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Iowa Greek Express, 1971

The Iowa Greek Express, Vol. 5 Page 6

..greek weekend...

A lot of tired bodies trudged home Sunday, April 25th, after three full days of partying, playing and picnicing. Dancing and singing and olympics, with a little imbibing here and there, had filled a week-end executed under the leadership of Lee Lasson and his cohorts. After the death of Greek Week this year, the Greek Interaction Committee took it upon themselves to keep the old "spirit" rolling, and planned a week-end to bring the Greek System together as well as give the incoming freshmen here at the University a taste of Greek life.
Conceived originally as a Spring High School Week-end, the Committee decided to expand the program of merely inviting high school seniors up for the week-end into a Greek Nik Picnic, Greek Olympics, Round House Parties, and a Rockfest in keeping with the Greek Week tradition.
Friday night April 23 was the beginning of the events. It was left up to the discretion of each of the individual houses as to how to entertain the 150 men and 200 women who had come down to Iowa City from high schools all over the state. Some of the houses had stags and kegs of beer, some had wine and cheese parties, while some had fun involved in group sing-alongs and get-to-know each other parties.
Saturday afternoon was the Greek-Nik Picnic in City Park. Most of the Greek houses were there with sack lunches and huge boxes of food, and everyone kept busy by tossing around Frisbees, playing softball and riding bicycles. At 1:30 the Greek Olympics began, which included events as blind canoe races, chariot races, flour dives and others. The Olympics were set-up this year in two areas; one group of events involved the individual houses competing against one another, fraternity against fraternity, and sorority against sorority. The other area was events that involved various Greek Districts, pairing District against District. The four Districts this year were comprised of both fraternities and sororities, arbitrarily selected.
Winning both first and second places in the 3-legged sack race this year was District #2. This event had each team race down a track, one woman and one man, together, each with one leg inside a cloth sack. The first District took-over the next two places, with District #4 coming in fifth.
The blindman's canoe race began with one of the District's contestant's canoes sinking at the sound of the starter-gun. Bruce Bowling of Delta Chi and Sue Robinson of Kappa Kappa Gamma share the honor of being the first Greeks to take a swim in the Iowa River this year. The event was set-up to have each District race a canoe, paddled by a blindfolded man who was to be directed down the River by the instructions of a woman guide. District #4 holds first place in this event with District #3 in second.
The chariot race was conquered by Beta Theta Pi, with the chariots built by Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi and Acacia crossing the finish line in that order. One of the sorority events, the bicycle race, was won by the representative from Zeta Tau Alpha, with the cyclers of Alpha Xi Delta and Chi Omega coming in second and third.
Another sorority event was the cigar smoking contest, won by Alpha Delta Pi's Kathi Fethke. Kathi won the contest easily after practicing for a week prior to the event and smoked the big black stogie like an old pro. Alpha Chi Omega's chauvinist came in second while Kappa Kappa Gamma's Casey Mahon, although a bit green around the gills, shared third place honors with the woman from Alpha Epsilon Phi.
A fraternity event, the raft race across the City Park pond, was handled quite easily by Sigma Chi, who won first place, with Delta Chi submitting to second. Another fraternity event, the tricycle race, was won by Alpha Tau Omega, with the sorority tricycle race being won by Alpha Gamma Delta. Delta Delta Delta sorority came in second. District #4 outscored District #2 to win the pushball contest.
The flour dive involves one person from each house racing to find the namecard of his or her house in a pool of 15 pounds of flour and returning the card to the judges table. Acacia fraternity and Delta Zeta sorority won this event, and each house's contestant hurried home afterwards to take a good long shower. The over-all Fraternity Champion was Sigma Chi; Sorority Champion was Alpha Epsilon Phi, with District #1 coming in to first place.
That night, Laura Nyro gave a concert for those who could spare the $3, and Round House Parties were held around the campus. Phi Delta Theta had a dance, Chi Omega sponsored another one, Kappa Sigma show old-time flics, a Casino Party with drinks and girls was held at Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Chi Omega gave room for a Hootenany.
Sunday gave the opportunity for the high school seniors to learn about the Greek System. Orientation programs were held in the individual sorority houses for the women, while the men congregated in the Illinois Room of the Union. That afternoon was the Rockfest in City Park with four bands from the area. playing from 1:00 in the afternoon until sundown.
Lee Lasson, the "founder of the feast", said that another Spring High School Week-end will be held next year. 
"With what we know this year, coupled with co-ordination from C.U.E. and within the system, the program cannot help but be better next year. The week-end was a success; we have 350 high school seniors who know now what the Greek System is like, which can be nothing but an asset to us during Rush this coming year.
By Tom Blackett

