Preamble. By participating in this, Greek Week 2010, we, the undersigned Chapter, have pledged to

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1 Preamble By participating in this, Greek Week 2010, we, the undersigned Chapter, have pledged to put aside any and all differences in order to better Greek Unity here at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). We have agreed to pledge ourselves to the ideals of scholarship, fellowship, and service through a fun, safe and engaging environment. It is our hope that by doing this, generations hereon will learn from our example and foster Greek unity through the same environment. Welcome Team Members! Greek Week will soon be here and we would like to express our thanks to all of your members who have given their own time to make Greek Week a success. This packet contains contacts, schedule of events, and rules. We hope this will be helpful in understanding all that Greek Week 2010 has to offer. Please encourage members of your chapter and team to get involved in as many events as possible. Many members of the Greek Community have put in a lot of time to make this week a great one. Participation is what is going to make Greek Week fun and exciting! If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the Office of Greek Affairs. Thank you again for your support, we hope you are ready for some fun. Sincerely, Alicia Bates, Graduate Assistant for Greek Affairs 1

2 Greek Week 2010 Expectations The purpose of Greek Week is to celebrate our values, traditions and to build unity in the Greek Community! Therefore, the following expectations will be set forth for participation in Greek Week activities and functions. 1. All members are required by law to abide by the policies set forth their By Laws. 2. Everyone that participates in these events is to be sober (i.e. NO using drugs or alcohol before or during an official Greek Week event). Failure to follow this rule will result in immediate team disqualification from that event. 3. The judges for the various events and/or the Greek Week committee and the Greek Advisor reserve the right to disqualify any Team that has (a) violated any of the expectations listed, and/or (b) put the safety or image of the NSU Greek Community and its members at risk. 4. All decisions made by the judges in all events are final. 5. Members will participate actively in the programs and opportunities offered. The Greek Week committee has worked hard to plan a fun and exciting week for everyone! 6. Members will be respectful and supportive of all chapters, members and teams participating in Greek Week. 7. Alumni may come to any of the Greek Week Events, but they may only watch. Alumni are not allowed to actively participate in any of the Greek Week events 8. Any problems, concerns or comments will be directed to the Greek Advisor. 9. Anyone violating policies and procedures of Greek Week or the Greek Council are subject to a review by the Office of Greek Affairs. 10. The Greek Week Spirit Award and overall Greek Week Winners will be announced at the Greek Awards Banquet on Sunday April 11 th, 2010 in the Business building 11. Be Safe and Have Fun! 2

3 Table of Contents Greek Week Teams.. Page 4 Greek Picture/BBQ..Page 5 Banner Competition.....Page 6 7 Banner Competition Rubric..Page 8 Greek Week Kick Off Page 9 Brain Bowl...Page Olympic Games...Page Alumni Event....Page 15 Greek Lip Sync. Page Greek Week Philanthropy...Page 18 Awards.... Page

4 The Teams for Greek Week are as follows: Greek Week 2010 Teams Bright Yellow Team Bright Orange Team Bright Pink Team Delta Phi Epsilon: ΔφΕ Beta Theta Pi: ΒΘΠ Lambda Theta Phi: ΛΘΦ Zeta Phi Beta: ΖΦΒ Phi Sigma Sigma: ΦΣΣ Alpha Kappa Alpha: AKA Phi Beta Sigma: ΦΒΣ Sigma Delta Tau: ΣΔΤ Lambda Theta Alpha: Kappa Sigma: ΚΣ 1. Each Organization will be paired together with its designated team members as listed in the image above for every single event. 2. If a team wins a specific event, the points earned will be applied to the entire team and will not be divided between the different Greek organizations within the team. You earn points as a team, not individually. 3. Every Greek Organization will shed their letters for this week and become their time color. 4. Each team has been assigned colors based on the condition that none of the Greek organization in that team have that color. o Note: That the team color is the team name. 5. The winner of Greek Week will be determined according to the team who wins, thus, all of the Greek organizations within the team that wins, also win. You win collectively as a team, not individually. 4

