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Butler’s biggest class getting SOGgy

Katie Goodrich | Editor in Chief | kmgoodri@butler.edu Rain and enthusiastic upperclassmen greeted 1,272 new dawgs Jaci Bansch walked into Fairview House with mixed emotions as she moved in for her first year at Butler University, along with the rest of her fellow first-years who make up Butler’s largest class ever. She was pleasantly surprised…
Ambassadors of Change Program celebrates 20 years of service

Katie Goodrich | Editor in Chief | kmgoodri@butler.edu 20 years. 1,000 students. 20,000 hours of community service. This is what the Ambassadors of Change program accomplished in its first 20 years. The pre-welcome week program, commonly called AOC, focuses on community service and leadership development. “AOC is unique because it’s a combination of a week…
From island to island to Indy with volleyball transfer Taylor Takeda

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu Taylor Takeda never thought she would be here. Four months ago, her current situation was unfathomable. But as she sprints around the court at Hinkle Fieldhouse, she realizes she was meant to be in this position. Takeda is a sophomore libero on Butler’s volleyball team. She hails from…
Bulldogs represented at Olympic games

MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu Three former Butler track and cross country runners competed the past two weeks in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Victoria Mitchell, Robert Mullett and Callum Hawkins spent the last 16 days representing Australia and Great Britain respectively in this year’s games. Mitchell, a…
Lee: The Olympics, set on pause

DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu Watch for the moments of pause in every Olympic game. The silence that settles on air after the broadcaster speaks. The still in the arena before a buzzer accelerates a line of swimmers from their blocks. The second hand of a clock making its way around the circumference…
Lacrosse field set to be completed Sept. 15, more occupancies possible

ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu Butler University will have a new, multi-purpose field in less than a month, which will primarily serve for the new women’s lacrosse team debuting this spring. On Butler’s west campus, construction began June 20 on a new lacrosse field just west of the softball field. The field is…
My neighbor is a Trip… No, literally!

Photo courtesy of Madi McGuire. MADI MCGUIRE | OPINION COLUMNIST | mjmcguir@butler.edu As a sophomore, I am fortunate to live in Apartment Village after the big Fairview over-packing controversy. If you never lived in Ross or Schwitzer Hall, I cannot explain to you how exciting it is to have my own room, a single shower…
How to manage college, friends and this crazy election year

Cartoon by Maria Rapisarda MARIA RAPISARDA | ASST. OPINION EDITOR | mrapisar@butler.edu Growing up, my parents told me there were four things you do not talk about: money, sex, religion and politics. Obviously, I outgrew this rule quickly and began to ask all of my friends in high school their views on religion and politics.…
Editor in chief sends letter to Collegian readers

KATIE GOODRICH | EDITOR IN CHIEF | kmgoodri@butler.edu Dear Collegian readers, Each new school year brings changes, and the Collegian is no exception. This year we are returning to a weekly print product, which will be eight pages of content in full color delivered every Wednesday. This bit of news (and it is very good…