involvement in a wide variety of campus activites.

There are currently 29 intramural athletes and 25 club athletes at UF. Men’s soccer, hockey, ultimate frisbee and lacrosse are just a few of the sports they are involved in.

There are four Blue Key members, four Florida Cicerones and eight members inducted into Golden Key International Honour Society.

There are also seven members in Reserve Officers Training Corps from all different branches of military.

AFTeR 4 yeARS the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is finally back in business at the Univesity of Florida.

Officially initiating 92 new members on Nov. 12, the Alpha eta Chapter at UF possesses a lot of potential in the coming semesters.

Pi Kappa Alpha consists of Scholars, like Mina Hanna and Peter D’Amore, Leaders, like Jordan Long and Taylor Latham, Athletes, like eric Tottla and Alan Baird and Gentlemen, like Ryan Beilstein and Colin Roberts.

Alpha eta is passionate about its

A successful New BegiNNiNg at the University of florida

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Average GPA 3.07

92 Active Brothers

3 War Veterans

4 Florida Cicerones

8 Golden Key Members

4 Blue Key Members

33 Spring 2011 Pledges

Founder/Owner of Zip Carts

Varsity UF Swimmer

President, Greek American Student Association

President, VP, & Captain of UF Men’s Lacrosse Team

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A successful New BegiNNiNg at the University of florida(Continued from pg. 1) “We have a great group of guys so far and hope to find 100 more in the coming semesters,” said Jordan Long, Recruiting Officer for Alpha eta.

each day the Alpha eta chapter is working hard to better themselves, the brotherhood, the community and the fraternity.

“We have a long and exciting path ahead of us,” said Marcus Kraft, former president of the Alpha eta Chapter.

The Alpha eta house is located directly across the stadium off University Avenue. By Fall 2011 it will be re-painted, re-furnished and have brothers living there once more.

The Alpha eta internal philanthropy will occur Saturday, April 16th and entail a Fireman’s

Challenge. This fun obstacle course will be a competition putting people through the test of being a fire fighter.

Profits made from this event will benefit the Gainesville Fire Rescue Department.

The fraternity’s history is rich in tradition. It was founded in 1868 by six men at the University of Virginia. Over the years, the Fraternity has grown to over 200 chapters throughout the United States and Canada, boasting over 240,000 lifetime initiated members.

It also upholds the largest average chapter/colony size of any international fraternity.

For more information about the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and the Alpha eta chapter please visit www.uf pike.org and www.pikes.org.

Pi Kappa alpha making memories at the 2010 homecoming parade.

to the history of the University of Florida. Prior to the re-establishment of the Alpha Eta Chapter, I really never expressed much interest in joining a Greek society at UF. After researching the organization and reflecting on the unique opportunity presented before me, it became ap-parent that Pi Kappa Alpha offered both an extraordinary and rich col-lege experience. Ultimately, I decid-ed to join Pike in order to contribute to this rare opportunity presented to me. Not only would I become a member of a world-renowned or-ganization, but I would help lay the foundations and traditions for the future generations of Pikes at The

University of Florida. That is truly an awesome experience I wanted to partake in.

How many members do you Hope to Have by Fall 2011? I would hope to see a our broth-erhood incorporate roughly 150 members by the end of fall 2011. It will be an arduous task to recruit to such a high number, but I am very confident in our ability to obtain a brotherhood of such size.

wHat keeps you involved?The future of the chapter motivates me to strive for success in all realms pertaining to Alpha Eta. Our goals and objectives cannot be achieved without a united effort composed of

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wHy did you decide to join pike as it re-establisHes itselF at tHe university oF Florida? Pi Kappa Alpha is regarded as one of the premier social fraternities of North America and holds strong ties

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The vision for Alpha Eta is very bright. With a brotherhood close toexceeding 100 active members our potential is vast. I foresee our chapter contending for various IFC awards and competing for our or-ganization’s most prestigious award, The Smythe ward. With a growing brotherhood and increased involve-ment in all aspects of the Greek community, Alpha Eta is well on its way to establishing a solid founda-tion for its future years at UF.

(Continued from pg.2) all members of the brotherhood. Consequentially, I try to bolster my involvement by integrating myself and others into as many IFC and Panhellenic activities as possible. Our brotherhood constantly moves toward strengthening itself by fol-lowing our fraternity’s ideals and mentalities. My involvement largely stems from my constant desire to better the fraternity and its mem-bers so that we can successfully accomplish our objectives.

wHat is your vision For tHe Future oF tHe alpHa etacHapter? Brothers of alpha eta mountaing the shield.

Pike dream Girl spring 2011 huge success with nearly 3000 attendees. Winner erin scott of tri delta pictured below.

Prepared by: Colin H. Roberts, Public Relations ChairmanContact: chroberts@ufl.edu

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