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(10/09/00 5:22am)
Greekfest concluded Saturday despite a week filled with unexpected weather conditions. The annual event is a system-wide philanthropic effort to raise money for Monroe County United Way.\nThe actual amount of money raised has not been finalized, but senior Sarah Crider, Panhellenic Association vice president of community relations, said the amount could be between $8,000 and $10,000. \nSeveral events, including a king and queen competition, a blood drive, a t-shirt sale, greek olympics and miss-a-meal -- where houses did not serve a meal and donated the amount it would have cost -- helped to raise money. \n"We raised a lot of money off the king and queen competition and the miss-a-meal," Crider said. "The T-shirt sales were also very successful." Both Crider and junior Brad Patterson, vice president of campus relations for Interfraternity Council, said the blood drive was overwhelmingly the most successful Greekfest event, with 240 members of the greek system donating blood. \nOther events greeks participated in included a banner contest, sorority aerobics and an educational speaker presentation.\nFriday at the greek olympics, points for each chapter were tallied and the winners were announced. Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Upsilon, Sigma Lambda Gamma and Kappa Alpha Psi were determined the winners.\n"The majority of our chapter participated," said junior Christina Sandoval, a member of Sigma Lambda Gamma. "A lot of us did the blood drive, and we also made a banner."\nDespite the cold weather and muddy ground, attendance at the olympics was very high. Greeks gathered for Pizza Express, music and the chance to watch their chapter members participate in events such as sumo wrestling and tug of war.\n"The sumo wrestling event was so much fun," said participant Rachel Sposeep, a sophomore. "They should have it again next year."\nThis year was one of the first times Greekfest was sponsored by all four greek councils. Patterson said the collaboration was a success.\n"All the councils did a lot," Patterson said. "I was very pleased with the results."\nCrider said it was a good week.\n"Overall it was very successful," she said. "We are at a starting point to help Greekfest become more successful in the future"
(10/02/00 5:46am)
The Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Association, IU Panhellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Council join together this week to co-sponsor Greekfest.\nGreekfest is an annual week-long event where greek councils and chapters unite to raise money for charity. Chapters compete against each other for points by participating in various events.\nMoney raised through Greekfest will be donated to the Monroe County United Way. This year's goal is between $10,000 and $12,000.\n"We have kind of revamped Greekfest this year," said senior Sarah Crider, vice president of community relations for PHA. "There are more events that people can get involved in."\nThe first Greekfest event is a blood drive, taking place from 1-6 p.m. today in the Indiana Memorial Union Georgian Room and tomorrow at Teter Quad.\nMCGC representative Yi-Hsin Hsueh, a senior, said she is expecting a very successful blood drive turnout.\n"This year, instead of each house having a time block, I let the chapter members sign up and choose what time they wanted to go," Hsueh said.\nWednesday, greek chapters and the public are invited to attend a presentation involving two educational speakers. Jason Farrell of Positive Health Project and Rebekka Armstrong, an AIDS awareness representative from Playboy magazine, will be speaking about the dangers of drug use. The speeches begin at 8 p.m. in Assembly Hall.\nAlso taking place Wednesday night are the sorority aerobics at 8 p.m. at the Student Recreational Sports Center. The aerobic session will be led by sorority women and anyone can attend.\nFriday, chapters will gather from 5-7 p.m. in Dunn Meadow to compete in Greek Olympics. Chapter members will participate in events such as the bungee run, tug-o-war, dizzy bat, sumo wrestling and the three-legged race.\n"A lot of these events are new this year," Crider said. "We think these are going to be a lot of fun."\nFriday night, each greek chapter will be given five yellow ribbons to hang around campus in honor of Jill Behrman. Greekfest will conclude on Saturday with members of the greek community participating in the Run for the Endzone event which will benefit the Jill Behrman Fund.\nAside from the daily events, other fundraisers will span the entire week.\nJunior Javetta Pierce, a representative from IUPHC, said her council will be sponsoring a week-long canned food drive.\n"We will have a collection barrel at every Greekfest event," Pierce said. "People can donate canned food to benefit the Hoosier Hills Food Bank."\nThere will also be a Greekfest king and queen competition. Each chapter nominates a representative to have their picture put on a bucket and placed inside the Kelley School of Business.\n"People can vote for the king and queen by throwing in pennies, nickels and dimes for positive points. Quarters count for negative points," Crider said. "The king and queen's chapters will receive extra points as well." \nAt the end of the week, points are tallied and the chapter with the most points will be the Greekfest winner. Crider said that because MCGC and IUPHC chapters are considerably smaller than PHA and IFC chapters, points will be done on a percentage basis.\n"This is one of the first years that all four councils have collaborated on the entire week," Crider said. "We're trying to get the entire greek system really involved and enthusiastic about everything"