5 Greek Picture/BBQ Date: Monday April 5 th, 2010 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Soccer Field Bleachers/Commons Pagoda Objective: To kick off Greek Week and take the All Greek picture. Rules Each organization is to show up to the soccer field bleachers by 11:45 am. Organizations are to be in matching either matching jerseys or matching lettered shirts in your chapter colors. 5

6 Banner Competition Date: Monday April 5 th, 2010 Time: 7:00 pm Location: U.C. Second Floor Objective: To create a banner exuding the most Greek spirit and unity. Rules: Each banner MUST include the Greek Week Team Name, team color, and all of the Greek Organizations with in that team. Bright Pink Team Bright Yellow Team Bright Orange Team Sigma Delta Tau: ΣΔΤ Lambda Theta Alpha: Kappa Sigma: ΚΣ Delta Phi Epsilon: ΔφΕ Beta Theta Pi: ΒΘΠ Lambda Theta Phi: ΛΘΦ Zeta Phi Beta: ΖΦΒ Phi Sigma Sigma: ΦΣΣ Alpha Kappa Alpha: AKA Phi Beta Sigma: ΦΒΣ All Greek organizations names and or letters must be written in an equal size. The words Greek Week 2010 and NSU must be on the banner. You may only use the allotted amount of white fabric given. Banners must be turned into the Office of Greek Affairs by 5:00 pm on Monday, April 5, One representative must present and explain the banner at the Opening Ceremonies. No supplies will be given to decorate the banner. All banners must be of good taste. No vulgar, profane, nude, or distasteful materials will be tolerated. Teams that fail to comply with this rule will be required to take their banner down and will be disqualified from the event. The team may attach any decorations that do not disturb the banner from hanging. Any statements on the banners must empower Greek life as a whole and not putting down any other organizations. Be creative! If any of the above rules are not followed, the teams banner will be disqualified and zero (0) points will be allotted. 6

7 Point system First place banner: 500 pts Second place banner: 250 pts Third place banner: 125 pts *any team that does not turn in a banner, turn the banner in late, or does not follow all given rules will be disqualified and given zero (0) points. 7

8 Banner Competition Scoring Guidelines Section Possible Points Score Most Creative Originality Use of Colors Design Included Material Includes o NSU o All Teams Closest to Theme It s not arrogance, it s reality Greek Unity 10 Use of Space Using a majority of the banner 15 Best Message The Team who gives the best message for supporting Greek Week, NSU, the other teams and Greek Life 25 8

9 Day One: Greek Week Kick Off Date: Monday April 5th, 2010 Time: 7:00p 10:00pm Location: U.C. Second Floor *All Teams must hand in their completed banners to Alicia Bates, Graduate Assistant for Greek Affairs, upon their arrival at the event. *All Teams must sign in for spirit award points at the start of the event. Participants are to expect an Opening Ceremony Speaker. This year s speaker will be Anthony Henderson, Chapter Advisor to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Following the speaker, all Teams will participate in the following events (in this order): Explanation on the rules concerning Greek Week Given their Greek Week 2010 t shirts. Explain and hang each banner. Spirit Points: Allotted to Teams who wear shirts of team color and name. 9

10 Day Two: Brain Bowl Date: Tuesday April 6 th, 2010 Time: 5:00 PM Location: Flight Deck Rules: 1. Each team will pick 30 people to participate in the Greek Brain Bowl Paper Dash. 2. Note: that every Organization with in each team must be represented in each round of the paper dash (If one of the organization has a low attendance then they may have the same person participate in more than one round). 3. Each team will divide the 30 people into three teams of The groups of 10 must be selected and determined before the event. 5. There will be three rounds where each team will have their 10 participants sitting at a table with a piece of paper upside down in front of them. On each paper there will be a question on either any of the individual Greek organization, NSU Greek Life, NSU History, and basic academics. 6. The event will start at one end of the table. When the event starts the first person will flip over their paper and answer the question. The person must answer their question correctly before the person next to them can flip their paper over to answer. The first team to finish wins there round, but the others team need to finish because they are being timed. At the end of all three heats the team with the overall fastest time wins the event. 7. The 10 participants from each team can only compete in one heat. 8. The question will change from heat to heat. 9. Each team will have the same questions as every other team during their round. 10. If a member of the team doesn t know an answer they can write skip as the answer but that will add 45 seconds to the end total time. 11. The question will be labeled on the back to what category it is so that you can place your participants correctly. 10

