| Chapter House Home Improvements |
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PIKES recently invested in much-needed sturdy oak dining tables, as well as new fire-proof basement doors. In addition to the doors and tables, the men spent roughly $5,000 on various beautification projects including a brand new lounge couch for the previously-unused foyer, and garnet and gold curtains. These upgrades are possible thanks to generous alumni support, and they definitely improve the feel of the chapter house. Check back soon for new pictures!
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| 100 Man Chapter Expected by Fall ’10 |
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Current rosters indicate a total membership of 94 men (1/30/10). Following the spring recruitment period, the 100th man pledge will likely come next fall. Gamma Xi has not seen such a full chapter since the mid to late nineties, around the time it won the coveted Smythe Award. Great progress and a commitment to recruiting “the most best men” have contributed substantially to our size and success.
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| Campus Involvement |
- EJ Whitney was elected to the ASWSU Junior Senate, where he joins Patrick Horton who holds an ASWSU district senate seat.
- Watch Cable 8 to see Brandon Burnstead on his weekly broadcast feature
- Watch Cable 8 for clips of the band "All Hands Point Up." Connor Cahill and Chase Transeth both play guitar in the band.
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| Spokane Pi Kappa Alpha Regional Conference |
In November Gamma Xi sent nearly 20 men to attend the Fraternity’s regional conference in Spokane. Members and pledges alike learned about many different facets of leadership and recruitment, as well as life skills such as proper business attire and resume composition. At the final dinner the Gamma Xi Chapter was awarded the highest conference attendance award for the entire Northwest Region!
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| Congratulations to the new Chapter Executive Council! |
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-President: Kevin Wills
-Internal VP: Dave Thompson
-External VP: Jeff Grimm
-House Managers: Matt Leonard & Josh Tripp
-Social Chair: George Searing
-Treasurer: Will Wilson
-Secretary: Cameron Butler
-Public Relations Chair: Paul Williams
-Sergeant at Arms: Ryan Coman
-Risk Management: Russell Bair
-Pledge Education: EJ Whitney
-Recruitment Chairs: Jerrid Anderson & Jimmy Froio
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| PIKES Give Back to the Community |
Pikes recently undertook two community service projects aimed at beautifying the college hill area. Adopt-a-Can focuses on maintaining several trash recepticles on greek row that have become quite messy in the past. Through the Adopt-a-Block project PIKES have "adopted" D-Street, on which they will pick up trash and clean the general area at least twice a month. Way to go PIKES!
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| Teddy Jachim Elected to IFC |
| Teddy was recently elected to fill the IFC Director of Scholarship and Administration position. His duties include making sure that all fraternities on campus acheive academic excellence, as well as keeping minutes and order at Interfraternal Council meetings. |
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| Meet the new Executive Council! |
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From left to right:
Internal VP- EJ Whitney
Sargeant At Arms- Winslow Lee
Recruitment Chairs- Jerrid Anderson, Jimmy Froio
President- Teddy Jachim
External VP- Mike Noland
Secretary- Will Wilson
Public Relations Chair- George Searing
House Managers- Ryan Coman, Zeke Evers
Risk Manager- Kevin Wills
Social Chair- Tyler Pavel
Treasurer- Connor Sliva
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| Wazzu Pikes receive Chapter Excellence Award from the International Fraternity!! |
Pat Horton and Kevin Wills recently traveled to Memphis, TN to attend the International Awards Ceremony. They accepted a Chapter Excellence Award on behalf of Gamma Xi. This is our first Excellence Award since 2000! See the article below for some highlights from last year that helped us win.
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| Wazzu Pikes 2008-2009 Year End Summary |
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Wazzu Pikes rounded out the year with some great accomplishments. Here are some of the most significant successes Pikes have accomplished over the last year:
 
- Top rushing house with 31 men signed
- Over $10,000 donated to charity
- 2,500 hours of community service
- IFC Best Overall Scholarship Program
- IFC Best Overall Community Service/Philanthropy Effort
- IFC Outstanding Committee Member (Michael Noland)
- 2.84 Fall gpa (6th out of 25)
- 3.09 Spring gpa (2nd out of 25)
- Fall 2008 Intramural Champions
- Prominent members on Student Conduct Board, ASWSU, IFC, Greek Standards Board, Finance Club, ZZU Crew, and Greek Week Council
- 4 varsity/club athletes
- 2 Mortar Board Outstanding Freshman Scholar awards (Zeke Evers and Scott Downs)
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| Wazzu Pikes rank 2nd in Spring grades!!! |
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Wazzu Pikes had their best scholastic semester in recent memory, ranking 2nd out of 25 IFC Fraternities with a 3.09 gpa! This improves from last semester's 6th place finish and 2.84 gpa. Congratulations to everyone and especially to our 15 Honor Roll recipients!!!
