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15 years later: Remembering 9/11

JESSICA LEE & BRITTANY BLUTHARDT | STAFF REPORTERS | jelee2@butler.edu & bbluthar@butler.edu Fifteen years ago, 2,996 people died during the largest terrorist attack on United States soil. Americans memorialize their lives every year to remind the world of terrorism’s destructive powers. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, two planes flew into the World Trade Center…
Get trashed: Butler business students turn throw away items into art

ALEXIS PRICE | MANAGING EDITOR | adprice1@butler.edu Rolled up magazines, a worn hollow core door, ancient ladders and giant word blocks line the walls of the first and second floors of Irwin Library. The decor is entitled “Recycling Art.” Management professor Larry Lad’s undergraduate strategy class and graduate leadership course worked to collect and created…
Bulldogs of Butler: Fashion Week Edition

Photo courtesy of pexels.com NATALIE KINNEY | STAFF REPORTER | nkinney@butler.edu This is the latest installment of our Bulldog of Butler series, which is a short interview with someone to get to know more about them. We hope to highlight more and more people on this campus. Search Bulldogs of Butler to read more stories about your fellow Dawgs.…
Students twist again at Theta Twist

SORELL GROW | STAFF REPORTER | svgrow@butler.edu West Hampton Drive hummed with the sound of chatter and pop songs this past Thursday night as the annual Theta Twist event took place on the lawn of Kappa Alpha Theta’s sorority house. The Kappa Alpha Theta girls sported matching turquoise tank tops as they served fresh pretzels to Butler…
VIDEO: Butler Sports Report with Josh and Josh – 9/9

JOSH MULLENIX | STAFF REPORTER | jmulleni@butler.edu JOSHUA DOERING | STAFF REPORTER | jdoering@butler.edu In this week’s edition of the Butler Sports Report with Josh and Josh, the two of them discuss the Big East basketball schedule, fall sports season updates and Andrew Smith’s 26th birthday and the hashtag #Smith26.
Butler graduate Brandon Gaudin is in the game

GRANT ANSCHUETZ | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR | ganschue@butler.edu The Madden NFL video game has featured famous football personas like namesake John Madden, Al Michaels, Gus Johnson and Jim Nantz. Butler graduate Brandon Gaudin ‘06 joined this prestigious group for the latest edition: Madden NFL 17. The game itself hit stores on Aug. 23, but on…
Butler athletes find creative ways to maneuver around campus

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu Butler students usually travel on foot, in cars or on bikes. But more than a few Bulldogs found an alternative method of transportation. Their vehicle of choice is an emerging trend in Butler’s athlete circles—a Razor scooter. The scooters became in vogue on Butler’s campus a few years…
NCAA rule change makes recruiting #social

COLLIN PERRY | STAFF REPORTER | ccperry@butler.edu A recent NCAA social media rule allows coaches and their staff to like and retweet recruits. Prior to Aug. 1, it was a violation. The NCAA had seen this act as promoting a school’s recruitment of an athlete. The NCAA made this change because “under the current legislation,…
Hometown of state flag celebrates Indiana’s Bicentennial

Historical marker posted in downtown Mooresville. Photo by Madi McGuire. MADI MCGUIRE | STAFF REPORTER | mjmcguir@butler.edu Mooresville is a small town southwest of Indianapolis and is known as the home of the state flag. This December, the flag is turning 100-years-old while the state of Indiana turns 200. The bicentennial celebration is happening all…