11 Point System for Brain Bowl Spirit Award: Points will be award to the team with the most members that dress up like geeks (Reminder that team color somewhere within the costume will help your team get more spirit points). Point System First Place: 1000pts Second place: 750pts Third Place: 500pts 11

12 Day Three: Olympic Games Date: Wednesday April 7h, 2010 Time: 5:00 PM Location: University Center *Any competition marked with an * requires a waiver that must be signed in order for participation. Failure to complete the waiver will result in disqualification for the particular event. *The maximum amount of points per event is 100, totaling 500 potential points. 150 bonus points will also be available to be divided up for participation and support for each team showing the most team spirit. *Equal representation of the Greek organizations must be present throughout the entire Greek Olympics. *Teams: Each team will consist of their top elite shark letes who will participate in each game. At least one member from each individual Greek organization within each team most participate in at least one event: Games: Event 1: Rock Climbing in the University Center RecPlex o Each of 3 teams will consist of 4 members, 2 males and 2 females o Each participant will be timed. All times will be added together to give a final score. o Any participant who fails to complete the wall will have 5 minutes added to their team s time. o Participants must wear proper safety equipment provided by the RecPlex in order to participate, please refer to RecPlex safety rules to ensure that each member will be able to participate. Event 2: Capture the flag o The entire quad will be divide into three equal thirds with each third designated to a team. Each team will have two guards equipped with water guns provided by IFC. o All participants must be wearing white with appropriate clothing underneath. 12

13 o Each team has two gunman, and 18 attackers. Each attacker and gunman must have some article representing his or her team (ie headband, wristband etc). aside from that. o Each team starts with 150 points, losing a flag to another team results in a loss of 50 points. o If an attacker is shot, they must report to jail. The referee s will call a jailbreak every 3 4 minutes. o Leaving jail without a jailbreak or not reporting to jail will result in that member being disqualified from the tournament, and 10 points be removed from their team s total points. o Gunmen have immunity to being hit, however they are not permitted to capture or carry a flag. o Gunmen cannot go into their teams designated flag area (will be marked on day of event) o If someone is hit while carrying a flag, the flag will be returned to the flag area, however the attacker will not be forced to go to jail. o After capturing a flag, the flag must be returned to the official s desk in order to receive credit. o The official s desk will also contain water for refills for the gunman. o The winner will be decided to whoever has the most points at the end of an hour. Event 3: Snake Racing o At least 60% of the organizations on your team must be represented in this event o First 10 minutes of the event will consist of a game rules and a tutorial on proper technique to avoid confusion and or injury. o Each team will need 8 members. Each organization must be represented in the group of players. o Points will be distributed in order of completion time. 13

14 Event 4: Dizzy Bat Racing o Each team will have 5 participants o Each member will run to the bat, spin around the bat with their head on the tip of the bat 10 times, and then run back to their team. o The last member will have to eat a pie without the use of their hands in order to complete their teams heat. o The teams will be compensated with points in the order in which they finish. Event 5: Pyramid Racing o Each team will need 10 participants comprised of members from every organization. o The first four members will complete the obstacle course and then create the base of the human pyramid o Three members addition will then complete the obstacle course and create the second layer of the human pyramid. o This will continue until all 10 members are a part of the pyramid. Point System for Greek Olympics Spirit Points: Points will be award for teams who wears their colors and name with NSU spirit! Events Points: The maximum amount of points per event is 100, totaling 500 potential points. Team Spirit Points: First Place: 300pts Second Place: 200pts Third Place: 100pts Team Work Points: First Place: 300pts Second Place 200pts Third Place: 100pts 14

