Rules

Pre-Greek Week Team Social

Before Greek Week, each team is encouraged to plan some form of social/meet and greet.

  • Event must take place BEFORE the start of Greek Week- Monday, April 3, 2017
  • A minimum of 5 members from each organization must be present at the event
  • Event must last a minimum of 1 hour
  • Documentation must be provided. Please send a sign-in sheet (including name and chapter affiliation) AND picture of all members in attendance sbaile5@clemson.edu by 10 pm on Sunday, April 2nd.

All teams who follow these guidelines and provide proper documentation within the time frame will earn 100 points.

 

Kick-Off

To kick off Greek Week, the Greek Week Committee will host a cookout-style gathering, encouraging all councils and chapters to intermingle and get to know one another. The event will take place on the quad, and each person that attends will be given a piece of pizza. Water will also be provided to each person.

For every person that attends the cookout and signs in, your team will earn one point (maximum points a team can earn is 150 points).

 

Team Reveal & Banner Competition

During the Greek Week Kickoff, each team will have a chance to reveal their team theme and the chapters that make up their team. Five team members will present the banner they have designed to represent their team and to be displayed on campus during the week. The banner should incorporate to the theme each team chose and respectfully represent the chapters. The purpose of the banner competition is to provide a fun way to showcase your team’s creativity and to show off your team’s theme.

The banners will be judged on creativity and design. Your banner should be a maximum size of a twin sheet (roughly 66’ x 96’) and be able to be hung from library bridge for all of campus to see.  On the banner should be your team’s name and themed artwork. Also, the letters of the organizations that are part of your team should be included. No banner should contain any profanity or vulgarity. The images included should be appropriate to the team name and to the Greek Week theme.

The following points will be allotted to the top three teams with the best banners.

  • 1st Place – 150 Points
  • 2nd Place – 100 Points
  • 3rd Place – 50 Points

 

Lip Sync

The Lip Sync event will be the closing event of the kickoff. Each team will nominate 1 to 5 members to perform. The performers are allowed to sing at maximum 2 songs, lasting no more than a collective 5 minutes (whether that is a mash-up of songs or two separate songs, it does not matter). The songs, costume, props and list of performers must be submitted to sbaile5@clemson.edu  by 10 pm on April 2nd. Once they are submitted, they cannot be changed. Any changes made without the approval from the Graduate Assistant for Fraternity Sorority Membership Development, Savannah Bailey, will result in point deduction and potential disqualification from the event.

After the song is completed, the panel of judges will discuss and proceed to rate the performance, taking into account: execution, creativity and crowd noise. The following points will be allotted to the top three teams:

  • 1st Place – 350 points
  • 2nd Place – 300 points
  • 3rd Place – 250 points

 

Clemson LIFE Field Day

Greek Life will be pairing up with Clemson LIFE for a field day full of events, listed below. Every team will be assigned a group of students currently in the Clemson LIFE program and will be paired up for the duration of the day. There will be rotations of stations with different activities, each station lasting ten minutes. There will be six stations with two teams at each station; each team will go to each station twice except for making cards.

Tickets = participation points; at the end of each event you will receive a ticket for your team.  Each ticket is worth 10 points.

