PENN HOUSING POLICY IS “BAD NEWS” FOR FRATERNITIES
The Penn housing policy that sophomores may not live in fraternity houses has already begun to negatively affect the ability of fraternities to survive at the University of Pennsylvania. One year after the policy was implemented, occupancy at fraternity houses is down significantly. It is reported that some fraternity chapter houses have temporarily […]
ALUMNI NEWS AND UPDATES
Annual Beta Pi Dinner Scheduled The Annual Beta Pi dinner organized by Jeff Kaufman, Beta Pi ’80, has been scheduled for Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 6:30pm, at Ben and Jack’s Steakhouse, 219 East 44th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Ave), telephone number 212 682-5678. The cost will be $115/person without alcohol. Coffee […]
PAUL TOWNSEND HOSTS LEGAL PODCASTS
Photo Credit: Robert C. Gottlieb & Associates Paul Townsend, Beta Pi ’04, is the creator and host of the popular legal podcast In Summation, The Final Word. This podcast can be accessed at Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Listen Notes and where ever else you can get podcasts. In Summation, The Final Word reports on […]
PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF PAUL ZAENTZ, BETA PI ’69
Pictured above: Harvey Mackler, Paul Zaentz Rich Sussman, Jerry Herman, Paul Zaentz Joel Levine, Ken Widelitz, Rich Sussman, Paul Zaentz, Bruce Wolfson Bruce Wolfson, Joel Levine, Paul Zaentz, Rich Sussman Paul Zaentz
PI KAPPA ALPHA OFFICERS FOR 2022-2023
Beta Pi undergraduate officers for the academic year 2022-2023 are: Lucas Loschiavo President [email protected] Yacuboski Jacob Internal VP [email protected] Jack Kollmar External VP [email protected] Forrest Liu Treasurer [email protected] Jonathan Kim Secretary [email protected] Erick Jara VP of Rush [email protected] Justin Wang Alumni Relations [email protected]
PIKE NOW CHAPTER CHALLENGE 2022 IS A SUCCESS
The PIKE Now Chapter Challenge (PIKE Now), first instituted in 2021, was such a success, that it has been repeated for 2022. PIKE Now 2021 was a fund-raising event intended to offset the costs of COVID on college campuses. The success of this event warranted a repeat PIKE Now in 2022 for the purpose […]
ALUMNI NEWS AND UPDATES
Scott A. Mackler 5k Run/Walk Is Scheduled The Scott A. Mackler Memorial 5K Run/Walk (Mackler 5K) that is scheduled on Sunday, November 13, 2022, 12:30pm, at Temple Beth El, 301 Possum Park Road, Newark, Delaware. All proceeds and donations of the Mackler 5K are given to The ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter (ALS […]
CLIFF VINER, A LEADER IN COMMERCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND PHILANTHROPY
In the first in-person Alumni Weekend since the advent of COVID, the University of Pennsylvania hosted 50-year anniversaries for the graduation classes of 1970, 1971, and 1972. Cliff Viner, Beta Pi ’67, Penn ’70, was there and celebrated with his fraternity brothers. The highlight of the weekend were gala celebration parties that the […]
PENN STATE SUSPENDS PI KAPPA ALPHA…AGAIN
Photo Credit: The Daily Collegian The Beta Pi eletter of November 2020 reported that Pi Kappa Alpha’s Beta Alpha (BA) chapter at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) was suspended for a failure to comply with a Penn State policy and local ordinances relating to public gatherings during the COVID pandemic. Beta Alpha, often recognized in […]
IS NEW LAW DUE TO HOWARD SPIEGLER?
Photo Credit: Kaye Spiegler In the Beta Pi May 2021 eletter, an article was published describing the groundbreaking legal proceedings pertaining to Nazi stolen art that were litigated by Howard Spiegler, Beta Pi ’66, and his partner Larry Kaye at the New York City law firm of Herrick, Feinstein LLP, and how the case had […]
