Tri-Sigma Shootout Champions

Every year the Tri-Sigma Sorority holds an annual Basketball tournament to benefit a Charity of thier chioce. This year's champoinship title goes to Pi Kappa Alpha!

2008 Pike Halloween Lodge Party

This Halloween marks the annual occurrence of the highly anticipated Pike Lodge Halloween Party. Each year the new members of Epsilon Iota get to decorate the Lodge anyway that they please, with money they have saved up over their time as being a Pike new member. Along with the decorations, the lodge also has some paranormal history. The spirit of a young girl named Jessica is believed to haunt the vicinity of the lodge property. With lots of spine-chilling occurrences and paranormal activity experienced by many brothers of the chapter, it will no doubt add a blood-curdling atmosphere of the celebration!

If you want to read more about the Haunted Pike Lodge and the spirit of Jessica enter the link below into your address bar:


http://pikelodge.blogspot.com/

2008 HOMECOMING CHAMPIONS!!

After months of vigorous hard work and dedication from both the men of Epsilon Iota, and the women of Alpha Xi Delta were crowned the overall winners of the SEMO 2008 Homecoming! The competing events included a window painting, a field day, and float competition. Shrek was the float theme that was assigned this year. It included a fire breathing dragon coming out of a castle and moving Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey dressed in Southeast Football gear. All of the challeging Greeks did an outstanding job and put up great competition which in result led to a fun and exciting homecoming this year.

Kickin' It with ADPi

Epsilon Iota Participated in the Kickin' It with Alpha Delta Pi philanthropy on September 27th. The Chapter collected tabs from cans in order to help raise money for the Ronald McDonald Charity. Pi Kappa Alpha took First Place in this annual soccer tournament and also for the "Big Man on Campus" competition, where each fraternity chose a member to perform a talent for the sorority.

NEW BEGINNING OF FALL SEMESTER

With a new semester upon us and a successful rush of the "most best men" from the Southeast Missouri State campus the men of Epsilon Iota prepare to continue creating and maintaining the lifestyle of Scholars Leaders Athletes and Gentlemen, while dominating intramurals and philanthropies at the same time.

Epsilon Iota exercises a year round rush program so is you know anyone who is interested in Rushing please contact Rush Chairman Brandon Leetch at 314-398-2547

2008 GREEK WEEK CHAMPOINS!!

After being placed on probabtion two years ago, the men of Epsilon Iota made a statement to the entire campus of Southeast Missouri State. Pikes are back! After a week of non stop dedication and hard work from every member of the chapter, Pi Kappa Alpha was announced the overall winners of the 2008 Greek Week! Pikes revieved the majority of awards presented from the university including number one in spirit, greek games, penny wars, canned food drive, and most amount of money donated. Also, Mark Wilhelm a sophmore in epsilon iota, was awarded sophmore of the year. The chapter would like to thank all the alumni who helped out with the donation and anyone else who made a contribution to help the pikes once again prevail.

Alpha Chi Frisbee Fling 2008!

Amongst all the practicing and craziness of preparing for Greek Week with the tri-deltas, the members of Pi Kappa Alpha participated in the Alpha Chi Omega "Frisbee Fling" on March 5, 2008. The chapter played in the annual ultimate frisbee games held by the sorority and donated money to the Choose Children Charity fund.

Greek Week; week of caring, week of sharing!

The men of Epsilon Iota and the Women of Delta Delta Delta are in the process of preparing for the up and coming Southeast Missouri State Greek Week Competition! The games will begin on April 6th and continue until April 12th. The school will be holding a series of events for the greek community, including collecting cans and money for charity. If you are interested in helping us win this prestigous annual event contact Nick Vogt at (314) 496-8821 or send a check made out to Pi Kappa Alpha. Any money donated will be going to a good cause and will be very appreciated.

PIKELINE

A PUBLICATION OF THE EPSILON IOTA CHAPTER OF PI KAPPA ALPHA

UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER November 2007

DANIEL RIORDAN TRIVIA NIGHT

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On June 23, 2007, Lt. Daniel P. Riordan, a 2001 graduate of St. John Vianney High School, was killed while courageously serving our country in Iraq. To honor Dan and his dedication to faith and education, the Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Scholarship Fund at Vianney High School has been established. The scholarship will be given to a student with financial need and who represents the qualities of faith, honor, and service.

