Sigma Chi Derby Day

The annual Sigma Chi Derby Day event will be held this Saturday, April 9, including every sorority, who will be involved in all events. Sigma Chi Derby Day events are held to assist a number of charitable causes, giving a percentage of the proceeds to a local philanthropy and part to the Children's Miracle Network. Each sorority works throughout the week to gain points. They compete in races, dances, raising money, and scavenger hunt. Each sorority competes in who can give the most blood. They get points by giving their own or having someone else give for them. “I can’t give blood, but I got one of my guy friends to and it worked just as well,” Phi Mu Courtney Beville-Matina said. At the end of the week a dance competition is held where every sorority has a theme and a Derby Day Queen. They practice on the dance the entire week, making costumes and props. “We practice every evening and it gets pretty intense, but its really fun,” Pi Phi Alyssa Fassero said. “Making the crazy costumes is the best part.” There are money drop jars held in the Student Union for the sororities to raise as much money as possible. Any student can donate in jar. “I try and go by every day to put my extra change in the Pi Phi jar,” Fassero said. On Saturday, the last day of Derby week, the Derby games begin. The games include all kinds of competition helping each sorority get their last few points. “I think I’m in two events and I’ve made a special outfit for the whole day,” Beville-Matina said. The awards are given after the events.