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Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is a Greek letter, secret, college, social fraternity. It is composed of men who share similar ideals of friendship, truth, honor, and loyalty. The Fraternity’s ideals are expressed in the written words and symbols of a secret ritual. Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠΚΑ), commonly known as PIKE, is a college fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1868. The fraternity has over 225 chapters and colonies across the United States and abroad with over 15,500 undergraduate members and 295,000 lifetime initiates.

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The Cornell University Greek system dates to the first months of university operation during the autumn of 1868. Cornell's co-founder and first president, Andrew Dickson White was a strong promoter of fraternities as a means of teaching self-governance to young students. Among its leaders, other strong supporters of the Greek system were Presidents Edmund Ezra Day and Frank H.T. Rhodes.

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Among general ('social') organizations, Cornell currently recognizes 35 Interfraternity Council fraternities, 13 Panhellenic Association sororities, and 15 Multicultural Greek Letter Council fraternities and sororities.[3]

  • 4Honor, professional, and service societies
  • 5Building and property ownership

Interfraternity Council[edit]

Alpha Delta Phi on West Campus

Fraternities constituting the Interfraternity Council (IFC) are listed by dates of local founding and noted with national conference membership. These are (with two exceptions) men's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within the IFC. As part of IFC or national organization self-governance or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ('de-recognized') or closed for a time. For consistency, if a chapter is closed and/or forfeits its housing, it will be listed here as a dormant chapter, italicized, while active chapters or those suspended for a brief time are in bold. See the Office of Student Life for current recognized IFC members.

NIC indicates current members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference;
PFA indicates current and former members of the Professional Fraternity Association.

Active chapters

  • ΧΦChi Phi, 1868 (NIC)[4]
  • ΚΑKappa Alpha Society, 1868-1990, 2007 (NIC)[5]
  • ΖΨZeta Psi, 1868 (NIC)[6]
  • ΑΔΦAlpha Delta Phi, 1869 (NIC)[7]
  • ΧΨChi Psi, colony, 1869-2014, 2016 (NIC)[8][9][10]
  • ΔΥDelta Upsilon, 1869 (NIC)[11]
  • ΦΚΨPhi Kappa Psi, 1869-1877, 1885 (NIC)[8][12][13]
  • ΔΚΕDelta Kappa Epsilon, 1870-2013, 2017 (NIC) [14][15]
  • ΘΔΧTheta Delta Chi, 1870-1999, 2003 (NIC)[16]
  • ΦΔΘPhi Delta Theta, 1872[17][18]
  • ΒΘΠBeta Theta Pi, 1879 (NIC)[19]
  • ΦΓΔPhi Gamma Delta (FIJI), 1888 (NIC)[20][21]
  • ΦΣΚPhi Sigma Kappa, 1889 (NIC)[22][23]
  • ΔΧDelta Chi, 1890 (NIC)[24][25]
  • ΔΤΔDelta Tau Delta, 1890 (NIC)[26]
  • ΣΧSigma Chi, 1890 (NIC)[27]
  • ΣΦSigma Phi, 1890 (NIC)[28]
  • ΔΦDelta Phi, 1891 (NIC)[8][29]
  • ΚΣKappa Sigma, 1892-2010, 2012[17][30][31]
  • ΑΖAlpha Zeta, 1901 (PFA), co-ed[32]
  • Seal and Serpent, 1905 local[33]
  • Acacia, 1907 (NIC)[34]
  • ΖΒΤZeta Beta Tau colony, 1907-2013, 2014 (NIC)[8][35]
  • ΑΣΦAlpha Sigma Phi, 1909 (NIC)[36]
  • ΣΑΜSigma Alpha Mu, 1911-1912, 1915-1973, 1985 (NIC)[37]
  • ΚΔΡKappa Delta Rho, 1913 (NIC)[38]
  • ΛΧΑLambda Chi Alpha, 1913[17][39]
  • ΑΓΡAlpha Gamma Rho, 1914 (NIC & PFA)[40]
  • ΑΕΠAlpha Epsilon Pi, 1917-1976, 1978-2001?, 2005 (NIC)[41]
  • ΠΚΑPi Kappa Alpha, 1917-2010, 2013 (NIC)[42][43]
  • ΣΠSigma Pi, 1917 (NIC)[44]
  • ΠΚΦPi Kappa Phi, 1921-1986, 1990-2001, 2002 (NIC)[45]
  • ΦΚΤPhi Kappa Tau, 1930-1994, 2000 (NIC)[46]
  • ΣΧΔ Sigma Chi Delta, 1981 co-ed local[47]
  • ΑΛΜAlpha Lambda Mu, 2014 [48]

