During Homecoming Week, members of the Eastern community could be found pumping up the blue.

Whether they showed their support by cheering at the football game or supporting their friends at coronation, students, faculty and alumni used this time to express what Eastern is all about.

Madeleine Sheley, a freshman business major, said she was not able to participate in Homecoming activities as much as she would have liked.

“I went to the coronation and ‘Yell Like Hell,’ which were both really fun, but I couldn’t go to very many functions for my sorority because I had to work,” she said. “I’m looking forward to next year when I’ll have more time to participate.”

For Kristen Webber, a sophomore English major, the weekend was just like any other weekend.

“I didn’t really do anything for Homecoming,” she said. “I had so much homework and reading to do.”

Webber said because of her major and midterms scheduled around the same time as Homecoming, she did not have any time to go out.

Dolly Shishodia, a sophomore undecided major, said she participated in many of the Homecoming activities.

“I went to the football game and tailgated,” she said. “I also watched the flash mob, and they tried to get me to join it.”

Shishodia said she loved all of the craziness that comes with Homecoming and is excited for next year.

“I might join a sorority in the next year, and I’ll have the activities that go along with it for next year,” she said.

Katie Huck, a freshman psychology major, said she was a little overwhelmed with Homecoming.

“I didn’t know what to expect, but it was crazy,” she said.

Huck said she went to “Yell Like Hell” and went to themed functions for her sorority during the week.

Shishodia and Huck ended the Homecoming weekend by flying “kites” made out of string and plastic grocery bags in front of Carman Hall on Sunday.

“We just wanted to make people’s day, and we figured this was a good way to do it,” Shishodia said.

Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.