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dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

LouayB Wrote:

GreenMississippi Wrote:So... As someone who doesn't have the same first-hand experience with UAB history... What happened to Pi KA?

They died off...

The list of frats that have died off include

Theta Chi
Pike Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Nu

ATO did not die off, our charter was pulled.

No, they died off just a couple years ago.

Also, Sigma Nu never were chartered; they were only a colony.

ATO was active with members when national pulled OUR charter. they didnt die off they were executed. there is a difference.

I don't consider having 4 members as being active. The same thing happened to Theta Chi my freshman year. The charter was pulled because of lack of numbers.

ATO had 17 members on the active roster when the charter was pulled. It was pulled because the chapter was so far behind in paying bills to national. Don't argue me on this, I know of what I speak...

blazr Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

LouayB Wrote:

GreenMississippi Wrote:So... As someone who doesn't have the same first-hand experience with UAB history... What happened to Pi KA?

They died off...

The list of frats that have died off include

Theta Chi
Pike Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Nu

ATO did not die off, our charter was pulled.

No, they died off just a couple years ago.

Also, Sigma Nu never were chartered; they were only a colony.

ATO was active with members when national pulled OUR charter. they didnt die off they were executed. there is a difference.

I don't consider having 4 members as being active. The same thing happened to Theta Chi my freshman year. The charter was pulled because of lack of numbers.

ATO had 17 members on the active roster when the charter was pulled. It was pulled because the chapter was so far behind in paying bills to national. Don't argue me on this, I know of what I speak...

dfarr is talking out his arse again as usual. there were some other issues that led to ato's demise including a gpa that rivaled Delta Tau Chi.

Komodo Wrote:This is going to expose my age - but before Louie Louie's it was the Cadillac Cafe.

Great spot - eclectic group. Got into an ugly fight with a big guy who thought I was hogging the "Eight Ball" pinball machine. He took a cheap shot while I was playing but I recovered OK. I'd like to think he looked worse than me the next day - but I've still got scars.

Baby Doe's became a rapist's playground - drunk women - leaving alone - unmonitored isolated and dark parking lot - easy pickin's. Some of these women were very, very close to me. I helped put 2 of these jerk's in jail.

That's a major reason the place didn't make it.

On the upside - Burly's Earl, Andrew's, Sneaky Pete's, Waite's for b'fast, Ollie's - some really good memories.

Komodo

I forgot about the tennis courts on eigth under the nurses dorm - no longer there - those nurses were loud and nasty.

Unfortunately, you're dead on about the demise of Baby Doe's. I never understood why they never hire a security service. Best view of Birmingham's skyline available to us common folks ever!

Andrew's, that brings back memories of my 30 - inch waistline! I helped Mr. Jebeles' (the owner) youngest daughter pass business calculus and recieved free fries for about a year. Best and strongest ice tea I ever had (yes, better than Milo's). The tea was so strong that no amount of ice would dilute the tea and make it watery.

wasn't a body also found on the hill there next to baby does?

Flying Fetus Wrote:wasn't a body also found on the hill there next to baby does?

I believe there may have been a murder. Of course, there actually only needs to be the rumor of a murder to kill a business.

Well, I'm surprised nobody has put in the weekly plans for the late nineties.


Walker, Scott, Ben, KT, Alan...I know you guys all went to TC's on Tuesdays for penny beer and on Thursdays We would meet at Sidewalk and then walk over to the music hall.

LouayB Wrote:

GreenMississippi Wrote:So... As someone who doesn't have the same first-hand experience with UAB history... What happened to Pi KA?

They died off...

The list of frats that have died off include

Theta Chi
Pike Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Nu

I'll add Delta Chi to that list. I was a Charter Member of the Delta Chi colony in the 70's. Things went pretty well until we were invited to a party with the Delta Chi's from Tuscaloosa. We got into a brawl and things went south from there as far as our Delta Chi affiliation was concerned.

LouayB Wrote:Well, I'm surprised nobody has put in the weekly plans for the late nineties.


