used to go to a Semester-based school I can attest to the fact that the quarter system is much more disarming, tough and generally unforgiving when it comes to time, so we all have to become more hermit-like. Cal, USC, Stanford, hell most big schools run on the Semester system. At my old school I could literally take an entire week of school off around week 7 or 8 and not miss a damn thing. There’s no way we can be that loose here! So we stay relatively uptight and boom, your lack of school spirit. Oh and I could bet none of the USAC people who spent the ridiculous amount of time to plan this are STEM majors.