The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will be on call from 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. tonight, with each brother ready to drive any members of the Greek community home if they’ve had too much to drink.
The night of sobriety to help others stay safe is in honor of Miles Liner, a PKA brother who was killed by a drunk driver one year ago this week, said Liner’s pledge brother Zach Jongema.
“I suggested the event as a way to honor Miles — he was a really good friend of mine,” Jongema said. “I wanted to do something to serve the community and to memorialize him.”
Jongema said he hopes the event will become an annual way to remember his friend.
Ramy Saqer, a freshman pledge brother, said he wants the event in honor of Liner to be one of the biggest occasions for Greeks on campus because his friend was recently killed by a drunk driver.
“I don’t want any more casualties to happen at LSU,” Saqer said. “People don’t realize how drunk they are, and then they endanger people when they try to drive.”
The fraternity usually posts a sign-up sheet at the house with contact information for designated drivers fraternity brothers can call for a ride home, Jongema said.
“This is the first time it has been open to the entire Greek community, and it’s going to be all of us Pikes,” Jongema said.
Jongema said there have been other, more private memorials for Liner, including a get-together held on Liner’s birthday, but having the fraternity on call tonight is the only public memorial.
Matthew Boudreaux, a freshman pledge brother, said he is excited to be able to help others in the Greek community.
“We want to keep everyone at LSU safe from the tragedies that can happen when people drive drunk,” Boudreaux said.