Greek Week Activities

[KSUViolet06]

Greek week here consists of several events:

Monday is usually Red Cross blood drive. Every sister/brother in letters that donates is worth points.

Tuesday is "Letter Check In". Basically there's a table in the Student Center and Greeks check in under their chapter from 12-2pm. Chapters with at least 50% of their members checked in get points.

Wednesday is the Greek Week Talent competition. Points are awarded for the top three acts.

Thursday is a speaker but the top 3 chapters with the most members present get points.

Friday are Greek Games, which are the traditional field events. Every win is worth points and the Greek Games overall winner gets a large amount of points.

Saturday is Relay for Life and the chapter who raised the most $$ during the week for Relay gets points.

[chideltjen]

We support a charity all week for Greek Week... thought I would assume most schools do. I think ours is Shriner's Hospital or something to that affect. Anyway, everyone sets up a booth for a Children's Fair. Each org makes a carnival game out of their booth and they invite kids from the hospital to play, as well as the day care kids we have on campus. Last year, the girls did a "go fish" booth.

But we do the typical sports as well. Soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, bar games, football for the guys, tug-o-war, 4x1, etc. This year they have introduced swimming... which is great because my chapter is FULL of swimmers.

[TxAPhi]

Lots of coverage in the campus paper -

Greek Week Schedule
Greek Week kicks off on a 'good note' with traditional sing-off
Greek Week unity speaker offers useful advice to audience
Queen of Greek Week
Fun Games offer more of a relaxed competition
Competing for points in Pyramids, Canoe Races
Singin' and dancin'
Day one of tugs kicks off
Final tug pulls three teams to victory


Greek community recognizes outstanding members
By Laura Griffith
Published: Monday, April 18, 2005


After sororities and fraternities participated in more than a week of events for Greek Week 2005, overall winners were announced on Wednesday at the Greek Week Awards Banquet.

Alpha Phi, last year's Greek Week champion, claimed the title in the sorority division again this year, and Sigma Pi took the honors for the fraternity division. Alpha Phi placed placed first in pyramids and tugs.


Other awards were also announced at the banquet, including Greek Man and Woman of the Year. The woman and man that stand out above all the rest are Tara Coghlan of Sigma Kappa sorority and Danny Scheck of Sigma Pi fraternity.

Kelly O'Malley of Alpha Phi was named outstanding sorority new initiate. O'Malley became involved with Junior Greek Council and was a delegate to Panhellenic Council for Alpha Phi. A bone-cancer survivor, she spoke at last year's Relay for Life and got her sorority to participate in this year's relay, which took place Friday and Saturday. Mitch Forney of Sigma Phi Epsilon was named outstanding fraternity new initiate.

Mary Kate Lobough of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority was recognized for her work with community service and was given the outstanding community service award.

Three chapters and two members of their respective chapters were recognized for their fraternal values. They were Alpha Gamma Delta sorority in first, Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority in second, Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in third, D'Anna Cepela of Sigma Kappa sorority in fourth and Nick Pinaire of Sigma Phi Epsilon in fifth place.


Greek Award Winners

- Greek Week Sorority Champion: Alpha Phi
- Greek Week Fraternity Champion: Sigma Pi
- Greek Woman of the Year: Tara Coghlan, Sigma Kappa
- Greek Man of the Year: Danny Scheck, Sigma Pi
- Sorority Adviser of the Year: Ann Brownson
- Fraternity Adviser of the Year: Doug Dehority
- Sorority President of the Year: Jackie Engel
- Fraternity President of the Year: Dan Blair

[TxAPhi]

Greeks Go Head to Head
By Kayla Walker
Published: Thursday, April 21, 2005


Monday marked the conclusion of the University's Greek Week, ending the annual and enthusiasm-filled stretch of fraternity and sorority-sponsored activities. Most colleges and universities celebrate some form of Greek Week, a seven-day period that not only strengthens ties between campus Greek organizations, but also expresses unity with those nationwide.

