Michigan Greek Mythology: Pike

Michigan Greek Mythology: Pike
Forecast: Partly metro with 100% chance of vanity

Since greek life is huge at U of M, I'm starting a new segment where I highlight a different frat and sorority and break them down based on the parties I've been to and the people I've encountered in each. This may be a completely, inaccurate, baseless and untrue representation of each organization but whatever, I do what I want.

Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) is a siren song to many freshmen early on in their college careers, both male and female. The girls are seduced by their winning smiles, deliberately selected outfits, and endless supply of fruit flavored mixed drinks. The guys, such as myself admittedly, want access to these girls on a regular basis and are thus lured into joining. But right from the start you can tell that things are a bit off there. This is how I got my bid at Pike freshman year:

Pike Guy:
Enjoying the party? (sips margarita)
Johnny Quest: Yeah it's pretty cool.
PG: So John says you worked at Abercrombie.
JQ: Uhh yeah, last year.
PG: Did you play any sports in high school?
JQ: Yeah, football and baseball.
PG: Do you want a bid here?
JQ: Do you even know my name?

Here's the thing with Pike. If you get past the sick house with a multi-level dance floor full of hot girls, you're only left with a bunch of ex-lacrosse players in pink Abercrombie button-ups, which incidentally seems to be the only thing they want you to be if they're considering letting you pledge. In addition to being known campus wide as "sorority boys," there are so many Pikes that a year or so ago, a fight broke out between two of them and they didn't even know they were brothers. Go to their parties, drink their fruity drinks and take their girls home with you, but don't go any deeper than that. If you cross over, you won't come back.

Campus rep: 8/10
Douche factor: 9/10
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Anonymous
You are ****ing brilliant. Posted 06/26/2007 8:11 PMReply
Anonymous
yeah except the guys in PIKE aren't that hot Posted 06/26/2007 8:58 PMReply
Anonymous
pike sucks. Posted 08/21/2007 8:41 PMReply
Anonymous
haha you guys are all jokes...please go kill yourselves Posted 08/25/2007 1:44 PMReply
Anonymous
You seem to think of yourself as some savant who feels free to make broad judgements about large groups of people based on trivial and momentary interactions. If you're so smart and so clearly cultured, especially enough to judge everyone around you, why are you using terms like gay, especially in such a negative and condescending way? If you are who you present yourself to be, then you wouldn't be using language like that, it shows you're just a whiny loser who needs to put others down to make yourself feel better. Good luck with that, by the way, what's with all of the LaCrosse shit? Did you get cut from the team or something? Posted 08/28/2007 2:48 PMReply
Johnny Quest
Nah my school didn't have a lacrosse team. Posted 08/28/2007 6:03 PMReply
Anonymous
No one likes PIKE, fyi. Posted 09/14/2007 06:34 AMReply
Anonymous
No one, or just you? Posted 09/14/2007 11:00 AMReply
Anonymous
I think the only annoying thing about PIKE is that they win everything. Posted 09/14/2007 6:52 PMReply
Anonymous
No one. Posted 09/16/2007 2:15 PMReply
Anonymous
yea, pike sucks. they are ****s and they think they are so ****ing cool when they are actually big douchebags. And they aren't hot. Posted 09/21/2007 12:03 PMReply
Anonymous
laughing stock of the greek scene Posted 10/01/2007 5:08 PMReply
Anonymous
haha i just became a pledge at PIKE I personally believe I just upped the hotness factor and lowered the douche factor
its not that bad
Posted 10/02/2007 8:02 PMReply
Anonymous
Wow, you suck. Posted 10/02/2007 8:36 PMReply
Anonymous
haha no how could you possibly come to this conclusion kind sir? Posted 10/02/2007 9:09 PMReply
Johnny Quest
"I just upped the hotness factor and lowered the douche factor"

the first part of your sentence disproves the second part
Posted 10/02/2007 9:44 PMReply
Anonymous
I am actually a PIKE pledge and I can guarantee that no pledge brother of mine would ever say "I just upped the hotness factor and lowered the douche factor" so that guy must be in SigEp or something.
All these rants about us being pussy and "sorority boys" is ridiculous my pledge class is here to party and show you what PIKE is about.

