Senior Angel Lehn, junior Rian Green, sophomore Sawyer Tietgen and senior Blake Skoumal play cornhole.
On Oct. 7, the Gamma Phi Iota sorority hosted an event called “P.O.U.R Decisions.” The goal of the event was to help combat the culture of alcoholism at Doane University.
“I would say our inspiration really stems from the drinking culture that is on Doane’s campus. It’s something that we really want to correct for future generations of Doane students,” senior Hayden Klaus said.
The Gamma Phi Iotas were not alone in setting up this event; other sororities helped out with its setup.
“I would say that we had a lot of resources in Greek life in general. You are known on campus for being in a great group. So I already knew Spencer, I knew Eden, and Eden was able then to connect me to Andrea, and Andrea and Spencer had a grant for the inflatable so we didn’t have to pay for that,” Klaus said.
The event had inflatables, quizzes and alcohol poisoning fact sheets based on sex and weight. It also had bingo and mocktails. Mocktails consisted of sodas mixed with various flavorings and other ingredients, such as half-and-half. Organizing the event was difficult, according to Klaus.
“I would say, probably the inflatable, it’s huge so that was really kind of difficult to organize and figure where we were going to put it unfortunately, facilities turned on the sprinklers, so we couldn’t put it where we had originally planned, but you know, it ended up working out because I feel like it’s a little bit more together,” Klaus said.