Walker, Scott, Ben, KT, Alan...I know you guys all went to TC's on Tuesdays for penny beer and on Thursdays We would meet at Sidewalk and then walk over to the music hall.

I plead the 5th.

UABwalker156 Wrote:

LouayB Wrote:Well, I'm surprised nobody has put in the weekly plans for the late nineties.


Walker, Scott, Ben, KT, Alan...I know you guys all went to TC's on Tuesdays for penny beer and on Thursdays We would meet at Sidewalk and then walk over to the music hall.

I plead the 5th.

I remeber 2 things from the nights @ Louie's....
Bringing rolls of quarters to buy beer, and then breaking in a gold card I got from Visa there. I think I spent $200 on Jager alone.

LouayB Wrote:Well, I'm surprised nobody has put in the weekly plans for the late nineties.


Walker, Scott, Ben, KT, Alan...I know you guys all went to TC's on Tuesdays for penny beer and on Thursdays We would meet at Sidewalk and then walk over to the music hall.

Oof...TC's on Tuesday. Somehow I was able to make it home. Somehow able to make it to my front door. But I couldn't make it the last 30 feet to my bed?!? I think I had been going there a year before I found out there was a place out back where bands played...

UABwalker156 Wrote:

LouayB Wrote:Well, I'm surprised nobody has put in the weekly plans for the late nineties.


Walker, Scott, Ben, KT, Alan...I know you guys all went to TC's on Tuesdays for penny beer and on Thursdays We would meet at Sidewalk and then walk over to the music hall.

I plead the 5th.

You mean plead WITH a 5th.

Innocent until proven guilty.

blazr Wrote:Oof...TC's on Tuesday. Somehow I was able to make it home. Somehow able to make it to my front door. But I couldn't make it the last 30 feet to my bed?!? I think I had been going there a year before I found out there was a place out back where bands played...

LOL. That reminds me of the time I didn't make it to the front door. Actually woke up on the sidewalk in front of my grandmother's house at sunrise. She's nudging me with a broom - tells me to get to bed. (Was never in a fraternity - lived with my grandma during my freshman year.)

Either she was really cool or her dementia was kicking in early - either way she was a joy and I loved her.

Komodo

the last time i went to louie louie's a girl dropped her purse and her $25 .25 Raven went off and shot some poor guy in the ***. the place went from standing room only to empty in seconds. i was also kicked out of louies for getting people to give me free beers to watch a friend of mine break bud long neck bottles on his forehead.

my favorite hang out while i was at uab was the girls dorms at birmingham southern. they allowed overnight male visitors durring the mid 80's. nothing better than a LIBERAL ARTS college for extracurricular activities.

--I never paid for parking while at UAB (5 years), always parking in the small lot of an apartment building located behind the new Snoozy's.
--Fat Sam's, people, is the ultimate undergrad hang out. FAT SAM'S, free sweet tea with a student ID (same at Al's)
--Intramural sports kicked ***. My soccer team, The Alpha Omega Beta Theta Hataz, won three consecutive titles. The frats hated us.
--Eric Rudolph bombed the abortion clinic my freshman year. That was a sad day to be on Southside.
--There was a frat house located across the street from Fat Sam's. Me and soccer team buddies stole one of their lions one night and put it in front of our house. (My friends lived next to George Ward Park.)

draak ijveraar Wrote:my favorite hang out while i was at uab was the girls dorms at birmingham southern. they allowed overnight male visitors durring the mid 80's. nothing better than a LIBERAL ARTS college for extracurricular activities.

Not sure if they ALLOWED it when I was in school, but I spent my share of nights in some of the old dorms (traditional group bathroom, showers), and the new Bruno dorm (like Rast Hall). Getting in at 3am was easy, getting out unseen was a little harder. But just walked out by yourself, if caught they couldn't prove who you were there with.

blazr Wrote:Oof...TC's on Tuesday. Somehow I was able to make it home. Somehow able to make it to my front door. But I couldn't make it the last 30 feet to my bed?!? I think I had been going there a year before I found out there was a place out back where bands played...

Hey Blazr do you ever hear from Knute?