JQ
Your blogs are funny as shit I just wish I actually fit your description of PIKE
(I have never worn A&F in my life and polos just arent my style and definitely dont play lax football is more my sport)

Keep It Up This site is great (all you people should stop getting offended its just his opinion and great fun)
Posted 10/03/2007 08:28 AMReply
Anonymous
hahaha these blogs are hilarious bc they are pretty dead on. The boys at Pike are pretty cute, but you can't really take them too seriously because they do try to be really fratty and you have to consider the douche factor
i wouldn't put it pass one of them to think they "upped the hottness factor"
Posted 10/12/2007 5:47 PMReply
Anonymous
i wouldn't put it past* Posted 10/12/2007 5:49 PMReply
Anonymous
Pikes are a joke Posted 10/16/2007 3:35 PMReply
Anonymous
The fact that him and his pledge class are here to "party" just makes me laugh.

I remember a buddy of mine was hooking up at pike and a brother of pike walked in on him and asked if he was a brother.

Im glad that they know who their fellow "brothers" are in their OWN house.

sounds like a joke to m
Posted 10/20/2007 6:05 PMReply
Anonymous
"remember a buddy of mine was hooking up at pike and a brother of pike walked in on him and asked if he was a brother."

As a brother in the aforementioned fraternity, I hear this rumor frequently, and I don't think there's much truth in it. The only situation where something like this may have taken place is when we have new pledge classes. Since we have a large house and rather large pledge classes, it takes a pretty long time for pledges to be fully introduced to older brothers who live out of the house and may have been consumed with responsibilities like studying for the LSATs or working on their job search. Also, if a brother has been away for a semester on study abroad, it's possible that they have not yet met the new initiates. Events such as this occur in all fraternities, but we keep hearing this over and over because our house is particularly large.

Regardless, these greek profiles are hilarious.
Posted 10/22/2007 07:07 AMReply
Anonymous
i agree with that comment--sororities are the same way. with over 50 girls in a new pledge class and 100-150 sisters, it isn't always easy to meet everyone within the first few weeks and remember all their names, especially if they aren't particularly active. other big fraternities, both here and at different schools, have the same problem. But by having the big numbers, they are also capable of moving more money in their philanthropy and having more control of the greek system. Posted 10/22/2007 10:11 AMReply
Anonymous
GO BETA! Posted 10/22/2007 6:48 PMReply
Anonymous
FRAT!!! Posted 10/22/2007 9:10 PMReply
Anonymous
What do Pike's win? They don't win IFC awards and they dont win more than one IM sport a year. If you could count how many freshman came through their house during welcome week, they'd probably win that I guess. Posted 10/23/2007 10:26 AMReply
Anonymous
Greek Week 2 Years in a row, Best Fraternity to Party by the Daily, about half of the IM sports, most community service hours, tied with FIJI for philanthropy, recruitment, international awards, outstanding student org by the university....what else do you want to know? Posted 10/23/2007 12:46 PMReply
Anonymous
also gayest boy scouts on campus to boot Posted 10/23/2007 4:03 PMReply
Anonymous
Whoever above said that pike is the laughing tock of the greek scene...that is 100% correct. At most schools pikes are gelled hair meatheads (and there are definitely lots of those in michigan pike), but collectively they are just plain tools. They think they are fratty, and you will see them attempting to dress like Beta, SAE, and the southern section of phi psi in seersucker, croakies, and topsiders. In actuality most of them are either east coast douches or midwest trash. Nevertheless you still see a lot of hair gel, hollister, and cargo shorts. Also, they don't seem to realize how every other house, from SAE on down, just rips on them, but you have to give them credit. They still pull the top sororities, and as long as stupid girls in tridelt and alpha phi keep going over there, they have no reason to change. Oh yeah...they're "polo rush pike" rush shirts just scream "TRYING TO HARD!" I'm predicting they will get beaten out for a tridelt pregame for the third year in a row. Posted 10/23/2007 10:06 PMReply
Anonymous
NO ONE CARES ABOUT GREEK WEEK Posted 10/24/2007 09:16 AMReply
Anonymous
I doubt many in Phi Psi, SAE, or Beta are from the South. They're primarily posers from everywhere but pretending to be "fratty." Just because you wear seersucker or croakies doesn't make you sweet. Posted 10/24/2007 1:46 PMReply
Anonymous
that is true, but SAE and beta brought the concept of "southern FRAT" to michigan several years ago. Phi psi does have some southerners, but they were immediately to follow. Then it started to trickle down through the greek system, and pike officially ruined it. Now lower tier houses like sigep and chi psi do it. nevertheless pike is still full of tools Posted 10/24/2007 4:35 PMReply
Anonymous
'FRAT' is the lamest ****ing thing i've ever heard. no one is bring 'southern frat' to michigan and houses like SAE and beta are just as full of douchebag losers as any other house Posted 10/24/2007 8:24 PMReply
Anonymous
"PIKE" is the lamest ****ing thing i've ever heard... Posted 10/24/2007 8:40 PMReply
Johnny Quest
no names Posted 10/25/2007 6:32 PMReply
Dahveed02
Pike is not that bad I myself was ATO Greek life as a whole is what you describe of pink shirt collar poppin guys if you don't like it don't rush. There is no one forcing you to come to greek parties. Posted 10/27/2007 10:59 AMReply
Anonymous
beta is legitimate if they can even come close to beating sae in that ****ing rigged mud bowl game. way to stick it in the face of the ifc. Posted 10/28/2007 01:06 AMReply
Anonymous
SAE putting PIKE against FIJI in the first round was hilarious Posted 10/28/2007 09:29 AMReply
Anonymous
Yeah I love how Beta has to play 3 tiny-ass houses before their final. Theta Chi (who's team is actually half GDI recruits) had to play in a bracket with Pike, FIJI, and Phi Psi. Those teams ****ed each other up so bad that whoever came out of that side had no chance against Beta the next day.

