September 30, 2008
EVANSTON, Ill. -- This year's homecoming campaign, "Paint The Town Purple", has been a success!
This past week -- homecoming week at NU -- several donwtown Evanston businesses allowed Northwestern student groups to paint their shop windows in an effort to show their group's pride for NU. The athletic department would like to thank the following companies, whose windows were done up in the purple and white of the Wildcats -- Saville Flowers, Asinamali, Omni Salon & Day Spa, The steven papageorge salon, Panera Bread Inc, Buffalo Joe's, Quartet Copies, Beck's Books, Clarke's, T. Mobile, The Unicorn Cafe, Crossroads Trading Co., & Dunkin' Donuts.
Among the student groups that participated in the "Paint the Town Purple" campaign were -- NU Softball Team, NU Baseball Team, Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, NU Habitat for Humanity, NU Lacrosse Team, Tri Delta, The Dolphin Show, NU Cross Country, The Undergraduate Chemistry Council, Delta Zeta, NU Fencing, NU Class Alliance & Pi Beta Phi.
Our homecoming campaign has become a tradition among the local businesses and student groups to truly "Paint The Town Purple"!