(09/18/00 5:33am)
The Panhellenic Association, Multicultural Greek Council and IU Pan-Hellenic Council are co-sponsoring an informational recruitment meeting at 8 p.m. tonight at the IU Auditorium.\nGreek Opportunities for Women is held every year prior to recruitment, but in the past it only included representatives from PHA.\nSenior Veronica Salenda, a member of Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority which is affiliated with MCGC, said the minority greek councils are excited about having the opportunity to participate in the meeting.\n"Last year we didn't get to speak at the meeting," she said. "This year we have the opportunity to explain what MCGC is about, what the sororities are made of and how we recruit."\nPHA Vice President of Recruitment Alyson Jamell, a senior, said the meeting is a great opportunity for women to learn about recruitment.\n"Women will be given a rundown of how the recruitment process works," Jamell said. "We will have speakers, and there will be a video showing clips from different chapter events. Women will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the meeting."\nJamell also said the meeting will serve as the first opportunity for women to register for PHA formal recruitment. The cost of registration is $40. A booklet containing information about each chapter, including grades, philanthropy reports and financial information, is included in the cost of registration.\nJamell said PHA chapters will have tables set up so that women can meet chapter representatives and ask questions.\n"Each PHA chapter will have two representatives," she said. "They will have information displayed such as pictures and trophies. Women can learn a little about each individual chapter."\nSalenda said those interested in recruitment for MCGC and PHC should be on the lookout for information about separate recruitment meetings held by the individual sororities.\nJunior Leah Salmon, director of membership development for PHA, said in a press release PHA is excited that MCGC and IU-PHC will be participating in the meeting so that women will have the chance to explore more options of greek life.\n"Our goal is high attendance," Jamell said. "We really want girls to attend so that they can register for recruitment and have their questions answered"
(08/31/00 4:59pm)
Rush -- the fraternity recruitment process -- will begin this weekend starting with a kickoff event from 5-7 p.m. Friday in Dunn Meadow.\nSenior Kevin Gfell, vice president of rush for Interfraternity Council, encourages men who are interested or curious about greek life to attend the kickoff event. Men will have the opportunity to meet and greet members from each of the 26 social fraternities on campus. \n"Rush at IU is very informal, and our goal is to help rushees get their foot in the door," Gfell said.\nAfter attending the kickoff, men still interested in rushing are encouraged to attend house tours. Men will gather at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Field, and tours will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 12-4 p.m. Sunday.\nGfell said house tours will differ from chapter to chapter, but that rushees should plan to spend about 15 minutes at each chapter. House tours generally include meeting members and hearing about the unique qualities of the fraternity such as philanthropy and intramural sports.\nAs an incentive for men to attend all chapter tours, Gfell said IFC will be raffling off five $100 scholarships to those who attend every house.\nBeginning Monday, chapters will begin calling men who they are interested in recruiting. Rushees may also take initiative to contact houses they are interested in. Gfell said some houses might already have a full pledge class for the fall semester, while others will look to extend bids to 30 or more men. Bids are typically extended by the end of September.\n"We like to invite guys over so they can see how we interact," said junior Brett Satkamp, rush chairman for Delta Upsilon. "When guys come over, they see the bonds and brotherhood in our house."\nSatkamp said Delta Upsilon does not try to meet any quota when extending bids to potential members.\n"We'll take as many or as few guys as we want," he said. "We look for quality."\nSophomore Adam Diamond, a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi, agrees that compatibility is the most important factor to consider when deciding which house to join.\n"I looked at a few different houses during rush, but in the end I chose AEPi because I just felt like I'd fit in really well with the guys," Diamond said.\nGfell said although greek life is not for everyone, everyone should definitely take the time to explore it as an option.\nJunior Brad Patterson, vice president of campus relations for IFC, said he agrees that greek life is a great way to get involved on campus.\n"Greek life can serve as a great gateway to large organizational opportunities, such as an exciting social life, community service, collective study efforts," Patterson said. "Most importantly it's a way to meet people and make a lot of great friends"