By: Ellis Distefano, Contributing Writer

It’s March and there are many things to focus on, such as the NCAA tournament, Women’s History Month and St. Patrick’s Day. However, for Greek Life on Wofford’s campus, Greek Week is what’s on everyone’s mind.

Greek Week brings a more united front from Greek Life onto campus, says James Schwartz, a senior.

“Being a part of three, and this being my last [Greek Week], I am hoping for this particular one to go out with a bang,” says Schwartz.

Past events during Greek Week have included a doughnut day for faculty and so forth.

However, “the purpose of the week is to raise awareness that there are those less fortunate than ourselves,” says Jordan Crosby, also a senior.

Crosby was abroad for his spring semester of his junior year, and thus he is expecting his final Greek Week to be the best one because it will be his last.

The week begins March 21 and concludes on March 25, Good Friday. Greek Games are an annual event meant to raise money for organizations like the Special Olympics, which assists persons with disabilities of all kinds and is intended to boost self-confidence and self-esteem.

The competition places fraternities and sororities against each other. Past competitions have included a tug-of-war, a 50m dash, a wheelbarrow race and a pie eating contest. The keg toss, a legendary event in fraternity lure, originally was created in Ireland and eventually made its way into competitions such as the world’s strongest man.

On the other hand, sororities hold events such as a lip sync battle, but the goal remains the same: raise the money and become the top Greek organization on campus.

As with every college across the nation, Greek Life events often spur up controversy because of track records for certain organizations. However, Greek Week at Wofford has managed to remain rather unscrutinized throughout its tenure, perhaps because all donations go forth toward charitable services instead of directly into the budget of the organizations themselves.

For both first-year students and seniors in their final Greek Week, for new initiates and long-time members, let the games begin.