Students involved in non-greek fraternities and sororities will no longer be able to participate in Greek Week because of a recent vote by the four governing greek councils.

The four governing councils are the Interfraternity Council (IFC), Panhellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Council.

Amanda Sabec (junior-communication sciences and disorders), a member of Gamma Sigma Sigma service sorority, is upset with the recent decision to exclude non-greek organizations from Greek Week.

"Historically, fraternities and sororities were created for service. They have deviated so much from that purpose, and this just proves that," she said.

The purpose of Greek Week is for the greek community to bond, IFC President Andy Hackett said.

"Greek Week is the springtime celebration for the greek community to come together," Hackett said.

Hackett added that fraternities and sororities do not participate in many service activities during the week, which will take place April 12 to 18 this year.

However, Hackett said although the vote excluded non-greek groups from participating in Greek Week, they are still allowed to participate in the few service activities during the week, such as the AIDS Walk. In fact, Hackett said, they are more than welcome.

"The AIDS Walk isn't our event; it's an initiative of the AIDS Project. All organizations are welcome," Hackett said.

The decision to exclude the non-greek organizations from Greek Week was made by last year's governing council, IFC Associate Vice President A.J. Jugan said.

"Logistically, it couldn't take effect until this year because it was decided too late last year," Jugan said.

He said the decision was made to keep groups accountable for their actions during Greek Week. Service fraternities and sororities are not governed by a greek council and therefore cannot be held accountable for actions, he said.

"The thought process behind it was to improve relations by holding groups accountable to their governing body, but we can't hold non-members acc-ountable for their actions," Jugan said.

Sabec said she felt excluding groups from part of the celebration would discourage them from participating in the service activities.

"I don't understand the purpose of excluding anyone, partial or entirely. It's taking away from the focus," she said. "It's not creating a sense of unity for service."

Felipe Rola, (sophomore-general science), a member of Phi Sigma Pi service fraternity, would also like to be involved in Greek Week.

"I can see why social frats and sororities would like to keep it to just them, but it's kind of unfair because we do a lot of service," he said.

Panhellenic Council President Krista Eck agreed with Hackett.

"It's basically to promote greek unity. All organizations are encouraged to participate in the service opportunities," she said.

Jane Neitz, assistant director of fraternity and sorority life, agreed with the Council's decision.

"Greek Week should be for chapters that are recognized by the four governing councils," she said.