The festivities begin on Friday night when the Goat's Head Pub will open to students (21 and over), faculty and alumni. The Class of 1995 will be on hand to celebrate their Zero Year Reunion. Saturday will be off to an early start with the Annual Frank Sannella Road Race at 9:30 a.m. The 5K road race, starting from Alumni Field, is open to all members of the WPI Community with T-shirts going to the first 50 registrants. Other athletic events scheduled throughout the weekend will include alumni soccer, crew, hockey, rugby, varsity soccer and women's tennis. This year the varsity football team will play RPI at 1:30 p.m. on Alumni Field.
The Class Boards of Directors will meet first at 9:30 a.m. in Riley Commons and will later gather for a reception on the plaza between Alden Hall and Sanford Riley. The Class of 1990 will celebrate their 5th Reunion with a brunch in the Higgins House.
The Quad will come alive at 11:00 a.m. with class tailgate parties, live music, face painting and balloon animals, a caricaturist, a magic show and more. The WPI Miniature Golf Design Competition, hosted by the Student Alumni Society, will also take place on the Quad with students and alumni playing the course and a panel of judges voting on the best hole design. Information about entering the Miniature Golf Design Competition will soon be sent to all student groups. There are nine holes available which will be awarded on a first come, first served basis.
The Saturday morning fun will carry over into the afternoon with football and half-time events, the Traditional Rope Pull in Institute Park at 4:30, and Alumni Reception at the Higgins House from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., and a Young Alumni Social at 5:30 p.m. with a $5 cover and all you can eat buffet and cash bar, which will be open to students (I.D. Required) at Boston Billiards on Grove Street. The day will conclude with the Athletic Hall of Fame reception and dinner at 5:30 p.m. in Founders Hall (By Invitation Only).
The entire campus community and hundreds of alumni will be out for this annual event and this year looks to be the best ever. Please come out and enjoy the fun.
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