The annual Greek Week, a series of competitions for the university’s greek life organizations throughout a one-week period, was hosted last week
This year, each fraternity and sorority competed in banner-making, trivia night, various competitions on field day, and finally a lip sync contest at the end of the week.
- Greek Week began with a banner-making competition on Monday. Each organization was given a blank banner to draw or paint. Alpha Sigma Alpha won this year’s banner-making competition.
2. Members of Alpha Sigma Phi pose as they get ready to compete in this year’s banner-making competition. Pictured from left to right: Bryon Smith, Jack Supron, Joe Bull, and Christopher Burck.
3. The banner-making competition was catered by Raising Cane’s, a favorite among students.
4. On Wednesday, greek life organizations participated in a field day with a variety of competitions, including ring toss and making paper airplanes. Here, a student is tasked to remain in the blue square as they march in place blindfolded.
5. Emerging Media major Brennan Dyer participates in the marching-in-place competition during field day. “I did marching band in high school for four years,” said Dyer. “I thought I was gonna do great, and I felt like I was in the box.”
6. For Greek Week’s final competition, students were provided food from Panda Express.
7. Brian King, VP of Programming for the university’s Interfraternity Council, introduces Greek Week’s final competition: lip sync performances. Here, each Greek life organization conducts a choreographed performance of at least two songs of their choosing.
8. Bryon Smith (front) leads Alpha Sigma Phi in a lip sync performance of “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice.
9. Members of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority lip syncing to “Rocket Man” by Elton John.
10. Pi Phi Epsilon members performing to “September” by Earth, Wind, and Fire.
While engagement at Greek Week remained high, King notes that turnout was lower compared to previous years.
“I would say turnout has been a little bit on the shorter side,” King said. “But a lot of other chapters and orgs had a lot of things going on. I think engagement overall is low because I think students aren’t as engaged anymore as they used to be. I think they just truly want to just come and get their education and go.”
King added that getting students involved with campus events is something that organizations at the university will have to put more effort into.
