SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER No matter how advanced we may feel we are, the fact of the matter is that we are only as civilized as our most barbaric and close-minded citizens. Things like the occurrences at Mizzou and Ferguson have plagued our society in showing that racial tension is, unfortunately, alive and well.…
Animalia promotes awareness about endangered species
GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER The non-profit organization Animalia brought live animals to the Reilly Room Tuesday to raise awareness about endangered species. A man with a goatee, khaki pants and shirt and a bucket hat stood at the front of the Reilly Room. Perched on his hand rested a red-tailed hawk, a cousin of…
Bulldogs of Butler: More than queer
ISABELLA FERRARI | STAFF REPORTER For senior Tessa Sommers, relationships are a little more than black and white. Sommers is a bi/pansexual and genderfluid person. This means an individual can be attracted to anyone regardless of gender identity and they do not identify with any particular gender. “I did not realize I was queer until…
Percussion Ensemble put on unique concert
ALEX TARNOWSKI | STAFF REPORTER Wooden blocks, bowing metal and monkey chants. The Percussion Ensemble concert Wednesday evening was anything but normal. “Performing in this concert is very different,” performer Pat Petrus said. “The pieces we play are very unusual. That’s what makes it more fun.” The large crowd of Butler University students and…
Kappa Kappa Gamma fundraises for Reading is Fundamental
GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER Butler University’s chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma celebrated the fall season while raising money for Reading is Fundamental at their annual event Kappa Harvest. Standing on the front lawn of the Kappa Kastle, sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma greeted and welcomed visitors to their home on Oct. 21. As the…
Alliance annual drag show in support of creative expression and Damien Center
SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER Butler’s Alliance hosted the annual drag show last night. With this event of glitz, glamor and showmanship, Butler’s LGBTQIA+ Alliance took over the Reilly Room in style along with a purpose in mind: awareness. That is the goal not only for those wanting to express themselves in an outlet, but…
REVIEW: Poetry Lunch Hour
SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER It was a cool Friday afternoon. The leaves were stirring around in a pool of oranges and maroons. The sun was comfortably nestled in the clouds, and from within the Efroymson Center for Creative Writing bellowed good soup, good poetry and most of all good tidings. This was just one…
Date night in Madrid
Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons. CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | CULTURE REPORTER We met up at km 0, which marks the geographical center of Spain. It was visible walking out of Sol, the main train station for tourists like me. My date was madrileño, which means he is from and lives in Madrid. He knew all…
REVIEW: Macari and Stern
GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER Students and community members gathered at the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts Oct. 6 to hear poets Anne Marie Macari and Gerald Stern. More than 100 people of all different ages and backgrounds packed into the Schrott Center. Some were students looking to achieve a Butler Cultural Requirement,…
Bulldogs of Butler: The story of a relationship
ISABELLA FERRARI | STAFF REPORTER From Columbus, Ohio, to Butler University, juniors Maddi Rasor and Jack Preston stay together wherever they go. “Freshman year of high school, we were in the same math class,” Rasor said. “We weren’t really friends all the way back then, but that’s when we technically met.” They started dating their…