The brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha have been unfairly treated recently. This chapter has strived to keep a good reputation on the Transylvania University campus since its return this year. Kappa chapter worked really hard to advocate against hazing by making a video to promote awareness and prevent this practice on campus. In fact this video won the fraternity an award at the beginning of the year. Furthermore, the chapter has been working closely with residence life to improve the Green Dot program on campus and make Transylvania campus a safe haven for every student. In addition to all of these efforts, we raised close to $2000 to support St.Jude. The news of the chapter being in trouble came as a shock to all members of the fraternity as these brothers have worked relentlessly all year to be in good standing on campus. At first no one was adequately informed of what allegations the school had against us. The school finally informed us of all the allegations they had against us. Most of these allegations lacked any concrete evidence and we tried to defend ourselves because we knew for a fact that they were not true. The chapter was suspended; based on the evidence we presented and the cases against us, we believe the chapter had been treated unfairly. We believe the school does not have any valid evidence to prove us guilty. For this reason we would like to have support from the whole Transylvania community to appeal this process. Furthermore, we are asking that the appeal process be as unbiased as possible and have this case investigated properly.

It is the Pikes today, it might be any other organization tomorrow. This is not the first time the administration has tried to bully our organization on campus. We know some organizations are also being bullied on campus and this is not right. It is time we stood up to prevent things like this from happening in the future. We need more transparency in the system. Say no to bullying and yes to justice!