The infamous game show, “Deal or No Deal” is coming to Ashland University. The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity is hosting their first annual “TKE Deal or No Deal” event tonight in Upper Convo at 9 p.m.

“This is the first year that we’ve ever done this event,” said junior Chris Beisel, leader and host of the event. “We needed a new fall philanthropy event so I figured I would give it shot.” 

Tickets for the event are $2 presale and $3 at the door, and are needed to attend the event. Like the game show, three lucky contestants – one per round – will have the opportunity to win up to 10 percent of the money raised that night. The remainder of the money will be given to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, TKE’s philanthropy. However, more than one ticket can be bought by the same person to increase the chance to be drawn as a contestant. 

“Instead of having actual dollar amounts in each case for each round, it will be one percent, two percent; all the way up to 10 percent,” Beisel said. “They will be ten cases available in each round. At most, we will be losing 30 percent of the money we raise… but it’s all for charity and it’s going to be a really fun night.” 

Also occurring during the night will be “Shave a TKE.” This event is also sponsored by Beisel and will also be donated to St. Jude but is separate from the prize money. 

“Every single TKE is eligible to be a part of this,” he said. “Basically, there are these jars set up in the back of the room, each one having our heads on it. And whatever jar receives the most money, that person is going to shave his head on stage in front of everyone that night.” 

Junior Jesse Foertch helped with the advertising side of the events for Beisel. Foertch said that he is most looking forward to the “Shave a TKE” part of the night. 

“They really should be looking forward to ‘Shave a TKE’ since it is the first time we have done this and they will be able to donate money to cause one of us to lose our hair.”

Beisel has been planning this event since the summer and said he is excited to see it all come together. One of the biggest tasks he needed to complete was finding “models.” 

“I wanted to include girls from every sorority on campus,” he said. “Not only would that make the Greek unity aspect of it come alive, but it would also bring that many more chapters there. There’s models from every sorority, including the new sorority, Theta Phi Alpha, and the one that was recently disbanded from Ashland, Phi Mu.” 

Because the event is new, Beisel is still trying to find his footing.

“The last big part of it is executing it,” he said. “And that’s really stressful because we’ve never done it before so I really have nothing to base it off of; it’s kind of just on my own. I just want it all to come together; it’s a lot of work but hopefully it will all be worth it.” 

Beisel said that he hopes the event will be something that can be continued in years to come. He said he is proud to be a part of the event and can’t wait to see how it turns out. 

“We want this to be an annual thing,” he said. “I almost feel like a founding father of the event because it’s the first year we’ve done it. And next year I’ll still be here; I don’t plan on running it, but I’ll be happy to help whoever does it.” 

Foertch agreed with Beisel and said that he has strong hope the event will become annual.

“I think once people see how much fun the event will be they will want to do it next year.”

With all of the planning complete, Beisel said it is something students will enjoy while also helping those in need.