I love the idea of "commit to winning". Every Pike should put that over their door and slap it everytime they walk out of their room.
Firehouse, I believe the colony at IU was in the upper 50s - low 60s when colonized and had some problems recruiting. Likewise, they may have had people graduate or lose interest. The colony (now Chapter) at UT Arlington virtually turned its membership over twice over 17 months and I know the colony at Rogers State has had similar problems. I realize the campuses are different, but hopefully these groups are all consistently increasing the standards of who they bring in so that when chartered, all new Pike chapters will be viable, strong chapters for years to come.
A lot of people at a place like Indiana are legacies and have their mind made up long beforehand about where they want to go. Sometimes convincing them could be difficult. Nevertheless, I think we can all agree that we are rooting for the Indiana boys to come through in True Pike form!
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