TRUMP OFFERS A DEAL TO PENN
An Associated Press (AP) news release was published by Long Island’s Newsday newspaper on October 3, 2025. The headline read “Trump offers deal to 9 universities”. The AP summarizes the “deal” to be asking nine American Universities “to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money”. The […]
PENN COMPLIES WITH TITLE IX DEMANDS
This article is a compilation and summation of three articles that appeared in a summer edition of The Daily Pennsylvanian published on or about July 11, 2025: Penn complies with Education Department demands in Title IX resolution agreement written by Ayana Chari, Ethan Young, Justin Lee, Sean McKeown, Isha Chitirala, and Finn Ryan Penn’s ‘goodwill’ […]
ALUMNI NEWS AND UPDATES
Annual Beta Pi N.Y.C. dinner has a date The annual Beta Pi New York City dinner, organized by Jeff Kaufman ’80, has been scheduled for Thursday, December 4, 2025. The location for the event is Dock’s, 633 Third Avenue (between 40th and 41st Street). Go to the Third Avenue platform, a semi-private area. The cocktail […]
ALUMNI NEWS AND UPDATES
Attention all Pi Kappa Alpha Members As Beta Pi chapter has gone “silent” at Penn, it has been determined that there will not be any news on PiKA activity on campus. Also, there will be less news forthcoming on the Penn administration policies and fraternity rules and actions. Accordingly, there will only be eight eLetters […]
CHAPTER ETERNAL
It is with deep regret that we report the passing of the following Beta Pi fraternity brothers: As reported in the May/June 2025 edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette: Ephraim E. Shulman ‘62 As reported in the July/August 2025 edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette: John R. “Jack” Leu ’51 As reported by the Military Order of […]
THE HERMANATORS RIDE AGAIN
In honor of our dear friend and fraternity brother, Jerry Herman ’72, the Hermanators will once again participate in the New England Parkinson’s Ride, a bicycle ride event that raises funds to be presented to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF). The MJFF is the at the forefront of funding research to […]
SCOTT MACKLER 5K RUN/WALK
Win the Fight Against ALS Save the Date for the 25th Annual Scott A. Mackler Memorial 5K Run/Walk. Join us in Newark this November to support the Scott A. Mackler, MD, Ph.D., Assistive Technology Program. Assistive technology gives a person, afflicted with ALS, new and alternative means to stay active and continue to participate in […]
PAUL ZAENTZ FILM IS A GLOBAL SENSATION
Following the screening of Paul Zaentz’s (Beta Pi ’69) film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, at the Cannes Film Festival, other film festivals want to join in the 50th Anniversary celebration of the film that won an Oscar at the Academy Awards as Best Picture. As reported in the December 2024 issue of Slices […]
ALPHA PHI DELTA HISTORY IS ON THE INTERNET
The day following the Special Meeting of Alpha Phi Delta, Tex Roper ’76 may have been the first Beta Pi to utilize the now-digitized archives of old issues of Shield & Diamond magazine. The recently formed Historical Society of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, to which Bruce Wolfson ’71 was elected to the position of Vice […]
SPECIAL MEETING OF ALPHA PHI DELTA
Alpha Phi Delta was an independent fraternity at Penn that purchased the building at 3900 Locust Street in the summer of 1920. After successfully petitioning Pi Kappa Alpha National Fraternity (PiKA), Alpha Phi Delta became Beta Pi chapter of PiKA. All the then current members of Alpha Phi Delta were granted membership in PiKA and […]