Blazer14172 Wrote:

blazr Wrote:Oof...TC's on Tuesday. Somehow I was able to make it home. Somehow able to make it to my front door. But I couldn't make it the last 30 feet to my bed?!? I think I had been going there a year before I found out there was a place out back where bands played...

Hey Blazr do you ever hear from Knute?

O....M....F....G!!! That is so, so wrong, dude! Knute went back home to New Jersey around 1996 after graduating. I've heard from him a couple of times.

For the record, we were dressed up as Batman and Robin as volunteer hours for UAB showing the movie in the parking lot of transportation services...

blazr Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

LouayB Wrote:

GreenMississippi Wrote:So... As someone who doesn't have the same first-hand experience with UAB history... What happened to Pi KA?

They died off...

The list of frats that have died off include

Theta Chi
Pike Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Nu

ATO did not die off, our charter was pulled.

No, they died off just a couple years ago.

Also, Sigma Nu never were chartered; they were only a colony.

ATO was active with members when national pulled OUR charter. they didnt die off they were executed. there is a difference.

I don't consider having 4 members as being active. The same thing happened to Theta Chi my freshman year. The charter was pulled because of lack of numbers.

ATO had 17 members on the active roster when the charter was pulled. It was pulled because the chapter was so far behind in paying bills to national. Don't argue me on this, I know of what I speak...

Well, they were the least active people I had ever seen because I only saw about 3 or 4 during my senior year, which was 2004, and I was very active on campus with IFC and other groups.

Blazer14172 Wrote:

Sagging man-boobs.

Just thought I give the thread some other former icons. Blazr hope you enjoyed.

Blazer14172 Wrote:Just thought I give the thread some other former icons. Blazr hope you enjoyed.

Thanks Scott,

Those pics of ben are cracking me up. I'm going to scan some pics tonight.

dfarr Wrote:

blazr Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

LouayB Wrote:

GreenMississippi Wrote:So... As someone who doesn't have the same first-hand experience with UAB history... What happened to Pi KA?

They died off...

The list of frats that have died off include

Theta Chi
Pike Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Nu

ATO did not die off, our charter was pulled.

No, they died off just a couple years ago.

Also, Sigma Nu never were chartered; they were only a colony.

ATO was active with members when national pulled OUR charter. they didnt die off they were executed. there is a difference.

I don't consider having 4 members as being active. The same thing happened to Theta Chi my freshman year. The charter was pulled because of lack of numbers.

ATO had 17 members on the active roster when the charter was pulled. It was pulled because the chapter was so far behind in paying bills to national. Don't argue me on this, I know of what I speak...

Well, they were the least active people I had ever seen because I only saw about 3 or 4 during my senior year, which was 2004, and I was very active on campus with IFC and other groups.

you just cant bring yourself to ever admit that you were wrong about something can you. sax like behavior.

Komodo Wrote:

blazr Wrote:Oof...TC's on Tuesday. Somehow I was able to make it home. Somehow able to make it to my front door. But I couldn't make it the last 30 feet to my bed?!? I think I had been going there a year before I found out there was a place out back where bands played...

LOL. That reminds me of the time I didn't make it to the front door. Actually woke up on the sidewalk in front of my grandmother's house at sunrise. She's nudging me with a broom - tells me to get to bed. (Was never in a fraternity - lived with my grandma during my freshman year.)

Either she was really cool or her dementia was kicking in early - either way she was a joy and I loved her.

Komodo

Ummm... Well my worse night to dat has to be when I lived above dave's bar. I remember leaving tc's then woke up on a make shift bed out of the furniture on dave's patio with 3 gyros from the purple onion.

...issues...

MY GOD!!!

NO ONE HAS LISTED TACO MAC!!!

That place rocked! The ladies were excellent, and so was the extensive collection of beer!!!

I remember Bama Bino pizza not lasting long up where Ranelli's deli was. That was the worst friggin pizza in B'ham.

GreenHouseGas Wrote:MY GOD!!!

NO ONE HAS LISTED TACO MAC!!!

