SARAH NINIVAGGI
Staff Writer
Singing competitions, dodgeball tournaments
and the anticipated Greek Olympics are all activi¬
ties that kick off Towson's annual Greek Week,
bringing fraternities and sororities together through
friendly competition and community service.
The fraternities of the Interfratemity Council, led
by president Aaron Browner and the sororities of
the Panhellenic Association, led by president Jen
Vitale, participate in Greek Week. The sororities of
the National Panhellenic Council, led by president
Michelle Mitchenor, will hold a Step Show during
the week, but will not be participating in the actual
competition with the 1FC and PHA.
The Greek Week chairs this year are Tim Hall
of Phi Sigma Kappa and Dierdre Coan of Alpha
Gamma Delta.
Greek Week requires a great amount of planning
from the chairs as well as the chapters involved,
according to this year's chairs.
"For fraternities and sororities, Greek Week
shows their devotion to their chapter and how
much they really care," Coan said. "All the time and
effort put into this week really shows how involved
and dedicated everyone in Greek Life is.”
The chapters will compete against each other to
win points in various events, such as Greek Sing
and Greek Olympics, as a way to show their dedica¬
tion for Fraternity and Sorority Life.
"The main goals of Greek Week are to win the
cup foremost, while keeping good sportsmanship,"
Hall said. "This is the one week that is all about
Greeks so we take full advantage of it.”
The IFC and the PHA organization with the most
points at the end of the week become the Greek
Week Champions. Last year’s winners were Tau
Kappa Epsilon and Zeta Tau Alpha.
There is also a sportsmanship award for the team
who demonstrates the best spirit and attitude dur¬
ing the week. Pi Lambda Phi and Phi Mu were the
recipients last year.
Besides winning titles, the true goal of the
week is to encourage a sense of connection within
Fraternity and Sorority Life.
"Greek Week is an opportunity for each individ¬
ual chapter to come together for a friendly competi¬
tion which, even though it is a competition, brings
Greek unity,” Vitale said.
The week also allows the fraternities and sorori¬
ties to make an impact on the organization, as well
as the campus and the community.
"Greek Week tries to spread the word about
chapters coming together to work hard, have fun,
show some spirit, get involved and most of all, give
back to the community,” Coan said.
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Freshmen Shelby Ruby and Nurney Mason are taking advantage of Fox’s open casting call for their popular show, “Glee.”
Singing for a shot to be on TV
how it was all the time," he said. "But there were no regular people. So
it's really cool that [the characters on 'Glee' are] still regular people, but
they can still do something that they love in high school without going
to a ‘Fame’ school like I did."
Mason moved to the Baltimore School for the Arts for high school,
where he concentrated in dance. His decision to attend college was a
surprise for Mason and his parents.
"They just figured I’d go off and be famous," Mason said. "My dad
said to me one day, ‘College will always be there, but fame won’t. You
know you’re not going to be this young forever, so if you get a chance,
take it.’"
That chance came in the form of a Washington, D.C. “Glee" casting
call, a competition sponsored by Hot 99.5 and Fox 5. Contestants sub¬
mitted videos of themselves singing and explaining why they should be
on "Glee," then the judges selected the top 25 auditions to be voted on
by viewers. Mason’s video of himself singing Coldplay’s "Viva la Vida"
a capella was one of them.
"I was sitting in someone else's room and I was being really quiet: I
was just looking down and praying, and I got to page number one and
I was like ‘ugh.’ Two came around I was like ‘ugh.’ Then three, then 1
See GLEE, page 15
LAUREN SLAVIN
Arts Editor
William McKinley High is just like any other public school. You have
your jocks, your cheerleaders, your drama queens and even a teenage
pregnancy scandal. The one difference? Other high schools don’t break
out into choreographed song and dance routines.
William McKinley is the backdrop of the Fox television series "Glee,”
which has created a buzz nationwide since its premiere in May 2009.
Residence halls have hosted their own "Glee” style competitions, and
students are counting down the days until the show returns April 13
after a mid-season hiatus.
But two Towson University "Gleeks" are doing more than just watch¬
ing one of their favorite shows. Freshmen Nurney Mason and Shelby
Ruby are responding to an open casting call for the show's second
season.
Meet the "Gleeks"
Nurney Mason has been performing since elementary school, where
he attended the Thomas Pullen Performing Arts School.
"That’s how art school was, singing and dancing everywhere, that’s
festivities
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