Either way mudbowl is still epic.
Posted 10/28/2007 3:35 PMReply
Anonymous
Actually, aepi was probably the 2nd best team in the tourney after Beta, and Beta beat them in the semi-final. The Pike and fiji teams were jokes, and Phi Psi's qb was awful. Posted 10/28/2007 3:53 PMReply
Anonymous
Pike bros are the guys who couldn't get into any other house, so act like complete ****s to everyone. They throw alright parties, but have no reason to act like they do. **** Pike Posted 10/29/2007 5:11 PMReply
Anonymous
pike = tools Posted 10/29/2007 8:34 PMReply
Anonymous
I actually know a lot of Pike guys, and they are real nice genuine guys who, to be honest, are more humble and a lot chiller than SAE BETA etc. On that same note, there are a few noticeable dbags who represent the house as a whole. It seems as if stereotypes of specific frats are based on a few obnoxious guys, but not all. Yet the younger guys are not nearly as lame as some of the older seniors, and the younger guys are really really cool. Furthermore, nobody realizes that Pike, for instance, is almost half jewish and those guys could easily be stereotypical AEPi guys. Just my two cents... Posted 10/29/2007 10:29 PMReply
Anonymous
pike is not a legitimate Fraternity Posted 11/08/2007 07:50 AMReply
Anonymous
If you claim that "frat" can trickle down through the greek system, you're not frat. The idea is that the entire greek community should be the ones to dress classy. Keep in mind that northerners can't even be frat in the first place. So don't say you're fratty, you're from the north. Posted 11/26/2007 7:58 PMReply
Anonymous
no shit...sae and beta started the whole southern frat at michigan thing. call it what you will-a farce, stupid, wannabe posers, whatever-but i think it was cool, albeit in a comical sense-in its own, unique way. Then, PIKE caught on and ruined it...**** PIKE. At least theta chi and aepi stick to their roots of abercrombie, sideways flatbrimmed hats, and hair gel Posted 11/26/2007 10:04 PMReply
Anonymous
that's east coast jew...not 'frat'. Posted 11/27/2007 3:50 PMReply
Anonymous
i think thats what he meant...at least theta chis and aepis realize they are east coast jews, dress the stereotype, and arent posers trying to be southern which apparently sae and beta started Posted 11/27/2007 9:57 PMReply
Anonymous
ok my AEPi is more animal house than abercrombie, sideways flatbrimmed hats, and hair gel, but i partied at pike (which has no jews)and every five minutes it was dont sit here its the special chair or dont lean here, its the wall of something, and the drinks sucked Posted 12/09/2007 5:35 PMReply
Anonymous
ahahahaah those pics are hilarious Posted 12/19/2007 07:06 AMReply
Anonymous
did pike abandon the attempt to dress fratty? i havent seen any pikes doing it. or maybe theyre just doing it wrong. Posted 12/23/2007 9:07 PMReply
Anonymous
Its hard to wear plaid shorts in the winter. Posted 12/24/2007 5:52 PMReply
Anonymous
pike's preppy wear comes from abercrombie and hollister. they were the losers in high school with spiked hair and cargos. Posted 12/24/2007 6:47 PMReply
Anonymous
i have seen pikes wear seersucker after labor day...frat foul Posted 12/25/2007 12:02 AMReply
Anonymous
the abercrombie employee said its cool to wear seersucker whenever. fratttaayy Posted 12/25/2007 08:56 AMReply
Anonymous
I hear PIKE at Florida is practically the same as PIKE at Michigan...maybe at the Capital One Bowl they should have a FRAT-OFF. I'm putting money on the UF PIKEs because they have the Jort factor on their side Posted 12/27/2007 12:51 PMReply
Anonymous
typical. a pike thinking that all that embodies fratitude is "plaid shorts". Posted 12/28/2007 10:10 PMReply
Anonymous
i was at a mixer with pike, at pike. and this guy comes up to me and goes "hi, my names mike, i'm in pike"

