UPC kicked off Homecoming Week 2008 on October 15, 2008 with the U Rock On concert in the Student Union Ballroom featuring alumni band Akiva and student band Skullfunked. Both bands played great sets that got the crowd interacting and even got some people up and dancing. The energy of both the bands and the crowd was enough to get anyone dancing along and having fun.

Check the bands out at:

www.myspace.com/akiva
www.myspace.com/skullfunkedband

Thanks to everyone who came out and rocked on with UPC!

On the first Friday back at UMass UPC took over the Student Union and hosted the Student Union Shutdown. As always, this event was FREE. Free food, free novelty items, free billiards, free games, free fun!! The Hatch was turned into a Coffeehouse where coffee was served while UMass’ finest showed off their talents in music, poetry, and more. The library lawn became our very own Drive-In theater where Indiana Jones was shown. Human bowling, the bungee run, and Dance Dance Revolution were huge hits, but the most popular of activities was karaoke! No one was afraid to show off their singing talents, or lack there of, and everyone sang and danced along.

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Shutdown! We hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as UPC did.

And to those that missed this event, make sure to keep an eye out for when UPC takes over the Student Union again!