That place rocked! The ladies were excellent, and so was the extensive collection of beer!!!

Man, I totally spaced on Taco Mac!! That was THE place to go and try new beers...best selection on tap of anyone in town at the time (maybe even today...I can't think of a place off the top of my head that has more).

Hats off to this thread........................and the Gamecock band!

draak ijveraar Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

blazr Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:

draak ijveraar Wrote:

LouayB Wrote:

GreenMississippi Wrote:So... As someone who doesn't have the same first-hand experience with UAB history... What happened to Pi KA?

They died off...

The list of frats that have died off include

Theta Chi
Pike Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma Nu

ATO did not die off, our charter was pulled.

No, they died off just a couple years ago.

Also, Sigma Nu never were chartered; they were only a colony.

ATO was active with members when national pulled OUR charter. they didnt die off they were executed. there is a difference.

I don't consider having 4 members as being active. The same thing happened to Theta Chi my freshman year. The charter was pulled because of lack of numbers.

ATO had 17 members on the active roster when the charter was pulled. It was pulled because the chapter was so far behind in paying bills to national. Don't argue me on this, I know of what I speak...

Well, they were the least active people I had ever seen because I only saw about 3 or 4 during my senior year, which was 2004, and I was very active on campus with IFC and other groups.

you just cant bring yourself to ever admit that you were wrong about something can you. sax like behavior.

I very well could be wrong. That still doesn't dispute the fact that they were nearly invisible my last year, which I believe was the year before they got their charter pulled. I hosted the Greek Awards in 2004 and didn't see a single one there.

You can be right and there could have been 17 "actives" at the time, but like I said they weren't doing anything on campus at the time.

If I remember correctly, ATO was removed because of not attaining goals set by the national organization. Now that could include being in debt to nationals, but I do remember HUC 440 telling the other chapters that they were removed due to lack of membership. Hence, IFC underwent a major recruitment overhaul designed to help out two other struggling chapters. The plan worked because both chapters have increased membership.

Just throwing my 2 cents out there since everyone is gaining up on dfarr.

Komodo Wrote:This is going to expose my age - but before Louie Louie's it was the Cadillac Cafe.

Great spot - eclectic group. Got into an ugly fight with a big guy who thought I was hogging the "Eight Ball" pinball machine. He took a cheap shot while I was playing but I recovered OK. I'd like to think he looked worse than me the next day - but I've still got scars.

Ahhh..... "Eight Ball". I spent many quarters on Rawhide and Eight Ball. I do remember when it was called Cadillac Cafe, but I never went there then.

GreenHouseGas Wrote:MY GOD!!!

NO ONE HAS LISTED TACO MAC!!!

That place rocked! The ladies were excellent, and so was the extensive collection of beer!!!

Oh man excellent place for ladies..they loved the purpel haze. Well, if we are speaking places in 5 points that are gone.

Here is a list:

Breckenridge Brewery: Monday night $2 pints of everything on tap
Studio: no comment
The Cellar: Monday and Wed nights: $5 pitchers and free pool
The Melting Pot: no comment
Chinatown Buffet: best hangover food

uab278 Wrote:If I remember correctly, ATO was removed because of not attaining goals set by the national organization. Now that could include being in debt to nationals, but I do remember HUC 440 telling the other chapters that they were removed due to lack of membership. Hence, IFC underwent a major recruitment overhaul designed to help out two other struggling chapters. The plan worked because both chapters have increased membership.

Just throwing my 2 cents out there since everyone is gaining up on dfarr.

im just going by what the letter national sent me, as a former uab ato, the reasons were and what people involved told me. which is one hell of a lot more accurate than dfarrs reason based on his observation.

the Nick - (The Wooden Nickel)

the Steak and Egg

The OLD Grants

waking up in the Western supermarket parkinglot after closing the origional PLAZA

Dugan's

And the place next to Dugans that they closed about 5 different times for selling coke.

