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Greek Week takes the stage

By STAFF REPORT Cynic News Staff

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Published: Monday, October 20, 2008

Updated: Saturday, March 14, 2009

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Members of Phi Delta Theta, out of UVM's 15 sororities and fraternities, perform during a lip syncing competition at Ira Allen Chapel on Thrusday, Oct 16. The competition was part of Greek Week, which is a week of events promoting the building of relationships through friendly competition within the Greek community on campus.

Members of UVM's sororities and fraternities participated in the week-long celebration of Greek Week, which kicked off Friday, Oct. 10 with the Greek God and Goddess competition and ended on Oct. 17 with the Greek Games.

Other events throughout the week included a pot-luck, Greek Jeopardy,and a lip-syncing competition.

Some of the events helped raise proceeds for charity, such as canned goods for the local food shelf.

Members of Pi Kappa Alpha cycled for 24 hours during a bike-a-thon in which they hoped to raise over $2,000 to support research on Lou Gherig's Disease.

"It's a lot of fun to participate in an event that gets the entire Greek community to come together," said Alexandra Moore, a UVM sophomore and a new member of Pi Beta Phi

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