Chapters whose names changed

ΑΣΧAlpha Sigma Chi, 1874-1879, absorbed into Beta Theta Pi[49]
Bandhu, 1902–1930, became Phi Kappa Tau[50][51]
Zodiac, 1904–1936, absorbed into Alpha Tau Omega after failed absorption by Beta Kappa[52]
ΣΦΣSigma Phi Sigma, 1904-1941, see Tau Kappa Epsilon[53][50]
ΚΨKappa Psi, 1907-1923, local, see Tau Kappa Epsilon[54]:7th ed[53]
ISWZA, 1908–1913, local, became Lambda Chi Alpha[55]
Beta Samach, 1910–1920, became ΒΣΡ[56][57]
ΒΣΡBeta Sigma Rho, 1920–1972, merged with ΠΛΦ[56][57]
ΦΕΠPhi Epsilon Pi, 1911–1970, became Zeta Beta Tau[58]
Eleusis, 1912-1931, local, became Theta Kappa Nu
ΑΘAlpha Theta, 1912-1917, local, became Pi Kappa Alpha[59]
OATOmicron Alpha Tau, 1912–1934, merged with Tau Delta Phi[60][58]
ΦΣΔPhi Sigma Delta, 1912-1970, became Zeta Beta Tau[53]
ΩΔOmega Delta, 1913-1917, local, became Sigma Pi[61]
ΟΣΟOmicron Sigma Omicron, 1914?-1915, local, see Theta Alpha[62]
ΣΥSigma Upsilon, 1915-1933?, local[63]
ΘΚΝTheta Kappa Nu, 1931–1939 (NIC), merged into Lambda Chi Alpha[64][54]
Scorpion Club, 19xx-1940, became Tau Kappa Epsilon[53]
ΚΝKappa Nu, 1951-1963, see Phi Sigma Epsilon[65]
ΦΣΕPhi Sigma Epsilon, 1963-1985 (NIC), see Phi Sigma Kappa and Theta Chi.[66]

Dormant chapters

ΑΩAlpha Omega, 1868-1870, local, dormant[67][54]:8th ed
ΣΔΠSigma Delta Pi, 1871-1874, dormant[68][54]:8th ed
ΨΥPsi Upsilon, 1876-2016 (NIC), dormant[69][70]
ΔΒΦDelta Beta Phi, 1878-1882, dormant[54]:8th ed
ΑΤΩAlpha Tau Omega, 1887-2013 (NIC), dormant[8][71]
Q.T.V. 1888-1889, dormant[54]:7th ed
ΣΑΕSigma Alpha Epsilon, 1891-2011 (NIC), dormant[72]
ΠΛΦPi Lambda Phi, 1896-1976 (NIC), dormant[57]
ΣΝSigma Nu, 1901 (NIC), dormant[73][8][74]
ΘΞTheta Xi, 1903-1970, 2008-2010, (NIC), dormant[75][76]
ΩΠΑOmega Pi Alpha, 1905-1907, dormant[54]:7th ed
ΔΣΦDelta Sigma Phi, 1907-1943 (NIC), dormant[54]
Nayati, 1907-1919, dormant[77][78]
ΑΧΡAlpha Chi Rho, 1908-1971 (NIC), dormant[54]
ΦΚΣPhi Kappa Sigma, 1911-1991 (NIC), dormant[54]
ΘΧTheta Chi, 1912-1983, 1985-1999 (NIC), dormant[79][66]
ΣΦΕSigma Phi Epsilon, 1912-2005, 2006-2019 (NIC), dormant[80][81]
ΤΕΦTau Epsilon Phi, 1913-2012 (NIC), dormant[82]
ΘΑTheta Alpha, 1915-19xx, dormant[62]
ΑΦΔAlpha Phi Delta, 1922-1968, 2012-2016? (NIC), dormant[83]
ΤΚΕTau Kappa Epsilon, 1923-1935?, 1940-2012, dormant[84][53]
ΦΚΘPhi Kappa Theta, 1927-1931 (NIC), dormant[54]
ΤΔΦTau Delta Phi, 1934-1969 (NIC), dormant[54]
Triangle, 1942-1985 (NIC), dormant[54]
ΑΓΣAlpha Gamma Sigma, 1972-19xx (NIC), dormant, agricultural focus[54]

Panhellenic Council[edit]

Delta Delta Delta on Cornell's North Campus

Sororities constituting the Panhellenic Council (PHC) are listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, these are women's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within the PHC. As part of PHC or national organization self-governance, or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ('de-recognized') or closed for a time. If a chapter is closed and/or forfeits its housing, it will be listed as a dormant chapter. Active groups in bold, dormant groups in italics. See the Office of Student Life for current PHA members.

NPC indicates members of the National Panhellenic Conference.

Active chapters

  • ΚΑΘKappa Alpha Theta, 1881-1965, 1980 (NPC)[85]
  • ΚΚΓKappa Kappa Gamma, 1883-1969, 1977 (NPC)[86]
  • ΔΓDelta Gamma, 1885 (NPC)[87]
  • ΑΦAlpha Phi, 1889, reorganized 1998 (NPC)[88]
  • ΔΔΔDelta Delta Delta, 1913 (NPC)[89]
  • ΚΔKappa Delta, 1917-1969, 1975 (NPC)[90]
  • ΣΔΤSigma Delta Tau, 1917 (NPC)[91][92]
  • ΑΞΔAlpha Xi Delta, 1918-1964, 2005 (NPC)[93]
  • ΠΒΦPi Beta Phi, 1919 (NPC)[94]
  • ΑΕΦAlpha Epsilon Phi, 1920 (NPC)[95]
  • ΦΣΣPhi Sigma Sigma, 1954-1969, 2011 (NPC)[96]
  • ΑΧΩAlpha Chi Omega, 1984 (NPC)[97]
  • ΦΜPhi Mu, 2014 (NPC)[98][99]

