1. $2,000 for Special Olympics
CO
Students toss water balloons in hopes of winning points for their teams at
Observatory Park, Picture by Anousha Jaseb
2. The 2,000 dollars
raised throughout
Greek Week will go
to Special Olympics
Colorado. Funds
came from
participation in
events as well as
Penny Wars, a
fundraising
competition between
teams to fight for the
spare change of
strangers.
Picture from Special Olympics
3. Blue Team: Delta Gamma, Beta Theta Pi, and Kappa Sigma
Black Team: Delta Zeta, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Red Team: Gamma Phi Beta, Theta Chi, and Chi Omega
Yellow Team: Alpha Phi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Lambda Beta, and Kappa Phi Lambda
Green Team: Tri Delta, Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Lambda Gamma, and Pi Lambda Chi
The Teams
4. Everyday events are put on by the
appointed Greek Week Council, made up of
Greek affiliated students from all chapters.
Penny Wars is a challenge that took place
everyday throughout the week outside The
Sturm Building on campus. All five teams
have a bucket on a table decorated with
their Greek letters and as people pass by
teams ask for spare change from. Dollar
bills put in the buckets take points away
from the teams. Many individuals put dollar
bills in the buckets of the opposing teams.
All events are self-explanatory in their
title, except for the Bromance and
“Bowmance” Challenge. In this event, two
best friends from each chapter are paired
together in a guessing game as judges ask
5. The budget of
1,500 dollars for
the week gave
free fun to
students with
Barbeque, games
, and pies in the
face.
Sophomore Thomas Michael walks
away from getting pied in the face
Photo by Anousha Jaseb
A few students play a classic game of
Twister.
Photo by Anousha Jaseb
7. Junior Charlie Carlisle laughs as
a water balloon pops on his shirt.
Games like water balloon
throwing, twister and cornhole
are set up so the winners are
awarded points for their teams.
8. Events like Kickball, Basketball dunk
contests, and an array of field games
took place throughout the week.
Photo by Anousha Jaseb
Kickball
Tournament
9. At the Talent
Show, each team
must have at least
one performance to
get points.
The Blue Team
showed their
musical side at the
Talent Show by
performing Sweet
Home Alabama by
Lynyrd Skynyrd and
Gin and Juice by
Snoop Dogg.
Talent Show
10. The Winners
The Green Team went home with First place outranking all
the singers and dancers with a dog obstacle course as well
as syncronized backround dancers.
11. Unfortunately Thursday’s Casual Sports event on Driscoll Green was canceled
due to inclement weather. The yellow team made it through the week with the most
points and left the Greek Awards as the winners of 2014 Greek Week and a force to
be remembered for 2015.
Funds raised throughout the week from Penny Wars and participation charges
for events came out to be 2,000 dollars. Every year the money raised during Greek