Alpha Kappa Psi (AKPsi) hosted their first philanthropic event of the semester, “Greek Feud,” in Pollak Theater on Wednesday March 5 from 10 pm – 12 am, raising $1,500 for Habitat for Humanity.
“Greek Feud” was a spin off of the game show, “Family Feud” and AKPsi ran their event similarly to the show. There were five different members from each fraternity and sorority who competed against one another in a series of rounds.
Contestants were from Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), Phi Kappa Psi (Phi Psi), Delta Tau Delta (DTD), Sigma Tau Gamma (STG), Alpha Sigma Tau (AST), Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII), Alpha Xi Delta (AXiD), Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA), and Phi Sigma Sigma (Phi Sig).
Brothers of AKPsi business fraternity Michael Lopes, a senior business administration major, and Michelle Melzl, a senior health studies major, hosted the show.
DJ Mark Bernardo, a brother of Phi Psi, accompanied the hosts with music throughout the event.
Each host asked a series of questions every round. For each “regular round” there were different questions. The questions of each round varied, such as asking what people tend to buy without trying on, something females get excited over, and something you typically see at a college football game.
The male team got a majority of the questions in each round correct, including “Name something girls get excited about.”
The final score of the game was 146-72 in favor of the fraternity men. The fraternity men then entered the final round called “fast money,” in which two team members had to answer a series of questions and score a total of 50 points in order to win a $50 gift card to Bagel Guys Deli.
The two “fast money” round participants were Matty Cox, a brother of Phi Psi and Joe Dellera, a brother of TKE. Dellera, a senior political science major said, “I think it was fun. For the first time running the event they did a good job. I’ll always be at those events because I believe in philanthropy and I’m a huge supporter of anyone’s philanthropic events. Most importantly, I’m glad that I won because I hate losing but besides that, the prize to Bagel Guys was nice and it’ll be grand to rip a ‘Hangover Special’ sometime in the near future.”
Graziella Ruffa, a sophomore marketing major and brother of AKPsi, said, “This was AKPsi’s first event and based on the time and effort that went into this event, I think we pulled it off! We raised [money] for our philanthropy, Habitat for Humanity, and that’s what this event was all about; to raise money for something bigger and better then ourselves.”
“I mean really, who doesn’t like Family Feud,” said Louis Garbarini, a senior majoring in communication and founding father of DTD. “The event was really fun, but a lot of the answer did not make sense. I would love to know who they surveyed for those answers. As the first founding father overall to participate in an event for DTD, it was an amazing feeling and I felt honored to represent my fraternity.”
Alexis DeCarvalho, Vice President of philanthropy for AKPsi, said, “We worked with a number of other fraternity members to make sure the event went smoothly, but I owe a lot of credit to my philanthropy chair, Megan Haraz and the committee.”
Casey Inguagiato, a junior business marketing major and sister of ZTA, said, “I thought it was a very well put together event. It was a good turn out for AKPsi’s first Greek event as well. I thought it was very unique that the proceeds were donated to Habitat for Humanity. It is a great organization and I was happy to donate and be at the entertaining event.”
“It was a successful event. It was well planned and very efficient and everyone had fun. It was great to see the Greek community come together to support each other for a good cause,” Jon Bulchaski, Assistant Director of Student Activities for Fraternity and Sorority Life.
PHOTO TAKEN by Ayla Yildiz