  • Hula hoop contest
    • The event will be a competition to determine which team can hula hoop for the longest amount of time. The team with the last person hula hooping will receive one more ticket along with the ticket for participation.
  • Water balloon toss:
    • The event will consist of 2 members from each team (1 Clemson LIFE student and 1 Greek Life student). Participants will stand an initial distance of 5 steps apart, and after each toss, the Greek Life student will take 1 step back. If the balloon hits the floor and doesn’t break, that team is out. Last team with a balloon still intact will receive 1 extra ticket.
  • 3-Legged Race
    • The event will consist of 2 members from each team (1 participant from Clemson LIFE and 1 participant from Greek Life) with one of each of their legs being tied together.  At the start of the race the pair will start from the marked starting point in the quad and travel as fast as possible to the marked cone, walk around the cone, and walk back to the starting point, where the next pair for your team will start when the previous pair crosses the starting point.  Do this for as many pairs that are on your team.  When the last pair of your team crosses the starting point your team is finish, the first team to have all of their pairs cross the finish line wins.  The winning team will receive an extra ticket for winning.  Every team that participates will receive a ticket.
  • Beach Ball-Between Legs Race
    • A beach ball is placed in between a team members legs and they have to race against their competitors to the finish line and back to their starting place. Once they get back to where they started, their next team member starts to race. Once all the members of the team go and finish, it is over. The first team to finish wins.
  • Yard twister
    • This event will have a sheet secured on the grass in the Quad with rows of painted spots on the sheet.  The Twister spinner will be spun with a body part and a color.  Each player must try to place the called-out body part on a circle of the called-out color.  If your hand or foot is already on the circle of the called-out color, you must try to move it to another circle of the same color.  Any player who falls, or touches the mat with an elbow or knee, is immediately out of the game.  The last player left in the game is the winner.  The winner/winning team will receive a ticket for winning.  Every team will receive a ticket for participation.
  • Cards:
    • Making cards for Operation Gratitude, Clemson Downs, Clemson University Police Department, and Clemson Housing and Dining
    • Construction Paper, Markers, Crayons, Stamps, Pens, Glitter and Glue will be provided. Every team will receive a ticket for participation.

As part of the Clemson LIFE Field Day, there will be a table set up with bingo. Bingo cards will be set up across the table, and an unbiased Greek member will be working as the caller and judge of the game. If you complete a winning bingo pattern, you will receive candy as well as participation points for your team.

  • Bingo Rules:
  1. The game starts when each person has a blank bingo card.
  2. The free space in the middle can be filled with a chip as soon as the game starts.
  3. The caller will select a number at random and call out the number.
  4. If the number selected matches a number on your board, place a chip on the corresponding number.
  5. Steps 3 and 4 are repeated until someone completes the winning bingo pattern.
  6. A WINNING BINGO PATTERN can be:
    1. A vertical line
    2. A horizontal line
    3. A diagonal line

 

Greek Games

 

Tug-of-War

The event will begin with the signing of waivers for Clemson University. The tug-of-war tournament will be set up in a single elimination bracket with one games going at at time. The games will be refereed by unbiased members of the Greek Week Committee. When each game is completed, teams will be notified of the winner, and the winner will move on in the bracket. Teams must register online on the Google doc by the midnight the night before the event.

 

Basic Rules for Tug-of-War

  1. The Rope: There is a red mark made in the middle of the rope. This red mark on the rope needs to be a perpendicular angle to the exact center point on the ground, before the commencement of the game. 13 feet on either side from the center point another mark will be made; this mark must cross over the centerline for the other team to win.
  2. Teams: Each team can have a maximum of 6 members, composed of 3 girls and 3 guys
  3. Field and Marking: A white mark is made exactly 13 feet from the red mark on either sides of the rope. The game is won when either side with this white mark crosses the center point
  4. How to Play: The center of the rope should align with the center marked on the ground. As soon as the referee blows the whistle, each team can start pulling the rope into their territory. The objective of the game is for each team to pull the rope along with the members of the opposition team to their side. AS soons as the second mark on the rope from the center red marked crosses over the center line, the team to pull the rope to their area wins the game.
  5. Fouls: Lowering your elbow below the knee level while pulling the rope is considered to be a foul and is called ‘locking’. Touching the ground for a longer period of time is also considered a foul.

 

The following points will be allotted to the top four teams. For every spectator associated with your team who attends the event, your team will earn 3 points (maximum a team can earn is 150 points).

  • 1st Place – 300 Points
  • 2nd Place – 250 Points
  • 3rd Place – 200 Points

**There will be two 3rd place teams due to the tournament style.**

 

Chariot Race

Modern Greek Life reinvents this iconic event of Athens’ past. Teams of three are tasked with developing a custom and creative chariot to race around a challenging course. Teams must register online on the Google doc by the midnight the night before the event.

