Contrary to the “USA” and “Veishea” chants heard on Tuesday night, a group of students and community members marched throughout campus Saturday morning cheering “Cyclone pride.”

On April 12, Adam Guenther, senior in animal science and GSB senator, organized the Campus Showcase Parade, an unofficial alternative to the Veishea parade.

Around 120 students and community members dressed in cardinal and gold attire and walked the sidewalks of the original parade route, weaving through crowds of supporters.

Carolyn Heising, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, participated in the Campus Showcase Parade.

“I feel like the students are doing a great thing by planning these alternative events, it shows that they care,” said Heising.

Heising also attended other unofficial events on Central Campus earlier in the week.

“I really think students should regain control of Veishea, I’m a believer of the students doing good things and I feel that Veishea is a tradition [that] should be continued being completely run by students, going back to the basics,” said Heising.

Calli Zimmerman, senior in agricultural business, saw the event on Facebook and decided to attend.

“My friends and I planned on just watching the parade but we saw people joining in as the parade went by so we joined too,” said Zimmerman.

After the Cyclone Showcase Parade, Zimmerman attended another unofficial Veishea event called “4 the Love of ISU.”

“I think these events are a good idea as long as everything is positive and safe,” said Zimmerman.

Music poured from the speakers at the Richardson Court grassy area as students lounged under trees, laid in the sun and played pick up games of sports at the lawn party.

Megan Sweere, junior in supply chain management and Dan Breitbarth, junior in business economics, worked together to plan the 4 the Love of ISU event in a matter of hours on Wednesday night.

Breitbarth said he and a lot of students were disappointed that the Veishea events were canceled so he decided to do something about it.

“We wanted to have a big event that we wouldn’t need funding for and that would make Veishea positive again and bring the community together,” said Sweere.

Sweere and Breitbarth used social media to advertise their event to students around campus.

“We’ve had a lot of groups reach out to us and ask how they can help us plan this event, it’s really awesome to see how people step up and help out. It’s a great community,” said Sweere.

The members of Beta Theta Pi helped fill water balloons all morning said Sweere.

“We didn’t want the event to be associated with any student organization in particular because we wanted to make it about the community as a whole and welcome a diverse group of people,” said Sweere.

Sweere said that it has been great to watch students creating these events on their own and feeling the support from the community.

“We really want to create a better image for Veishea, not only around the community but state and nationwide,” said Breitbarth.