Follow this link to see all WSU Fraternitry and Sorority grade reports.
Below is the IFC Fraternity grade report:
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CHAPTER NAME
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GPA
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Number of
Members*
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Members on the
President's
Honor Roll
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Percent on
Honor Roll
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Members with
Deficient Grades
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| All Men's |
2.98
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| All Fraternity |
2.92
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| Acacia |
3.09
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8
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1
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12.5
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0
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0
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| Alpha Gamma Rho |
3.01
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55
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15
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27.3
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3
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5.5
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| Alpha Tau Omega |
3.00
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74
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9
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12.2
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3
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4.1
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| Beta Theta Pi |
2.83
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35
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1
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2.9
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2
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5.7
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| Delta Chi |
2.86
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52
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4
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7.7
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1
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1.9
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| Delta Sigma Phi |
2.78
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35
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3
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8.6
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4
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11.4
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| Delta Tau Delta |
2.90
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53
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3
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5.7
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6
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11.3
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| Delta Upsilon |
2.92
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46
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3
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6.5
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6
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13.0
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| FarmHouse |
3.10
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36
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7
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19.4
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1
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2.8
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| Kappa Sigma |
2.93
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31
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1
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3.2
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4
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12.9
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| Lambda Chi Alpha |
3.08
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35
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5
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14.3
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1
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2.9
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| Phi Delta Theta |
2.84
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53
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3
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5.7
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3
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5.7
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| Phi Gamma Delta |
3.00
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50
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4
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8.0
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3
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6.0
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| Phi Kappa Sigma |
2.65
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28
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3
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10.7
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5
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17.9
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| Phi Kappa Tau |
2.84
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50
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3
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6.0
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4
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8.0
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| Phi Kappa Theta |
2.78
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56
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7
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12.5
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9
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16.1
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| Pi Kappa Alpha |
3.09
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82
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15
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18.3
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8
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9.8
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| Pi Kappa Phi |
2.97
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75
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6
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8.0
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6
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8.0
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| Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
2.87
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50
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8
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16.0
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4
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8.0
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| Sigma Chi |
2.74
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14
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1
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7.1
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1
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7.1
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| Sigma Phi Epsilon |
3.03
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83
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16
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19.3
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1
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1.2
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| Sigma Pi |
2.42
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30
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1
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3.3
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10
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33.3
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| Tau Kappa Epsilon |
2.67
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28
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3
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10.7
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6
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21.4
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| Theta Chi |
2.81
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75
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7
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9.3
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9
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12.0
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| Theta Xi |
3.02
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35
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3
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8.6
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0
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0
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| Mike Noland brings home some hardware from The Greek Excellence Awards! |
| Last Thursday, Sophmore External Vice-President Mike Noland represented Pikes by winning Oustanding Councilman of the Year. He blew the competition out of the water with his credentials; not only is he very involved in the house, but he also boasts a 4.0 GPA! Congratulations Mike! |
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| Pikes bring back annual House Mom Appreciation Day |
Some time ago, Pi Kappa Alpha would invite all the sorority house mothers over for dinner and appreciation. We decided to resurrect this forgotten tradition, and in late March we hosted a luncheon get together for all the house moms. This was a great success, and truly demonstrated our role as gentlemen.
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| Zeke Evers and Scott Downs receive Honor Society awards! |
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Zeke Evers and Scott Downs have both been honored with the Mortar Board Oustanding Freshman Scholar Award. The award recognizes outstanding academic excellence. Congratulations to Zeke and Scott!
