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  • Black voices, black pride: School spirit

    Black voices, black pride: School spirit

    Illustration by Camille Bates CAMERON ALFORD | CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST “To handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.” Carter G. Woodson made this statement referencing the miseducation of black students in America in his…

  • Schwitzer Hall to be closed and torn down

    Schwitzer Hall to be closed and torn down

    ANNIE WEBER | NEWS EDITOR Several meeting dates discussing the future of Schwitzer Hall were announced in an email from Chief of Staff Benjamin Hunter Tuesday morning. The current residence hall for first-year women will be closed and decommissioned after this academic year. The Board of Trustees has approved a preliminary plan for a new…

  • Butler softball begins season in Alabama

    Butler softball begins season in Alabama

    GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu Although the weather may not suggest it, the Butler University softball team will have their first game in less than a week. They won’t be playing in the Indianapolis winter, however. Auburn, Alabama is the first stop of their trip down south. Six-year head coach Scott Hall said…

  • Butler women’s basketball snaps seven game losing streak, defeats Providence

    Butler women’s basketball snaps seven game losing streak, defeats Providence

    ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu The Butler University women’s basketball team snapped a seven game losing streak to defeat Providence College 65-50 and win their second game of 2016 on Feb. 7 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs’ other 2016 win also came against the Friars on their court Jan. 8. They now sit at…

  • URC applications available

    KRISTIN CAMILIERE | STAFF REPORTER Submissions for this year’s 28th annual Undergraduate Research Conference are due Feb. 10. Students should submit a 250 word abstract in order to present at the conference on April 8. Through the URC, students deliver an oral presentation, poster presentation or an art exhibit at the conference. Last year, the…

  • Midwinter Dance Festival

    Midwinter Dance Festival

    GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER February 10 through 14, Butler’s dance company will perform their Midwinter Dance Festival, a combination of classical ballet and modern dance. The 2016 Midwinter Dance will showcase pieces from resident choreographers, such as Stephan Laurent and Susan McGuire, as well as guest choreographer Lesley Telford. Butler’s dance department, currently one…

  • BoilerDawg: A Transfer from Purdue settles into life at a small school

    MADI MCGUIRE | OPINION COLUMNIST I transitioned from a school with 40,000 students and 2,468 acres to Butler, which has about 4,000 students and 290 acres. To put this into perspective, the acreage of Purdue’s campus is equal to a little over 3 laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Butler’s acreage is about half of…

  • Andrew Smith same in the classroom and on the court

    Andrew Smith same in the classroom and on the court

    PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu “It is hard to describe how good of a person Drew was,” Andrew Smith’s friend and former teammate Alex Barlow said. “Words would not do him justice because he was as great as they come.” Andrew Smith died on  Jan. 12 in the arms of his wife Samantha. There…

  • Butler men’s basketball blows out St. John’s

    Butler men’s basketball blows out St. John’s

    MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team defeated St. John’s University on Feb. 6 with a score of 89-56. With the win, Butler improves to 16-7 overall and 5-6 in Big East play. St. John’s falls to 7-17 on the season and 0-11 in conference play. Roosevelt Jones led the…