It’s that time of year again. … The flowers are blooming, baseball season is in full swing and it’s time for the 2012 GREEK WEEK COMPETITION! UNC-Chapel Hill’s Greek system hosted this year’s third annual, weeklong event, from Sunday, March 18 to Friday, March 23.
Hosted at numerous colleges around the nation, Greek Week is a series of fun and exciting events that take place in the spring semester, and the money raised from the competition is donated to a different organization each year.
This year, the organization that will be receiving the donation is the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service. Greek Week is the chance for UNC-Chapel Hill’s Greek community to represent the same philanthropy, and to give as much back to the community as possible.
In 2011, the competition was extremely high, and the points were very close. The Greek Week 2011 Champions were the “X-Men”: Chi Phi, Delta Sigma Iota, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Alpha Order, Kappa Alpha Psi, & Phi Mu.
Greek Week, which began in 2010, has a mission “to unite UNC’s four Greek councils and to promote the Greek community in a positive way.” GAC, IFC, NPHC, and Panhellenic are the four councils that are represented in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Greek system. This event is an excellent and comfortable way to introduce the members of each council to one another and better unite the entire Greek system, instead of being separated by the different councils.
The FIFA World Cup was the theme for this year’s Greek Week competition. Each team, comprised of members from each of the four councils, represented a country that participated in the FIFA World Cup.
Teams for 2012:
Brazil Ecuador France
Chi Omega Kappa Delta Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. Alpha Epsilon Omega
Omega Phi Beta Alpha Pi Omega Pi Lambda Phi
Sigma Rho Lambda Sigma Chi Chi Psi
Chi Phi Sigma Phi Epsilon
Phi Gamma Delta
Germany Greece Ireland
Pi Beta Phi Phi Mu Delta Delta Delta
Zeta Phi Beta, Inc. Sigma Gamma Rho, Inc. Alpha Kappa Delta Phi
Alpha Iota Omega Pi Alpha Phi Lambda Upsilon Lambda
Delta Kappa Epsilon Alpha Tau Omega Phi Delta Theta
Delta Upsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kappa Sigma
Pi Kappa Alpha
Italy Jamaica South Africa
Zeta Tau Alpha Kappa Kappa Gamma Sigma Sigma Sigma
Omega Psi Phi, Inc. Phi Beta Chi Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.
Delta Sigma Iota Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Lambda Pi Chi
Phi Sigma Nu Delta Phi Omega Pi Kappa Alpha
Alpha Epsilon Pi Delta Sigma Phi Kappa Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha Sigma Nu St. Anthony’s Hall
Spain
Alpha Delta Pi
Phi Beta Sigma, Inc.
Theta Nu Xi
Zeta Psi
For each event throughout the week, there were points possible for participation, and also for winning the event. The week began with a kick-off in McCorkle Place on Sunday, March 18, 2012, and it was simply a night of corn hole, free food, NCAA basketball and tons of fun! Below is the rest of the week’s activities:
Monday: Glow in the Dark Dodgeball Tournament
Tuesday: Banner Competition
University Career Services Professional Etiquette Night
Wednesday: Trivia Night at Pantana Bob’s
Thursday: Dance Competition
Benefit Night
This year’s competition was very successful, and will continue to become a tradition in the coming years at UNC-Chapel Hill. The winners will be announced April 9, 2012 at Chapter Excellence Awards. For more information:
Facebook: Greek Week 2012
Twitter: @UNC_GreekWeek
Sources:
Greek Week Logo (Photo): Twitter: https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1856531774/greek_week.png
Greek Week Thumbs Up (Photo): Her Campus: http://www.hercampus.com/high-school/collegiette%E2%84%A2-dictionary-college-lingo-defined?page=2
Old Well (Photo):UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School:
onlinemba.unc.edu