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| Huge Mom's Weekend Fundraiser |
| During Mom's weekend on April 3-5th Pikes held our biggest fundraiser of the year, our basket auction. This year was enormously successful, as we raised nearly $8,000. This is our highest dollar contribution ever for the basket auction, and it was a blast. The money raised will go directly back into the house, through home improvement projects and add-ons. Thanks to all our lovely mothers who made this all possible! |
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| Pikes dominate Greek Week 2009 Events! |
| The men of Pi Kappa Alpha accumulated some major wins during greek week this year. Pikes placed first in the Opening Ceremony, Poster Competitiion, and Basketball Tournament! We also placed first in chain wars for two consecutive days, and second place another day. Pikes also donated over $2,000 in blankets, books, and canned foods to local charities. |
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| Pat Horton elected as District 4 ASWSU Senator! |
Just before spring break, Patrick Horton won the District 4 elections by a sizeable margin! This is a huge accomplishment, and it is fantastic to have a member in such an influential postiion within the Washington State University. Congratulations Pat!
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| International Work Day |
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On March 7th, we participated in Pikes International Work day which dedicates one day to house improvements. Much was accomplished, including the addition of murals and a secure office containing tons of new study files to help our undergraduate scholarship program. Check out the photo gallery to see some projects we worked on.
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| Congratulations to Josh Howard for being voted Finance & Real Estate Club Vice President! |
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Senior Josh Howard was recently voted Finance & Real Estate Club Vice President! He helps continue the Pike dominance in the Finance Club, having a President or Vice President in office from 2007-2009.
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| Pi Kappa Alpha Executive Director Justin Buck visits Wazzu Pikes!!! |
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The Executive Director of Pi Kappa Alpha went out of his way to travel to WSU and meet personally with Wazzu Pikes' Executive Council! He spoke with Exec about our recent climb back to the top of the WSU campus as well as again becoming one of the most dominant Pike chapters in the nation. He gave us a chance to pick his brain in regards to many aspects in the fraternity including scholarship, recruitment, community service/philanthropy, and international fraternity participation. Mr. Buck gave our chapter great insight into improving our chapter further and left saying that he expected to see us winning many international awards in the upcoming awards banquet in Summer 2009!
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| Wazzu Pikes #1 in fall recruitment again!!! |
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Pikes have once again dominated recruitment as we have filled our quota and signed 26 men for the 2008 fall semester! This is the second year in a row Wazzu Pikes have won fall recruitment. We are now looking for men to fill our spring pledge class and will hopefully be WSU's first 100 man chapter since Wazzu Pikes did it over 7 years ago!
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| Pikes win major awards at IFC Scholarship and Service Dinner! |
| Wazzu Pikes have won two prestigious awards from WSU's Interfraternity Council. They were awarded Best Overall Scholarship Program as well as Best Overall Philanthropy/Community Service Effort. Congratulations to previous scholarship chairmen and philantrhopy chairmen! |
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| Alumni Room, Library, and Basketball Court all to be remodeled for 2008-2009 school year! |
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Over the next couple months, Wazzu Pikes will spend over $20,000 remodeling our Alumni Room, Library, and Basketball Court. More furniture and new carpet will be put in the Alumni Room and Library and will be dedicated in memory of loyal Pike and Cougar alumn Phil Lighty, who passed away earlier this year. The basketball court will be repaved and have a sport court put on top.
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Wazzu Pikes bring home hardware from Pi Kappa Alpha International Awards Banquet
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Nate Ivie and Patrick Horton traveled to Memphis to represent Wazzu Pikes at the Pi Kappa Alpha International Awards Banquet. While there Wazzu Pikes received a Interenational Work Day Award for their participation and superior performance. Wazzu Pikes also received a very prestigious award for their Ritual program. Pi Kappa Alpha named Wazzu Pikes as having the best Ritual program out of 206 chapters. Wazzu Pikes were also recognized for winning a House of the Quarter Award and for Nate Ivie being Pike University Certified on the Garnet Level. A moment of silence was taken during a dinner to pay respects to Wazzu Pike Alumni Phil Lighty, as he passed away earlier this year. He was a member of the elite 1868 Society, an Educational Foundation Trustee, and generous donor.
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| Tommy Evans named ZZU Cru Exec! |
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Tommy Evans was recently named to the 2008-2009 ZZU Cru executive council. He is on the council with only two others and is largely in charge of the WSU basketball team's student section, the ZZU Cru. Congratulations to Tommy!