Dormant chapters

ΑΟΠAlpha Omicron Pi, 1908-1962, 1989-2008 (NPC), dormant[54]
ΔΖDelta Zeta, 1908-1932 (NPC), dormant[54]
ΧΩChi Omega, 1917-1963, 1987-2003 (NPC), dormant[54]
ΣΚSigma Kappa, 1921-1956 (NPC), dormant[54]
ΔΦΕDelta Phi Epsilon, 1960-1988, 1994-2003 (NPC), dormant[98]
ΙΑΠIota Alpha Pi, 1966-1967 (NPC), disbanded nationally 1971
ΑΓΔAlpha Gamma Delta, 1985-1996 (NPC), dormant[98]

Multicultural Greek Letter Council[edit]

Sororities and Fraternities constituting the Multicultural Greek Letter Council (MGLC) were originally affiliated with specific ethnicities or languages. Most of these organizations are now fully integrated as are the rest of Cornell's Greek letter organizations. All MGLC chapters are. Listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, these are men's and women's organizations that voluntarily coordinate their efforts within the MGLC. As part of MGLC or University self-governance during disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ('de-recognized') for a time. Unless the suspensions result in long-term closure of the chapter or forfeiture of a building, they should not be removed from this list. Active groups in bold, dormant groups in italics. See the Office of Student Life for current MGLC members. The inter-Greek councils often cooperate on programs and policies, as do individual chapters from among the several Greek councils.

NALFO indicates members of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations;
NAPA indicates members of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association;
NPHC indicates members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Men's

  • ΑΦΑAlpha Phi Alpha, 1906 (NPHC, NIC)[54]
  • ΚΑΨKappa Alpha Psi, 1978 (NPHC, NIC)[54]
  • ΦΒΣPhi Beta Sigma, 1979 (NPHC)[54]
  • ΩΨΦOmega Psi Phi, 1982 (NPHC)
  • ΛΥΛLambda Upsilon Lambda, 1982 (NALFO)
  • ΛΘΦLambda Theta Phi, 1995 (NALFO, NIC)
  • ΠΔΨPi Delta Psi, 1998 (NAPA)
  • ΛΦΕLambda Phi Epsilon, 1999 (NAPA, NIC)
  • ΙΦΘIota Phi Theta, 2005 (NPHC, NIC)
  • MALIKMALIK (fraternity), 2015

Women's

  • ΑΚΑAlpha Kappa Alpha, 1937-1952, 1979 (NPHC)
  • ΔΣΘDelta Sigma Theta, 1975 (NPHC)
  • ΛΠΧLambda Pi Chi, 1988 (NALFO)
  • ΣΓΡSigma Gamma Rho, 1990 (NPHC)[54]
  • ΣΛΥSigma Lambda Upsilon, 1993 (NALFO)
  • αΚΔΦalpha Kappa Delta Phi, 1997 (NAPA)
  • ΩΦΒOmega Phi Beta, 1999 (NALFO)
  • ΚΦΛKappa Phi Lambda, 2000 (NAPA)
  • ΛΘΑLambda Theta Alpha, 2004 (NALFO)

Chapters whose names changed

Su Ye She, 1916-1917, Chinese men's group, see Rho Psi
Club Hispania, 1929-1931, local Hispanic men's group, see Phi Lambda Alpha
ΦΛΑPhi Lambda Alpha, 1931-1931, Hispanic men's group, see Phi Iota Alpha[100]

Dormant chapters

ΑΖAlpha Zeta, 1890-1894, Hispanic men's group.[101]
ΡΨRho Psi, 1917-1931, Chinese men's group, no longer active at the collegiate level.[102][54]:16th ed
ΦΙΑPhi Iota Alpha, 1931-1940? (NALFO, NIC), men's group[100]

Honor, professional, and service societies[edit]

These organizations have a similarly long pedigree on the Cornell campus, but are largely non-residential. Members of the social and academic fraternities and sororities may join or be asked to join, as may non-Greek students. Multiple affiliations are allowable. The cut-off line where any campus organization falls within these headings or without is somewhat arbitrary; those formed prior to 1990 are listed under these subheadings in various volumes of the Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, which for more than a century has been the data source of record for such organizations. Newer groups have been placed in categories which match Baird's categories. The latest, 1991 version of Bairds was published before the national development of some of the societies here, and therefore, position and inclusion is, in some cases, assumptive.[54]

Honor and recognition societies[edit]

Honor societies recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers, often within a specific academic discipline. Many honor societies invite students to become members based on scholastic rank (the top x% of a class) and/or grade point, either overall, or for classes taken within the discipline for which the honor society provides recognition. In cases where academic achievement would not be an appropriate criterion for membership, other standards are usually required for membership (such as completion of a particular ceremony or training program). These societies recognize past achievement. Pledging is not required, and new candidates may be immediately inducted into membership after meeting predetermined academic criteria and paying a one-time membership fee. Because of their purpose of recognition, most honor societies will have much higher academic achievement requirements for membership than professional societies. It is also common for a scholastic honor society to add a criterion relating to the character of the student. Some honor societies are invitation only while others allow unsolicited applications. Finally, membership in an honor society might be considered exclusive, i.e., a member of such an organization cannot join other honor societies representing the same field. Governance varies from faculty-guided to purely student run.

Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are co-ed, non-residential, achievement-based organizations that self-select members based on published criteria.

ACHS indicates members of the Association of College Honor Societies.

Active chapters

  • ΦΒΚPhi Beta Kappa, 1882, academic honors[54]
  • ΣΞSigma Xi, 1886, graduate science & engineering honors[54]
  • Sphinx Head Society, 1890, local, character, leadership and service
  • Quill and Dagger, 1893, local, character, leadership and service
  • Scabbard and Blade, 1906 (ACHS), military[103]
  • ΑΩΑAlpha Omega Alpha, 1910, graduate medical honors[54]
  • ΤΒΠTau Beta Pi, 1910 (ACHS), engineering honors[103]
  • ΗΚΝEta Kappa Nu, 1912, electrical engineering, computer engineering honors[54]
  • Order of the Coif, 1914, law school graduates honors[54]
  • Mortar Board, 1918 (ACHS), scholarship, leadership and public service honors[103]
  • ΚΟΝKappa Omicron Nu, 1919 (ACHS), humanities honors[103]
  • ΠΑΞPi Alpha Xi, 1923, horticulture honors[104]
  • ΑΚΔAlpha Kappa Delta, 1925 (ACHS), sociology honors[103]
  • ΦΖPhi Zeta, 1925, graduate veterinary medicine honors[54]
  • ΧΕChi Epsilon, 1925 (ACHS), civil engineering honors[103]
  • ΠΔΦPi Delta Phi, 1936 (ACHS), French honors[54]
  • Block and Bridle Club, 1937, animal livestock honors[54]
  • ΑΕΔAlpha Epsilon Delta, 1946 (ACHS), pre-health honors[103]
  • ΠΤΣPi Tau Sigma, 1948 (ACHS), mechanical engineering honors[105]
  • ΨΧPsi Chi, 1948 (ACHS), psychology honors[103]
  • ΠΜΕPi Mu Epsilon, 1953, mathematics honors[54]
  • ΟΔΕOmicron Delta Epsilon, 1961 (ACHS), economics honors[103]
  • ΣΘΤSigma Theta Tau, 1968 (ACHS), nursing honors[103]
  • Order of Omega, 1979, Greek society leadership honors[54][106]
  • Golden Key International Honour Society, 1989, high achievement in academics, leadership & service[54]
  • ΩΡOmega Rho, 1995 (ACHS), operations research, management science honors[103]
  • ΑΕAlpha Epsilon, 1998 (ACHS), agricultural, food, and biological engineering honors[103]
  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS), 1999 (ACHS), high achievement[103]
  • ΛΠΗLambda Pi Eta, 2001 (ACHS), communications honors[103]
  • ΒΓΣBeta Gamma Sigma, 2004 (ACHS), business academic honors[103]
  • ΠΑΑPi Alpha Alpha, 2006 (ACHS), public administration honors[103]
  • Red Key Society, 2007, local, Athletics and community-building honors
  • NRHHNational Residence Hall Honorary, 2007, residence hall leadership honors
  • ΔΑΠDelta Alpha Pi, 2012, high achievement with disabilities[107]
  • Irving Literary Society, 1868-1887, restarted 2014, local, literary honors
  • AASArnold Air Society, 19xx, Air Force cadet honors[54]
  • ΦΤΣPhi Tau Sigma, 19xx, food science and technology honors

Dormant chapters

  • ΔΣΡ-ΤΚΑDelta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, 1911-1999 ?, forensics honor, dormant?[108][109]
  • ΦΚΦPhi Kappa Phi, 1920-1979, 1983-2013, honors, all disciplines, dormant[110]
  • ΣΓΕSigma Gamma Epsilon, 1921-1965, earth sciences honors, dormant[111]
  • ΔΦΑDelta Phi Alpha, 1933-20xx, German honors, dormant[112]
  • ΠΕΔNational Collegiate Players or Pi Epsilon Delta, 1960-19xx, theater honors, national disbanded[54]
  • ΑΛΔAlpha Lambda Delta, 1961-1986, (ACHS) freshmen honors, dormant[54]
  • ΦΗΣPhi Eta Sigma, 1961-1973, freshman honors, dormant[54]
  • ΑΠΜAlpha Pi Mu, 1968-1972 (ACHS), industrial engineering honors, dormant[54]
  • ΣΔΠSigma Delta Pi, 1975-20xx (ACHS), Spanish and Portuguese honors, dormant?[103][112]
  • ΠΣΑPi Sigma Alpha. 2003-20xx (ACHS), political science honors, dormant?[103]

Professional societies[edit]

Professional societies work to build friendship bonds among members, cultivate their strengths that they may promote their profession, and provide mutual assistance in their shared areas of professional study.

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Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are primarily co-ed and non-residential organizations, of an array of professional interests. Membership in a professional fraternity may be the result of a pledge process, much like a social fraternity, and members are expected to remain loyal and active in the organization for life. Within the group of societies dedicated to a professional field of study, for example, law societies, membership is exclusive; however, these societies may initiate members who belong to other types of fraternities. Professional Societies are known for networking and post-collegiate involvement. Governance varies from faculty-managed to purely student run.

