08/04/2026
As rush season is around the corner, we asked one of our newer brothers, Markus Alcantar, who serves as our current recruitment chair why he chose pike, he responded with:
“I used to be against the whole idea of joining a fraternity, I was fully convinced that i’d hate it. I felt like it wasn’t worth it or represented who I am as a person. I can proudly say that I misunderstood what it meant to be a part of a fraternity. Now I know that it’s to become part of something way bigger than me. PIKE isn’t your ordinary brotherhood. We share a proud power of resilience and high levels of trust and stick to our four columns no matter what. To be a scholar, doing our best to hold ourselves accountable in the classroom. To be leaders, leading by example everyday and not just to eachother, but for the public as well. To be athletes, we share that competitive spirit and carry expectations to keep winning, not just in sports, but in life too. And lastly, to be a gentleman, many people already prove they’re gentlemen, but pike helped me truly understand and apply those actions, not just to people I care about but in school, workplaces and publicly. I’ve learned so much more just throughout my first year being a PIKE and there is so much more to learn. For all the people who are skeptic of joining a fraternity like I was. All I can say now is to give it a chance. There’s way more to it than you think. The brothers really helped me find my place on campus. Now I always have support on my lowest and highest moments. PIKE helped me become a better man and now I can wait to be part of that process for new members. I am grateful for the people who I can call my brothers for life. This is why I chose PIKE.”
As usual, RUSH THE BEST, RUSH PIKE
