2013 – 2014 - Barton College

63 Student LifeGreek OrganizationsThere are three social men’s fraternities and three women’s sororities at the College.• Fraternities are Alpha Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Phi Epsilon.• Sororities are Delta Zeta, Phi Mu, and Sigma Sigma Sigma. The sororities occupy a floor inthe residence halls on campus.Student PublicationCampus NewspaperThe Collegiate is a bimonthly newspaper published by the students. The paper affords an opportunityfor open discussion of matters of concern to the College community.Student ActivitiesThe Campus Activities Board brings popular entertainers and groups to the campus andsponsors events such as outdoor concerts, dances, comedy and novelty acts, and solo performers.The Concert, Lecture and Convocation Coordinator invites distinguished speakers, artists, andentertainers to the campus each year. Theatre at Barton College offers a variety of theatricalperformances and the music program presents concerts throughout the year.Religious LifeThe religious program is designed to undergird and permeate the total life experience of eachstudent. The College Chaplain coordinates the religious life program and counsels with membersof the College community in matters of personal and spiritual concerns. The Chaplain’s Officeprovides retreats, concerts, lectures, and programs of religious significance. The College’s religiouslife program seeks to provide opportunities for the student to discover, to question, and to developan awareness and understanding of the role of faith in the life of the academic community andin the scope of human existence.The Allan R. Sharp Religion-In-Life event is sponsored, during each fall semester, bythe Barton chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa, the National Honor Society for Religious Studiesand Philosophy.The Thedford G. and Woodrow W. Sprinkle Lectureship was established in 1980by a gift from Stephen V. Sprinkle ’74, as a memorial to his father and uncle. Each March, thelectures explore the relationship between theology and Christian preaching. The annual speakeris selected by the Marie and Leman Barnhill Endowed Chair in Religious Studies.