Greek end week with awards, donation

The Greeks were proud when they handed over a check for $86,877 to the Elizabeth Glaser… The Greeks were proud when they handed over a check for $86,877 to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation at their Greek Formal on April 3.

The Greek Formal celebrated the end of Greek Week, a fund-raising event for the Greek community. At the formal, awards were handed out to the fraternity and sorority that earned the most points. Points were assigned for participation in Greek Week events, donation collections and participation in blood drives.

The Delta Delta Delta sorority and Kappa Sigma fraternity won first place for Greek Week overall. Greek Week Chair Nicole Romba praised the organizations for their participation.

“Delta Delta Delta is responsible for raising $19,000 on their own,” Romba said. “Both houses were very deserving.”

Second place for Greek Week overall was given to Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon received third place.

“In lieu of everything that happened with losing Anita [Triggs] partway through the year, we really did an amazing job” Romba said. Triggs, former Greek adviser, resigned earlier this semester.

The Cathedral Awards were also awarded to the most outstanding sorority and fraternity of the year at the formal. Judged by a committee of members from student life, the awards are judged on various aspects of Greek life including leadership, scholarship, recruitment and philanthropy.

Michele Scott-Taylor, Black Action Society’s adviser, was part of the committee for the Cathedral Awards.

“It was difficult; they were all competitive,” Taylor said.

Terry Milani spoke about how the committee members made their decision.

“The competition for the awards was quite intense; it was a difficult decision to make,” he said.

“We were able to make the decision by [individually] ranking the candidates,” Milani said. “Discussing our rankings clearly identified the winners.”

Milani added that the loss of the former Greek adviser did not make the decisions more difficult.

“Anita could’ve lent nuances,” Milani said. “But the good thing about this process was that it was totally objective”

Milani and the other members of the Cathedral Award committee looked for how well particular groups documented their cases.

“The process was totally unbiased and totally objective” Milani said.

The Cathedral Award was given to Sigma Alpha Epsilon for the fraternities and Chi Omega for the sororities.

“It was a great way to reward the brothers of the house for all the hard work,” said Justin Meservie, president of SAE. “It was a rewarding experience.”

SAE also received awards for academic and scholarship excellence, leadership programming excellence and educational programming excellence.

According to Meservie, the Cathedral Awards are “something [members of the Greek Community] strive for.”

Jo Novacky, president of the sorority Chi Omega, explained that winning the Cathedral Awards is “one of the best feelings you can get.”

Chi Omega also won the awards for academic and scholarship excellence and leadership programming excellence.

“We’ve been doing the stuff we’ve been doing for years,” Novacky said about her sorority’s achievements.