University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Watck. it wiggle! Tons ofjjello, a few golf balls, and one Mike Miller are in a vat as Miller, of Phi Sigma Kappa, tries to retrieve as many golf balls as possible for this Greek Week event. The money earned from Greek Week went to various philanthropies sponsored by the houses. - Michael Tarlowe Attempting tKe ten person leg ace are Mike Ellis, Jessica Pazdernik, Chris Jeffery, Tammy Van Erp, Dave Chan, Dana Gershengorn, Mike Panoff, Kim Higgs, Roy Hernandez and Carrie Gilmore. Alpha Gamma Delta was paired with Pi Kappa Psi and Beta Theta Pi for Greek Week performances. -Tamara Psumy TKe C -eek Olympics, a Week, were held at Palmer Field. One of several events was the tug of war, which Theta Chi member John Myers struggles with his team mates to win. -Michael Tarlowe GREEK WEEK 9

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We fVoze ouk asses off, but kad a lot of fun. I7t was a time wken you put life on kold and went i cmzy! COMPETING s went all out to aise money FORCHARITY t lave you ever wandered onto the Diag at noon to find everyone blowing off class to watch teams of men and women playing a giant game of TwisterMania? Or tried to walk down East University only to be faced with the prospect of being run over by some crazy beds on wheels? Or perhaps you looked out a dorm window one Safjurday morning to discover hundreds of students compet- ing in sack races, eleven-legged walk races, and pyramid building? If so, you witnessed the Greeks Seizing the Week ! Greek Week was a ten day long event in which sororities and fraternities teamed up to compete against each other in a variety of activities in an effort to raise money for various philanthropies. As President Duderstadt stated, Greek Week is one of the best expressions of the positive values of fraternity and so- rority life at Michigan. Greek Week sparked a renewed en- thusiasm within the Greek system both at the prospect of ten days of fun and games, as well as the good feeling that came from supporting several philan- thropies. It was a lot of hard work, especially since it was cold and raining during the Olympics. We froze our asses off, but had a lot of fun. I met tons of new people. Everything is goofy, it ' s crazy, it ' s an experience. It was a time when you put life on hold and went crazy! Residential College junior, Krista Haroutunian, a Gamma Phi Beta mem- ber, said. The events that took place vary from one extreme to the other. At Alpha Tau Omega ' s Spaghetti Chowdown and Alpha Gamma Delta ' s Ice Cream So- cial there were both men and women sucking up platefuls of spaghetti, or chowing down on ice cream sundaes, and of course, no hands in any eating events. Those same people might have been working off calories in the Phi Psi 500, the Sigma Nu Basketball Shootout, or the day long Greek Olympics. Greek Week culminated at Sing Si Variety, a music and dance extrava- ganza at Hill Auditorium, where the true talent of the Greek system was displayed. At the end of the show the scores for all of Greek Week were tallied with the team of Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Psi, and Tau Gamma Nu winning. A victory dinner was held for the winners and the money was distributed to the American Cancer Society, S.O.S., Hu- ron Water Shed Council, the Univer- sity of Michigan Transplant House, A.I.D.S. Wellness Network Inc., and D.A.R.E. The Greeks were allowed to go wild for ten days, and the philanthro- pies benefitted for a whole year.- Lauren her 8 MICHIGAN LIFE

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TKe entire playing surface of A icKigan Stadium was decorated and coveted with Michi- gan graduates while the stands were packed with family and friends. Over 3,000students partipated in the ceremony. -Tamara Psumy Committed to diversity,, tKe University attracts students from all backgrounds. Joan Smith interprets President Bush ' s commencement speech so everyone could hear . -Tamara Psumy tUt was very popular for graduates to write messages to their family and friends or to display their political views with masking tape on the tops of their caps. At the commencement ceremony, Nursing School graduates Anita Shedlock and Lisa Eby displayed their support for President Bush. -Tamara Psumy 10 MICHIGAN LIFE Rob Vandersloot, art Engineering graduate, showed his support of President Bush during Commencement by holding up a home made banner. Other graduates who opposed Bush held up red cards to show their feelings. -Tamara Psumy AAany of tke separate ceremonies which had been planned months in advance had to be cancelled or postponed in order to accomodate a joint ceremony. President Bush announces his plan for the Good Society in an attempt to show the audience that he had a sound domestic policy. -Tamara Psumy