General Rules

The purpose of Greek Week is to create unity throughout all four governing councils and display our values as a community through justice, leadership, scholarship, and siblinghood. Our goal is to highlight a positive image of Sorority & Fraternity Life to the University and the Allendale community. Please remember that individual conduct on the part of organization members reflects and represents the image of the entire community. 

1. Only undergraduate active and new/associate members on a fraternity or sorority’s current roster for the Winter 2025 semester are eligible to participate in Greek Week events.
2. Compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and Grand Valley State University’s Code of Student Conduct must be followed. Any violation of these rules will be reported to the appropriate authorities (i.e. Grand Valley Police Department, Ottawa County Police Department, Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution, and/or your regional office/national headquarters). 
3. Use of alcohol or illegal drugs prior to or during any Greek Week event by any member of a team will lead to disqualification of the entire team from the event. A second offense will lead to the team’s overall removal from Greek Week activities and an automatic last place ranking overall. 
   1. NOTE: This rule applies to all delegate meetings, lip sync dress rehearsal and performance, lip sync audience members, and others. Individuals found in violation of this rule will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution. 
4. All members participate in events at their own risk. First Aid kits will be available on site, but there will be no emergency medical personnel present at any Greek Week events.
5. Cheating of any form will not be tolerated. Any violation of events as outlined in this packet, with attendance, or with any other attempt will be dealt with accordingly by the Greek Programming Committee and/or advisors. 
6. Delegates: Individual sorority and fraternity organizations are expected to have an elected/appointed delegate to represent their organization for official Greek Week purposes. 
7. A team’s overall Greek Week standing may be reduced for any act of unsportsmanlike conduct at the discretion of the Greek Programming Committee and advisors.  This includes, but is not limited to harassment, inappropriate language, property damage, verbal/physical fighting, inappropriate communication with a Greek Programming Committee member or University staff member, and/or any negative acts that occur at any event. 
   1. Disqualification from an event or from participating in future events may be an outcome of any violation of this rule, at the discretion of the Fraternity & Sorority Life Staff. 

Banner Competition

Date: Monday, April 7

Location: Chapter facilities

The Banner Painting Competition is a chance for teams to showcase their creativity and school spirit while embracing this year’s Y2K theme. Chapters will be grouped into teams and collaborate to design a banner that reflects the theme, while also incorporating elements that represent both their organizations and the Grand Valley community.

Banner Requirements:

• A creative and clear representation of the Y2K theme
• Each organization’s primary color incorporated into the design
• The full name of all organizations on your team
  • Do not use Greek letters; spell out the names in full, e.g., Delta Delta Delta instead of ΔΔΔ
• At least one iconic GVSU image
  • Clock Tower, Anchor, GVSU Letters, Transformational Link, etc.
• Visually appealing, well-executed, and free of smudges or unfinished areas.

Banners must be of good taste and appropriate content. Teams will earn full points for meeting all criteria.

Banners will be hung in the Kirkhof lobby for all of GVSU community to see.

Kids’ Food Basket Community Service

Date: Monday, April 7

Time: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Library Multi-purpose Room

Giving back to the community is an essential part of our Greek values, and this year we are partnering with Kids’ Food Basket to make a positive impact! During this event, we will be decorating Sack Suppers (snack bags), collecting donations for Supper Packs, and packing bags with the collected donations for children in need. A Sack Supper ensures children in West Michigan have increased access to healthy food each day!

Decorating Sack Suppers: Add some creativity and kindness to each bag by decorating them with fun drawings, uplifting messages, and positive affirmations. Brown and White paper bags will be provided, along with any necessary supplies to decorate the Sack Suppers. 

Sack Supper Donations: Chapters are encouraged to collect and bring donations for the Sack Suppers. Since we will be assembling the Sack Suppers at the event, please bring all donated items in their original packaging!

To ensure each child is receiving the same meal, Kids’ Food Basket asks for no substitutions to the food items on the supply list.

Supper Pack Supply List:

• Pudding Cup 
• Fruit Cup or Pouch (no foil tops please) 
• Pretzel, Cheez-it or Goldfish bag (1.5 oz. or smaller) 
• Meat sticks – either TWO 0.28 oz sticks or ONE 0.5 oz. stick 
• Quart Size Bag
  • Please use quart-size zipper lock bags as the packs will be packaged into the Sack Suppers.