PFA indicates members of the Professional Fraternity Association

Active chapters

  • ΓΑGamma Alpha, 1899 biological science graduate students (co-op)
  • ΦΔΕPhi Delta Epsilon, 1904 (PFA), medical
  • ΑΨAlpha Psi, 1907, veterinary medicine, (residential)
  • ΩΤΣOmega Tau Sigma, 1911 (PFA), veterinary (residential)
  • ΑΧΣAlpha Chi Sigma, 1913 (PFA), chemistry (residential)
  • ΣΔΕSigma Delta Epsilon or GWIS, 1921, graduate women in science
  • ΦΑΔPhi Alpha Delta, 1925 (PFA), pre-law
  • ΦΣΠPhi Sigma Pi, 1994 (PFA), leadership and scholarship
  • ΑΚΨAlpha Kappa Psi, 1998 (PFA), business
  • ΣΑSigma Alpha, 2002 (PFA), women's, agriculture
  • ΔΣΠDelta Sigma Pi, 2004 (PFA), business
  • ΦΓΝPhi Gamma Nu, 2008 (PFA), business
  • ΠΛΣ Pi Lambda Sigma, 2017, government
  • ΠΣΕPi Sigma Epsilon, 2011 (PFA), sales and marketing
  • ΚΑΠKappa Alpha Pi, 2011, pre-law
  • ΘΤTheta Tau, 2012 (PFA), engineering
  • ΦΒΛPhi Beta Lambda-FBLA, 19xx, business[54]

Dormant chapters

  • ΝΣΝNu Sigma Nu, 1900-19xx, medical professional, national disbanded[113]
  • ΑΚΚAlpha Kappa Kappa, 1901-1941, medical professional, national disbanded[54]
  • ΔΘΦDelta Theta Phi, 1903-1953 (PFA), law, dormant[54]
  • ΓΗΓGamma Eta Gamma, 1909-1918, law, dormant[54]
  • ΣΔΧSigma Delta Chi, 1920-1959, [now SPJ] journalism, dormant[54]
  • ΦΧPhi Chi, 1921-1956, medical, dormant[54]
  • ΚΒΠKappa Beta Pi, 1921-1939 (PFA), was women's legal, dormant[114]
  • ΦΛΚPhi Lambda Kappa, 1928-1947 ?, medical, dormant[54]
  • ΚΔΕKappa Delta Epsilon, 1933-1960 (PFA), education, dormant[54]
  • ΚΦΚKappa Phi Kappa, 1934-1956, education, dormant[54]
  • ΦΔΓ Phi Delta Gamma, 1940-1953, women graduate students, dormant[54]

Service societies[edit]

Service societies are listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, if any; these are non-residential, co-ed organizations designed to provide campus and community service. These organizations are self-governed.

  • ΑΦΩAlpha Phi Omega, 1927 (PFA), service
  • Greeks Go Green, 20xx, local, environmentalism

Building and property ownership[edit]

Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966[edit]

The Delta Phi house at Cornell

During AY 1948-1949, Cornell University President Edmund Ezra Day formally distanced the University leadership from the increased discrimination which he observed at Cornell since 1910. His speech at the time marked the beginning an effort to end such unlawful practices, a goal to which the University remains committed.[citation needed] Following hearings into discrimination within Cornell's system of private fraternities and sororities, fifteen fraternities liquidated private holdings and entered into the Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966, or CURP'66, an agreement which required all signatories to refrain from unlawful discrimination.[115] The majority of CURP ’66 houses are on the Cornell West Campus. The Plan created a system of 'living and learning' by Small Residence.

Each Group House was to be maintained by a Priority Group electing its Group Sponsor. Phi Kappa Psi, for instance, sponsored Group House No. IV d/b/a/ The Irving Literary Society, and developed its parcel on Cornell's West Campus. Cornell desired an academic atmosphere in student residence “units” providing appropriate facilities for intellectual and cultural activities and by encouraging student participation in these pursuits.[116] CURP ’66 was not simply the creation of University-owned fraternities and sororities, but a plan to provide a supplement to the University-maintained dormitory complex, the existing Cornell Greek System, off-campus apartments and rooming houses. The vision was to organize “Small Residences” together, regardless of their national or local orientation as fraternities or cooperatives.[116] The University program provided for no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin. The issue of gender was addressed in the equal promotion of female, male and gender neutral Group Houses.[117] In 1997, Cornell's president, Hunter Rawlings, reaffirmed the Board of Trustees' commitment to the Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966.[118]

The current CURP ’66 was created from an existing University leasing system dating to the 1881 decision by Andrew Dickson White to favor fraternities over dormitories. White thought fraternities “’[would] arouse in the students a feeling of responsibility both for the care of the property and for the reputation of the house . . . [and] fastens upon [students’] duties and responsibilities similar to those of men in the active world was among the better solutions of the problems [of] . . . students in American universities.’”[119]:33-34 White’s vision, in turn, develop from the professional analysis of American architect and planner, Frederick Law Olmsted, who saw the erection of residential clubhouses on Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act as a reform over the barracks-like dormitories used by existing American universities and colleges.[120] Like White, Olmsted felt clubhouses maintained by the students would form part of the educational experience. They were to be modeled on the typical rural household of the era, small country villas thought to avoid the negative aspects of the Industrial revolution.[119]:21-23

