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Old 08-28-2002, 11:48 PM
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Wink I love the pikes

I love the Pikes, they have the best looking guys on campus.

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Old 08-29-2002, 03:50 AM
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the Pikes here are an awesome group. i have some good buddies that are pikes and they are some of the coolest most respectable guys youll meet. i think theyre the biggest chapter on campus right now, but im not sure. a quality chapter for sure.
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Old 10-08-2002, 02:55 PM
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SO SAD!!

One of my best guy friendds/ex boyfriend, Matt, on campus is a PKA ... and they just got booted from campus for 6 years!! I love these guys, they're awesome... hot, fun, can throw a good party, and ... ok ok, they're the typical meatheads... but then again that's the rap they get everywhere...
Pi Kappa Alpha = hot, ass-holes, who are meatheads, and beat everyone up (no offense... that's just what rumor has it) Anyway, I digress...
But I love them, started hanging out with them beginig of last year when I met Matt. I was supposed to go to NC for a Mountain Weekend with them this past weekend when they had to call it off cause IFC was coming down on 4 fraternities for [aparent] hazing. The verdict is in: and they are out!!
The sad thing is that Matt has never been to one of his fraternities Mountain Weekends (and he's a JUNIOR) because he didnt pledge til spring of his freshman year, then last year he broke his leg in 6 spots and had to go home to Florida for the semester, and this year it was cancelled cause of IFC. POOR KID!!

Ok, enough of my rambling... time to go console matt...
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Old 10-08-2002, 08:35 PM
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AXOTiger!

Which chapter of ours just got kicked off for 6 years?!
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Old 10-09-2002, 09:23 AM
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Do'nt want to start rumors...

bolingbaker,

I talked to my friend, Matt, when he came over last night. This had been the first time since I heard about this... and anyway, apparently they are still in the appeal process, but he said somthing to the sort of, "... we don't need a campus...", so I don't know what he meant by that. But he said that their Mountain Weekend was rescheduled for the spring, so apparently they'll either say f*#k IFC, and go off campus, or they'll just be on probation. It's weird, i had a friend in a different fraternity tell me that PKA were off campus, then I asked Matt if he'd gotten my email and if it were true, and he goes, yeah. So I'm really confused at the moment.

I'll keep you posted though.
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Old 10-09-2002, 09:46 AM
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It's always bad when a chapter closes.... But if they were hazing what the hell were they thinking? The Pikes on our campus don't haze (they're one of Pike's newest chapters founded last April) and they have quickly risen to be one of the top fraternities on campus. Hopefully if they make it through the appeals process they can reform their organization internally.

But IFC booting you for 6 years seems a little excessive if it's just a 1st time offense.
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Old 10-09-2002, 10:07 AM
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Yeah I know... but see I'm not sure if they WERE hazing or not. I mean everyone knows that they're rowdy, crazy, and loud... but as for hazing... I can't say. It's just a bad situation.
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Old 10-09-2002, 11:41 AM
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One of my best guy friends in college was a pike, but they were kind of jerks like totally bailing on us for greek week - only one of their brothers (my friend) participated in greek week with us.

They hazed like nobody's business and then it all finally came to a head in like 97 or 98 when one of their members was drunk and speeding through the main thoroughfare on campus. One of the campus police that was on foot tried to signal him to stop and the guy ran the police over and instead of stopping he sped up and dragged the guy all the way down the street - parts and pieces all over the place, it was a horrible tragedy. But the pike totally hit and run - the next day he took his car in to get cleaned and repaired skipped town. His parents were very wealthy and spent all sorts of money to try keep him out of trouble. He finally turned himself in a few days later.

Anyways, they were suspended by the university, but the fraternity maintained the chapter "off campus".


Here's the article:


A NOPD officer escorts Josh Gimelstob, accompainied by his attorney, Jerome Winsberg, into the NOPD Fatality Unit Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Courtesy of the Times-Picayune


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J oshua Gimelstob, a 20-year-old University College sophomore and a Tulane tennis player, was charged with negligent homicide and felony hit-and-run in connection with the death of Tulane Police Sgt. Gilbert Mast. Gimelstob turned himself in to the New Orleans Police Fatality Unit Jan. 23 at 4 p.m.
Each charge that Gimelstob received carries a maximum five-year prison term and a maximum $5,000 fine. Police are investigating an obstruction of justice charge as well. Although Judge Calvin Johnson set bail at $25,000, Gimelstob was set free on a recognizance bond until Monday over prosecutors' objections. His family has until then to produce the money.

The incident began at 4 a.m. Jan. 20 when Sgt. Mast and Tulane Police Officer Don Dorsey pulled over a car for a routine traffic violation on McAlister Drive at the Irby Hall crosswalk. As the policemen exited their cars, they heard a vehicle speeding down McAlister. Both officers signaled the driver of the Jeep Cherokee to stop, but it accelerated toward them. The Jeep first hit a parked van and then Sgt. Mast on the opposite side of the street. The Jeep dragged him 40 to 50 feet, where he came to rest under a parked car. Officer Dorsey had managed to jump out of the way. The driver then continued down McAlister, ran the red light at McAlister and Willow and turned down Willow. When Tulane Emergency Medical Service arrived, Mast had no pulse. He was pronounced dead of massive internal injuries at Charity Hospital at 4:30 a.m.