i'd say that pretty much sums them up
Posted 01/25/2008 10:33 AMReply
Anonymous
pike is gay Posted 02/05/2008 1:08 PMReply
Anonymous
would you rather be in pike or beta? probably pike cause they didnt get kicked off campus and turned into gdis. too soon? Posted 02/05/2008 6:15 PMReply
Anonymous
ive been sleeping with a pike for a while now and its more then frat. he knows how to lay the pipe.
countttt it
Posted 02/05/2008 6:31 PMReply
Anonymous
@ Anonymous: Are you retarded? Do you know what a bid is? or how it's given? you didn't get a ****ing bid you moron. I know a lot of pikes and maybe you should comment on how they dress and more on how they are the second largest charity fund raising group on campus after UMDM. Take that kids advice and go kill yourself... Posted 02/05/2008 6:55 PMReply
Anonymous
Naw, im in SAE and pike has good guys as well as douche bags, every frat has the same thing. The sad thing is that people take this greek thing wayyy to seriously. You guys are all ****s for responding to this.. Ironically now I am a **** for responding Posted 02/05/2008 7:02 PMReply
Anonymous
pike pike pike Posted 02/05/2008 7:04 PMReply
Anonymous
i rushed pike and did not get a bid. They are all great guys and the girls that I see on campus with Pike stuff are insanely hot. I never see girls wearing any other frats names. When i rushed other places and went to other frats parties, it was always a cockfest but they call it a great brotherhood. I wish i got a bid at pike but now i am a brother at my frat which "loves brotherhood" Posted 02/05/2008 7:24 PMReply
Johnny Quest
@ Anonymous: please keep coming up with these stories, they're making my night. Have you guys really just discovered this post? Posted 02/05/2008 7:49 PMReply
Anonymous
they are the new winter pledges... all 5 of them Posted 02/05/2008 9:18 PMReply
Anonymous
i have the largest cock in the Greek system. All of 3 inches

- hot DKE dude
Posted 02/06/2008 09:19 AMReply
Anonymous
PIKE's State St. house said "FRAT" in Christmas lights. so legit. Posted 02/06/2008 3:24 PMReply
Anonymous
real easy way to solve this...anyone who thinks Pike is full of queers can come out and say it to one of us...then get their shit stomped. Posted 02/06/2008 6:27 PMReply
Anonymous
yeah because there is 5,000 of you Posted 02/06/2008 6:50 PMReply
Anonymous
there are 5,000...how did you get into college? Posted 02/06/2008 8:43 PMReply
Anonymous
nah there are one o fme, thats more than enough. Posted 02/06/2008 9:37 PMReply
Anonymous
last year there was a PIKE SAE fight at skeeps....the kid from PIKE shed blood Posted 02/06/2008 11:03 PMReply
Anonymous
PIKE is full of queers... Posted 02/17/2008 11:48 AMReply
Anonymous
YO **** PIKE, **** SAE, **** ALL THE FRATS. RUSH GDI BABY! Posted 02/20/2008 8:11 PMReply
Anonymous
also calling it PIKE in all caps when that's not even its abbreviation kinda sounds like calling OSU The Ohio State University Posted 02/22/2008 10:31 AMReply
Anonymous
and likewise people in PIKE capitalize it because they think they are the shit, and the rest of the Greek system capitalizes PIKE to make fun of their toolishness Posted 02/22/2008 11:10 PMReply
Anonymous
i feel like Pike is the NY Yankees of the greek system; everyone just loves to hate them.

