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Butler One: The Brain Project

Butler One: The Brain Project is a two-fold initiative. Butler One, a series that Butler hopes to continue for years to come, is an endeavor for the whole campus to come together. The Brain Project is the content focus for this school year, emphasizing brain health.
Five men’s basketball games you do not want to miss this season

The Butler men’s basketball Big East conference schedule was released last week. College basketball is less than two months away. Here are my top 5 match-ups for this season.
Men’s soccer cracks top ten in latest national poll

Wins over the UC Santa Barbara and Oregon State propelled the Butler University men’s soccer team to 10th in the latest national poll. Having started the season unranked, the team made its first appearance in the top 25 last week, ranked 19th.
Men’s and women’s golf continues to trend upwards this season

The Butler University men’s and women’s golf teams began the season looking to improve on their Big East placings from last season. They both start the year with several experienced players returning from last year.
Lee: Let’s talk about the real Kaepernick issue

The national anthem resounds across the stadium, notes suspended from end to end as fans rise, hats lift off and players still, hands over hearts, eyes skyward. Colin Kaepernick descends to the ground. A 90 degree bend lowering his body to graze the sideline before his full weight settles on the left knee, elbow resting…
The good, the bad and the dirty of random roommates

Illustration by Jessica Lee. CARISSA MARQUARDT | OPINION EDITOR | cfmarqua@butler.edu MARIA RAPISARDA | ASST. OPINION EDITOR | mrapisar@butler.edu Considering your first college roommate could mean the difference between a horror story and a fairy tale when you tell your family about them. Hearing so many of the former and not enough of the latter…
Quiet confidence of volleyball’s Anna Logan propels her to success

Anna Logan was in a rush. Her astronomy exam was at 1 p.m., and she did not want to be late. She tried to hustle out of Hinkle Fieldhouse at 12:30 p.m., but a gaggle of preteens mobbed her. When the sophomore outside hitter isn’t surrounded by her adoring fans, she handles business on the…
Did you know?: Five fun facts about Butler University

Photo courtesy of Richie Diesterheft on Flickr. KATHLEEN BERRY | OPINION COLUMNIST | keberry@butler.edu Butler University is both school and home to its students, but how much do you really know about good ol’ BU? Here are five fun facts that might just blow your mind. One Dawg, Two Dawg. Red Dawg, Blue Dawg. According…
Why social media has morphed into an approval-seeker of others

Butler student checks her Snapchat. Photo by Michael Brown. DOUGLAS ROCHE III | OPINION COLUMNIST | droche@butler.edu The internet drives society today. There is no other way around it. It is our generation’s invention of the light bulb. I would love to be able to go back to 1990 just before the World Wide Web…