Welcome!

This is the website for the St. Louis Division of the Kappa Epsilon Alumni Association of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, or Stlpikes for short.

Stlpikes is not recognized by the Pike Headquarters, or by the Chapter at Rockhurst University, or even by the official Kappa Epsilon Alumni Association. This is a wholly informal group of people from the St. Louis area who choose to continue locally associating with their chapter brethren after graduation.

Stlpikes arose out of the concern by several St. Louis area alumni who found it difficult to make it back to Rockhurst as often as they liked, for a variety of reasons. Those same alumni, many of whom have demanding jobs and/or growing families, still wanted to enjoy the benefits of Pike camaraderie throughout the year. As the ranks of the alumni base grows each year, those new initiates into the real world may not know the existing network base awaiting them in St. Louis. All of these issues, among others, resulted in Stlpikes.

The structure is simple: No officers. No dues. No meetings.

The only aim of the group is to provide a streamlined means for organizing occasional social events, and notifying members of those events. Ideally, events will be quarterly, and will be informal and inexpensive. At least one event annually should include active members of the Chapter who are on a break from their rigorous Rockhurst curriculum.

This blog website will serve as a destination for news about those events, as well as updates about things happening with people in the St. Louis area. If someone has a child, gets a new job, moves here, leaves town, gets married, finds a life partner, sets a new score on an arcade video game, changes contact information, wins the lottery, buys a dog, gets acquitted of criminal charges, or has any other good news to share, then this is the place to share that news. You can have as much contact info posted as you want, and as little contact info posted as you want. You can send photos to post, from Stlpikes events or any other event.

The active Chapter may also take advantage of this audience to let us know about events in the Kansas City or St. Louis area, or just pass on any news that they would like to share.

All information you want posted should be sent to Stlpikes@gmail.com. This email address will also be the one that sends out reminders about the events, and will be the primary method of communication. Any suggestions for the group, and any suggestions for events, should be sent to that email address.

Hopefully this turns into a fruitful endeavor. I look forward to its success.

In the bonds,

Phi Phi Kappa Alpha

- Dan Simpson, '98 (Theta)