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Gallery: Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Alpha create wild west float ahead of homecoming parade

By Libby Phelps, Staff Photographer
October 12, 2024
Libby Phelps | @libbyphelpsphotography
Member of Alpha Gamma Rho, Zach Kampwerth uses an electric saw on the Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Alpha homecoming float Oct. 9, 2024 in Carbondale, Illinois.

 

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Libby Phelps | @libbyphelpsphotography
Member of the agriculture sorority Sigma Alpha Jenna Bare attaches tissue-paper pomps for the Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Alpha homecoming float Oct. 9, 2024 in Carbondale, Illinois.

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