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CURP signatories

  • Group House No. I, possessed by Delta Kappa Epsilon, signatory since 1960, 13 South Avenue (in residence);
  • Group House No. II, possessed by Delta Tau Delta, signatory since June 8, 1960, 104 Mary Anne Wood Drive (in residence);
  • Group House No. III, Chi Phi ('Craigielea'), signatory since Nov. 15, 1960, 107 Edgemoor Lane (in residence);
  • Group House No. IV, 'Ivy,' possessed by Phi Kappa Psi ('The Gables'), signatory since Nov. 30, 1959, 525 Stewart Avenue, service deliveries to 120 Mary Anne Wood Drive; Phi Psi is also the successor organization to the Irving Literary Society. First to sign into the revised Group Housing Plan in 1959, it was fourth in accession due to negotiations over the sale of its property at 312 Thurston Avenue, the former Wyckoff Mansion (in residence);
  • Group House No. V, possessed by Sigma Phi Epsilon, signatory since 1962, 109 McGraw Place (in residence);
  • Group House No. VI, possessed by Delta Upsilon, signatory since 1962, 6 South Avenue (in residence);
  • Group House No. VII, occupied by Phi Sigma Sigma, and formerly possessed by Kappa Alpha, which was a signatory in 1991 (signing was delayed for three decades, for reasons unknown), 14 South Avenue;
  • Group House No. VIII, possessed by Zeta Psi, signatory since 1963, 534 Thurston Avenue, (in residence);
  • Group House No. IX, since been torn down, once occupied by Sigma Alpha Mu, and formerly possessed by Chi Omega, signatory since 1963, 10 Sisson Place, on North Campus;[121]
  • Group House X, occupied by University Residence Life, 201 Thurston Avenue, and formerly possessed by Lambda Upsilon Lambda, signatory since 1965, when the CURP program was closed out in favor of a return to individual leasing.

Chapters with University-owned facilities under other agreements[edit]

The Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966 was based on agreements with other institutions, dating from 1933 to 1952, and after 1965:

  • Kappa Alpha Theta, 519 Stewart Ave
  • Psi Upsilon, 2 Forest Park Ln
  • Sigma Phi, 1 Forest Park Ln
  • Kappa Sigma, 600 University Avenue
  • Lambda Upsilon Lambda, 722 University Avenue
  • Phi Gamma Delta ('The Oaks'), 118 McGraw Pl[122]
  • Sigma Alpha Mu, subleased from Sigma Alpha Epsilon ('Hillcrest'), 122 McGraw Pl
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon, 109 McGraw Pl

Chapters with privately owned facilities[edit]

Many fraternities and sororities have remained outside the ambit of University ownership. As of October 2017, these chapters include the following:

  • Acacia[123] (“Northcote”[124]), 318 Highland Rd
  • Alpha Chi Omega, 210 Thurston Ave
  • Alpha Delta Phi,[123] 777 Stewart Ave
  • Alpha Epsilon Phi, 435 Wyckoff Rd
  • Alpha Epsilon Pi[123] (“Thurston Manor”[125]), 140 Thurston Ave
  • Alpha Gamma Rho,[123] 203 Highland Ave
  • Alpha Phi, 411 Thurston Ave
  • Alpha Sigma Phi[123] (“Rockledge”[126]), 804 Stewart Ave
  • Alpha Tau Omega,[123] 625 University Ave
  • Alpha Xi Delta, 40 Ridgewood Rd
  • Alpha Zeta,[123] 214 Thurston Ave
  • Beta Theta Pi[123] (“Castle on the Rock”[127]), 100 Ridgewood Rd
  • Chi Psi,[123] 810 University Ave
  • Delta Chi[123] (“The Knoll”[128]), 102 The Knoll
  • Delta Delta Delta, 118 Triphammer Rd[129]
  • Delta Gamma, 117 Triphammer Rd
  • Delta Phi[123] (“Llenroc”), 100 Cornell Ave
  • Kappa Alpha Theta, 519 Stewart Ave
  • Kappa Delta, 109 Triphammer Rd
  • Kappa Delta Rho,[123] 312 Highland Rd
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma, 508 THurston Ave
  • Lambda Chi Alpha[123] (“Edgemoor”[130]), 125 Edgemoor Ln
  • Phi Delta Theta,[123] 2 Ridgewood Rd
  • Phi Kappa Tau,[123] 106 The Knoll
  • Phi Mu, 509 Wyckoff Rd
  • Phi Sigma Kappa,[123] 702 University Ave
  • Pi Beta Phi, 330 Triphammer Rd
  • Pi Kappa Alpha,[123] 17 South Ave
  • Seal and Serpent,[123] 305 Thurston Ave
  • Sigma Chi[123] (“Greystone”[131]), 106 Cayuga Heights Rd
  • Sigma Delta Tau, 115 Ridgewood Rd
  • Sigma Nu,[123] 230 Willard Wy
  • Sigma Pi,[123] 730 University Ave
  • Tau Kappa Epsilon (“Westbourne Manor”),[132] 105 Westbourne Ln
  • Theta Delta Chi,[123] 800 University Ave
  • Zeta Beta Tau,[123] 1 Edgecliff Pl

