Homecoming week, no matter your school or education level, is an absolute riot wherever you are. From teaming up with classmates and fellow peers to rack up points to win Homecoming Week to dressing up and participating in all of the events around campus, Homecoming Week is truly one of the best times of the school year, especially in college.

For this year’s Homecoming at Florida State University, they had many different events and many different possibilities for you to get involved in Homecoming. First off was Karaoke for A Cause kicking off on Sunday night. This event in and of itself was amazing as many different groups and organizations gathered in the center of campus and set up tables to discuss their various philanthropies as well as participate and sing karaoke for a fun night of entertainment. The following day, was of course Skit Night, which I gladly participated in for team points and for pure enjoyment value. For Skit Night, all organizations on campus had to put together a five-minute sketch portraying the various traditions of Florida State while also incorporating the “Living Legacy” theme of Homecoming. Not only did this make the sketches absolutely hilarious, but also educational in regards to the traditions that have occurred on the Florida State campus for many years.

The Seminole Festival, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, was another chance to get involved in Homecoming Week. The Seminole Festival took place much like Karaoke for A Cause in the center of campus, and it involved various fun activities in honor of Homecoming Week including games, food, and live entertainment, which seemingly gave it a very carnival-esque feel. During this time also, the banners created by each team of various fraternities, sororities, and other on campus organizations were being judged on creativity and correspondence to the Homecoming Week theme. Not only was this another fun way to show off the Homecoming spirit but it also showcased the creativity on campus that each organization possesses.

The best part of Homecoming Week by far though had to be the performance by Chance the Rapper in the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center on Wednesday night. In my opinion, Chance the Rapper put on one of the best performances I have ever seen, and he even made sure to get the crowd up and moving throughout his entire set by hyping up the audience throughout every single one of his songs. He even incorporated new elements and little skits in between each song in order to give his performance more of a personal touch than any of his previous shows on his Magnificent Coloring World Tour. Not to mention, he performed his new song “No Problem” that features both 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne that was sure to get his audience excited and engaged in his act.

On Thursday night of Homecoming Week, there was another wonderful display of talent in the annual Spear-It Night showcase, where once again members of all organizations on campus, much like every event prior, performed their very own talents in front of the whole school and their peers. From singing and making up songs about school spirit to dancing around and hitting the quan, Spear-It Night was overall a wonderful event that dazzled with the abundant amounts of pure talent on campus. Speaking of pure talent, on Friday afternoon the annual Homecoming Parade took place where floats made by each organization and team participating in Homecoming Week was shown off to the whole school. This was soon followed by more pure talent later that day in the form of three comedians, Nicole Byer, Judah Friedlander, and Whitney Cummings, who all performed for Pow Wow that night in the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.

Ultimately to close out the weekend on Saturday afternoon we had one of the most awaited games: The annual Homecoming Game, which like many years in the past was against the one and only Wake Forest. This of course, ended once again with the Seminoles taking the lead and winning the Homecoming Game 17-6 in the final quarter! So to say Homecoming Week was definitely a success would certainly be an understatement...I just can't wait to see what next year will bring!