15 Day Four: Alumni Event Date: Thursday April 8 h, 2010 Time: 6:00 pm Location: U.C Second Floor Rules Each chapter must have 50% of their members in attendance, with no more than 10 members present. Participants of this event are to be dressed in cocktail attire If you are on a council, your attendance will be counted towards your council, not your individual chapter. 15

16 Day Five: Greek Lip Sync Date: Friday April 9 th, 2010 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Gold Circle Lake Rules: 1. Each team may have up to 15 people participating. There must be at least one member from each individual Greek organization with in each team participating. 2. The dance may be no longer than 15 minutes long. 3. Each team is allotted 20 minutes for set up, tear down and performance. (It is up to each individual whether they decide to use props). For every minute over the allotted time, 10 points will be removed from their score of the event. 4. The song must be turned into the Office of Greek Affairs by Thursday April 8, 2010 at 5:00pm. It must be an edit version of the song. (The sooner the song is picked and turned in the better) 5. Each team must check in by 7:15pm on the day of the event to the Gold Circle Lake. 6. The order of performance will be decided on the day of the event based on a random drawing of numbers by one member of each team (Please come prepared to be the first performance). 7. Note that the song, dance and costume must be of good taste. If excessive vulgar language, any negative chants of the other team or individual Greek organization, inappropriate dance moves or costumes that are indecent are used then your team may be disqualified from the event or lose points of theirs teams total score. 16

17 Spirit Award: Points will be given to the team with the most creative costume of the performers and to the team with the most supportive teammates. (Reminder that team color somewhere within the costume will help you team get more spirit points.). Point System First Place: 1000pts Second Place: 750pts Third Place: 500pts 17

18 Philanthropic Donation Drive Benefitting Relay for Life Date: Duration of Greek Week ***Donation Drive will start the Monday April 5 th, 2010 and continue to Friday April 10 th, 2010 at Midnight Rules: 1. Each team will be collecting money at every Greek Week event in a jug with their Greek Week Name/Color on it. This year s philanthropy will be Relay for Life: American Cancer Society. 2. Teams are allowed to collect monies outside of the Greek Week events. 3. The last day turn in all funds raised will be Friday April 10 h, 2010 at midnight. 4. The money will be counted by members of the Office of Greek Affairs. 5. The winner of Donation Drive will be the team who has collected the most money by the end of the week. 6. The winner will be announced at the Greek Awards Banquet. Point System First Place: 750pts Second Place: 500pts Third Place: 250pts 18

19 Awards a. Greek Week winners: The 2010 Greek Week winners will be determined by the team that has collected the most points throughout the week. ONLY the overall total scores will be used when deciding the 2010 Greek Week winners. The winning organization will be awarded and recognized at our annual Greek Awards Banquet on Saturday April 11, All reservations for the Greek Awards Banquet must be done through the Order of Omega Honor society. b. Sprit Award: The Greek Week spirit award was created in hopes of developing a more spirited and united Greek community. This award will be based on each teams pride and spirit for both their team and our university. Each team is asked to try and create as much pride and spirit as possible, this can be done through wearing team paraphernalia, NSU gear, the 2010 Greek Week t shirt, and showing as much pride as possible through chants, steps, salutes and dances. All teams are encouraged to make this week as memorable as possible. To not only try and be the most spirited team competing but to also show the NSU community why being Greek is such an essential piece to our campus. The award will be based on the following criteria: o Wearing Team paraphernalia o Showing sportsmanship and respect towards other teams o Showing pride through dances, chants, steps, salutes or other techniques used to show spirit. 19

20 o Exuding teamwork o Attendance as many events as possible o Actively participating in all events possible o Creating signs, flags, etc. for your team (Note: Some of these team spirit ideas can be used and help with the overall Spirit award in other events than the Greek Olympics) The winning teams of all the Greek Week awards will be awarded and recognized at our annual Greek Awards Banquet on Sunday April 11,