Q: What are the dues? A: $500 for
Associate Members, $750 for Active Brothers Q:
How much is it to live in the fraternity house?
A: $860 ($400 paid to UT, $400 to chapter, $60
for cable.) Q: How much is the house meal
plan? A: Typically $750 Q:
Do we haze? A: No, but associates
are expected to meet certain requirements/obligations.
Q: How much time does pledging take up?
A: About the time one would devote to a three
hour class.
Q: Do you have a variety of payment options?
A: Yes, a payment plan can be worked out.
Q: Is there a certain dress required?
A: Coat and tie for meetings, appropriate attire
for classes/functions.
Q: Are freshman allowed to live in the house?
A: Yes if they can get out of their housing
contracts and if space is available.
Q: Are there scholarships available?
A: There are scholarships for Juniors and Seniors
based on merit.
Q: Are there opportunities for younger members
to hold office? A: Yes, younger members
can hold office.
Q: Is there a minimum GPA to be initiated?
A: Yes, 2.00.
Q: What is your philanthropy?
A: PUSH America
Q: Are there additional educational opportunities?
A: Yes, Covey, Life 401, Pi Kapp College, and
MYLC.
Q: Are there mandatory study hours for associate
members? A: Yes, usually an hour or two
sessions, 3 times a week.
Q: Is extra academic help available?
A: Yes, help from brothers as well as outside
tutors.
Q: Are their pledge meetings?
A: Yes, usually on Monday nights for about
an hour.
Q: Do pledges clean the house?
A: Associates help Active Brothers to maintain
the shape of the house.
Q: Do pledges run "beeper"?
A: Associates help run and have access to sober
ride services.
Did You know?
...that Pi Kapps are involved in an array of campus
organizations and activities, such as SGA, IFC, Peer
Mentors, SAA, Orientation Leaders, and more!
...that every brother of Pi Kappa Phi has access to
a variety of leadership and life training for little
or no cost.
...that every associate member has a big brother charged
with helping him become a Pi Kapp.
...that we are in the top half of all fraternities
on Grades and size on this campus.
...that we have an average of three social events
per month that everyone including pledges can participate
in.
...that there are over twenty different academic majors
to which Alpha Sigma brothers belong.
...that Alpha Sigmas come from over 15 different states.
...that we have had members on the IFC executive board
for the last five out of six years.
...that we have an active brother on the SGA's executive
committee.
Famous Pi Kapps
Sports:
Tommy Lasorda - former L.A. Dodgers Manager, member
of the Baseball Hall of Fame
(alumni initiate)
Joe Sewell - former Cleveland Indians Infielder,
member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (Omicron, Alabama)
Jim Edmonds - All-Star Outfielder for the St. Louis
Cardinals (Zeta Rho, Cal St. Fullerton)
Robert Graziano - President/COO of the L.A. Dodgers
(Delta Rho, Southern Cal)
Wallace Butts - former University of Georgia Football
Coach, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
(Alpha Alpha, Mercer)
Bobby Jones - former NBA All-Star for the Philadelphia
76ers (Kappa, UNC)
"Cubic Zirconium" Dan Crownhart - World
Champion Funny Car Driver (Epsilon Mu, Bradley)
Entertainment:
Rich Eisen - ESPN Sportscenter Anchor (Alpha Kappa,
Michigan)
David Goodnow - CNN Headline News Anchor (Alpha Psi,
Indiana)
Randy Owen - Lead Singer of Alabama (Delta Epsilon,
Jacksonville State)
Trevor Pennick - Member of O-Town (Zeta Rho, Cal
St. Fullerton)
"Piano Boy" John Earnst - MTV's Singled
Out (Zeta Rho, Cal St. Fullerton)
Jerry "The King" Lawler - WWE Commentator/Wrestler
(Gamma Delta, Memphis)
Military & Government:
Howard Baker - former U.S. Senator, Senate Majority
Leader, Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan (Alpha
Sigma, Tennessee)
Fritz Hollings - current South Carolina Senator (Alpha,
College of Charleston)
Dr. James B. Edwards - former Governor of South Carolina,
Secretary of Energy under Ronald Reagan (Alpha, College
of Charleston)
Gaylord Nelson - former U.S. Senator (Gamma Nu, LaGrange)
Carroll Campbell - former Governor of South Carolina
(Sigma, South Carolina)
Ben Overton - former Chief Justice of the Florida
Supreme Court (Alpha Epsilon, Florida)
Alan Sundberg - former Justice of the Florida Supreme
Court (Alpha Epsilon, Florida)
Phillip Crane - current U.S. Congressman for Illinois
(Alpha Iota, Auburn)
George Bell Timmerman - former Governor of South
Carolina (Sigma, South Carolina)
Henry Fowler - former U.S. Treasury Secretary (Xi,
Roanoke)
Olin Johnson - former Governor of South Carolina
(Zeta, Woffard)
General John Yeosock - retired 4-Star U.S. Army General
(Alpha Mu, Penn State)
Literature & Science:
Thomas Wolfe - Author of Look Homeward Angel (Kappa,
UNC)
Bob Inman - Author of Home Fire Burning (Omicron,
Alabama)
Malcom Johnson - 1949 Pulitzer Prize Winner (Alpha
Alpha, Mercer)
Roger Crouch - NASA Astronaut on Space Shuttle Columbia
(Gamma Beta, Old Dominion)
Ed Lu - NASA Astronaut on Space Shuttle Atlantis
(Psi, Cornell)
Business:
Joe Forehand - CEO of Accenture (Alpha Iota, Auburn)
Richard Bartlett - Vice Chairman of Mary Kay Cosmetics
(Alpha Epsilon, Florida)
Mark Hollis - CEO of Publix Supermarkets (Alpha Epsilon,
Florida)
Pete Petit - CEO of Healthdyne Industries (Iota,
Georgia Tech)
Dennis Cakebread - Owner/Director of Sales for Cakebred
Cellars (Gamma, Cal)