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  87. ^ΔΓ address in 2016, 117 Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
  88. ^ΑΦ address in 2016, 411 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
  89. ^ΔΔΔ address in 2016, 118 Triphammer Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
  90. ^ΚΔ address in 2016, 109 Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
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  93. ^ΑΞΔ address in 2016, 40 Ridgewood, Ithaca, NY 14850
  94. ^ΠΒΦ address in 2016, 330 Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
  95. ^ΑΈΦ address in 2016, 435 Wyckoff Ave Ithaca, NY 14850
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Pi Kappa Alpha
ΠΚΑ
FoundedMarch 1, 1868; 151 years ago
University of Virginia
TypeSocial
ScopeInternational
Colors Garnet
Old Gold
SymbolThe Oak Tree, Shield & Diamond, Dagger & Key
Flag
FlowerLily of the Valley
JewelDiamond
PublicationShield and Diamond
Chapters225[1]
Members15,590 (2014)[2] collegiate
295,000[1] lifetime
NicknamePikes
Headquarters8347 West Range Cove
Memphis, Tennessee
United States
Websitewww.pikes.org

Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠΚΑ), commonly known as PIKE, is a college fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1868. The fraternity has over 225 chapters and colonies across the United States and abroad with over 15,500 undergraduate members and 295,000 lifetime initiates.

Kappa

The fraternity's vision statement is 'To set the standard of integrity, intellect, and achievement for our members, host institutions, and the communities in which we live.'[3]

  • 4Foundation and educational programs

History[edit]

Pi Kappa Alpha was founded on March 1, 1868, at 47 West Range (The Range) at the University of Virginia by six graduate students: Robertson Howard, Julian Edward Wood, James Benjamin Sclater Jr., Frederick Southgate Taylor, Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford and William Alexander.[4] On March 1, 1869, exactly one year after the Alpha chapter at the University of Virginia was formed, the Beta chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was founded at Davidson College.[5] Theta chapter, at Rhodes College, took over the responsibilities of Alpha chapter when the Fraternity was in decline in its infancy. John Shaw Foster, a junior founder from Theta chapter, helped to reestablish Alpha chapter at the University of Virginia. Theta chapter is the longest continual running chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, having been founded in 1878. After almost a decade of decline, Pi Kappa Alpha was 're-founded' as part of the Hampden–Sydney Convention, held in a dorm room at Hampden–Sydney College. The four delegates to the Hampden–Sydney Convention are referred to as the Junior Founders. Pi Kappa Alpha was not originally organized as a sectional fraternity, however by constitutional provision it became so in 1889.[6] It remained a southern fraternity until the New Orleans Convention in 1909 when Pi Kappa Alpha officially declared itself a national organization.[7]

Like many other social fraternities at the time, Pi Kappa Alpha limited its membership to white men. The race restriction was removed in 1964.[8]

Rituals[edit]

Its rituals are based on Independent Order of Odd Fellows.[9]

Shield & Diamond[edit]

Shield & Diamond is the official quarterly publication of Pi Kappa Alpha. It was first printed in December 1890 by Robert Adger Smythe, the then Grand Secretary and Treasurer, under the name The Pi Kappa Alpha Journal. The name was changed to Shield & Diamond in 1891.[7]

Foundation and educational programs[edit]

Pike University[edit]

Pike University is the name used for all of the fraternity's leadership programs. The program is administered by the fraternity's professional staff.[10]Founded in 1948 as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization for charitable, literary & educational purposes. Events held by the university include International Convention, the Academy, the Chapter Executives Conference, and several regional Leadership Summits. Pike University grants more than $100,000 in scholarships each year.

The Pike Foundation[edit]

In 1948, Pi Kappa Alpha established and chartered the 'Pi Kappa Alpha Memorial Foundation' as a 501(c)(3) organization.[11] The foundation grants $350,000 in scholarships and grants to undergraduate members each year. It also provides funding to the fraternity and its chapters for leadership programs, scholarships, and chapter house facilities. The foundation grants initiation fee scholarships to undergraduates inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Order of Omega, Phi Kappa Phi, and Tau Beta Pi honoraries.[7][12] The Pike Foundation also maintains and operates the Memorial Headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. This facility houses professional staffs, the Harvey T. Newell Library, and the Freeman Hart Museum.[13] The building is a war memorial built in 1988 to recognize the military services of members who died in the line of duty.[13] A Gold Star Memorial was dedicated on August 1, 2008.[13][14][15]

Controversies and sexual assault cases[edit]

Alpha

In 1976, Samuel Mark Click, a pledge at Texas Tech University, was killed participating in a scavenger hunt as part of a hazing event. He was trying to collect a letter that was under a railroad tie when he was hit by a train.[16]

In 1988, three Pi Kappa Alpha members at Florida State University were charged in the sexual battery of a freshman female student. The victim was left in the hallway of another fraternity house.[17] The case made national headlines for weeks.[18] The fraternity members all struck plea deals,[19] and the fraternity was banned from the school for twelve years. Pi Kappa Alpha was allowed to return to the school in 2000 despite strong protests.[20]

In 1988, several members of Pi Kappa Alpha were arrested for a sexual assault that took place at Stetson University.[17]