That night, Gimelstob had been out to several bars, including Nick's, Friar Tuck's and Se–or Phrogg's, with the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, which supplied four buses to take participants to and from the bars. While at Se–or Phrogg's, he met a female Tulane student, whose name has not been released. When the buses returned to the Broadway fraternity house at about 2:30 a.m., Gimelstob and the woman went to his house to watch a movie.

He then dropped her off at Sharp Hall. After Gimelstob drove away, the woman heard a noise as she was walking to her dorm, but did not connect the noise to Gimelstob. She stated that when she exited the Jeep, Gimelstob was alone.

On Jan. 22, Gimelstob's attorneys directed police investigators and officials with the district attorney's office to a Jeep Cherokee at Benson Chevrolet in Kenner. Gimelstob allegedly sent the vehicle there to be repaired. They also began to negotiate for Gimelstob's surrender. His lawyers, Jerome Winsberg and Jeffrey Smith, insisted that a bond hearing be set immediately after his arrest.

At 4 p.m. the next day, Gimelstob, accompanied by Winsberg, turned himself in to the police Fatality Unit. Commented Winsberg, "You can't compare it to what happened to the family of Sgt. Mast, but this has devastated this family. They are very, very fine people."

Gimelstob is a member of Tulane's tennis team. He received a partial athletic scholarship from the university after being ranked 10th in the East while in high school in New Vernon, New Jersey. His brother, Justin Gimelstob, is a nationally-ranked tennis player who played in the U.S. and French Opens. Robert Klein, the coach of the Tennis team, was unavailable for comment.

According to Ken Dupaquier, the Director of Public Safety, the media reports were wrong in asserting that Gimelstob was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. University sources claim that Gimbelstob was neither a pledge nor a member. Ronald Levine, the president of the fraternity, would not comment.

In response to the question of possible expulsion of Gimelstob as a result of the charges, Tulane spokesperson Robyn Ekings said, "As with any possible violation of the Honor Code, the university has begun an investigation which is waiting for the court's decision before any action is taken."

Tulane Police Lt. Stan Cosper said that although Gimelstob has been charged with this crime, "history, God, and the justice system will judge him ... [So Gimelstob will need] the support of the university and the community."
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Old 10-09-2002, 11:52 AM
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forgot to mention - the reason why they said he wasn't a member is because he went below hours and so was temporarily enrolled in University College at the time which is for part time students...but he was most definitely a member.
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Old 10-09-2002, 12:16 PM
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Tulane

Yes, that was a horrible situation. I've heard that the University told our Supreme Council that they would never let Pike come back to that campus. Quite understandable. However, it is our Eta chapter, so it's been around forever.

Luckily, our top-flight expansion team was able to persuade the school into letting them come back...when the time was right.
So eventually we will get to go back there.
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Old 10-09-2002, 12:33 PM
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Im lavaliered to a Pike from Austin Peay State University!!!! I love the Pike Men!!!!!!!! ~*~ Jenn ~*~
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Old 10-09-2002, 12:35 PM
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CONGRATULATIONS JENN !! That's awesome!
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Old 10-09-2002, 02:12 PM
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Yes, Congrats Jenn!

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Old 10-17-2002, 07:36 PM
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Pikes here have a bit of a ominous reputation, but I think that most of the rumors are embellishments on the truth. A lot of people know "what the 'notorious' Pikes are known for" even before they are familiar with the Greek system, so I think that is why they are stereotyped. I've heard some other fraternities talk trash about them, and they say nasty rumors, so it doesn't help. I know a few Pikes, and they have been sweethearts (one of my friends is dating a Pike pledge, hottie!), but another girl I know had a really bad experience with the Pikes, so it's all relative to who you know I guess.
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Old 10-17-2002, 08:05 PM
SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi is offline
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I grew up with one, and I married one!

My husband and I both went to Cal State Northridge, where the Alpha Xis and the Pikes didn't mix all that much (though they do now), but the first time I saw him in his spiffy Pike jacket I thought I'd never seen such a cutie! We got together a few years later at an exchange, and the rest is history. Two other couples who met at that same exchange also got married.

And my brother, one of the most decent men on the planet, also pledged Pike at Northridge but ended up transferring to UNLV fairly quickly and so truncated his greek experience a bit.

Along the way, I became a Pike little sister and have had the pleasure of meeting many, many Pikes in the years since. The Zeta Omicron guys aren't always standard-setting on all fronts, but their brotherhood and loyalty is second to none. So I'm pretty proud to say that 2 of my 4 favorite boys joined Pi Kappa Alpha, and the other 2 -- my sons -- are legacies.
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