A Trivia Night benefiting the scholarship fund was held on Saturday, November 17, 2007, at Vianney. Thirteen men from Epsilon Iota attended this event and donated $250 to the Lt. Daniel P. Riordan scholarship fund. The event will be held annually to raise money for the scholarship fund and to remember our fallen hero. The trivia night was an incredible opportunity for us to play a major role in establishing the Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Scholarship Fund. “Lt. Dan” was a man who loved his family, his God, and his country. His faith gave him the strength necessary for battle; this faith was cultivated and strengthened by the faculty and staff of Vianney High School.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS

Pi Kappa Alpha participated in many community service events this semester. One of these events has become a tradition in Epsilon Iota. This was the 6^th Annual Homeless in the Park charity event on October 10^th and 11^th. 100% of the Pi Kappa Alpha active chapter attended this event in Capaha Park, which ran from 8:00 Saturday morning to 8:00 Sunday morning. Brothers attended morning or afternoon shifts and all attended the overnight stay in the park. The men of Pi Kappa Alpha invited the Alpha Chi Omega sorority to attend this community service event and they responded with a substantial amount of support for the cause. Together we raised money and collected clothes, food and donations for the local Salvation Army.

On Tuesday, November 6, twelve men from Epsilon Iota made a difference in the lives of children by joining the Up ‘til Dawn team. By volunteering for Up ‘til Dawn, we became a part of the campus-wide effort to support the life-saving treatment and research at St. Jude Children’s Hospital. We participated in a letter campaign fundraiser in which we filled out almost 250 letters and mailed them off to potential donors.

PHILANTHROPY

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Tri-Delta Frats at Bat

Pi Kappa Alpha participated in the Tri-Delta “Frats at Bat” philanthropy on October 6^th. The chapter donated money to the Children’s Cancer Charities and received 1^st place in the annual softball tournament.

Alpha Xi Delta Rose Bowl

Pi Kappa Alpha participated in the Alpha Xi Delta “Rose Bowl” philanthropy on November 3^rd. The chapter donated money to the Choose Children charity fund and received 1^st place in the annual flag football tournament.

Tri-Sigma Shootout

Pi Kappa Alpha participated in the Tri-Sigma “Shootout” philanthropy on November 17^th. The chapter donated money to the Robbie Page Memorial fund and received 1^st place in the annual basketball tournament.

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RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

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Two men of Pi Kappa Alpha were elected to the Inter-Fraternity Council Executive board for the 2007-2008 terms this October. Blake Brown, a senior, was elected Vice President of Community Relations, and Mark Wilhelm, a sophomore, was elected Vice President of Risk Management. This December, EJ Foreman will be recognized by the Order of Omega.

EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTIONS

EJ Foreman - President

Ben Menke - Internal VP

Andy Kohl - External VP

Brandon Leetch - Continuing Educator

Billy Aubuchon - Treasurer

Matt Ramshaw - Asst. Treasurer

Andrew Fischer - Secretary

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PIKELINE

A PUBLICATION OF THE EPSILON IOTA CHAPTER OF PI KAPPA ALPHA

UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER September 2007

River City Music Festival

Five members of Pi Kappa Alpha volunteered 38 hours of there time as security guards on September 7^th for the 11^th annual River City Music Festival. Their duties included watching over three outdoor concert stages as well as the band equipment. Our chapter has 5 major Community Service events planned for this semester alone.

Kickin’ It with Alpha Delta Pi

Pi Kappa Alpha participated in the Kickin’ It with Alpha Delta Pi philanthropy on September 21^st. The chapter donated money to the Ronald McDonald House charity fund, and received 1^st place in the annual soccer tournament.

SEMO Football

On September 12^th 30 men of Pi Kappa Alpha attended the Coach’s Show at Port Cape Lounge. We pride ourselves on the support that we give to SEMO athletics.

A SUCCESSFUL FALL RUSH

On August 16^th men from the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity were stationed at each dormitory to help move new students into their dorm rooms. 50 members of our chapter worked shifts spanning from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The next day 40 of our members attended the Great Ice Cream Pig Out to get better acquainted with the new students here at SEMO. Pi Kappa Alpha sponsored a booth at the Chamber of Commerce Welcome Back Picnic at the Student Recreation Center on August 19^th, where we were able to welcome new students and answer any questions that they had on Greek life at SEMO.

After three days of fun-filled rush events, on August 29^th Pi Kappa Alpha accepted 30 bids, and 30 new members into our chapter. We are excited about the quality of men that we have invited into our chapter and find this fall semester’s rush to be a successful one.

NEW MEMBER DEVELOPMENT

Pi Kappa Alpha has begun molding our new members into the new leaders here on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. We took a weekend new member retreat on September 28-29 where the new members developed a better understanding of becoming an active member of Pi Kappa Alpha. At the retreat, the new member class developed goals and elected an executive board of their own. We find this to be a key aspect of new member development, so that they will know and understand the workings of our chapter once initiated into Pi Kappa Alpha. 100% of the new member class is involved on campus at SEMO. We have emphasized the importance of campus involvement not only for new members, but for our active chapter as well.