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..greek weekend... A lot of tired bodies trudged home Sunday, April 25th, after three full days of partying, playing and picnicing. Dancing and singing and olympics, with a little imbibing here and there, had filled a week-end executed under the leadership of Lee Lasson and his cohorts. After the death of Greek Week this year, the Greek Interaction Committee took it upon themselves to keep the old "spirit" rolling, and planned a week-end to bring the Greek System together as well as give the incoming freshmen here at the University a taste of Greek life. Conceived originally as a Spring High School Week-end, the Committee decided to expand the program of merely inviting high school seniors up for the week-end into a Greek Nik Picnic, Greek Olympics, Round House Parties, and a Rockfest in keeping with the Greek Week tradition. Friday night April 23 was the beginning of the events. It was left up to the discretion of each of the individual houses as to how to entertain the 150 men and 200 women who had come down to Iowa City from high schools all over the state. Some of the houses had stags and kegs of beer, some had wine and cheese parties, while some had fun involved in group sing-alongs and get-to-know each other parties. Saturday afternoon was the Greek-Nik Picnic in City Park. Most of the Greek houses were there with sack lunches and huge boxes of food, and everyone kept busy by tossing around Frisbees, playing softball and riding bicycles. At 1:30 the Greek Olympics began, which included events as blind canoe races, chariot races, flour dives and others. The Olympics were set-up this year in two areas; one group of events involved the individual houses competing against one another, fraternity against fraternity, and sorority against sorority. The other area was events that involved various Greek Districts, pairing District against District. The four Districts this year were comprised of both fraternities and sororities, arbitrarily selected. Winning both first and second places in the 3-legged sack race this year was District #2. This event had each team race down a track, one woman and one man, together, each with one leg inside a cloth sack. The first District took-over the next two places, with District #4 coming in fifth. The blindman's canoe race began with one of the District's contestant's canoes sinking at the sound of the starter-gun. Bruce Bowling of Delta Chi and Sue Robinson of Kappa Kappa Gamma share the honor of being the first Greeks to take a swim in the Iowa River this year. The event was set-up to have each District race a canoe, paddled by a blindfolded man who was to be directed down the River by the instructions of a woman guide. District #4 holds first place in this event with District #3 in second. The chariot race was conquered by Beta Theta Pi, with the chariots built by Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi and Acacia crossing the finish line in that order. One of the sorority events, the bicycle race, was won by the representative from Zeta Tau Alpha, with the cyclers of Alpha Xi Delta and Chi Omega coming in second and third. Another sorority event was the cigar smoking contest, won by Alpha Delta Pi's Kathi Fethke. Kathi won the contest easily after practicing for a week prior to the event and smoked the big black stogie like an old pro. Alpha Chi Omega's chauvinist came in second while Kappa Kappa Gamma's Casey Mahon, although a bit green around the gills, shared third place honors with the woman from Alpha Epsilon Phi. A fraternity event, the raft race across the City Park pond, was handled quite easily by Sigma Chi, who won first place, with Delta Chi submitting to second. Another fraternity event, the tricycle race, was won by Alpha Tau Omega, with the sorority tricycle race being won by Alpha Gamma Delta. Delta Delta Delta sorority came in second. District #4 outscored District #2 to win the pushball contest. The flour dive involves one person from each house racing to find the namecard of his or her house in a pool of 15 pounds of flour and returning the card to the judges table. Acacia fraternity and Delta Zeta sorority won this event, and each house's contestant hurried home afterwards to take a good long shower. The over-all Fraternity Champion was Sigma Chi; Sorority Champion was Alpha Epsilon Phi, with District #1 coming in to first place. That night, Laura Nyro gave a concert for those who could spare the $3, and Round House Parties were held around the campus. Phi Delta Theta had a dance, Chi Omega sponsored another one, Kappa Sigma show old-time flics, a Casino Party with drinks and girls was held at Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Chi Omega gave room for a Hootenany. Sunday gave the opportunity for the high school seniors to learn about the Greek System. Orientation programs were held in the individual sorority houses for the women, while the men congregated in the Illinois Room of the Union. That afternoon was the Rockfest in City Park with four bands from the area. playing from 1:00 in the afternoon until sundown. Lee Lasson, the "founder of the feast", said that another Spring High School Week-end will be held next year. "With what we know this year, coupled with co-ordination from C.U.E. and within the system, the program cannot help but be better next year. The week-end was a success; we have 350 high school seniors who know now what the Greek System is like, which can be nothing but an asset to us during Rush this coming year. By Tom Blackett