This year's Greek Week started Tuesday, Sept. 23, and will culminate Friday with a concert featuring 90s rock group Sister Hazel.

The week will feature a series of events including a banner competition, community service trip, a faculty appreciation breakfast and trivia night Wednesday, a lip sync competition on Thursday and the concert on Alumni Lawn on Friday.

Greek Week has been a yearly event in the Vanderbilt community for so many years that even the Office of Greek Life staff isn't even sure how long ago it started. However, the purpose of Greek Week has remained the same over the years.

Tanner Marcantel, assistant director of Greek Life, said Greek Week is a way for the Greek community to improve their standing on campus, since Greeks are often only noticed for negative or embarrassing issues.

"Greek Week is a time for the entire fraternity and sorority community to come together, form relationships, serve the campus and community, have fun and, of course, compete as a team to be the Greek Week champs," said Marcantel.

Interfraternity Council executive board member Rhodes Amaker, a junior and member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, said Greek Week helps give the Greek community positive publicity.

"I think that Greek Week sheds light on some of the positive aspects of Greek Life that don't always get noticed by the rest of the Vanderbilt community," said Amaker.

Panhellenic executive board and Alpha Delta Pi sorority member junior Caroline Dickens said Greek Week is a way to bring the whole campus together.

"The premise of this event is to foster a closer Vanderbilt community through the breaking down of barriers not only within the Greek system itself but also between the Greek system and those university individuals who are non-Greek," said Dickens.

The leaders of the Greek community encourage non-Greek members as well as interested potential members to attend the events. Sororities and fraternities will use these events to meet those who are thinking about becoming Greek.