Greeks begin recruitment
Kaitlin Bluemel
staff writer
This week on campus Utah State University Greeks are having their recruitment week. The USU Greeks include three sororities for women and six fraternities for men. The sororities include Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Delta and Theta Nu Xi. The fraternities include Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Psi Sigma Phi, Sigma Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Sorority recruitment events run in sync with each other. Katelin Wadsworth, vice president of recruitment and a junior majoring in biology, provided information for all the event information for the sororities. On Monday the sororities met in the Taggart Student Center lounges from 5pm-8pm for an open house where they got information on the different sororities. Tuesday at 5 p.m. they will go through house tours, starting at 5 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center.
Wednesday is Philanthropy Night. Each sorority will give a presentation or have a booth to portray their philanthropy and what they stand for in the TSC ballroom. Alpha Chi Omega works with domestic violence awareness, Kappa Delta with Prevention of Child Abuse in America and Girl Scouts of America, and Theta Nu Xi with Girls for a Change.
Thursday is Preference Night; the sororities have a formal dinner, by invite only, and speeches given for the possible new coming girls. Friday at 4 p.m. is bid day on the Quad, where girls that have been picked for the sororities will receive an envelope with a bid inside. Afterwards they will join their sisters for a welcome party.
Ana Castillo, a senior majoring in exercise science and Spanish, said Theta Nu Xi will be participating in recruitment week Monday-Wednesday for informational purposes, but they will have their own recruitment meeting next week on September 17.
Fraternity events differ from each other during the week. On Monday there will be an open house barbeque followed by house tours beginning at 5 p.m. on the TSC Patio. Friday is the Hill Run on Old Main at 4 p.m.
The fraternities will also exhibit their philanthropies; Alpha Tau Omega with Racing for Orphans with Down Syndrome, Delta Sigma Phi with the American Red Cross, Pi Kappa Alpha with Cache Valley Humane Society and a breast cancer association, Psi Sigma Phi with the Boys and Girls Club, Sigma Chi with the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and Sigma Phi Epsilon with Best Buddies International.
The Greeks will also be hosting Greek Week at the end of September. Students can register for Greek recruitment at usu.edu/ususa/greeks. Registration closes Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority displays its letters outside of the house. Thakary Minson photo
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