Wear Your Letters Tuesday

Date: Tuesday, April 8

Time: All Day

Location: Social Media and throughout Campus

All chapter members are encouraged to wear their letters in any form—this can be a shirt, sweater, pin, hat, jacket, or any other apparel that represents your organization.

Social Media Challenge: Throughout the day, chapters and members are encouraged to post pictures of their members wearing their letters around campus using the hashtag #GVSUGreekWeek on Instagram Stories or their main feed.

Community Photoshoot

Date: Tuesday, April 8

Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Location: Clock Tower

Rain Location: Lower Level of Library

The GVSU Promotions Team will join us at the Clock Tower to capture high-quality photos of individuals and groups in their letters. This is a great chance to show off our Greek unity and highlight the positive impact of our community on campus. Whether you take photos solo or with your chapter, be sure to represent your organization and our community with pride!

Participation: Each chapter is expected to have at least 2 members present at the Community Photoshoot.

Field Day

Date: Wednesday, April 9

Time: 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Location: Kirkhof Lawn

Grab your matching jerseys and a pair of sneakers - it's field day! Get ready to bring the energy and competitive spirit as this event will feature a mix of relay races, team challenges, and "Minute to Win It" games that test speed, skill, and teamwork. Teams will have an opportunity to earn points based on their placement in each event, and by having extra members in attendance to cheer on the participants!

Events

Tug-O-War (Rules are adapted from the Tug of War International Federation Rules Manual)

This event will be limited to 10 players from each team. The tug-of-war rope will be marked at the center to align with a marking on the ground, and will also be marked at the points at which teams may begin to line up at the rope. No team member may grip the rope past this designation, nor may they make any knots or loops in the rope, cross the rope over itself, or wrap the rope around any part of their body. There will be three signals given to teams, the first to instruct them to pick up the rope, the second to prepare to pull, and the third to begin pulling. Teams may not begin to pull the rope until the third signal. Each team member, with the exception of the Anchor (person at the end of the rope), must hold the rope with both bare hands and the palms of both hands facing up, with the rope passing between the body and upper part of the arm. The Anchor serves as the end puller. The rope shall pass alongside their body, diagonally across their back and over their opposite shoulder. The remaining rope shall pass under their armpit in a backwards direction with the slack running free, with the Anchor gripping the remaining part of the rope as all other team members. The winning team will be the one that pulls the side markers on the rope beyond the end line marking on the ground.

Game Play: Bracket placement will be determined by random draw on field day.

Relay Race

At least 5 players (with a maximum of 10 players) from each team will be involved in this event. One player will do each event (2 players for 3-Legged races), and the team can choose to have the player repeat the second event in that cycle, or they may choose a different player entirely. The order of events will go as follows:

1. Dizzy Bat Dash (1 player)
2. Potato Sack Race (1 player)
3. Sponge Race (1 player)
4. 3-Legged Race (2 players)
5. 3-Legged Race (2 players)
6. Sponge Race (1 player)
7. Potato Sack Race (1 player)
8. Dizzy Bat Dash (1 player)

Dizzy Bat Dash: Players will put a bat to their forehead and then to the ground. They will then go around the bat 10 times and run across to the finish line.

Potato Sack Race: Players will put both legs into a sack and hop a short distance to the finish line. Both feet must be kept inside the sack at all times.

Sponge Race: Players will use a provided sponge to soak up water from one bucket, then squeeze it into another bucket at the finish line. Teams will race to fill up their bucket to the marked line. Only the sponge can be used to transfer water - no hands, buckets, or other tools.

3-Legged Race: Players will use a provided strap to connect one leg from each person. Once connected, they will walk or run a short distance to the finish line.

Minute to Win It Games

Each game will allow one player per team to compete. Teams may choose different players for each game or have the same player participate in multiple challenges. Teams will only have 1 minute to complete each game. The order of events will go as follows:

1. Cookie Monster
2. Movin' On Up
3. Wanna Spoon
4. Penny for Your Thoughts
5. Penny for Your Thoughts
6. Wanna Spoon
7. Movin' On Up
8. Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster: Players will start with a cookie balanced on their forehead. Without using their hands, they must move the cookie from their forehead to their mouth using only facial muscles. If a player drops their cookie, they must start over with a new one. 

