TAYLOR JANKOWSKI | OPINION COLUMNIST Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Whoever warned first-years about the danger of gaining the “freshman 15” was wrong. In reality, it’s the freshman 50 we have to be worried about. From having a milkshake machine in the C-Club, to warm cookies and soft-serve ice cream available at every meal in…
Complimentary: an experiment in kindness
JENNA VORIS | OPINION COLUMNIST Last week, I started an experiment. Every day, for one week, I would compliment someone who I did not know personally and see what kind of reactions I received in return. OK, I know it’s not a life-changing, crazy thing to do, but it was harder for me than I…
Community of Care for the single students
AARON SMITH | OPINION COLUMNIST Being single on a college campus is a tough feeling. Most of my friends are getting in relationships as if it is going out of style. Everyone is getting engaged or pregnant, but some of us are just watching Netflix and chilling by ourselves. Butler is a “Community of Care,”…
Fixing a bad day
PAIGE LISTON | COLUMNIST You wake up 20 minutes late. You run to your room to get ready and burn yourself with the straightening iron. You sprint across campus to class and trip in front of everyone, scraping your knee in the process. As it starts to pour down rain, you finally make it inside,…
Five things the Harry Potter movies left out
JENNA VORIS | COLUMNIST In honor of Halloween, ABC Family aired “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” during their “13 Nights of Halloween.” I am as big of a Harry Potter fan as anyone, and I love to relive the magic by watching the movies over and over again, but they aren’t perfect. In fact, there are a…
What is college?
TAYLOR JANKOWSKI | COLUMNIST What is college? I went around and asked Butler University students of various grades and majors what college means to them. Upon receiving a variety of silly and serious responses, I came to my own conclusion of what college truly is. College is a time to explore what you enjoy and…
Airports: not always so fly
JENNA VORIS | OPINION COLUMNIST Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons With fall break just ending, and Thanksgiving right about the corner, many students will have traveled this month. Some will have spent breaks at home, some in their dorms and others off to visit friends and family. Whether students stayed in central Indiana or ventured…
Whatsgoodly in the app world?
PAIGE LISTON | COLUMNIST If a girl is known to be a “partier,” will it make you less likely to date her? Which fraternity throws the best parties? When you see a squirrel what do you do? The answers to these riveting questions and others like them can be found on an application that has recently…
The seven guys you meet on Tinder
This image is property of https://onlineforlove.com/tinder. JENNA VORIS | OPINION COLUMNIST Match.com. OKCupid. JDate. Online dating is not a new phenomenon. In fact, meeting a potential date can be just a swipe away. Tinder is a smartphone app that allows users to swipe right to “like” a profile or left if they’re not feeling the…
A Taylor Swift experience
TAYLOR JANKOWSKI | COLUMNIST I have always been one of those people who seem to watch things happen to other people. You know, when someone has something incredibly fascinating happen to them and they share it with the world and you just sit there and attempt to live through it vicariously? Maybe they went…