Tips for a Safe Homecoming Weekend
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5 Tips For A Safe Homecoming Weekend

Homecoming is near, and so is the shenanigans that comes with it.

Olivia Riccio
Oct 23, 2018
Shippensburg University
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5 Tips For A Safe Homecoming Weekend
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October is here. Football is here. And what comes next? Homecoming. The time where students, and mainly college students, go a little too hard when it comes to celebrating team spirit. Here are some ways to be safe this homecoming, but still have a lot of fun.

1. Do not drink the whole day long. Or excessively in general. (Be of age!)

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As lame as it sounds, you really should not be going hard with the alcohol. Especially if you are not of legal drinking age. Tailgating incites the act of drinking all day, but just think about how you will feel the next day. Not in the team spirit you were the day before.


2. If you go to parties, use the buddy system.

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Do not just go from party to party by yourself, or ditch your friends at some random fraternity house. Make sure you know where your friends are at all times, and that they know where you are. Homecoming brings people, old and new, to your school. Who knows where your friend could end up amongst them all.


3. Eat, eat and eat.

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If you are going to drink, or be out all day celebrating, you have to eat. Of course that is the whole idea of tailgating, so eat up while you are there. Do not be that person trying to survive on an empty stomach all day.


4. And hydrate, hydrate and hydrate.

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If it is hot where you are for homecoming, make sure you are hydrating (preferably with water.) No one wants to pass out at the big game.


5. Have fun.

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Homecoming is a time to bring everyone together, so enjoy yourself. But just do it in a safe manner for yourself and others around you.

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