Escape Goat

09/02/2026

You never know when some random moment is going to turn into a thing you talk about for the rest of your life. For Pat and me, it was when we watched the 1981 slasher flick, My Bloody Valentine.

08/26/2026

A long drive, a super cheap hotel, and some drunken misadventures for one last road trip to New Orleans before heading out into the real world after college.

I graduated from the University of Maryland in May 1993 with a BA in Communications. My job prospects were pretty limited, since I didn’t have a car and was living at my Dad’s house in the suburbs. I needed a job I could walk or bike to, and the first one that said yes was Comfort Suites in Laur...

08/19/2026

I still have my T-shirt from the University of Maryland Homecoming in 1988 and the memory of why there was a hole torn in it.

I was a freshman in fall 1988 at the University of Maryland at College Park, and I pledged Pi Kappa Alpha that semester.

08/13/2026

I only made it on one Spring Break in my 5+ years of college, but it was an epic week for sure.

I was in college for 10 semesters and a summer session, but I only managed to go on a Spring Break trip for my very last year.

08/05/2026

When I was a teenager, I would watch the Woodstock documentary whenever it was on PBS. Those days seemed so passionate and politically charged, and I wished I were around for it.

I hoped for the same kind of scene when I was in college, but the apathetic Gex X crowd wasn’t as into protesting.

When I was a teenager, I would watch the Woodstock documentary whenever it was on PBS. Those days seemed so passionate and politically charged, and I wished I were around for it. As Country Joe and the Fish came on stage to sing the “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” the lyrics would take ...

07/29/2026

I was overwhelmed when I became a Pi Kappa Alpha pledge at the University of Maryland in September 1988. Just a few months removed from high school, I was suddenly operating in an adult world.

One of the many decisions I had to make early on was choosing a Big Brother in the fraternity. I got to know some guys during rush and came up with my list of three potential Big Brothers.

I was overwhelmed when I became a Pi Kappa Alpha pledge at the University of Maryland in September 1988. Just a few months removed from high school, I was suddenly operating in an adult world. One of the many decisions I had to make early on was choosing a Big Brother in the fraternity. I...

07/22/2026

I was just reading the old Pi Kappa Alpha rag sheets from my time in college, and they would probably get some people suspended from school these days.

It was the fall 1988 Christmas/Graduation party at the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at the University of Maryland, where I first saw a fraternity rag sheet. As brothers and their dates mingled and downed drinks, a pile of photocopied, stapled pages appeared.

07/21/2026

It was early 1992 when the IFC President and Sigma Chi brother, Todd Violette, misused his power to scapegoat Pi Kappa Alpha and levy an unjust and irrational punishment of 16 weeks of social probation.

The ugly truth was that he was still bitter about PiKA breaking Sigma Chi's streak as IFC sports champs.

I got an opportunity to say my piece when the Diamondback covered the story and amplified his lies.

07/17/2026

My fourth and final issue of the Greek Times at the University of Maryland was published in September 1992 and featured a letter from a law firm about content in a previous issue, roach-killing advice, my love letter to the Greek system, and an article lashing out at the school paper, the Diamondback, over their coverage of fraternities and sororities.

07/15/2026

I published four issues of a Greek life newspaper at the University of Maryland called The Greek Times, and I got a nastygram from a lawyer about content in the third issue.