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...Omar A. Urquidez ’05, the idea of a brotherhood is more that of an only child. An enthusiastic, yet solo, member of Pi Iota Alpha, Urquidez is a one man fraternity here a Harvard—if such a thing exists...
Urquidez rushed this frat in the spring of his freshman year. That was a point, he says, “when Latino Greek life was very prominent on campus; we had four Greek organizations at once.” Pi Iota Alpha, although a Latino fraternity, is “multicultural in its intake and membership,” says Urquidez. Their mission, Urquidez says, is professionalism—to “focus on personal growth and getting the brothers ready for the business world, to have a good footing for yourself and others...
Unfortunately, almost all of Urquidez’s brothers, Pi Iota Alpha’s founding members, graduated after his freshman year, leaving him to continue the fraternity on his own, and now he is the last one standing. Urquidez spends a lot of time with his brothers at Boston University, planning events, going to their meetings and “trying to aid others in succeeding.” His brother at B.U., Christian F. Ponce, says that Omar has not been shy about “providing both himself and his opinions” to his brothers...
Here at Harvard, Urquidez says, Pi Iota Alpha, “supports other thriving Latino student organizations whether in man-power or in fundraising...
Despite these kinds of challenges, the program works. Even after only two weeks at Harvard, spring transfers like Ernst already have an extensive list of extracurriculars—his includes membership in Alpha Epsilon Pi and Harvard Students for Israel. Transfers gush about how friendly, down-to-earth and welcoming Harvard students are and insist that Harvard...