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PAGE 3 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18. 2007 Greek Week spotlights fun, philanthropy By Melinda Bellemare Guest Writer Mbellem I @ my.westga.edu Togas. Cheers. Team work, blood, sweat and tears. A millennium ago the first Greek games were beginning. Originally a competition for the favor of the gods, Greek games such as the Olympics are still going on today. Every spring the Greek community at West Georgia has their own version of competition. Okay, so replace the javelin with a raw egg, and the horse pulled chariot with one pulled by fraternity members and, well you’ve got the gist of it. Greek Week’s purpose is to bring fraternities and Water from page 1 working wells are able to fully supply the university’s current athletic-field irrigation needs, however, with the upcoming campus expansion, additional wells will be needed to supply irrigation needs: “Surface water can not sustain all our needs," Kath said. Kath recently wrote a proposal for the Coca-Cola Foundation, explaining the methodology of drilling wells to acquire groundwater in igneous and metamorphic rocks. He proposed that should Coca-Cola grant them the funds to do so, he and Dr. Crawford would firstly conduct groundwater exploration and develop these four wells on UWG’s new land. Kath claims that this process would take only a short amount of time: “From start to finish, within thirty to sixty days, we would know if the wells were successful or not.” Catching air at East Carroll Park dfflr a -y. t - ▼ Bl^--•■ - > \-. Photo by Josh Grubb Summer in the city: New skate park on Northside Dr. offers safe skating and a place to hang out for kids this summer. sororities together for some healthy competition, and joint philanthropy work. In just 3 hours, on Monday afternoon, the Greek population of West Georgia colleted over SI,OOO to donate to charity. Each chapter was given the challenge of raising the most money they could through penny wars. There were a few simple rules; the contest lasted from 1 to 4 and pennies good - silver coins bad. Any silver money, or dollars put in your jar would negate the amount of pennies. Delta Delta Delta sorority, and Kappa Sigma fraternity won the penny wars but the over all winners of Greek After the completion of UWG’s new groundwater additions, the second phase would be to conduct the same research and development on five other colleges/ universities in the University System of Georgia. The University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology would constitute two of these universities, and the remaining three would be selected according to the potential to use groundwater for all irrigation needs. Dr. Hollabaugh suggests that if the method works for these universities, the entire University System of Georgia could provide their own irrigation using this methodology. The final phase would be the transferability of this methodology to Coca- Cola areas of interest. Since Coca-Cola has manufacturers all over the world, resulting in different climates and differing Week got to decide what philanthropy will benefit from the money. Greek week consists of 4 days of events, testing brawns and brains. Monday night was the academic game show, Tuesday was the Toga Tournament, Wednesday was the cook out and stroll contest, and Thursday consisted of game day and the Greek god and goddess pageant. Each day the sororities and fraternities gain points for the activities they win, and the organization with the most cumulative points at the end of the week is crowned the Greek Week champions. This year’s Greek Week executive council added 2 new exciting events; the Toga availabilities of water, the knowledge and resources relating to the research and implementation of this method of tapping into unused water supplies could be beneficial to the company on a global scale. If the Coca-Cola Foundation does agree to this proposal, many positive outcomes could be expected. This plan conserves the treated drinking water supply and would be a large saving to taxpayers and companies. Properly managed wells can possibly yield water continuously for decades, and irrigation with groundwater is draught proof, allowing towns and colleges to irrigate during water bans. This method can also be applied to most areas in the Piedmont/ Blue Ridge of Georgia. The UWG Grounds Department is also working to conserve water. New landscape installations and Tournament, and the stroll contest. On Tuesday evening each sorority and fraternity chose 5 members, dressed in matching togas to represent them in a series of relay games, a.k.a. the Toga Tournament. Phi Mu won best togas with a Wizard of Oz themed team and Delta Chi won for the men, sporting oh so-fashionable blue plaid togas. The games consisted of over under, a raw egg toss, and a water balloon pass. The most amusing sight was watching bewildered onlookers as they passed the water fountain wondering what in the world was going on. It’s not every day you see a line of fraternity guys seasonal color beds are maintained using water from the currently existing wells on campus as a supplemental to rainfall. However, according to Grounds Superintendent James Hembree. the university aims to use plants who can survive without constant maintenance: “We try to use native plants in our landscapes that are adaptable to short term, and in most cases, long term drought conditions.” They also monitor new landscapes closely during the first year, so that in subsequent years, they are able to let the plants “fend for themselves.” Students are encouragedtoattend UWG’s Earth Day on Tuesday. April 17 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm in Love Valley, where many sponsors, clubs and community organizations will be on hand to educate and promote conservation programs. ■iftpUßLa _, passing a balloon over their heads and under their plaid togas! Alpha Gamma Delta and Pi Kappa Phi won the toga tournament relay races. The most successful event of the week was the stroll contest that was held on Wednesday night. Each fraternity and sorority was paired with a National Pan-Hellenic organization, (traditionally African American fraternity/ sorority) and told to make up a stroll routine for the contest. The Campus Center was packed full of organizations anxiously awaiting the performance of their team. After the I PC, and Panhelenic organizations performed their prepared strolls for Massacre from page 1 last week as two bomb threats were called in to the University Police, leading to speculation that the incident was not a crime of passion, but a planned and organized massacre. News reports have already begun calling the situation a “college Columbine”, a statement that could lead to dangerous copycat incidents as the belief that infamy could be obtained by such an action. UWG Police Chief Tom Mackel said that an emergency safety plan is always in place and that local first responder resources such as law enforcement agencies and the Carroll County Emergency Management System are available as backup. “We have 21 certified police officers and operate 24/7,” said Mackel. “The officers attempt to be visible and can respond quickly throughout campus. Many of our buildings are on access control and we provide training for our officers for this type of event. “We provide training for our officers on campus shooting events,” said Mackel. “Two of the ranking officers who responded to the shooting at the University of Arizona were brought to campus to conduct a training class for officers who could confront an active shooter in a building. This training is repeated as new officers join the force. “We also conduct workplace violence training and through these classes, staff learn to deal with hostile people, recognize different behaviors and how to create exit plans,” Mackel stated. We at The West Georgian wish to express our deepest sympathy to our colleagues at The Collegiate Newspaper of Virginia Tech. The Arcade Fire Atlanta Civic Center Tue, 05/01107 My Chemical Romance The Arena At Gwinnett Center Tue, 04/24/07 Christina Aguilera The Arena At Gwinnett Center Wed ; 05/02/07 Zach Galifianakis Roxy Theatre Sat, 05/05/07 Axis of Evil Comedy Tour Center Stage Theatre Sat, 05/05/07 I'll! WIST GEORGIAN a group of judges, the Pan-Hellenic fraternities and sororities got up and showed them how they stroll Everyone broke out into spontaneous dance. The event united all social Greeks and left everyone pumped up about working together in the future. Chi Omega won the stroll contest for the girls and Kappa Sigma won for the guys. The overall winners for the 2007 Greek Week competition are Kappa Sigma fraternity, and Alpha Xi Delta sorority. And the now reigning Cireek god is Pi Kappa Phi representative Jason Clarke, and Alpha Xi Delta representative Lexie Brinkman.