 

All participants must sign a waiver for Clemson University. Each team is responsible for purchasing the materials and building the chariot. Chariot guidelines are as follows:

  • No prefabricated chariots. You must design and build the chariots on your own
  • No sharp corners, edges, or spikes anywhere on the chariot
  • No engines or external energy sources to power movement
  • No launching from your craft (intentionally) or launching any items from it
  • No fire/pyro (firecrackers/torches/etc.)
  • No smoke of any kind
  • Drivers must be at least 18 years old
  • Craft has to make it through the course to be considered in the competition
  • Helmets must be worn by all three teammates at all times
  • Sunglasses are not allowed for teammates. Glasses of any kind are subject to creating eye damage. Contact lenses must be worn if the teammates need corrective lenses. Goggles are an acceptable option as well.
  • Each chariot must have 2 wheels and a strut
  • All three teammates must be riding or pulling the craft
  • One teammate must be designated as the “pilot”

The race will be structured around a single elimination style bracket. For example, in a 13-team race, 13 teams will race head-to-head in 6 different races. Every race should only include two chariots. 

Judges will consist of the head of the Greek Week Committee and other members of Fraternity and Sorority Life. There will be three different winners for each chariot race, with one winner in each of the following categories:

  • Greek Spirit/Team Creativity
    • Example: enthusiasm, wit, team performance
  • Archimedes Award for Inventiveness and Design
    • Example: resourcefulness, design of craft, ingenuity of the chariot
  • Hermes Award for Tournament Winner

The following points will be allotted to the top four teams of the race. For every spectator associated with your team who attends the event, your team will earn 3 points (maximum a team can earn is 150 points).

  • 1st Place – 375 Points (Hermes Award for Tournament Winner)
  • 2nd Place – 325 Points (Hermes Award for Runner Up)

 

The winner of the Greek Spirit/Team Creativity Award will be allotted 150 points.

The winner of the Archimedes Award for Inventiveness and Design will be allotted 200 points.

***Any team chariots that tip over during the race will result in immediate disqualification for the chariot race and a deduction of 100 points from your team’s overall score. Intentionally bumping into the opposing team’s chariot will result in a deduction of 400 points from your team’s overall score. Safety at this event is our biggest concern and these new rules are put in place to ensure your safety.

 

“Greek Councils are All That”

One of the goals of Greek Week is unity and comprehension of cross-council policies and practices. Therefore, we will be holding an “educational program” that will utilize brief presentations and open discussion to bring awareness to similarities and differences of council structure, new member processes, and core values/common practices among each council. Points will be awarded on the basis of attendance, 20 points per person. Attendance will be recorded at the end of the program, with the requirement of staying for the full time to earn points. The expected duration of the program is 45 minutes- 1 hour.

 

Dance Competition

The dance competition is an exciting Greek Week tradition that brings teams together weeks before Greek Week, as they prepare and practice for the competition. Teams are judged on unity, creativity, showmanship, dance synchronization, incorporation of theme, and crowd appeal. Judges will consist of University faculty/staff and others chosen by the Greek Week Committee. Affiliated undergraduate students will not be selected to judge. Judges will be announced at the competition.

The maximum number of team members who can participate in the dance competition is 24. A maximum of 12 CPC women are permitted to participate in the dance and the remaining 12 members must be a combination of IFC, NPHC and MGC members. Teams should NOT separate the dance into distinct parts representing a specific council. Each team will have 5 minutes to perform their routine. Costumes, music, and dance must all be tasteful. Aerial stunts, fire, throwing water on stage, and throwing things into the audience is not permitted. Teams must register online on the Google doc by the midnight the night before the event.

Stage dimensions: 16×36

The following items must be submitted by Sunday, April 2nd to Savannah Bailey, Fraternity Sorority Membership Development Graduate Assistant, sbaile5@clemson.edu:

  • Pictures of all outfits and props being used in the dance
  • A well-written introduction that incorporates the team’s theme. This will be read by the emcee before the team’s performance
  • Music being used in the dance competition

 

The following points will be allotted to the top three teams. For every spectator associated with your team who attends the event, your team will earn 1 point (maximus a team can earn is 150 points).

  • 1st Place – 375 Points
  • 2nd Place – 325 Points
  • 3rd Place – 275 Points

Dances will be judged based upon team unity, creativity, showmanship, synchronization, theme incorporation, and crowd appeal. These are each worth 10 points for a total of 60 points possible.

Penalties of 5 points will be deducted for: aerial stunts, fire, throwing water on stage, throwing things out into the audience, separating the dance into separate distinct parts for each council represented, unapproved props, distasteful dance moves, outfits, or music.