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Women’s basketball drops seventh straight game against Creighton

ZACH HORRALL | CO-SPORTS EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu The Butler University women’s basketball team lost their seventh straight game as they fell in the final quarter to Creighton University with a score of 52-42 on Feb. 5 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The loss drops Butler to 7-15 on the season and 2-9 in the Big East Conference.…
Men’s tennis shows mixed results on Saturday matches

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu Saturday’s doubleheader at the Butler Bubble brought mixed results for the Butler University men’s tennis team. In the morning, the Bulldogs fell to the Valparaiso University Crusaders 7-0. Butler closed out the day by slamming the University of Northwestern Ohio Racers 6-1 in the nightcap. After Jeffrey Schorsch…
Bulldogs of Butler

LIZZY HACKL | ASSIST. CULTURE EDITOR Name: Lauren Hattory Year: First-year From: Rolling Meadows, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) Major: Marketing (as of now) Minor: Nothing declared, but hopes to declare MIS (Management Information Systems, which deals with IT, or Information Technology) Dream job: To work in IT for a large international company “I would…
“It Gets Better”

SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER Sometimes you’re confused. Sometimes you may think the world is going to end and you’re clearly out of options and furthermore, out of people to go to for support. You start doubting not only your friends and family, but yourself as well. With all of these thoughts and fears running…
Butler men’s tennis falls at Dayton

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler men’s tennis team fell 5-2 to the Dayton Flyers on the evening of Feb. 5. Butler fell to 1-2 with the defeat. The match see-sawed between the rivals, but Dayton’s dominance at the doubles position boosted them to four singles’ victories. The tightly contested match left…
Parking garage vendors to open mid-April

MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER Scotty’s Brewhouse and Pita Pit expect to open by the middle of April, said Richard Michal, Butler’s executive director of facilities. “They seem to be making good progress,” he said. “I would speculate some time in March but definitely by the middle of April for Scotty’s.” Facilities gave Scotty’s Brewhouse 90…
Butler men’s basketball defeats Georgetown, dedicates win to Kampen family

MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team defeated Georgetown University on Feb. 2 with a final score of 87-76. With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 15-7 overall and 4-6 in Big East play. Georgetown falls to 13-10 on the season and 6-4 in conference play. The Bulldogs had something…
Young team hopes to improve Butler track and field

ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu The Butler University men and women’s track and field teams look to build on their momentum so far this season and improve from their abysmal season last year. Last year, the men’s team finished seventh of seven teams in the Big East Conference indoor championship, while the women’s…
Butler men’s tennis splits weekend matches

JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu The Butler University men’s tennis team split a pair of matches against the visiting Green Bay Phoenix and the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougars over the weekend. The Phoenix swiped a 6-1 Saturday victory at the Butler Bubble, while the Bulldogs snatched a 5-2 victory in Edwardsville on Sunday.…