News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 9/10/04   SOUTHEASTERN PHI KAPPA PHI HOSTS ANNUAL HOMECOMING QUIZ BOWL       HAMMOND  -- Calling it “another kind of athletic competition,” Southeastern Louisiana University’s chapter of the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi is sponsoring an intramural Quiz Bowl tournament as part of the university’s Oct. 4-9 Homecoming festivities.       The third annual tournament, which is open to students, faculty, staff, and alumni, is scheduled for 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, in the Student Union Theater.       Southeastern will celebrate Homecoming Week October 4-9 with a host of activities for both the campus and community, including a bonfire, alumni awards evening, reunions, parade and the 6 p.m. Oct. 9 Southeastern-Northern Colorado football game in Strawberry Stadium.       In just two years, the Phi Kappa Phi Quiz Bowl’s friendly competition, rapid-fire questions, laughter and brain-power have become a Southeastern Homecoming tradition. Teams sport names such as the Dewey Decimators, the Dangling Participles and the Gramminators, and some even get in the spirit of competition by donning playful costumes.       “The Quiz Bowl is a question and answer game of general knowledge and quick recall,” said English professor Joan Faust, past president of Southeastern’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter.  “Game questions cover every conceivable topic -- from history, literature, science, multiculturalism, religion and geography to current events, the arts, social sciences, sports, and popular culture.”       Faust said any student or faculty/staff or alumni group is invited to put together a team of four players and one alternate for the competition.        A $20 registration fee is required from all teams, and the deadline for registration is Thursday, Sept. 30. The first eight teams to submit a registration form and fee will be guaranteed participation in the tournament.       The double-elimination tournament will separate faculty/staff and student teams until the final playoff match, which will pit the top faculty/staff team against the top student team, Faust said.       Phi Kappa Phi will offer cash prizes of $100 for the top faculty/staff and student teams and $50 for the two second-place teams.         Registration forms and instructions are available from Faust, room 358, D Vickers Hall,  jfaust@selu.edu, 985-549-5764. The form is also available online at www.selu.edu/phikappaphi/quizbowl.html.        To familiarize teams with the Quiz Bowl equipment and scoring, Faust said it is recommended that teams attend a practice session from 2-4 p.m. on Oct. 4 in the Student Union Theatre.      The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, founded in 1896, is one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies in America and has approximately 300 chapters in the United States and the Philippines. The Southeastern chapter was founded in 1956. Student members are invited from the top 10 percent of the senior class and the top seven and a half percent of the junior class. Outstanding faculty, staff, and alumni may also be invited.      For information about Southeastern Homecoming activities, contact the Alumni Association at 985-549-2150, 1-800-SLU-ALUM or visit www.selu.edu/alumni.