There was an old bar maybe around cobb lane that would bring in a good band occasionally. I remember seeing CCR there (w/o Fogerty)

Uhh... what about Shop-A-Snack?

draak ijveraar Wrote:

uab278 Wrote:If I remember correctly, ATO was removed because of not attaining goals set by the national organization. Now that could include being in debt to nationals, but I do remember HUC 440 telling the other chapters that they were removed due to lack of membership. Hence, IFC underwent a major recruitment overhaul designed to help out two other struggling chapters. The plan worked because both chapters have increased membership.

Just throwing my 2 cents out there since everyone is gaining up on dfarr.

im just going by what the letter national sent me, as a former uab ato, the reasons were and what people involved told me. which is one hell of a lot more accurate than dfarrs reason based on his observation.

Based on me observing the lack of activity of the chapter. Excuse me for thinking that a chapter who pulls no guys from rush had its charter pulled for lack of membership. Silly me.

$0.35 Krystals

BlazerFromMD Wrote:$0.35 Krystals

Man... those were the days. I remember the Bag Full O Krystals (12) for $2.99!!! Just make sure you have your bathroom reading material!

BTR Wrote:

BlazerFromMD Wrote:$0.35 Krystals

Man... those were the days. I remember the Bag Full O Krystals (12) for $2.99!!! Just make sure you have your bathroom reading material!

Add a bowl of Krystal chili to the order for the full effect....

BTR Wrote:Uhh... what about Shop-A-Snack?

OT: funny story about the shop-a-snack

A fraternity brother and I were walking back to the house from the Shop-a-snack and we got robbed at gun point. The police drove up and arrested the people. Here is the funny part, turns out that two of the "robbers" went to school with me at Vestavia and the other two went to hoover.

I just find it funny because nobody would guess these people would be from that area.

BlazerFromMD Wrote:$0.35 Krystals

Funny the things you miss when you move...

granted we have white castle but no Krystals. Also miss Waffle house, Chick-fil-a, and ofcourse Milo's.

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And the place next to Dugans that they closed about 5 different times for selling coke.

Daddy Rawshuck's?

LouayB Wrote:

BlazerFromMD Wrote:$0.35 Krystals

Funny the things you miss when you move...

granted we have white castle but no Krystals. Also miss Waffle house, Chick-fil-a, and ofcourse Milo's.

My apt. mate and I used to have 2 a.m. Krystals eating contest whenever one of those Krystal's coupon books came out.

"Howdy partners, Krystal Bob here..."

There was a package store next to Fat Sams that used to sell me beer when I was underage.
I showed them my UAB ID that I had handwritten a different DOB on, and they acted like it was just as good or better than a real liscense.

KT13 Wrote:There was a package store next to Fat Sams that used to sell me beer when I was underage.
I showed them my UAB ID that I had handwritten a different DOB on, and they acted like it was just as good or better than a real liscense.

It's still there and it still sells to anyone who can see over the counter, although the prices are more jacked up than a regular liquor store.

KT13 Wrote:There was a package store next to Fat Sams that used to sell me beer when I was underage.
I showed them my UAB ID that I had handwritten a different DOB on, and they acted like it was just as good or better than a real liscense.

++1

Oh man, I'm still shocked they took those uab ids

They weren't taking your UAB ID's... they were taking your money!

UAB Band Dad Wrote:They weren't taking your UAB ID's... they were taking your money!

Hehe..



Searching hard drive for Outrage file....file not found!

Little Italy's Pizza
The Courtyard
Rube Burrows
Burly Earls
Gatsby's on Morris Ave.
Olde Towne Music Hall on Morris Ave.
Cooter Browns on Morris Ave.
Singles on 20th Street
Hoppers
Al's Crossroads
Pauls
tooties
Norms
Casa Tampico

just to name a few

ChattanoogaBlazr Wrote:Little Italy's Pizza
The Courtyard
Rube Burrows
Burly Earls
Gatsby's on Morris Ave.
Olde Towne Music Hall on Morris Ave.
Cooter Browns on Morris Ave.
Singles on 20th Street
Hoppers
Al's Crossroads
Pauls
tooties
Norms
Casa Tampico

just to name a few

It's amazing to me how you guys got around Prohibition...