What We Do

 


         
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  Community Service   IM Sports  
  It Broke Again      
         

 

Social Events

  As with all fraternities, we are a social organization.  At PKT, we also recognize the need to take a break from MIT. After all, there is more to college than academics. To help us enjoy these college years, we fill our social calendar <link to calendar> to appeal to people's differing tastes in the best kind of social event.
         
         
 
  • Parties
We typically have two open parties each term. We throw both open and closed parties where brothers meet college students from schools all over the Boston area including Wellesley, Harvard, BU, Simmons, and others. They are primarily dance parties open to all college students and are either dry or BYOB in accordance with MIT's alcohol rules.  

There ain’t no party like a PKT party cuz a PKT party don’t stop!

         
 
  • Social Hours
These are the backbone of Phi Kappa Theta's social calendar as they occur every Friday on weekends where we don't have other major social events (parties or semi-formals). They are closed events in which we invite guests over to hang out for an hour or two before everyone goes out to parties or whatever else they plan on doing that Friday night. Often they have themes like swing dancing, smoothies, or ice cream sundaes, which give a lot of versatility in providing a varied social atmosphere, but the important part is just hanging out, having fun, and meeting some new people or catching up with old friends.  

Karaoke social hour: chicks dig it!

         
 
  • Semiformals
Let's face it, girls like to get dressed up and go out. So, once a term, we oblige their desires and take out our girlfriends, potential girlfriends, or just friends. Usually, this includes dinner and some other activity such as Blue Man Group, a harbor cruise, or an improvisational comedy show, but it's always a lot of fun.  

The Class of 2007 with their semiformal dates

         
 
  • Mixers
The primary goal of mixers is to get to know a variety of girls, whether they're from a sorority at MIT, a Wellesley society, or any other group of girls from another college. Typically, we have a couple mixers at the beginning of the year, and then one or two more over the rest of the year.    
         
 
  • BBQ's

Barbecues are always a nice way to just hang out and relax. So, from time to time we'll have barbecues, often spontaneously, and just chill with our brothers and friends on our roof deck, enjoying the weather and the view of Boston and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall.

 

   
         
 
  • CoffeeHouse

 

This is an event that we hold once each term and can be likened to an open-mike comedy night for the house. It consists mostly of skits and songs that poke fun at other brothers, different pledge classes, or the house in general. Always a lot of fun.

 

   
         
 
  • Gift Exchange

 

Towards the end of the first term, the Holiday spirit comes out in each of us at Gift Exchange. As it isn't very feasible for each of us to get a gift for every other brother, we do a secret Santa style event in which each brother draws a name out of a hat and gets a gift for one other brother. There's a trick, however. These gifts are more humorous than serious and, much like Coffeehouse, often poke fun at a particular trait of the individual receiving the gift. A past gift from a few years ago was the 101 ways to avoid writing a paper , written for Jose Gonzalez ‘01.