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TechNews | Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

Greek community finishes Greek Values Week with celebration at the Wit

Andrew Adams
TECHNEWS WRITER

The Greek community welcomed
all who bought a ticket to their annual Greek
Formal this past Friday. At the event, Greek
Council, the governing body for fraternities
and sororities at Illinois Tech, gave awards in
recognition of the most active members, most
improved chapters, and others. The event was
held at the Wit, a hotel owned by Hilton in the
Loop.

The event began with food,
served by State & Lake, the hotel’s in—h
restaurant. To many peoples’ surprise, the food
served had a wide variety, with a plethora of

options to suit diets of all kinds: vegetarians,
gluten intolerances, and meat lovers. Of the
hors d'oeuvres, among the most surprising to
many students were bite—sized grilled cheese
sandwiches served in a tomato soup. The
food continued to please the crowd, with the
pasta selections of tortellini, strozzapreti, and
cavatelli being a highlight. Though the food
was excellent, many complained of steep drink
prices, with complex drinks like cocktails
costing $13 and simpler drinks costing
upwards of $6.

The music — seen as the main event —
was catered by Alpha Sigma Alpha’s very own
Venika Jarvis. The almost two hour long set
was met with largely positive feedback from

the crowd. The dance floor, once the set began,
was full to capacity for a good portion of the
night. That said, there were certainly periods
of low energy, which some saw as a weakness
of Iarvis’. All in all, she gave the community a
chance to relax, which is what DIing an event
like this is all about.

Greek Formal came at the end of
a weeklong celebration of Greek values —
community, friendship, leadership, academics,
philanthropy and social — with events ranging
from a video screening to a cover letter
workshop to an event in the style of the show
"Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" Each
event was designed to showcase an aspect of
Greek life values in an effort to demonstrate

that Greek life is not a place where students
focus only on parties and toxic masculinity.

Greek Formal an d Greek Values Week
were both organized by Greek Council, a group
of Illinois Tech students who, with supervision
and guidance from the Oflice of Residence and
Greek Life, organize programming and rules
for the Greek community. In particular, the
individuals most involved in this week’s events
were: Sabrina DeGenova, the Vice President of
Programming; Talia Knapp, the Social Chair;
and Gianni Carvajal, the PR Chair.

Photos by Andrew Adams