Friday, October 15, 2004
TKE rolls into fall
By Lauren Beauseigneur
When students at Behrend think of the word
“Greek,” most often they don’t immediately think
of charity. Much of the Greek Life at Penn State
includes having fun, but philanthropic events are
often the most important to the fraternities and so
rorities.
The philanthropic events are not only campus
wide but community-wide as well. Every year, the
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity holds their local phil
anthropic event “The Barrel Roll” and this Oct. 22
will be no different.
Those unfamiliar with the event will come to
know the Barrel Roll when it is over, there is no
way you can miss the sound of a barrel rolling
around campus. The brothers use an old keg barrel
for the event where they will be seen around cam
pus for 24 consecutive hours “rolling” it up and
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Last year, the brothers of Delta Chi fraternity were declared Greek Week champs.
The Finale: Greek Awards
By Katrina Kibben
During Greek Awards the overall winner of
Greek Week for sororities and fraternities is
announced and the Theta Phi Alpha sorority
gives a special award. This award is called the
Greek God and Goddess Award. This honor is
chosen by a penny war set up outside of
Bruno’s.
Amy Rogan, a sister of Theta Phi Alpha,
commented on what being a Greek God or
Jim Matthews on alcohol
By Katrina Kibben
The week of Oct. 17-23 is serving double duty
this year for the Greek Community.
While it is the ever so popular Greek Week, it is
also Alcohol Awareness Week. This may seem
ironic to some, but it is the sorority sisters and fra
ternity brothers that will be working hard that week
in between events to get the word out to the stu
dents about alcohol awareness.
This is a week that discusses high-risk consump
tion and the consequences of alcoholism. For in
stance, can you imagine if every student of a big
ten school suddenly dropped off the face of the
earth?
That accounts for about 360,000 people. This
number represents, on average, how many students
who are currently enrolled in college and will even
tually die of alcohol-related causes. This is why the
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down the paths.
“The brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon are excited
to once again hold the annual Barrel Roll,” said
TKE Vice President Ryan Rodeymoyer. “The
money we raise from the event is donated to a very
worthwhile, charitable cause.”
The money the fraternity raises will to the Sec
ond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylva
nia. TKE has received donations from students and
local businesses in the Erie area.
The Bread Box Award is given by the food bank
to the organization that not only raises the most
money, but also holds the most unique event. Tau
Kappa Epsilon has been nominated for this award
in the past. With an aim set high of $l5OO, they
will surpass the $lOOO that was raised last year and
hopefully win this year’s Bread Box Award.
If you are interested in donating money please
contact Ryan Rodemoyer at rar2sl @ psu.edu.
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Goddess entails. “A Greek God or Goddess is
someone who represents Greek Life. They are
a ‘role model.’ They don’t have to be the most
attractive people but rather people who stand
for what Greek life is really about.”
Each organization picks one person to run
for the position and the money that is collected
in each jar is given to the national philanthro
pies of Theta Phi Alpha: The Founders Foun
dation and House that Theta Phi Alpha built.
topic is very relevant to discuss on a college cam
pus.
Alcohol use is the leading cause of death and
injury for teenagers and young adults, so a speaker
has been selected to talk to the Behrend popula
tion about this problem.
Jim Matthews is the author of a book called
“Beer, Booze and Books.” Matthews has traveled
the country and has spoken to over 200,000 col
lege students in the past year about his book and
the consequences of drinking. Matthews intends
to clear up some of the misperceptions about al
cohol and discuss alcohol usage in college. This
book has been acclaimed one novel that really
speaks to college students on their level.
The event will be held Monday at 7 p.m. in
McGarvey Commons. Everyone is invited to at
tend.
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JDRF brings
out Greeks
Each year, the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation holds an annual walk around
Presque Isle to raise money for their organi
zation. This year, many Behrend Greeks woke
up bright and early on Sept. 26 to volunteer
their time for this great cause. Not only did
members greet the walkers and help with the
set up and registration but many walked the
3.5 miles on the chilly morning. Those who
were not walking handed out water and chips
to the participants.
