MATT ROBLES/Arizona Daily Wildcat Andra Cruickshank and Dan Glad model their togas during the Greek Week kick-off yesterday afternoon at Old Main. Many members of Greek Life participated in the CatWalk following the fashion show.

The annual Greek Week competition, which focuses on raising food and money for Tucson Community Food Bank while celebrating greek unity, is underway on campus.

There will be many contests and Olympic-type activities to promote greek unity.

The week kicked off with the fourth annual CatWalk, which benefited the Bobbi Olsen Endowment for Cancer Research.

Each of the 10 teams in the Greek Week competition is made up of a combination of fraternity and sorority chapters on campus.

The teams were formed by Greek Week chairs to encourage interaction between greeks who might not know each other, said Adam Liebling, Greek Week co-chair and president of the Interfraternity Council.

"We wanted a mix of people that some might not know normally, to promote greek unity and solidarity," Liebling said.

Adam Reingold, vice president of programming for IFC, said the food drive is a big part of the week and Greek Week chairs hope to raise 5,000 pounds of food and a couple thousand dollars in cash.

"We feel it's important with Thanksgiving and the holidays coming up to give back to the Tucson community that we are a part of," Reingold said.

Coed teams, with names of ancient Greek cities like Macedonians and Athenians, will also be "trick-or-treating" for cans in the neighborhoods around campus in an effort of bringing in more food and communicating with community members.

"Our push is to get people seeing greeks throughout their neighborhood, to see that we are a positive force in the community," Reingold said.

The contest used to be held every year, but sometime in the 1980s it died out, said Sarah Miller, Greek Week co-chair.

The week was reintroduced last year by PHC president Brook Camerer who said she thinks the week is a fun and positive celebration of being greek.

"Greek Week is a time for friendly competition (and an) opportunity to show greek and school spirit in a positive light, while benefiting something bigger than your own chapter," Camerer said.

Winners in all events will receive points. The team with the most points in the end wins and receives a trophy with their team name.

There will also be medal presentation ceremonies at the end of every competition, similar to the Olympics, Liebling said.

Tonight Mark Sterner, who travels the country visiting schools to tell his true story about drinking and driving will address the dangers and lessons of driving under the influence of alcohol. The 4 p.m. event in the Gallagher Theater is free, and non-greek students are encouraged to attend, Liebling said.

"Penny Wars" to choose this year's Greek Week King and Queen will start tomorrow.

The teams have chosen nominees for royalty, and the nominees from the team with the most change will be crowned Greek Week King and Queen.

All "Penny Wars" proceeds go to Tucson Community Food Bank.

The king and queen will be the contestants on the greek "Singled Out," Thursday. The game is a version of the MTV show where 50 women or 50 men answer questions and compete for a date with the king or queen, organizers said.

Wednesday night the teams will participate in a greek "Family Feud" where they will provide the best possible answers to questions like, "What is the most popular date-dash theme?" "Name one hot spot on University Boulevard," and "What is the most popular type of clothing that sorority women wear?"

The teams will participate in the greek Olympics Saturday in events like dodge ball, tug-of-war and a relay, Liebling said.

The last event of the week will be the Airband competition at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Grand Ballroom of the Student Union Memorial Center.

Airband is a lip-synching and choreographed medley performance with as many as 18 people in each presentation.

Greek Week co-chairs, Miller and Liebling, worked over the summer getting everything finalized for the competition.

Miller said she is excited to see all of her and Liebling's hard work executed and hope that it is fun for everyone who participates.

"Greek Week is important because all year round we are separate chapters and entities, we all have separate purposes. But for Greek Week we come together as one to benefit Greek Life and the greater Tucson community," Reingold said.