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Men’s tennis sweeps first outdoor match of season

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler men’s tennis team captured their first sweep of the season on March 20. The Bulldogs defeated the Rose-Hulman Fightin’ Engineers 7-0 in the year’s first outdoor match. Butler seized the doubles point to begin the match. Freshman Mason Dragos and junior Mikheil Khmiadashvili won 6-2 at…
Art proven to have mental health benefits

MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER Whether painting, writing or even listening to music, the arts help to improve one’s psycho- logical health. Michael Friedman, an adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Social Work, wrote about the topic in an article for Huffington Post. “Art can be a healing force for people with mental disorders,”…
Disable the Label: Handicap This!

ANNIE WEBER | NEWS EDITOR Tim Wambach rolled Mike Berkson’s wheel chair on to the Reilly Room stage. Wambach has been Berkson’s aid for the past 15 years. “It’s been like a marriage, a lot of ups and downs,” Wambach said. He and Berkson went back and forth cracking a lot of jokes like this…
Covering Off-Campus Communities

BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER | bnheaton@butler.edu Trish Barton, a senior double majoring in journalism and international studies and minoring in French, travels 9.8 miles northeast of campus to Triton Brewing Company. She is not going to order a drink or meet up with friends. She is interviewing the brewmaster for her journalism class. Starting…
Collegian sports staff picks this year’s Final Four

MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s the happiest season of all! No, it’s not Christmas. But it is Christmas in March. The madness has begun. The staff and I have all decided we know a thing or two about college basketball (we don’t), but hey,…
Women’s lacrosse becomes Butler’s newest Division I sport

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu A new season is on the horizon. Butler has officially added women’s lacrosse as their 20th Division I sport and will begin play in the 2016-17 academic year. New head coach Cecil Pilson is at the helm. Pilson, who led Mercyhurst University’s program for the past 11 seasons,…
Struggles continue in Florida for women’s tennis

DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu The Butler University women’s tennis team traveled to Florida for a series of matches over spring break. The team failed to capture a win from the trip, setting back their record to 1-16. The Bulldogs kicked off on March 8 in a doubleheader against Florida International and Bethune-Cookman.…
Butler softball ends spring break with winning record

GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Butler University softball team, 14-11 on the season, went 6-2 on their spring break trip in Florida. The Bulldogs started play on March 9 and ended play on March 13. The team traveled to Clearwater, Florida for two games and Tampa, Florida for six games. On March…
Bulldogs of Butler: Suzanne Dwyer

LIZZY HACKL | ASSIST. CULTURE EDITOR This is the latest installment of our Bulldog of Butler series. We hope to highlight the many people on this campus. Click here to read more stories about your fellow Dawgs. Starbucks Barista, Future Pharmacist, and Talented Painter: Who Could This Be? Name: Suzanne Dwyer Nickname: Suz or DJ…