Annie Jordan, sister of Alpha Sigma Alpha,
commented “it was wonderful to get out and
help the community with all of my sisters and
know that we were making a difference.”
Many community members came out to sup
port the walk. Families who had children suf
fering from diabetes were seen walking to
gether in matching t-shirts with their children’s
faces on them in support.
“Seeing the actual children that we were do
ing this for made waking up early this morn
ing worth it,” said Emily Gabrys of Theta Phi
Alpha.
“We really are making a difference in their
lives.”
Behrend Greeks were not the only Greek par
ticipants involved. There were many other
Greek organizations from the surrounding Erie
County who came out and Supported the JDRF
walk. Even our very own Chris Fox, greek ad
viser, was there leading the way. He greatly
helped in organizing the Greek organizations,
making them come together as a whole.
With the help of not only the community but
students as well, awareness can be raised and
hopefully a cure for juvenile diabetes can be
found one day.
If you are interested in helping out at next
years JDRF walk, please contact Courtney
Straub at cusl 16@psu.edu.
Greeks lend a
hand to THON
Last Year, Behrend raised $15,039.37 for the
THON Fundraiser. THON is a “48-hour, no sit
ting, no sleeping” dance marathon to fundraise
money for the Four Diamonds Fund. This foun
dation raises money for the cure of childhood
cancer. It is one of the largest student run
fundraisers in the world. The THON commit
tee is soliciting the help of Behrend students
to set their fundraising goals even higher for
the upcoming semesters before the dance mara
thon.
This year, all the Greek organizations on
campus are donating their time to this cause.
Each organization is planning to sign up for
one canning weekend to raise money and
awareness for THON. When canning, members
stand on the corners of intersections and by
local Wal-Marts to ask people to donate money.
Regardless of the cold, these weekends are
valued by each organization because they raise
money for an important program.
This year, the committee has also decided
that by participating in fundraisers, organiza
tions earn points toward nominating one of
their members to be a contestant that will dance
in the THON fundraiser. In previous years, it
has been disputed who should represent
Behrend at the event but this year they gave
the participating organizations the power to
choose their candidate.
The THON committee has planned 2
fundraisers to accompany the canning project.
On Oct. 21 at 7p.m., a jello wrestling compe
tition will be held in the apartment quad. Sec
ondly, they have tentatively planned a Winter
Olympics for Jan. 15. The committee would
like to make known that all organizations on
campus are invited to participate in the
fundraisers.
If you or your organization would like to be
involved or would like to know more about
THON to give donations, committee meetings
are held on Fridays at noon in the SGA office.
To get more information, you can also contact
Courtney Straub (cusll6@psu.edu) or Sara
Grant (segl93@psu.edu).
By Lauren Beauseigneur
By Katrina Kibben
The Behrend Beacon |
Monday
Greek Relay Obstacle Course
Reed lawn
5:20 p.m.
Six members from each organization
participate in a human wheel barrow
race, 3-legged race, potato sack race
and a dizzy bat race.
Alcohol Awareness speaker
McGarvey Commons
7 p.m.
Tuesday
Greek Sing
Rruno’s
8 p.m.
Each organization makes a medley of
songs and choreographs these songs for
a specific theme.
Wednesday
Soda Pop Pong Tournament
Reed Lawn
5:20 p.m.
Rules will be decided by a coin toss and
each organization will have 3 teams
competing.
Thursday
Team Sports
Reed Lawn
5:20 p.m.
IFC will be playing Ultimate Frisbee
Panhellenic will be playing a Tug-of-
War
The event will be a single elimination
round.
Friday
Chariot Race
Reed lawn
5:20 p.m.
Each organization brings a hand-made
chariot and 3 members of each organi
zation run a small race
Greek Awards
McGarvey Commons
7 p.m.
A short award ceremony will be held to
announce the winners of Greek Week
and the winner of Greek God and
Goddess.