-incoming freshman who, after reading all this shit, is definitely not rushing Pike
Posted 02/25/2008 08:37 AMReply
Anonymous
pike likes male pipe Posted 03/03/2008 8:36 PMReply
Anonymous
The Yankees comparison is a little off because the Yankees are actually good and a solidly run organization which is well liked. Posted 03/07/2008 10:53 AMReply
Anonymous
Pike isn't the yankees of the Greek system, it's the embarrassing metrosexual cousin at the family reunion Posted 03/07/2008 11:24 AMReply
Anonymous
NOT Posted 03/07/2008 1:37 PMReply
Anonymous
I met some pikes at Miami today. They think Michigan's Pike is what most of us think about sigep. Posted 03/12/2008 2:54 PMReply
Anonymous
pike rocks! Posted 03/12/2008 4:25 PMReply
Anonymous
PIKE everywhere is the same...hair gel, man tans, abercrombie, laughing stock of the greek scene...except the difference at michigan is that girls love that shit so as long as skrappas and tridelts keep going over there, they have absolutely no reason to change Posted 03/12/2008 4:57 PMReply
Anonymous
Rush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_dyHYuHiMY Posted 03/18/2008 06:02 AMReply
Anonymous
PIKE ROCKS!! I ****ING LOOOOOOOOOOVE PIKE! PIKE FRAT HARD
<3 every girl
Posted 03/30/2008 1:57 PMReply
Anonymous
I got roofied at Pike Posted 03/30/2008 2:37 PMReply
Anonymous
^^^^BULLLLLLLSHIT <3 the girl Posted 03/30/2008 4:22 PMReply
Anonymous
that's a sigep, too Posted 03/30/2008 4:45 PMReply
Anonymous
Pike is the cutest sorority on campus. Posted 03/30/2008 5:50 PMReply
Anonymous
i cannot believe how many comments are on this page Posted 04/02/2008 11:05 AMReply
Anonymous
has anyone here ever even met a pike? Posted 04/03/2008 08:23 AMReply
Anonymous
nahh, why bother meeting one when Johnny Quest already told us they're all tools? i wont waste my time

It's kind of like how I had never really met an african american until i came to school, but I already knew what they were all about cuz my granpa Ray, a former Klan leader, told me before i got here


too soon?
Posted 04/03/2008 08:50 AMReply
Anonymous
I have, it was lackluster at best. Posted 04/03/2008 09:14 AMReply
Anonymous
triangle owns pike.... where is pike gonna go in 2 years? triangle is getting bigger and placed 5th in greek week Posted 04/04/2008 03:41 AMReply
Anonymous
pike placed first... and only like 35 kids from each house participate in greek week, it's hardly an indication of size Posted 04/04/2008 08:02 AMReply
Anonymous
ATL clearly had an advantage... UNITY=GREEK WEEK success... and DG and PIKE are two of the biggest houses on campus. I think the only bigger combo would be ADPi and PIKE. Solid win though, both variety and sing were pretty sick. Can't compete with the USA. Posted 04/04/2008 08:06 AMReply
Anonymous
theoretically, the larger house has a larger talent base which to choose from for things such as sing/variety/lip jam, as well as bigger guys for tug of war.