Movin' On Up: Players will have a stack of 40 cups. 39 cups will be the same color and one cup will be a different color. The different colored cup will start at the bottom of the stack. Holding the whole stack in one hand, players will take one cup from the top of the stack and move it to the bottom with their empty hand, then repeat the process with the other hand. This continues until the different colored cup has gone through the entire stack and it back at the bottom. The game continues in this way until the red cup has gone through the entire stack of cups and resumes its original place at the bottom.

Wanna Spoon: 2 bowls will be placed in front of each player, one empty and one filled with ping pong balls. Using nothing but a spoon in their mouth, each player must transfer as many ping pong balls as possible to their empty bowl. Hands are only allowed if a player drops a ping-pong ball. In this case, they can use their hands to place the ball back in its original bowl. 

Penny for Your Thoughts: Players must make a stack of 30 pennies, while only using one hand. 

Field Day is not just about competing—it’s also about showing up and supporting your team! Chapters are encouraged to have as many members as possible attend to cheer on and support the participants in each event. The energy and enthusiasm from the crowd make Field Day even more exciting for everyone involved! Only members who are not actively participating in the event will count toward the team’s attendance score. A QR code will be used for check-in. 

Lip Sync Battle

Date: Thursday, April 10

Time: Performance starts at 8:00 p.m., doors open at 7:45 p.m.

Location: Fieldhouse Arena

Music/Audio

• Song selections for Lip Sync will be due on March 26 at 10:00 a.m.
  • Email Alicen Fimple, fimplea@gvsu.edu, your song selections.
• Approval of song selections will be sent out by March 27
• Your final cut of your music must be uploaded to YouTube, so we can easily access it in the Arena.
  • The YouTube link must be emailed to Alicen Fimple, fimplea@gvsu.edu, by April 2.
• Songs may not include profanity or cultural insensitivity. If you have any questions about the sensitivity of a song choice, please contact Alicen Fimple. 

Dress Rehearsal will be held on April 10, from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the Kelly Sports Center multi-purpose room. Teams will be able to sign up for a 15-minute block. A sign up sheet will be sent out to teams to sign up on a first come, first served basis.

Performance Rules

• The entire performance should not exceed 10 minutes.
  • Time starts when the first sound is made and time ends when the stage is clear.
  • Point deductions may be given if a performance goes over the time limit. 
• Teams must always enter and exit the stage via the stairs. 
• Performance must include participation from all chapters on a team. All chapters must actively participate and perform in at least one of the dances. 
  • Individuals from each chapter must participate in the lip-sync for a team to receive full points.
• No participant can be standing on or risen above shoulder level (including any flips/gymnastics).
• Nothing can be thrown into the crowd. 
• No flashlights, candles, projectors, movie screens, smoke machines, or dry ice allowed.
• All props and costumes must not contain glitter or feathers.
• Costumes should be appropriate and not revealing
• No metal cleats, spike heels, or tap shoes permitted on the floor. Sneakers, flats, or other dance shoes may be worn by performers. 

Audience Expectations

• No noisemakers, whistles, or other objects designed to make loud noises will be permitted into the Arena.
• Good sportsmanship is expected. Inappropriate behavior will result in deductions from your performance score.
• Applause and cheering by audience members should be saved for the conclusion of each performance.

Judging Criteria

Lip Sync performances will be scored by a panel of judges. Judges will be scoring on a scale of 1- 10 in the following areas: relation to your team name/category, creativity of performance, precision/uniformity of dances, energy/enthusiasm of performers, costume/set design, and overall presentation. Winners will be announced at the end of the event.

Open Skate Afternoon

Date: Saturday, April 12

Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Griff’s Georgetown Ice Arena (8500 48th Ave, Hudsonville, MI 49426)

Get ready for a night of fun and skating at Griff’s Georgetown Ice Arena! This event is a great opportunity for chapters to come together, build connections, and create lasting memories with fellow Greek members. We encourage you to attend, enjoy some ice skating, and socialize with your peers across the Greek community.

Participation: Chapters are encouraged to attend in groups and use this time to socialize, have fun, and make Greek Week even more exciting. Whether you’re an experienced skater or a first-timer, we’ll be making lasting memories as we glide around the rink together. This is a perfect opportunity to meet new people and strengthen bonds with other chapters. Non-affiliated members are welcome to join and skate with us, too!

No points will be awarded for attendance—this event is all about having fun! Just show up, lace up, and enjoy the night.