Zeta Tau Alpha Pi Kapp Push Coach Olivia poses with a few of her first year sorority sisters.
The Zeta Tau Alpha Miss Pi Kapp Push representative approaches the judges table.
From left to right: Mark Branagh, Grayson McFarlin, Blake Nueman, and Tate Sawyer at the Pi Kapp Push judges table.
Sigma Kappa performs stunts during their PUSH performance.
The crowd gathers at Pi Kapp Push 2015.
From left to right: Audrey Nolan, Mary Claire Logue, Sophia Cosmich, and Louisa Mauze pose for a picture after their Pi Kapp Push performance.
Last Wednesday, Oct. 7, saw the Miss Pi Kapp Push competition round out the fundraising events during Pi Kappa Phi’s philanthropy week, benefitting The Ability Experience.
Throughout the night, sorority teams performed short songs and presented their representative for Miss Pi Kapp Push to answer questions about the national philanthropy and its importance.
“We put in five hours of practice on Saturday, and if we won that would be a great reflection of all the hard work we put in,” Kappa Alpha Theta’s representative Abbey Widick said.
Teams were judged on categories such as presentation, energy and creativity.
Olivia Buis, a coach for Zeta Tau Alpha, the Pi Kapp Push overall winner for the past five years entering the event, said she is happy with all the wins, but the competition means more than winning.
“This week makes you feel so good about yourself, and makes you feel like you’re doing something that can help future generations,” Buis said.
At the end of the night, Zeta won again for their sixth straight win in overall participation in the week’s events, while Alpha Delta Pi took home the Miss Pi Kapp Push title.
Overall participation in Pi Kapp Push week:
Winner: Zeta Tau Alpha
First runner up: Delta Delta Delta
Second runner up: Delta Gamma
Miss Pi Kapp Push:
Winner: Alpha Delta Pi
First runner up: Pi Beta Phi
Second runner up: Delta Gamma
Pi Kapp Push Song Competition:
Winner: Delta Delta Delta
First runner up: Alpha Delta Pi
Second runner up: Alpha Chi Omega
Pi Kappa Phi philanthropy chair Grayson McFarlin said he is pleased with this year’s participation.
“I’m super stoked about how this week turned out, a lot of participation from the TCU community, that’s huge,” McFarlin said.
Senior Pi Kappa Phi member Trent Allsup said philanthropic events like Pi Kapp Push help change the image of men and women in fraternity and sorority life.
“This is something positive that fraternities and sororities have. People don’t hear about these kinds of things. They tend to just highlight the negative aspects of Greek life, which is why events like these are needed,” Allsup said.
Information regarding the sum of money raised this week will be released on Friday.