A major feature of Greek Week is its spirited series of competitions, senior Rommel Mateo and a Phi Iota Alpha member said. Sorority and fraternity members displayed their artistic skills through a banner contest, in which each Greek organization handmade and decorated banners with its respective mascot. A chariot race, which pits organizations' vehicle designs against each other, is a harkening back to a classical era.

Sports also figure prominently into Greek Week, as sorority and fraternity members engage in a number of such friendly competitions. Matteo notes the wide range of athletic tournaments, which include swimming, bowling, football, softball, dodgeball, volleyball and soccer.

Aside from these lively and recreational events, Greek Week is also a time for community awareness. While fraternities and sororities participate in community service projects year-round, Dennis Camacho, assistant director of student activities, spoke glowingly of Greek Week's "canned castle drive." The event brought the Greek organizations together to collect an estimated 7,200 pounds of recyclables. All proceeds were donated to the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN).

Other critical and time-honored components of Greek Week are its opening and closing ceremonies. The week's commencement was centered around "Songs of Love." Each year John Beltzer's Songs of Love Foundation composes ballads for children coping with serious illness, with the lyrics of the song mirroring each child's unique struggles and hopes. This year's song honored the courageous fight of Joshua Jimenez, who is currently battling leukemia.

The University currently consists of 19 fraternities and 12 sororities with an estimated six percent of University students belonging to a Greek organization. Greek Week participants praised the event as a way to strengthen ties between members of the Greek community as well as a way to aid the larger community.

"It's a great time to bond with fellow fraternity and sorority members and it allows us to do good for the community while having fun," Mateo said.

"It was definitely a memorable experience and I'm looking forward to it next year," Tania Bellia, freshman and Alpha Phi member, said.

[AlphaPhiBubbles]

I'm actually supposed to be getting ready for our 2nd day of greek week right now. Here are this year's events for Chico State:

Saturday: Greek All-star softball game and home-run derby
Sunday: Community Challenge (i guess it would be like greek games, except the entire chico community is involved and LOTS of money is raised for this event for the Boys and Girls club)
Monday + Tuesday: blood drive
Wednesday: Social Action Day, donate all clothes and cans to the Jesus Center (local philanthropy...not as religiously affiliated as it sounds)
Thursday: Fun without alchohol fair - i'm actually in charge of this day for my sorority, but about 2-3,000 kids from 5 yrs-10yrs come and every group sets up their own themed booth with activities and prizes for the kids, all relating to saying no to alcohol and drugs. In past years, this was probably the only event besides blood drive people actually didn't drink for.
Friday: Poker tournament
Saturday: Bed cart races
Sunday: Talent show

we have a really full greek week! But its fun. I'm actually really glad that we're being allowed to do it again this year in light of recent events

[WVSigmaChick]

We just finished with our Greek Week and it was big success...we lost by only 6 points though The Sigmas fought hard all week, this was our schedule:

Sunday - Flag Football and Greek cookout
Monday - banner contest, comedy relay (we had it where you had to put clothes on, run to a station spin around on bats, run w/ an egg in a spoon, then push the egg w/ your nose, bob for teething rings in applesauce haha, then put a diaper and a bib on one person and give then a piggy back ride, then have one person lay down in a sheet and pour ketchup and mustard all over them and wrap them up as a human hotdog and roll them across the finish line) , tug-of-war, 3-on-3 basketball
Tuesday - Supposed to be a Greek carnival but it was cancelled because of rain
Wednesday - Volleyball and Family Feud (just like the TV show)
Thursday - Say What Karaoke and Kickball
Friday - Softball
Saturday - Soccer
Sunday - Greek Sing

it was a really great week, lots of bumps and bruises, but a lot of great memories too

[Coramoor]

I wish that Greek week and Greek stuff in general would get more publicity here (WVU).

