The total cost of Greek Week is about $10,000 to $15,000, and admission charges and dues offset the cost, the Greek Week Steering Committee treasurer said.

Aaron Wiessing, the Greek Week Steering Committee treasurer and a senior management information systems major, said about $5,000 of the Greek Week expenses will go toward paying for a speaker to come to campus.

Lori Hart, a speaker for the CAMPUSPEAK organization, will deliver a presentation titled “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Opposite Sex” at 7 p.m. on April 9 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall.

Wiessing said this is the first year an educational aspect is scheduled for Greek Week.

“We always have a community service and philanthropy aspect along with social and competitive events, but we have never had an educational event planned,” he said.

Each chapter member is required to pay a $6 Greek Week due, which helps pay for the events, Wiessing said. Last year, the due was $4 per member.

Rob Curtis, one of two Greek Week Steering Committee overalls and a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, said the bulk of the budget will fund Airband and Greek Sing costs.

The major cost of Airband and Greek Sing consists of paying for the lighting and sound materials for the events along with the setup, Curtis said. They hired Z’s Music and Sound System Services for the lighting and sound materials.

“The money we raise from Airband and Greek Sing is fed back into the rest of Greek Week, which helps us break even with the budget,” Curtis said.

Between the two events, they

expect to raise about $10,000 through admission fees, he said.

Curtis said presale tickets are priced at $10 per person and the ticket charge is $15 for people who purchase them at the events.

The Greek Week budget also covers costs from the Jefferson Fun Day events.

Jefferson Fun Day costs include paying for dunk tank rentals along with inflatable jump castles.

“Other supplies such as for the arts and crafts projects also add up pretty fast,” Curtis said.

Another main cost occurs with T-shirt orders.

“We try to make sure the chapters don’t have to spend too much money so we try to make T-shirts inexpensive,” he said. “We organize all of these events and it is nice that we are able to support ourselves.”

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