A huge part of my college experience has been with Delta
Gamma, a sorority here at SJSU, and every year we participate in Kappa Sigma’s
philanthropy event called Beauty Bowl. Every Greek fraternity and sorority on
campus has a philanthropic group that they donate to as an organization.
Usually, each house will put on a fun event that Greeks can participate in for
a good cause.
Kappa Sigma’s Beauty Bowl is the biggest and most
competitive event the Greek system holds. Beauty Bowl is a flag football event,
where the sororities participate as players and the fraternities participate as
coaches.
This year Delta Gamma was doing better than ever. We won
three games in a row, but ended up playing a team we had already won earlier
that day. The communication between Kappa Sigma, who put on the event, and
everyone else was terrible. No body knew what was going on and because of the
way they had set up the brackets, Delta Gamma was out of the competition
because they lost by one point, to a team they had already beat. That team that
we beat also had previously lost two games.
All of us were furious, to say the least, and left the field
angry as ever. What irritated me the most about this situation was that it all
could have been fixed, had there been clear communication to begin with.
Great example Stephanie. If you read one of my last posts it is on miscommunication and how frustrating it is to me. I totally agree and I understand why you guys would be so upset. Yes, it is just a game, but it's the principle and it is frustrating. At least you know that you guys did well! I also want to commend you guys for putting on such great events,not just by yourselves but with ALL the fraternities and sororities, to help a good cause. I think it shows great character that although there is competition between sororities and fraternities you guys come together to help each other out.
ReplyDeleteLike Ali said, it is awesome that the frats and sororities came together to raise money for a good cause. I'm sorry to say that I didn't attend the event, but I will definitely keep an eye out for future events. I'm curious though - What cause did the money go to? As for the miscommunication and the chaos, it is unfortunate that Delta Gamma lost the title for no good reason. Hopefully you can isolate the problem so that it doesn't happen again.
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