In 2002, Albert Santos, a pledge at the University of Nevada at Reno, drowned in a lake participating in a hazing ritual. He and several pledges were told to swim in a lake in their underwear but Santos could not swim. The fraternity was banned from the campus after his death. Santos' family sued the university and fraternity for negligence.[21][21]

In 2007, the chapter at the University of Central Florida was shut down after the fraternity racked up more than 20 misconduct and hazing violations.[17][22]

In 2008, 10 Pike members were arrested at Tulane University for pouring boiling hot water on pledges. The chapter was also accused of drugging and sexually assaulting several female students at the fraternity's annual bacchanal.[23]

Florida International University suspended the fraternity in 2013 after the discovery of photos on Facebook of hazing and drug deals, as well as sexually explicit photos of women taken without their consent.[24][25][26]

The UNC-Charlotte chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was suspended after student placed in IC for alcohol-related hazing in 2013.[27] In 2014 a county judge dismissed charges against three members, and found the fourth not guilty. The university found the fraternity guilty of hazing, and suspended its charter for eight years.[28]

In 2010, the chapter at Cornell University was placed on suspension for four years “due to its history of alcohol and hazing-related infractions over several years, which culminated in a Jan. 22, 2010, incident involving underage and high-risk drinking,” according to the Cornell Chronicle. The chapter was suspended again in March 2017 for violating university rules.[29]

In October 2012, the fraternity was suspended at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville following the hospitalization of a member for alcohol poisoning due to alleged 'butt-chugging'.[30]

Pi Kappa Alpha Secrets

In 2012, Pi Kappa Alpha pledge David Bogenberger died of a cardiac arrhythmia triggered by alcohol poisoning. According to police, Bogenberger and other pledges at an unsanctioned Northern Illinois University event were pressured into drinking large quantities of alcohol in a two-hour time.[31] Bogenberger and 18 other pledges drank to unconsciousness. Five fraternity officers and 17 other members were convicted of misdemeanors in one of the largest hazing prosecutions in U.S. history. The chapter was suspended by the fraternity.[32]

Pi Kappa Alpha Cornell University

In 2014, the leaders of the fraternity's University of Arkansas chapter were asked to resign following an unauthorized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day party that incorporated racist stereotypes.[33][34]

In April 2014, the fraternity lost its charter at the University of Virginia due to hazing pledges,[35] however the school and the national fraternity agreed to let the chapter return for fall 2014 under an agreement that moved most Juniors and Seniors to early Alumni status and appointed a board of local fraternity alumni to oversee the group.[36]

In 2015, the former fraternity chapter president at Utah State University was charged with forcible sexual abuse, a felony, after allegedly inappropriately touching a female fellow student passed out at a party.[37]

In 2015, one member and four pledges of Pi Kappa Alpha from the University of Mississippi were arrested and charged with assault for leaving a Sigma Pi fraternity member with a concussion, broken ear drum, and broken teeth after a violent beating.[38] The Pi Kappa Alpha member and pledges were trying to steal a donkey statue from the Sigma Pi house as part of a fraternity initiation task before the fight. The students involved were dismissed/expelled from the fraternity.[39]

In March 2015, the chapter at the University of South Carolina was suspended after a Pike member was found dead in a private home near campus that had beer kegs and St. Patrick Day decorations on the porch. The Richland County Coroner's Office called it a 'suspicious death'.[40]

In November 2016, the chapter at Louisiana State University placed itself voluntary suspension after a woman reported to authorities she was a victim of sexual battery by an unidentified white man in the backyard of the fraternity house during a 'PIKE's Peak' party.[41] However, the school's investigation of the chapter was closed in early December due to insufficient evidence and lack of contact with the victim.[42]

In March 2017, a Harris County Grand Jury indicted the University of Houston chapter for extreme hazing. Their pledges were severely deprived from adequate water, food, and sleep, and one was body slammed resulting in a lacerated spleen. The chapter was placed under suspension until 2023 and given a $10,000 fine.[43]

In May 2017, the chapter at California State University, Chico was charged with illegally cutting down 32 trees in the Lassen National Forest during an initiation of new pledges. They were also charged with possession of a firearm and conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the United States. The chapter was placed on suspension pending the outcome of the federal investigation.[44] In October 2017, the chapter was sentenced to 9,800 hours of community service and a $4,000 fine after pleading guilty to cutting down and damaging trees in the Lassen National Forest by the U.S. District Court.[45]

On October 2, 2017 the chapter at Kennesaw State University was issued a cease and desist order by the university administration for repeatedly violating the student codes of conduct.[46]

In September 2017, the chapter at Iowa State University was suspended for misuse of alcoholic beverages, and for failure to appear at a university adjudication. The suspension was lifted on August 20, 2018.[47]

In the fall of 2017, the chapter at University of Massachusetts Amherst was indefinitely suspended for hazing allegations. Members of the chapter were procuring alcohol for a minor during a hazing ritual which led to hospitalization due to alcohol poisoning.[48]

In March 2018, the chapter at Southern Methodist University was suspended for four and a half years for hazing of pledges that included forcing them to drink alcohol, and forcing them to eat foods like onions and habanero peppers and drink milk. The Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Gamma Delta fraternities at SMU had also been recently suspended for similar offenses before the Pikes were.[49][50]

Pi Kappa Alpha Letters

List of Pi Kappa Alpha brothers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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