[KEPike]

As a Pike, it's both flattering and reassuring to hear that at many campuses where there are Pikes, my brothers are practicing what our fraternity teaches. On the other hand, our chapters that are not successful are having their charters come under review.

The chapters at FSU, Virginia Tech, and Nebraska have all been re-founded after significant absences on their campuses within the last 3 years. Each has over 100 members, and is among the elite chapters of PiKA. This is due to our headquarters seeking out men that are incredibly diverse and are extremely dedicated and competitive. Likewise, each of these chapters has a pledge education program that does not haze and is successful in educating pledges, rather than what "harder" programs in other fraternities do.

I find it humorous that other fraternities try to bash Pikes by saying that we'll "give a bid to anyone" or that our pledge ed program is too easy. My guess is that they are jealous that there are SOOOO many beautiful sorority women who love Pikes. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather spend my fraternity experience meeting sorority women than spending an inordinant amount of time having a "hard" pledge period.

Thank you to all of you who have added your impressions of Pi Kappa Alpha on your campus, etc. I hope that there are similar threads for other GLO's, so that we all can brag on the great things that Greeks do. But I expect Pikes to set the standard for the right way for fraternity men to treat a woman, teacher, random person, etc.