Shawn Collins pledged a fraternity in fall 1988 and kept a diary of his experiences.
I graduated from the University of Maryland on May 20, 1993, and for the last two years of college, I lived in the Pi Kappa Alpha house at 4340 Knox Road. The house was far from perfect, but it was home, and I was sad to move out and on to the real world. And…
Each year, our fraternity house in College Park, MD, had to undergo city inspections to ensure compliance with housing and life safety codes. These inspections were conducted by the City’s Department of Public Services. The list of things to repair in the house was long. If I remember correctly, we’d have around one-hundred or more…