Cru Greekwide at Baylor is continuing its new member Bible study over Colossians for the next six weeks, meeting from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays. All members of MC ’23 are welcome to join.

I’ve seen competition bring people together in miraculous ways, unifying them under the bond of wanting to win. It turns individuals into teammates, while unexpected leaders often rise to the top, rallying people together toward a common goal.

Chavez said for her, finding a community meant finding people similar to herself. Rager said these similarities extend far beyond backgrounds. Though Gamma Alpha Omega is Latina founded, they are not Latina exclusive. Their members are chosen based on their character, values and beliefs.

The university will be adding an additional fraternity by the end of the spring semester in an effort to expand Greek Life at Baylor, according to several sources within the department of Greek life.

NPHC: A story on Baylor’s historically African American Greek life.

Pledging and hazing are not synonymous. Before I get into the meat of this column and you write me off as a sadistic, pledge-hating psychopath, I need to make that much clear.

College students looking to create job opportunities for themselves sometimes turn to Greek Life as a source of networking during and after college.

Greek life is one facet of the student body that is historically segregated.

In August, Baylor released a report that 34.3 percent of incoming freshmen were from minority groups, the highest percentage ever. However, behind the doors of many organizations, remnants of segregation still linger.

Greek Week, which begins Tuesday, is designed to bring sororities and fraternities on campus together for three nights of fun, service and worship.

Austin Hayes, coordinator of Greek life for fraternities, said the point of events is to bring the diverse Greek organizations together.

Finding a Greek council to sponsor their organization was an obstacle for the five original women of the Nu Iota chapter of Zeta Phi Beta.

Baylor Greek Life has changed substantially since its early days, with national affiliations providing opportunities for networking and growth.

How much smack have you talked lately? The last time you saw a friend from another Texas university, or any other university for that matter, did you strike the Heisman pose? Maybe you asked that friend to toss you something just so you could swat it back into his or her face and yell, “Griner!”

The sororities Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma are teaming up to create an all-university event featuring a pancake dinner and an Uproar concert to support charity: water. The event will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. today.

Kappa Phi Gamma will host the fourth annual Mr. C.A.R.E. Week Pageant from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Bennett Auditorium. Tickets will be available to purchase at the door for $5, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to Scott and White Research foundation in Temple. Scott and White Healthcare is a non-profit collaborative health care system that was founded in 1897.

Although a war is rarely viewed as a means to a charitable end, Baylor’s chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity plans to challenge that view with its own war.

Greek life is a large part of the Baylor student’s experience. According to the department of student activities, 25 percent of Baylor students participate in Greek life. With more than 40 different sororities and fraternities to choose from, students are free to find a group that they relate to best. The rest of the student body interacts regularly with this community through the countless activities the different groups put on, whether the events are for service or entertainment.

Baylor’s Xi Sigma chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity members, who serve as mentors to Waco youth, hope to expand their mentoring relationships by also having mentors of their own among Baylor faculty and staff.

Construction has been approved for a National Pan-Hellenic Council Garden that will offer recognition for the Greek organizations in the council and give them an opportunity to educate the Baylor community about their history.