siggay did USA like 2-3 years ago, and their sucked by the by. partially because they focused on the sanfransico part of america



and pike adpi barely pulled it out last year. took a last second upset in sing.
Posted 04/04/2008 08:30 AMReply
Anonymous
^^^^ you're just jealous Posted 04/04/2008 09:05 AMReply
Anonymous
no one cares about greek week. being in a fraternity is for drinking, getting laid, making friends for life, and being generally irresponsible. If you want to do something philanthropic, do relay, dance marathon, or volunteer on your own. **** greek week. Posted 04/04/2008 09:27 AMReply
Anonymous
^^^^ you're just bitter b/c ATL DOMINATED!!!!! Posted 04/04/2008 09:54 AMReply
Anonymous
you mean there's people who don't drink before during and after greek week events? Posted 04/04/2008 10:38 AMReply
Anonymous
^^^^ you are a retard "there's people" there are people dumbass. Just because you don't get caught for pregaming a greek week event doesn't mean you did't pregame it...**** greek week and we still won. Posted 04/07/2008 11:45 PMReply
Anonymous
SAE is not southern frat...Southern frats wear shirts, like brooks bros, vineyard vines and polo. SAE doesn't like to wear shirts which is fine but it isn't southern frat. Phi Psi is eastern frat, not as eastern as guido theta chi but still eastern frat. The thing is, NO FRAT AT MICHIGAN IS A SOUTHERN FRAT. Southern greeks are ridiculous. Football play books are the second bibles and even gdi dress fratty. MI can try all it wants but it will never touch the south. Posted 04/08/2008 12:04 AMReply
Anonymous
^^ so true. being from the south myself, i have to say that the fraternities here with assorted grab bags of midwest and new york garbage try hard but are not southern frat Posted 04/08/2008 7:17 PMReply
Anonymous
Greek Week is ****ing gay. No wonder Pike placed first. Posted 04/09/2008 12:09 PMReply
Anonymous
In Brad Paisley's song "I'm Still A Guy," towards the end there is a verse that perfectly characterizes PIKE. Listen to it... Posted 04/28/2008 10:02 AMReply
Anonymous
I'm a Pike at Toledo and we had a party with UM Pikes and let me be just say that isn't how Pike is everywhere else. That's how our KDR and PiKapps are. Posted 05/16/2008 1:46 PMReply
Anonymous
dude my buddy at toledo said your house is gay Posted 05/16/2008 9:36 PMReply
Anonymous
Compared to the UM house. I mean it's on campus and it's looked over by the University. If we **** it up we can lose it. Posted 05/16/2008 11:45 PMReply
Anonymous
Anyone know Drew Donnell? Posted 06/23/2008 8:34 PMReply
Anonymous
In regards to the Southern Frat discussion above. I'm an SAE from the South and I am fraty as ****. I am kind of disappointed that ya'll have adopted our style. Its called Southern Frat for a reason. Stick to the guedo look or come to the South and Learn to Frat. Posted 06/30/2008 9:29 PMReply
Anonymous
A couple of things I got interviewed to join Pike it was basically a job interview what I did at school everything. So for all of you retards who think this is real you need to actually look at all of the pike chapters instead of just one Posted 07/09/2008 11:07 AMReply
Anonymous
GO **** YOURSELF U MOTHER ****ING SCUMBAG HOMO DICKFACE ASS MUNCHING ****... just go die Posted 09/06/2008 02:18 AMReply
Anonymous
GO **** YOURSELF U MOTHER ****ING SCUMBAG HOMO DICKFACE ASS MUNCHING ****... just go die Posted 09/06/2008 02:19 AMReply
Anonymous
i am a Pike from a different University..i just accidently hit this webiste an started to read some of these postings bashing my fraternity and i have a few things to say..For all you ****gets talkin shit you are the people PIKE would never bid and pledge you guys will never amount to anything and 10 yrs down the road will be pumpin gas into my maybach and staring at my supermodel wife, for all you hater bitches you are just to big of a pussy to even join anyways, and for the people guys or girls talkin shit you are just to big of pussy bitches to say this shit to a PIKES face so you put on a chat webiste you worthless pieces of shit. I dare all the haters to pledge an see what this amazing fraternity is about...TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A PIKE Posted 09/25/2008 5:57 PMReply
Anonymous
Who is this homo ^? Posted 10/20/2008 11:23 PMReply
Anonymous
The day is not far away when Triangle takes back the house that has always been theirs, and PIKE will be homeless. PIKE is bound to fade away with out the house they pride in so much. ****ing PIKE leasing a house from triangle. haha Posted 03/21/2009 4:23 PMReply

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