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Pikes 2007-2008 Year End Summary
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Wazzu Pikes rounded out the year with some great accomplishments. Here are some of the most significant successes Pikes have accomplished over the last year:
- $15,400 raised for charity
- 1,744 hours of community service
- Intramural Champions with overall record of 90-36
- 2.95 gpa (higher than the all-fraternity gpa average)
- Top rushing house at WSU with 36 men signed
- Pi Kappa Alpha National House of the Quarter award winner
- 5 varsity/club athletes
- IFC Chapter President of the Year (Micah Piippo)
- IFC Oustanding New Member (Brandon Burnstead)
- Prominent members in IFC, Finance Club, Junior IFC, Greek Standards Board, and Student Conduct Board
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| Wazzu Pikes are 2007-2008 Intramural Champs! |
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Wazzu Pikes have won the 2007-2008 overall intramural championship for the Crimson Division (large fraternity division)! They won both the Fall 07 and Spring 08 semester championships as well. Pikes finished the year with an overall record of 90-36. Here are the Crimson Division (large fraternity division) final standings:
1st Place - WAZZU PIKES (1277 pts.)
2nd Place - Alpha Tau Omega (602 pts.)
3rd Place - Phi Gamma Delta (538 pts.)
4th Place - Delta Tau Delta (504 pts.)
5th Place - Delta Chi (234 pts.)
6th Place - Alpha Kappa Lambda (96 pts.)
7th Place - Alpha Gamma Rho (80 pts.)
8th Place - Theta Chi (60 pts.)
9th Place - Phi Kappa Theta (49 pts.)
10th Place - Beta Theta Pi (0 pts.)
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| Patrick Horton elected to Student Conduct Board |
Patrick Horton was recently elected to the WSU Student Conduct Board. He, along with other students, work with the Associate Director of Student Conduct, Chris Wuthrich, in resolving issues regarding student conduct arount the entire WSU campus!
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| Sophomore Kevin Salkey added to Greek Standards Board and voted Finance Club President! |
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Kevin Salkey was resently added as the newest member of the Greek Standards Board, which deals with handling fraternity and sorority conduct issues. The board is currently run by another Pike, Nick Peterson, who is IFC Director of Policy and Procedure. Congratulations to Kevin on this honor!
Kevin was also recently voted Finance Insurance and Real Estate Club President! Kevin previously held the position of Vice President in Finance Club and fellow Pike Matt Hamilton was previously voted Finance Club President in the past year.
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| Mom's Weekend a Success!! |
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Thanks to all the mom's who came to Pullman for the weekend. We hope you enjoyed your time here with your sons. Our brunch/basket auction was a great success, as we raised over $6400. $3000 will be donated to WSU's Lighty Scholarship Foundation and the left over money will be spent on house renovations, most notably a surround sound system for our Senior Lounge.
While many of the moms and their sons went to the Elton John concert, Pikes had a concert of our own with two dueling pianos playing in our party room from Chopstix Piano Bar in Seattle. It was a great night and thanks to everyone who bought tickets!
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| Pikes take home IFC awards! |
| Pikes won two prestigious awards at the IFC Arete Awards Banquet last week. Micah Piippo won the award for Outstanding Chapter President and Brandon Burnstead took home the award for New Member of the Year! Congratulations to Micah and Brandon for their great contributions to our chapter and our community that led to these awards. Pikes also had finalists in the award categories Chapter Advisor of the Year, Greek Man of the Year, Community Builder of the Year, and Committee Member of the Year. |
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| International Work Day a Success! |
| March 29th marked this year's International Work Day. Our house put in over 200 man hours working on the interior and exterior of the house. The main projects for the day were remodeling the party room, adding an air conditioning unit to the chapter room, painting the laundry room, and fixing up the Senior Lounge. The physical house is in great shape and this work day will help our chances in winning the coveted House of the Year Award! |
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| Spring '08 Pledge Class hits double digits! |
| Pikes' Spring 2008 pledge class has reached 10 young men, raising the total number of pledges signed to 33. The pledge class is still open but will be closed the first week in February. Congratulations to Spencer Burnstead, Craig Sterner, Jimmy Froio, James Barber, Evan Phillips, Daniel Tabilson, E Yohannes, Eric Nebel, Ryans Edwards, and Jacky Baskin-Sherman! |
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| Exec members travel to Chapter Executives Conference in Memphis, TN |
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President Matt Koziol, Treasurer Scott Hanvold, and Recruitment Chairman Austin Clausius traveled to Memphis, TN over winter break to attend the Pike National Chapter Executives Conference. They each received training from National Pi Kappa Alpha employees and went to personal development seminars. They stayed in the historic Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis and took in the sights of the world famous Beale Street.
