The Homecoming dance was Saturday, October 11, 2014, and the theme was “Club 501: Glow in the Dark”. Entering the dance was a lighting spectacle with hanging lights, glow sticks, black lights, DJ Wolf Pack’s lights, and even a disco ball. The dance was hosted and planned by the first annual Polar Bear Senate (@PolarBearSenate).

Within the first hour of the dance the dance floor was packed tight. The part of the dance floor within the ear drum-busting radius of the DJ’s speakers was the hottest area due to intense dancing. Amongst the thick of the dance crowd you were nearly breathing sweat with how humid the humanity was.

When the DJ played “Turn Down For What?” the whole dance erupted into a frenzy of jumping, dancing and singing of Polar Bear pride. In the process of partying the white cloth draped from the ceiling tiles fell onto the crowd. Quickly enough, administration stepped in and pulled the drapes together and took them away.

As the last song played hands were thrown in the air as to show solidarity between polar bears past and present. The song ended and the committed crowd of proud polar bears drenched in sweat applauded each other and their work hard, party harder mentality.