Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper
April 25, 2018
Volume CXXXVIII Issue 11
Greek week festivities excite students By BAILEE BOGGESS A&E Editor The 2018 Greek Week took place from April 16–20. Each year, members of the Greek community at Georgetown look forward to a week full of healthy competition. This year’s theme was the Olympics. Hannah Shelton, a senior and member of the Greek Week committee, was one of three students in charge of organizing the events of the week. She was happy to be involved with the committee and enjoyed being able to interact with people from other organizations. Greek
Week is all about the Greek community coming together for friendly competition, raising funds for philanthropy and collecting items for The Hope Bag mission. The first event of the week, Pool Games, was hosted at the Pavilion Recreation center in Georgetown. Games included: a medley race, Scrabble, strip & swim, wheelbarrow and a relay race. There was also a biggest/smallest splash and the most creative dive contest. On Tuesday, a chapel service was held. Greek Feud, mirrored after the “Family Feud” television show, was held in the Ward Room that night. For this event, students
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The ladies of Phi Mu participate in Quad Games during the Greek Week competitions.
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formed teams within their organizations and raced to answer questions that were voted on by the Greek community. Quad games were held on Wednesday. Students participated in games such as discus throwing, orange neck pass, dizzy bat, water balloon back pop, egg toss, quad dash and a relay race. The infamous tug–o–war contest was also held. On Thursday, Marissa Castellanos, an advocate for spreading awareness about human trafficking, gave a talk on the subject in regards to its prevalence in Kentucky. Castellanos provides case management to victims of human trafficking through the Catholic Charities of Louisville (CE Central). The week ended with the Greek Banquet held in the Chapel. Jessica Kindrick (Sigma Kappa) and Austin Bambach (Lambda Chi Alpha) were awarded Scholar of the Year. Zoe Stovik (Kappa Delta) and Blaine Skeen (Lambda Chi Alpha) were awarded Athlete of the Year. Austin Keene (Lambda Chi Alpha) and Haley Carr (Kappa Delta)
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The women of Kappa Delta particpate in Tug of War. Phi Mu won the Tug of War competition. were awarded Greek Man and Woman of the Year, the highest individual award given during the week. The President’s Cup award, the highest award given during Greek Week, is given to the sorority and fraternity that have met all standards for PAWS of Excellence. This year, Kappa Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha were presented the award by Dr. and Mrs. Greene. Ross Buskey, Director of Student Activities at Georgetown, oversees most of the Fraternity and Sorority Life
events during the year including Greek Week. Overall, he thought that “Greek Week was a big success this year. Several hundred dollars were raised for local chapter philanthropies; over 500 items were collected for the Bags of Hope Drive. Pool games, Greek Feud and Quad games were fun and entertaining.” Buskey also acknowledges all the hard work put in by the Overall Greek Week chairs, Shelton, Hatfield and Carr. “A big thanks to them! They were awesome!”
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