Press Release 4 (Final)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sarah Korich
PR/Activities Chair
Greek Council
(801) 928-4065

GREEK WEEK FALL 2009

LOGAN, UTAH—Greek Week is coming to Utah State University the week of November 2-5. Greek Week is a week of service, fun, and entertainment focused on the Greek community and organized by the activities chair of Greek Council. This year, Sarah Korich is the activities chair and is planning a fantastic Greek Week. “This year we want to focus on reaching out to the whole campus,” says Sarah. In the past, Greek Week has been solely focused on fun and games for the Greek community. It was a recognition week and a time for the group to grow closer outside of their individual chapters. However, the Greeks have decided their new goal is to reach out to the campus and community. Their new focus is Greeks celebrating Greeks and showing the campus what they’re all about.

The week starts Monday, November 2nd with an all Greek meeting hosting speaker Rick Barnes, former North American Interfraternal Conference (NIC) President and CampusSpeak speaker. Rick travels to college campuses nationwide speaking on topics ranging from leadership styles to drinking, and everything in between. Tuesday the Greeks will participate in the annual Stuff-A-Bus program by asking Logan neighborhood residents for non-perishable items to go to the Logan food pantry. Service is highly valued in the Greek community, and every year the Greeks participate as much as they can in giving to the larger community. Wednesday is a new activity called the Greek Olympics on the USU quad from 3-6pm. Every Greek house is combined into two teams which will participate in competitions such as a mini decathlon, tug-o-war, and a water balloon toss. The assigned teams for the week consist of Team 1: Alpha Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi, and Psi Sigma Phi, Team 2: Kappa Delta, Theta Nu Xi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Delta Sigma Phi. Thursday will then host the famous Lip Sync competition from 5-7pm in the TSC International Lounge. The teams will be singing songs by artists such as Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, and Nsync, and will be judged by volunteers from ASUSU. Ending the Greek Week activities will be an award ceremony Thursday after the lip sync competition. The overall winning team will receive engraved placks for each house and a fiesta party hosted by Greek Council.
Greek Week is planned and implemented by the Greek Council activities chairman along with his/her committee, executive Greek Council, and the Greek advisors. The committee is a mixture of voluntary Greek members representing each house on campus. The executive members of Greek Council are elected members that serve a year term for each position.

Greek Week will provide a fun atmosphere not only for the Greek community, but also for USU students. Everyone is invited to attend the activities each day and participate at their desired level. For more information about Greek Week contact the Greek Council Activities Chair, Sarah Korich.


Media Contact Info:
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