Greekfest is a highly anticipated week of events every spring, and this year was no different. Fraternities and sororities from the IFC, NPC and NPHC competed throughout the week for coveted first place trophies.
Monday, Feb. 3 began Greekfest with the annual Greek Day. All Greek members were encouraged to wear their letters around campus in honor of Greekfest beginning.
This year had a few changes in the schedule, however. Lip sync, a long favorite of the Greek community, was removed from the schedule this year and replaced with the Greekfest Service Night. The service night was created to be a night of philanthropic activities where fraternities and sororities from the three divisions were paired up to see who could raise the most money for the Carl Perkins Center for Child Abuse Prevention.
Unfortunately, Greekfest Service Night, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, was canceled because of inclement weather. The money that had already been raised was still donated to the Carl Perkins Center. Gamma Kappa Pi and Alpha Gamma Rho were partnered and won 1st place for the most money raised. In 2nd place for Service night was the Sigma Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon team, followed by Alpha Omicron Pi and Phi Sigma Kappa in 3rd place.
Greek Olympics was another new event on the schedule this year and was held Wednesday, Feb. 5. In the Greek Olympics, members of the Greek community competed in a variety of competitions while in the same organization pairs as Service Night. Sigma Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon won 1st place, with Alpha Kappa Alpha and Sigma Chi in 2nd place and Zeta Tau Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi in 3rd place.
On Thursday, Feb. 6, the annual Line Dance competition was held. Zeta Tau Alpha took home the 1st place trophy in the NPC division, with Alpha Omicron Pi taking 2nd and Alpha Delta Pi taking 3rd. In the IFC division, Sigma Chi won 1st place, followed by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 2nd and Pi Kappa Alpha in 3rd. In the NPHC division, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Alpha Phi Alpha won 1st place and Zeta Phi Beta won 3rd place.
The Greekfest Stepshow was the biggest event of the week. The Skyhawk Fieldhouse was packed with members of Greek organizations and members of the community. After a tough competition in the NPC division, Chi Omega won the 1st place and best in show, with Zeta Tau Alpha as a close 2nd place. In the IFC division, Kappa Alpha Order took the 1st place trophy, and Sigma Chi won 2nd place.
All of the awards from the week are calculated with their respective weights and tallied into the final overall winners. In the NPC division, Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha tied for 1st place. In the IFC division, Sigma Chi won 1st place. In the NPHC division, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Alpha Phi Alpha tied for 1st place.
