Greek Week

FAU's annual Greek Week is taking place this week. Fraternities and sororities participate in different events including athletics, acting and talent. The organization with the most points at the end of the week is declared the winner. Delta Phi Epsilon sorority and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity each have created a New York Yankees-like dynasty, each winning the past four years in a row.

This year's theme was countries. Every organization had to pick a country and base the weeks events they participate in around that country.

This year's competitions include:
Football (Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Tau Omega play Friday for the fraternity championship and Alpha Xi Delta and Delta Phi Epsilon play for sorority championship)
Basketball (Alpha Xi Delta won for the sororities and Pi Kappa Alpha won for the fraternities)
Volleyball (Tuesday is competition day)
Track and field (Tuesday is competition day)
Skits (Monday was competition day - results not released)
Lip Sync and Talent (Wednesday is competition day).

There are also small competitions like penny wars and sportsmanship that are taken into account at the end of the week.

At most schools, this "Greek Week" is a joke and is described as a competition to see who performs better while intoxicated. At FAU, Greek Week is life. Some organizations spend thousands of dollars for costumes, personal trainers, dance lessons, etc. We have now Greek Housing or a Greek Center at FAU, so that's why Greeks take this week so seriously.

Maybe Greeks would have a place to call their own on campus if they started supporting more campus events.

P.S. - Not only am I in a fraternity - I'm the president of the Inter-Fraternity Council and a member of the executive board for Greek Week. Yes, I criticized the Greeks for being lazy. Hell, only five of the seven fraternities played sports and only three did skit night.