Greeks raffle off free tuition
By Andrew Donovan
Staff Reporter

It may seem hard to buy anything for $10 these days, but thanks to Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta and TCU athletics, $10 could give one student a chance at a free semester of college.

The three organizations are currently sponsoring a raffle for which the winner will be awarded fully paid tuition for the spring semester.

Pi Kappa Phi President Chris Oldham said he loves the idea of a free-tuition grand prize and thinks it will help generate a lot of ticket sales.

“We have seen a raffle of this kind at other universities, and it was definitely successful,” Oldham said.

Proceeds from the raffle will pay for the tuition and benefit three local non-profit organizations.

Oldham said Pi Kapp consistently works with Kinder Frogs, an on-campus school that serves children with Down Syndrome, and PUSH America, a program that works with people with disabilities.

The raffle will also benefit the local Court Appointed Special Advocates program, which trains volunteers to speak on behalf of abused and neglected children in court. Kappa Alpha Theta Philanthropy Chairwoman Ashley Wright said sorority members usually works with CASA as part of their national philanthropy.

Wright said the raffle will hopefully become an annual event on the TCU campus.

While the raffle will help several community organizations, Jeff Crane, assistant director of marketing for athletics, said the raffle will benefit the TCU sports community the most.

The winner of the raffle will be announced at the Nov. 5 home football game against the University of Louisville. Crane said he hopes the drawing will bring more people to the nationally televised game.

“This is a great opportunity for us to get people excited about TCU athletics,” Crane said. “We want to fill the stands for that Wednesday night game.”

Crane said TCU athletics is working with the sorority and the fraternity to help promote the raffle. He said there will be promotions at the upcoming home football games, and representatives from both groups are scheduled to speak on TCU football coach Gary Patterson’s weekly radio show to talk about the raffle.

Raffle tickets will be sold for $10 throughout the month of October at the Student Center. Oldham said tickets will also be sold before each home football game by Pi Kapp and Theta members dressed in lime green shirts.