It seems to me that any time the schools needs to 'impress' a speaker with student envolvment they make all the sororities (especialy) and fraternities attend all the events. Yet when it comes time to helping us out-they just shit all over us.

At the same time, I have to say that I have never been involved in a more unorganized event than something planned by the greek offices here. It's tough to deal with coming from the Army and then going to an IFC/Panhellenic meeting where they tell us we have to do certain events...but they don't know when or the times or anything about it.

[KatieKate1244]

Originally posted by Coramoor

At the same time, I have to say that I have never been involved in a more unorganized event than something planned by the greek offices here.

I hear ya. Our Greek Week here was an unorganized nightmare. I had fun, but, frankly, if I had my way, I'd never participate again.

[Corsulian]

George Mason University-

Monday: Relay Races (swimming), 3-5 minute synchronized swim routine
Tuesday: Trivia Game
Wednesday: Banner Competition
Thursday: Tug-o-War, Dizzy Bat, Musical Chairs
Friday: Soccer Tournament (half-field)
Saturday: Greek Sing
Sunday: Philanthropy Scavenger Hunt

[Rio_Kohitsuji]

Well, today officially starts our Greek Week....it currently blows.

[PsychTau2]

Originally posted by KatieKate1244
I hear ya. Our Greek Week here was an unorganized nightmare. I had fun, but, frankly, if I had my way, I'd never participate again.

Don't your Councils (IFC/PC/PHC/MC) plan and organize Greek Week? I think they should...

PsychTau

[33girl]

Originally posted by Rio_Kohitsuji
Well, today officially starts our Greek Week....it currently blows.

I don't know why, but this post cracks me up.

[PiPhiGirl2005]

I'm not too terribly fond of Greek Week because it's almost exclusively athletic and thus biased toward the houses that recruit athletes just so they can win Greek Week. (Sorry that sounds kind of grumpy). Our Panhel and IFC are really working to improve it, though, which is a good thing. It'd be really nice if we got points for winning the Scholarship Cup (awarded usually right before Greek Week) or things like that.

Our Greek Week:

Monday:
- Jump rope: must get 10 girls from your house into a jump rope and whichever house jumps the most times wins; counting starts when the 10th girl is in.
- All-house sing: each house does a sort of low-key mock rock, changing the lyrics to a song. It's only based on participation (have a certain percentage present/participating), so there's no "winner" and usually everyone gets equal points.

Tuesday:
- Bowling

Wednesday:
- Euchre tournament: houses get points for winning teams at table; teams are ramdom and rotate after each round.

Thursday:
- Soccer
- Swimming: medley relay and a kickboard and sweatshirt relay

Friday:
- Volleyball
- Chariot race (new this year): each fraternity constructs a chariot which must make three laps down a soccer field and back. They are paired with a sorority, from which three girls (one for each lap) ride in the chariot. They chariot is pulled by 6 different guys from that house, 2 for each lap.

Saturday:
- "Super Saturday": a field day with three-legged, sack, and wheelbarrow races, football and egg toss, limbo, tug of war, etc.

Those are really just the girls events. We don't really get too involved in guys Greek Week, although our new Greek advisors are working with Panhel and IFC to get us to do more GW stuff together.

Fun fact, the chapter of Chi Omega here just won their 23rd straight Greek Week. I'm glad for them, because even though I'd love my house to win, it's tradition for them, and a big thing in their chapter.

[Coramoor]

Originally posted by PsychTau2
Don't your Councils (IFC/PC/PHC/MC) plan and organize Greek Week? I think they should...

PsychTau

Yes they do....but those councils are run by idiots. I've scraped more intelligent things off the bottom of my shoe than you will find running and organizing these things.

[Kevin]

I heard that our chapter was paired with ATO and a sorority which shall remain nameless to protect the innocent (ATO is never innocent )

If there is anyone out there that is familiar with the common history that ATO and Sigma Nu share, they will find this funny.

If not, just disregard this. I can guarantee that we'll be dead last in greek week though, usually, we contend for the top spot.