Kissin' Close-Up Games
Item
Title
Kissin' Close-Up Games
Description
Newspaper article with photographs by Sean Reilly.
The "Kissin' Close-up Games" was a kissing contest held by the brothers of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the sisters of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority, which raised over $2600 for the Eaaster Seals Society on Friday, Feb. 10, 1984. According to the article, this was "the largest to date in these nationwide competitions." Over 20 couples participated, and the event drew a crowd of over 400 people. Couples obtained pledges to raise money for the event. The "Campus Hotlips" title winners, Shannon McCole and Joe Britz portrayed Adam and Eve in the top right photo, with an apple for a prop.
The "Kissin' Close-up Games" was a kissing contest held by the brothers of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the sisters of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority, which raised over $2600 for the Eaaster Seals Society on Friday, Feb. 10, 1984. According to the article, this was "the largest to date in these nationwide competitions." Over 20 couples participated, and the event drew a crowd of over 400 people. Couples obtained pledges to raise money for the event. The "Campus Hotlips" title winners, Shannon McCole and Joe Britz portrayed Adam and Eve in the top right photo, with an apple for a prop.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1984-02-10
File name
Kissing_close-up_games_jpg
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
Loyola Phoenix, 2/17/1984, page 11
Subject
Greeks
sorority
fraternity
fundraising
Valentine
sorority
fraternity
fundraising
Valentine
Rights
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