From “Thriller” to “This is Why I’m Hot,” the John Carroll University 2007 Lip Sync for Greek Week was anything but dull. These acts were completely original and kept me entertained the entire time.

Even though some technical difficulties occurred, the people backstage managed to work through them and after a short break the show resumed.

The performances were well rehearsed and there was a little bit of everything from country to rap to 80’s music.

Kappa Kappa Gamma went first with “Once Upon a Kappa…” A princess was looking for her prince and on the way she ran into some interesting fairy tale characters, including Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and her seven dwarfs and Little Red Riding Hood.

Each fairy tale character had their own song and dance, each with their own certain flare. The songs were popular rap and pop songs such as “Bad to the Bone” and “Hot in Herre.”

This performance was extremely funny and very creative.
The next act was “I Love the KDs” by Kappa Delta. They did a television show going through the 80’s and 90’s.

The Kappa Deltas did a wonderful interpretation of “Thriller” and I especially liked the dance to “Baby Got Back.” Their 80’s hair styles and outfits were also extremely appropriate for their performance.
Toy soldiers and Barbies were the characters of “Theta Toy Story” performed by the girls of Kappa Alpha Theta.

It was one of the girl’s birthdays and all of the toys came to life and did their own dance when she left the room.

The costumes for the toys were very imaginative and well thought out. I particularly liked the toy Bentley and Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. Their dances were comical, yet witty.

Gamma Phi Beta went fourth, and their theme was “Spring Break Around the Globe.” They started out with a group of girls at the airport waiting for their flight to Mexico.

They suddenly found out that their flight had been delayed so they all went their separate ways until it was time to depart for their flight. However, the plane left without some of the girls.

Not only did they miss their flight to Mexico, but they got on other flights not knowing where they were headed. They ended up in New York City and Africa.

Even with the music stopping halfway through their performance and having to start their act all over again, they still did an excellent job and made a good recovery.

Sigma Phi Epsilon did “SigEp Stock,” which was hilarious and well worth the wait. It was exceptionally interesting and I liked the guy dressing up as woman. Their song choices were good too.

The dance to the song “Just the Two of Us” was good, as well as several others. I also enjoyed the dance to “You Can’t Touch This” by M.C. Hammer. It was amusing watching the guys run around stage in those costumes.

“American Bandstand: Music Through the Decades” was sixth and performed by Chi Omega.

I liked their idea a lot and their routines were very good as well. Their outfits were quite appealing and I loved the music they picked out including “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey and “Kiss” by Prince.
They ended by dressing up in their sorority’s color, red, and sang “This is Why I’m Hot” by Mims.

Delta Tau Delta was the last to go and their act was called “A Tour of John Carroll.” A prospective student was taking a tour of John Carroll University and he went around to every building here.

At Murphy, there were a bunch of parties going on. At the student center, Spartans from the movie “300” came and destroyed the jukebox and made the boy eat in Parkhurst.

It was a funny skit that truly summed up most of John Carroll student’s attitudes toward each place on campus as well as capturing most people’s assumptions of these buildings.

In the end, Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon were the winners of this tough competition.

This past week sororities and fraternities participated in a weeklong tradition filled with events full of entertainment.

These include the five sororities – Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Gamma Phi Beta and Chi Omega. This also includes the three fraternities – Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Sigma.

According to freshman Maggie Matune of Kappa Kappa Gamma, “Greek Week is a special week set aside to celebrate all of the sororities and fraternities.”

In order to raise money each sorority and fraternity sponsored several events and took part in many activities.

On Sunday, April 15, all of the organizations had a cookout on the Quad.
On Monday, they played kickball and dodgeball in the intramural gym. Junior J.D. Corr of SigEp said, “Kickball was a great opportunity for all of the organizations to get together. The game was genuinely fun. It gave us one last chance to let loose before finals.”

On Tuesday, there was the talent show in Kulas Auditorium. Freshman Joe Capasso said, “I was very excited to see SigEp in the talent show. I had been hearing a lot about their act all week. I was taken aback by the other fraternities and sororities acts as well. It was all very well done.”
Wednesday was a group outing to “The Tempest” at the Ohio Theater.
Thursday was the infamous Lip Sync.

On Friday there was a bunch of water games and then a social at Jake’s, in the basement of Pizzazz. Saturday was Relay for Life with each sorority and fraternity having their own relay team.

Then, to finish it up on Sunday, there was an awards ceremony.
Each member was required to volunteer at the events and and set up for them. Different people worked different events each day and everyone had a part in the experience.

Everyone put a lot of dedication and effort into this specific week and they all seemed to pleased with the end results.

The co-chairs of Greek Week, freshman Nick Toney and junior Keiko Sano, were in charge of most of Greek Week and oversaw everything.
They announced each sorority and fraternity at the lip sync and each performance at the talent show. They put several hours each day into this enormous occasion and it all paid off in the end.

Greek Week turned out to be a huge success, raising over $1,500 thanks to everyone’s involvement.