Pi Kappa Alpha Iota Delta Chapter

This Friday, the 2012 Spring Class was initiated into the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. On Saturday, they enjoyed a banquet and awards ceremony at the Ohio Building. In addition to the usual causes for celebration, we were also proud to welcome Lauren Gutgesell as our new Dream Girl, as well as Timothy Curly and Daniel Kawano as our two newest advisors.

List of new brothers:
Daniel Brindley
Jacob Burch
Nick Buriss
Peter Todd Heidlauf
Joshua Hojnacki
Eric Kercher
Dalton Lentz
Jacob Lueck
Nelson Oliver
Joshua Rychtarcyk
Zebulan Thomas
Alexander Vasko
Dmitry Votintsev
Brady Wern
Jiaren Wu

Last Wednesday, the men of Pi Kappa Alpha were hosts to the delightful ladies of Chi Omega. They enjoyed dinner, a scavenger hunt, and sand volleyball. Thanks to Chad Conway for planning a great social.

On Saturday, March 23, the Iota Delta chapter of Pike held its fourth annual Fire Truck Pull. It was at a new venue (corner of Ninth and Cherry Street), and there were more things going on in addition to the Pull, such as kids' games and an all-Pike band. Overall, it turned out to be a success, anf we are already looking for ways to improve next year. Thanks to Nathan Shumway for organizing the event.

Several brothers enjoyed the company of Delta Gammas during a social last Tuesday, with dinner, games, and of course, the wonderful presence of the ladies of Delta Gamma. Thanks to Chad Conway and Social Chair Jake Sheets for putting on the event, and to all the ladies for attending!

Today, brothers and associates had the pleasure of having Matt Branam, President of Rose-Hulman, over as a guest. He spoke about the history of Pike, Rose-Hulman, and the city of Terre Haute. His stories were humorous and informative, and gave everyone a better understanding of their surroundings.

Once again, Pi Kappa Alpha had a large spring class, thanks to the leadership of Jake Schueke, our new Rush Chair. Fourteen new men signed bids and joined the fraternity. Matthew Moravec, the new Associate Educator, introduced the new class to some of Pike's traditions, such as the milk chug, and the associates were welcomed as the festivities commenced.

Congratulations to our 20 new brothers! Every single one of them completed all the requirements set forth by Brian Cherbak, the associate educator.

Benjamin Hayden Barber
Trevor Anthony Bischoff
Gautham Chandrasekar
Zhengyuan Fang
Oluwatoba Faseru
Ian Lyndon Fong
Landon Jeffrey Gelwicks
Dakota Shiloh Gideon
Nicolas Adam Heschelman
Samuel Ethan Hojnacki
Chadwick David Allen Jones
Jacob Lauren Kelley
Seth Michael Kiefer
Jason Allen Latimer
Seth Robert Mangan
Alexander Joseph Memring
Brandon Michael Ostradick
Anthony Jacob Piergiovanni
Michael John Royappa
Lukas Arthur Weldon

Last Saturday was Winter Work Day. Even though it was optional, brothers still made the effort to wake up early and get to work on making Pike an even better place to live. Brothers repainted the inside of the Main House, gutted the Cottage, and renovated the Chapter Office.

The Beta Epsilon associate class spent last Tuesday night wooing the young ladies of Rose-Hulman and Indiana State University. The song was "Sweet Caroline." The goal was to win their hearts and invite them to the Associate Party. And, with the help of their Associate Educator Brian Cherbak, as well as Luke Swanson, Ken Shimomoto, and Rob Andrews, the serenading proved to be a success.

"Bike for Tykes" has gone stunningly well for another year as over 350 Rose students showed up early on the morning of Saturday, December 10th to assemble approximately 500 bicycles and tricycles. The event started at 8:00 am and the last bicycle was assembled around noon. For more information, please click here.