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Here
Big house on campus
Of the University's nearly
60 Greek chapters, one rises
above them all. With 131 initi-
ated members and 11 pledges, Pi
Kappa Alpha - more commonly
known as Pike - is the largest
fraternity on campus.
Pike's membership has grown
steadily for several years, said
chapter president Jon Marks.
He said each year's pledge class
is normally S to 10 percentlarger
than the year before. Member-
ship first topped 100 members
in winter of 1997.
Over the years, Pike has not
had a constant presence on cam-
pus. Pike was founded at the
University in 1922, but subse-
quently left in 1936 because of
the Great Depression. In 1968
the chapter was refounded, but
enrollment dropped during the
Vietnam War and Pike left the
University againin1974. In 1992,
Pike made it back to campus and
has remained here ever since.
In the early 1990s the chapter
held meetings at Cottage Inn
Pizza before it had a permanent
location.
In 1993, the chapter moved
into 800 Oxford Avenue, the
current home of Sigma Alpha.
Two years later, Pike moved
again - this time to 1601 Washt-
enaw Avenue, the current home
of Lambda Chi Alpha. Since
2001 Pike has been located at
1501 Washtenaw Ave.
The current location houses
61 people. Even though only half
of the chapter's members actu-
ally live in the house, Marks said
Pike's large membership makes
it an exciting chapter.
"There are so many people
living in that house," he said.
"There's always something
interesting, something crazy,
something hilarious going on."
Marks also noted that hav-
ing such a large member base
creates a wide range of diver-
sity within the chapter. He said;
that he likes that Pike members
have a variety of interests and -
talents.a
The fraternity participates inw
a rivalry run with the Ohio State
University chapter for the Ohio
State-Michigan football game.
Members of the fraternity take
turns running a football about
180 miles between Ann Arbor
and Columbus, Ohio. The Pike
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Charity Football Run raises Pi Kappa Alpha's house sits on Washtenaw Avenue near the corner
money for charities, of South University Ave. It has housed 61 of the fraternity's mem-w
JAKE HOLMES hers since 2001.
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