Greek Week at Hofstra University

Imagine you are at a colisseum in ancient Greece. Gladiators are battling in the arena, risking injury and even death just to bring honor to their name. Now imagine that the colisseim is, instead, the fitness center and the gladiators are sorority girls in colorful jerseys, spandex and hairbows. You now have a pretty good picture of what Greek Week was like this past week at Hofstra.

During Greek Week, sororities and fraternities compete in different sports and competitions to gain points that will determine which organization is the "best." Competition is bracketed. Different competitions include: marathon, bowling, tug-of-war, basketball, toga, and multiple other sports.

The week was filled with all of these activities. My weekend was spent going between the fitness center and the intramural fields to cheer on my sorority and everyone else. It's really a great way for every organization to show their pride. It's also a great way for all of Greek life to come together for a little friendly competition.

Phi Sigma Sigma and Sigma Delta Tau played a first round qualifying dodgeball game. The winner was determined by best two of three rounds. The game was very intense, having to wait until the third round to determine a winner. Phi Sigma Sigma won and went on to the semi-finals against Delta Phi Epsilon. Delta Phi Epsilon won and went on to beat Alpha Phi to take first place overall in dodgeball, with Alpha Phi in second. Phi Sigma Sigma beat Delta Gamma in the third game and took third place.



The winners of Greek Week were announced on Sunday night after the chariot skit and an impromptu dance contest. The overall winner for sororities was Delta Phi Epsilon with Alpha Phi in second place and Phi Sigma Sigma in third.

It was a great week for everyone in Greek life. Everyone supported their own organization, but also came out to support other organizations. The week showed that Greek life isn't just made up of individual fraternities and sororities, but really is a community of different people that are all there to support each other.