Pike Question

[NWCHIO]

Ok, I was told by one of my friends, who is a Pike brother in the south, that if you touch a Pike pledge pin that the pledge has to serenade you or do various things for you. Does every chapter do this? I know Pike's probably cannot talk about it but I just curious!

[FratAmerica]

I've never heard of this.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by NWCHIO

Ok, I was told by one of my friends, who is a Pike brother in the south, that if you touch a Pike pledge pin that the pledge has to serenade you or do various things for you. Does every chapter do this? I know Pike's probably cannot talk about it but I just curious!

You've heard right. I've never seen anyone do it in my years active, but we were informed of this "rule" during our pledge period.

[Metz]

Originally Posted by NWCHIO

Ok, I was told by one of my friends, who is a Pike brother in the south, that if you touch a Pike pledge pin that the pledge has to serenade you or do various things for you. Does every chapter do this? I know Pike's probably cannot talk about it but I just curious!

at MTSU it only applied to GIRLS... and it was if it was stolen not touched

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Metz

at MTSU it only applied to GIRLS... and it was if it was stolen not touched

I think the stealing of pledge pins applies to alot of fraternities, not just Pike. Same as if a guy stole a girls pledge manual, she would have to do some task to get it back. The touching of a pledge pin was more for the active brothers, i.e., you touch a pledges pin then tell him to take out the garbage or walk some girl to her car. Since this practice veers towards hazing, no chapter that I know of does it, and if they do they shouldn't. Like I said before, I've heard of it, but I've never seen it done.

[Pike_Cardinal]

This is not true for my chapter, but we are a young chapter on the rebound.

[EX1988]

At Arkansas State if any sorority pledge steals any fraternity boy's pledge pin the entire pledge class of that fraternitie has to stand outside the sororitiy's suite<they don't have houses> and sing.