Hillsdale’s sororities will finish their Greek Week competition Friday with events including three-legged racing and hula hooping. The fraternities will kick off their competition with a chariot race Monday.
Both the sorority and fraternity Greek Weeks see the Greek houses compete in a series of events. Points are earned for winning 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in an event, said junior Eleanor Fina, president of the Panhellenic Council. The house with the most points at the end of the week wins.
“It’s a time for the sororities to all come together and have a lot of fun,” Fina said.
According to InterFraternity Council President senior Patrick Davenport, Monday’s chariot race is another part of this effort. Reading an old issue of The Collegian archived in the library, he discovered that chariot races were featured in fraternity Greek Weeks in the late 1970s and early 1980s and decided to resurrect the tradition.
Fraternity houses will build chariots, to be pulled by two men with one riding. They will race four laps around the parking lot behind the Suites at 5 p.m. Monday. Davenport said students are encouraged to come watch and that the event will feature a Saga Inc. meal exchange cookout open to campus.
