{"id":1669,"date":"2010-02-04T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/%cf%86bk-theta-bu\/"},"modified":"2010-02-04T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T22:32:00","slug":"%cf%86bk-theta-bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/%cf%86bk-theta-bu.html","title":{"rendered":"\u03a6BK Theta @ BU"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcnj.edu\/~pbk\/pbk.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnj.edu\/~pbk\/pbk.jpg\" width=\"142\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This evening <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbk.org\/home\/FocusNews.aspx?id=310\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Butler University became to a new chapter of Phi Beta Kappa<\/a>, Theta of Indiana. One colleague from my department spearheaded the application process, while another\u00a0was elected to be an officer in the new chapter.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a complete outsider to the Greek systems, having studied in the UK, and so it was nice to have a chance to be present at an event like this.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was followed by our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/library-information\/faculty-services\/celebration\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">annual<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/community.butler.edu\/library\/community\/blogs\/dawgblog\/archive\/2010\/02\/03\/1379.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4939111384142795965?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This evening Butler University became to a new chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Theta of Indiana. 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