More than $500 will be donated to the North American Food Drive and to Dance Marathon from Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
The fraternity hosted its annual Maze Craze Saturday with one small change. This year, in addition to having teams of four race through a giant maze constructed of cardboard, local band RHSC entertained a crowd of more than 100 participants.
The idea of having live music came from the Lambda Chi Alpha Vice President of External Affairs, Matt La Riccia.
“We needed to do something to make this event different from the other philanthropies,” La Riccia said. “In my opinion, RHSC is one of the better local bands, so that’s why we asked them.”
He believes that the response from participants as well as organizers was positive.
“Everyone seemed to be really into it,” La Riccia said.
A runner for Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority agrees that the band was a highlight of the event. Lizz Flores, a first year member of Alpha Omicron Pi, thought that the live music added to the atmosphere.
“I loved the band!” Flores said. “It added to a lot to the energy and spirit.”
Brad Haupricht, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha agrees that the music added to the event.
“It was great for a live band to be here,” Haupricht said. La Riccia thought that the band would attract more campus organizations to participate.
“We wanted more than just Greeks here, but today that is all we have,” he said.
The Maze Craze was dominated by sororities, having only one fraternity race.
Phi Mu Sorority won the event after beating Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity in the final round of the race.