2008 Woodie Awards
Sorority to crown Mr. Greek
Chelsea Brown
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: Lifestyles
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Doors will open at 7:30 p.m., and the show will begin at 8 p.m.
"Everyone is invited to come out and join the lovely Kappa Delta ladies and, of course, all the guys we know and love for a night full of fun and laughter," Kappa Delta member Casey Boulware, senior, said.
Admission to the event is $5 for nonstudents, $4 for students and $3 for members of fraternities or sororities who wear their letters.
Proceeds will benefit the charities Prevent Child Abuse America and Durant's Children Center in Florence.
Eighty percent of the funds raised will stay within the community to aid child abuse prevention programs.
Prevent Child Abuse America will use the remaining 20 percent for the promotion of its national efforts to improve child abuse prevention education programs, Boulware said.
The 2007 Mr. Greek Pageant raised $4,814.
Members from the Interfraternity Council and National Panhellenic Council will compete for the title of Mr.?Greek. There also will be an award for Mr. Congeniality.
Members of Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Beta Sigma fraternities will participate. Each organization is allowed to have three members in the pageant.
Participants will be judged on their personalities and overall looks in various categories, including evening wear, toga wear and celebrity look-a-like contests.
Information regarding the charities will be posted in various places around campus two days before the pageant, Boulware said.
Students will have a chance to show their support for their favorite contestants by participating in Penny Wars, during which students can drop pennies and dollars into the jar for the contestant they choose.
Any other form of currency will cause the contestant to lose points.
The contestant with the most pennies and dollars will win the People's Choice Award.
The pageant will be judged by Teresa Ramey, dean of students, and other faculty members.
Mary Dittman, instructor of marketing, will audit the event. Dittman, who has judged events in the past, said auditing helps her play fair.
"I like being the auditor because, if I were a judge, I would vote for all my favorite students," she said.
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