Over this Homecoming weekend, we got to welcome the teams back to the course after Fall Break. We’re solidly into the second half of the semester, but though temperatures are dropping, this weekend was nice and dry.
| Org | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Apex | Helios, Molotov, Scorch, Kerosene | Solaris, Molotov, Kerosene |
| CIA | Starling, Goldfinch | Kingfisher |
| DG | Banta | — |
| Fringe | Blind Faith, Beetle, Blackbird | Blackbird, Bermuda, Beetle |
| Robobuggy | Short Circuit | — |
| SDC | Paranoia, Lust, Vice | Paranoia, Lust, Avarice, Vice |
| Spirit | Seraph, Kingpin, Inviscid, Zuke | Zuke, Inviscid, Kingpin* |
Photos: Saturday Gallery (upload) | Sunday Gallery (upload)
General Observations
- Bagged buggies are still out on the course — normally at this point in the year, I’d be attributing it to the Greek orgs coming out after recruitment, but it’s the independents on bags. We saw a couple teams bring out some buggies for the first time this year, another is that many orgs are working to get pass tests done in anticipation of Mini Raceday.
- The CMU police did not have a good weekend. There were two separate police incidents on Sunday. On the front hills, someone decided to hit-and-run a CMUPD patrol car. Later that morning, some “tired looking” officers showed up at the chute barricade trying to get back to campus. At least these ones talked to the barricaders.
- All the Pittsburgh wildlife is back in full force. I had to do some deer herding near the chute, and the large flocks of geese on Flagstaff were starting to encroach on the back hills as well. Finally, we had one major squirrel-based incident, described in further detail below.
