Greek Week Activities

CrescentGuy · #1 03-09-2005, 05:12 PM

Anybody have any cool ideas for Greek Week? There should be a forum Greek Week. Anyway, GW at my school has been below average the last few years and I'm trying to find ways to make it better. If anyone has ideas here or needs help with theirs, post here.

Tom Earp · #2 03-09-2005, 07:11 PM

Go to LXA Thread of GC!

Oh, maybe you did! Da!

Or not!

kappahockey · #3 03-10-2005, 03:18 AM

we do pudding eattin to kick off the week and it is a blast

IowaStatePhiPsi · #4 03-12-2005, 09:16 AM

At Iowa State: Polar Bear Plunge.

Raise $50 towards the Iowa Special Olympics and you get to dress up in costume of your choice and jump into the lake on campus (in Iowa that means the water is 45-50 degrees).
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/...8?in_archive=1

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/...6?in_archive=1

Tom Earp · #5 03-12-2005, 04:39 PM

What events are availabe?

Greek Week should be somewhat structured, right?

Are there times that each Group can improvise?

Do you have any leeway?

Need a little more info.

Have some ideas but need to get more input on what you are talking about being done.l

TxAPhi · #6 03-12-2005, 05:04 PM

Lots and lots of ideas for Greek Week

SirHornyToad · #7 03-12-2005, 10:17 PM

slip n slide bowling !

WVSigmaChick · #8 03-14-2005, 09:28 AM

just play normal sports...we're starting a day early this year and having softball and a greek cookout, then like 3-on-3 basketball, 3 point shoot outs, soccer, ultimate frisbee, bowling, trivia, tug-of-war is a big one, bowling, broom ball (like hockey w/o skates or sticks, or pucks LOL, brooms & balls on ice), flag football, then we always have a greek sing on the closing day and the boys do skits like from american idol or SNL or make up their own, and the girls make up dance routines and sing songs...last year the Sig Taus sang "Paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot" cause their frat house got torn down and they put in a parking lot obviously lol, it was sad, but really cute

Tom Earp · #9 03-14-2005, 07:31 PM

WVSigmaChick

Is this A Soro Thing? Watching a Group of Soros perspireing may indeed be something to watch!

Just kidding, or not!

PhoenixAzul · #10 03-14-2005, 07:48 PM

somehow, someway, the powers that organize Greek Week decided that it would be a great idea to have dodgeball. what. the. hell.

PhoenixAzul · #11 03-14-2005, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ihearttrisigma

During lunch one day, each group gets to make their mascot out of food and have it judged. Yes, make your mascot out of food. Let me just say, the resulting images are interesting to say the least.

That might actually be pretty interesting here...a siamese cat, a scottie dog, a 4 point crown, a sphinx, a running shoe, a bull, a pink panther, a deer, an owl, a greenworm, a rat ....

WVSigmaChick · #12 03-15-2005, 01:29 AM

Tom Earp

nah, everybody participates, there are like 2-3 activities a day, from Sunday - Sunday. Like just the girls play the girls and stuff though, and the guys vs. the guys of course. The more sports you play though, the more fun it is, and the more trophies you get to decorate your house with haha

TxAPhi · #13 03-20-2005, 05:55 PM

Interesting idea about polling the community for ideas. Gets the word out there and gets feedback for projects that would be appreciated.

Greeks putting focus on service
By Anne Danahy
adanahy@centredaily.com
Posted on Sat, Mar. 19, 2005

Fraternities and sororities at Penn State plan to volunteer their time in the community this April as part of an ongoing effort to promote a positive image of Greek organizations in the community.

The theme of Greek Week 2005 is Enotita, an ancient Greek word for unity. The week includes a day of service on April 16. BrieAnn Szatkowski, public relations chairwoman, said the organization hopes to hear from members of the community about what projects student volunteers can work on that day.

Projects could include things such as helping residents with spring cleaning in their yards, painting fences or cleaning a park.

Szatkowski said the group surveyed about 100 homes in January to find out what residents think of the Greek community and to ask what Greeks can do to help the State College area. She said about 75 surveys were returned. Some of the feedback was negative and some was positive. Some suggested helping with service projects as an organized Greek effort.

Greek Week runs April 10 to 17. Szatkowski said it is the only time during the year the 34 Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council fraternities and sororities, the Mulicultural Greek Council and the National Panhellenic Council work together. Among the other activities slated for the week are a Mr. Fraternity pageant, a canned-food drive competition, flag football and an AIDS walk on April 17 starting in Central Parklet.

TxAPhi · #14 03-29-2005, 04:05 PM

...the UT-Austin Greek Week shirts say "Greek Week 2005" on the front and on the back they say "Texas Greeks. Making t-shirts for darn near everything since 1882".

More ideas at Greek Zone - http://www.greekzone.com/pgs/resource/greekwk.html

WCUgirl · #15 03-29-2005, 04:19 PM

Our Greek Week ran Monday - Saturday. Monday was the Chariot Race, Tuesday was the talent show, Wednesday was Greek God/Goddess, Thursday was skit night, Friday wasn't anything, and Saturday morning were Greek Games. You knew at the end of Greek Games who had won Greek Week. If we were collecting items, such as clothing, canned goods or can tabs, they were to be turned in at skit night.

Some of the events that we had at Greek Games were things like treasure hunt, pyramid, tug-of-war, dizzy bat, donut eating contest, egg toss, etc. The year before my first Greek Games (my first was in 1999, so in 1998) was the last year they held the games off campus, and they had a keg toss event, a keg race (not chugging - racing w/ empty kegs), and something else keg-related.