SigEp raises $2,000 with help from Rock, Paper, Scissors
Two competitors balanced on pedestals Thursday, swinging foam-covered batons at their opponent. The crowd cheered with each hit, as Kyle Rea, vice president of communications at Sigma Phi Epsilon, provided commentary.
“30 seconds left, keep fighting,” Rea said into a megaphone.
People stopped and watched the 10 teams of five students compete on the Jot Travis Student Union lawn for the first SigEp Obscure Sports Championship.
The Obscure Sports Championship was a fundraiser for SigEp’s national philanthropy, YouthAIDS. Donations from local businesses and a $95 entrance fee per team raised more than $2,000.
The money will be used to help reach more than 600 million young people in more than 60 countries with life saving messages, products, services, and care, according to the Web site for YouthAIDS, youthaids.org.
Teams from Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Kappa, the Associated Students of the University of Nevada and Champions for Christ all showed their support for SigEp and its philanthropy by competing. In addition to jousting, competitors went head to head in Reaux Sham Beaux, the bungee run, cup stacking, an obstacle course and a school-trivia contest.
Jousting and Reaux Sham Beaux were the biggest crowd pleasers. Spectators shouted loudly as the teams contended in double-elimination Rock, Paper, Scissors.
“I like Reaux Sham Beaux,” said Cody Wagner, SigEp president. “It’s always fun.”
Alice Booth, a member of Pi Phi’s team, said she liked how creative the events were.
Rea thought up the event this summer and his SigEp brothers agreed to it. Rea then orchestrated the solicitation of support from local businesses, coordinated with the rest of the Greek community and supervised the competition.
“A majority of the credit should go to Kyle (Rea),” said Robby Wallace, ASUN health and science senator and SigEp member, “but everybody has been really amazing.”
The competition ended indoors at the Jot Travis Student Union auditorium. After going into triple-overtime, Theta beat Lambda Chi in school trivia to win the first obscure sports championship. Theta received a trophy and the runner-up received a $50 gift certificate to Red’s Little Waldorf Saloon.
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October 17th, 2007 at 8:47 am
This is amazing. As an alumnus from this chapter, I can only be proud that they are still doing great things. I have nothing but the utmost respect for them and will support anything they endeavor to accomplish. Good work brothers.
Will Hull
SigEp Nevada Alpha Alumnus ‘03
October 19th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
This had an excellent turnout, especially for an event in its inaugrual year. I can only hope that the other Greek houses will continue to spread the word and support each other’s philanthropic events in the future.