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On July 29, 2023, a reckless driver hit and killed 17-year-old Magnus White, a U.S. National Team Cyclist, on the Diagonal Highway outside of 51�Թ���. To raise awareness of thousands of pedestrians and cyclists killed annually by drivers, White’s parents,��Michael (EnvDes’00) and��Jill White (Mktg’99; MOrgMgmt’23), created a nonprofit called��.��

In November 2024, the Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠKA) fraternity — known as ”Pike” — held a fundraiser on 51�Թ���’s campus for The White Line and to honor Magnus White, who was a friend of several of the fraternity members. For six days, Pike members traded shifts riding outside on a stationary bike, even through a snowstorm. They rode near a memorial of more than 8,400 candles that represented each pedestrian or cyclist killed by a driver in 2023.��

“Looking out at the 8,423 candles was a true reminder of how valuable every single moment was,” said��Graydon Abel��(Fin’27), who helped create the fundraiser with his brother��Gavin��(Fin’27) and their fraternity brother��Sebastian Edwards (Econ’27). “Change is needed, and we hope this effort makes a difference.”��