IU colony

[KEPike]

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!

[Firehouse]

I like your attitude, Brother. You honor the men of Rockhurst. Hope to see you at the convention in orlando in August.
UTA is a good site for a chapter, and we used to be decent there. I have no idea why we would ever establish at a school like Rogers. There's nothing for us there. Indiana University means major competition for a new chapter. Housing is a must, and aggressive action coupled with a strong vision and constant alumni guidance is absolutely necessary to achieve greatness. We have Pike chapters that have done this! For instance, look at the Clemson experience recently.
Remember, my friend, no chapter becomes good slowly. When a chapter begins to make a move it travels in one direction until it stops to take a breath. That's where it stays.
IU is a huge campus with lots of prospects. Frankly, if we're only 50 men now, I don't know if we can survive. I'm not sure I want to see a Pike chapter with only 50 men at IU.
Our competition doesn't care what we think, and they don't care what our problems are. If we fail it pleases them. At a school like IU, if we only have 50 men and fail, the top tier chapters won't even know that we had been there. We will never have even appeared on their radar screen.
All Pikes need to be supportive of these new colonies, and encourage them - expect them - to become top tier as quickly as possible.