{"id":72132,"date":"2016-09-22T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T21:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=72132"},"modified":"2016-09-22T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T21:04:08","slug":"planning-attend-pig-pickin-please-read-following-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/09\/planning-attend-pig-pickin-please-read-following-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning to attend Pig Pickin&#8217;? Please read the following guidelines."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0annual Pig Pickin\u2019, hosted by the Delta State University National Alumni Association, is a signature event at the university that many alumni, friends, students, parents, faculty and staff attend\u00a0each year. Because the\u00a0safety of\u00a0the large number of people in attendance is a top priority, everyone is asked to follow\u00a0the set\u00a0rules and regulations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To ensure everyone has a safe and fun experience at Statesmen Park, no vehicles will be allowed on Statesmen Park north of Parker Field-McCool Stadium.\u00a0Tailgaters who need\u00a0to drop off tents or other heavy items will be allowed to do so before 5 p.m. Friday and before 11:30 a.m. Saturday. After these times, traffic will not be allowed in the park.<\/li>\n<li>Parking will be available at the athletics facilities, Shumate Park, Walter Sillers Coliseum, Kent Wyatt Hall and across Highway 8 on campus. Tailgating behind the visitors\u2019 side of the stadium is prohibited. Directional signage will indicate the designated tailgating areas for Pig Pickin\u2019 attendees.<\/li>\n<li>Golf carts and ATVs will not be allowed with the exception of officials and staff golf carts.<\/li>\n<li>Pets are\u00a0not allowed\u00a0at the event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These rules were put in place to ensure the safety of Pig Pickin\u2019 participants, particularly the many children who attend. Video surveillance will be in use at the park.<\/p>\n<p>Pig Pickin\u2019 event times at Statesmen Park:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, September 18, 5 p.m. \u2013 midnight<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 19, Noon \u2013 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The official hashtag for Pig Pickin\u2019 is #DSUPigPickin.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the Alumni Association at 662-846-4660.<\/p>\n<p>To stay up to date on the Alumni Association\u2019s activities, follow these social media sites: Facebook (Statesmen Graduates), Twitter (@DSU_Alumni), Tumblr (http:\/\/www.dsualumni.tumblr.com), LinkedIn (DSU alumni), Instagram (dsualumni) and You Tube (dsualumni1). Save the date for this year\u2019s Pig Pickin\u2019 (Sept. 24) and Homecoming (Oct. 15).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 31st\u00a0annual Pig Pickin\u2019, hosted by the Delta State University National Alumni Association, is a signature event at the university that many alumni, friends, students, parents, faculty and staff attend\u00a0each&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":512,"featured_media":72133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72136,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72132\/revisions\/72136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}