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| New Executive Council elected! |
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Here is the list of the newly elected Exec Council:
President – Matt Koziol
Internal VP – Stephen Trenary
External VP – Patrick Horton
Treasurer – Scott Hanvold
Recruitment Chairmen – Austin Clausius and Casey McDonald
House Managers – Kevin Salkey and Tim Jondal
Secretary – Michael Noland
Public Relations – Brandon Burnstead
Pledge Educators – Nate Ivie and Josh Howard
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| Pikes win all campus Christmas lights competition! |
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ASWSU has named Pikes and Kappa Delta as the winners of the all campus Christmas lights competition! Thanks to everyone who spent around a total of 50 man hours making Pikes the most festive house on campus.
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| New Plasma put in Senior Lounge! |
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Recently, the house purchased a 50" Plasma LG TV to replace the old big screen in the Senior Lounge. This improves our already stellar lounge and opened the room up nicely. An HD DVD player and a high-quality surround sound system that we won from being the top fundraisers in the Relay for Life will be added very soon!
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| Wazzu Pikes wins second House of the Quarter award!! |
| The Pi Kappa Alpha Real Estate Department has notified us that Gamma Xi Pikes have won the first House of the Quarter Award of the year and our second as a chapter! The award recognizes 4 chapters a year for their model maintenence programs and housing management practices. We will receive a $500 grant for house improvements and be mentioned in the Shield and Diamond. By winning House of the Quarter, we are now eligible to win the House of the Year Award at the International Awards Banquet in Memphis in the summer of 2008. A big thanks goes out to our House Managers Matt Hamilton and Stephen Trenary who put together the 100+ page application that we sent in for the award! Follow this link to read the article written by the Pi Kappa Alpha Real Estate Department. |
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| Pike Dads raise money and have a blast during busy Dad's Weekend |
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Pike Dads traveled to Pullman on the weekend of November 9-11th for WSU's Dad's Weekend. The weekend festivities began at Zeppoz where we rented out 7 lanes for bowling. Then on Saturday before the football game against Stanford, Dads helped us raise almost $2000 that will go towards upgrading our internet router. Then Dads enjoyed a Cougar victory against the Cardinal before many headed out to Beasley Coliseum to see the Doobie Brothers live. We would like to thank all the Dads who came and are excited to see all the Moms next semester for Mom's Weekend!
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| Nick Peterson elected to Inter Fraternity Council! |
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Our current recruitment chairman Nick Peterson has been voted by fraternity presidents as the next IFC Director of Policy and Procedure. Nick has worked with the Greek Standards Board for the past year and now will be in charge of that board which deals with assessing chapters' conduct and placing/proposing disciplinary actions.
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| Bob Patrick honored with Lifetime Achievement Award |
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 From left to right [Stu Thomas, Bob Patrick, Mike Mathy, Billy Hamilton]
Brother Bob Patrick was honored during Homecoming Weekend with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Bob has been a part of Pi Kappa Alpha and the Gamma Xi Chapter for 55 years. He has served Gamma Xi as a chapter advisor, and a member of the Board of Directors and House Corporation. Our current President Micah Piippo addressed the alumni in attendance with a "state of the chapter" which was followed by the awards presentation lead by Stu Thomas and Mike Mathy. We would especially like to thank the members of Bob Patrick's family and other alumni in attendance for being there for one of the most special moments in the history of the Gamma Xi chapter.
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| Wazzu Pikes bring home recognition at the Pi Kappa Alpha International Awards Banquet! |
| Undergraduate brothers Nate Ivie and Mike Malmquist recently traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to be a part of the International Awards Banquet. Wazzu Pikes came home with a coveted recruitment award as well as gained recognition for having a chapter gpa above a 3.0. Nate Ivie was also recognized as becoming certified on the Garnet level in the Pike Univeristy Program. We are now eligable to receive a Chapter Excellence Award next year, which recognizes the top 30 chapters nationwide. |
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