By Katelyne Montemayor & Natasha Lopez
Courier Staff Reporters
Now that class themes have been announced, students are hard at work on the floats that will represent their class at Homecoming.
The freshman’s theme is Men in Black.
Mili Gupta, a freshman, says, “I’m happy with our theme. Men in Black is one of my favorite movies and I can’t wait to see how the float turns out.”
Jinny Jugarap, also a freshman, didn’t share the same enthusiasm. “I don’t really care that much about how the Freshmen float turns out.” She added, “My teachers didn’t really talk about it.”
The sophomore’s theme is The Twilight Zone.
Nilofar Beg, a sophomore, says, “I’m excited for our class theme. The Twilight Zone was a really good show.”
Fellow sophomore Tracy Chi noted, “The Twilight Zone had different stories for each episode. That means there are a lot of possibilities as to what the float will look like once it’s finished.”
The class theme for the juniors is based on the Disney movie Tron.
Every week the members of float meet up in the 300s, working from 3:00pm-6:00pm. All together there are 60-70 members working on the float, but only about 25-30 people show up to every meeting. Their current plans for the float are to turn two normal bikes into light cycles using blue and orange paint and neon lights. The background will have a plain backdrop with projected pictures from the movie. As of right now, the only things that are finished are the backdrop and the skirt.
A student who is working on the float for the first time this year said they joined because “It’s a cool way to meet new people and it’s a very chill environment.”
Finally, for the seniors their theme is based on the movie Back to the Future.
Like the juniors the seniors have been meeting up for the past three weeks. Their plans for the float are to create a life size Delorean out of cardboard and chicken wire, and for the background, a time board and a clock tower.
When asked about the pressure that comes with building the senior float, Liberty Onia responded with, “Yeah. I feel a lot of pressure because lately the floats for seniors have been really good, and you want to live up to that…We aspire to be like past years.”
