University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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10 Book I Eighteen sororities and 26 fraternities participated in this T0 wrap up the week, the Greeks attended church year,s Greek Week, held at UT Sept. 5-11 for the first time together on Sunday morning and held a COOkOUt Sunday in six years. night. The week of fun was reorganized this year to promote 11Greek Week was an exciting and eventful week? said Greek unity and community service, Macie Burnett, Melanie Biggs, one Of the Greek Week directors. iiWehve Panhellenic president, said. had great participation, and it was a real success? Torchnight kicked off the week with the traditional pass- ing of the torch of preparation from the senior class to the -by Patti Wade freshman class. Pat Summitt, Lady Vols basketball head coach, was the guest speaker. The Opening Ceremonies were held Tuesday night at Tom Black Track with UT administrators and Knoxville dignitaries participating. On Wednesday, an inspirational breakfast was held at Panhellenic with Missy Kane, an Olympic medalist and former UT track star, speaking. Also on Wednesday were the shield and crest drawing contest in Presidential Cour- tyard and a scavenger hunt, which was held on campus. Thursday morning, 104 WIMZ,S Waking Crew broadcast live from the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house with the Pi Kaps and Delta Delta Delta sorority. Thursday afternoon, the Greeks hosted Kidsis Day on Fi- ji Island with 250 Knoxville Boys, and Girlse Club members participating. The Greeks played whiffle ball, water balloon tosses, touch football and freeze tag with the children. Also, a dunking booth was set up with Panhellenic and Inter- fraternity council members being the targets. Chancellor Jack Reese presided over a game of tiChancellor Saysh on Friday afternoon at the Worldts Fair site, and Saturday afternoon, Buddyts Bar-B-Q served barbecue for the Greeks before the UT-Duke game. At half-time, the Roddy Cup trophy was presented to Delta Upsilon fraternity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority, winners of the week-long competitions. 1 John Kotlowski

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A Taste of the Beach Book I 9 Students tdigi into new sand e' volleyball court The Student Aquatic Center brought the beach to heathen pus as sand volleyball became one of the hottest UT ' crazes s1nce students started bar crawling on the Strip. Whether people liked diving deep into a bed of sahd awhile goi W'for'l'that crucial dig or just sWattmg at the bail while gettihg a tan, this game fit the bill. ' ' a Aquatic eenter officials ordered the old shuffleboard , :tcourts ripped out last spring and put in something they .fthought Stud 1 t i 1 uldsgnse, said Harold DentOn, pro- gram director iiThere was injo e gomg around that we had more use , 1 ti '1' 11.1 r 1 John Kollowski on the volleyball court in its first week than we had on the shuffleboards in 15 years? Denton said Denton credited program director Alan Lambert with the idea for the court. tiHe tLamberD designed and built the court. It,s been the biggest and most popular thing in yearsft Denton said. The game is fun because it is laid back, and during in- tramural play, games were self-officiated. Denton said that these aspects made the games less like hard competition. We havenit had any protests since the beginning. The nice thing about volleyball is that if there is a major pro- blem, you can replay the pointfi Denton said. iiThis is laid back, have a good time volleyball, Den- ton said. ttThe important thing is to have fun, and thatis what people are out here to do. That is not to say the competition did not get tough. Play could become as intense as the teams wanted it to get. Sand brings an entirely new dimension to volleyball because it is harder to play in. The first time you get on the sand you realize how hard it is to move. Wetre having more folks in the league games because you donit have to cover as much ground, Denton said. League play lasted through the end of September and games were played during the week from 6 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. However, pickup games usually were going on whenever the court was not being used by the leagues. It was not uncommon to walk by the court at midnight or later and see people out spiking and digging by the light of the softball fields. Denton said he felt the popularity of the game here was because of'sand volleyballis national appeal. itA lot of our students are into ESPN and it,s almost impossible to turn on that station without seeing sand volleyball, Denton said. iiThe Student Aquatic Center has recreated the beach here, and for that reason itis quite popular, Denton ad- ded. ttWetve got some people who are quite good at it? -by Andy Logan Intramural teams Reese East 5 and the Dickfers clash in the net, enjoying the popularity of outdoor sand volleyball court at the Student Aquatic Center.

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Book I ll 4 John Kotlowski 1. Chris Schechter w and Da vid Decker of Sigma Phi Epsilon compete in the chariot race as part of Greek Week, held the week of Sept. .5. 2. Jeff 0 Keefe, junior 1'11 aerospace engineering, umpires a whifHe ball game for children from the Knoxville Boyf Club during Kidy Day at Fiji Island. 3. ChaIk-dra W11 crests decora te Presidential Courtyard as one of the man y Greek Week competitions. 4. Whitney Simpson, sophomore in physical therapy, has her face painted during Kidf Day.