Greek Week is in early April here- so Lake LuVerne on campus is still cold (and it's always disgusting).
So in conjunction with Greek Week is the Polar Bear Swim. When the Greek Week Olympics are over, everyone heads down to the lake.
Donations are raised for the Special Olympics of Iowa, and everyone who raises at least $50 gets to jump in the lake. It's really become a fun & funky event with lots of the participants going to Good Will or consignments shops and having 'outfits' to wear while jumping in the lake.
Some guys wear togas or diapers, some girls dress up like they're going to the ball. Some are dressed like cartoon characters. Others just.. go crazy. I've seen guys covered
in trashbags and ducttape, girls wearing clown suits.
Combines a Greek Community-wide philanthropy event with some old-fashioned fun.
The men of Sigma Pi fraternity, dressed in diapers, jump into Lake LaVerne for the annual Greek Week Polar Bear Plunge Saturday.
Amber Alley, freshman in child, adult and family services and member of the Delta Zeta sorority, comes out of Lake LaVerne after jumping in for the Greek Week Polar Bear Plunge Saturday.
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