BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER On Nov. 16 Butler University students joined together and wore black to support the French students of Butler and for all of those affected by the recent tragedies in Paris. Last Friday, six terrorist attacks took place at various locations throughout Paris. After the attacks, ISIS, a well-known Sunni jihadist militant group,…
SGA releases new newsletter
BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER Butler students, faculty and alumni can now subscribe to the new Student Government Association newsletter, the Carillon. SGA released the first issue of The Carillon, on Nov. 1, 2015. The newsletter will be a way for all who subscribe to stay up to date on what SGA is doing on…
Week of involvement
BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER Last week, Oct. 19-23, was the Week of Involvement at Butler University. Student Government Association’s internal programming committee presented a second chance after Block Party for students to get involved with different organizations. Each day, a different types of organizations stood at Star Fountain from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,…
Eva Kor shares survival story with Indianapolis community
KIRSTEN ADAIR | ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Holocaust survivor Eva Kor sent a message of resilience and forgiveness through her story on Oct. 22 in Clowes Memorial Hall. Kor began the season of Distinguished Speakers Distinctive Voices lecture series, which is a partnership between the city of Indianapolis and Butler University as a diversity initiative that is…
Faculty Senate discuss e-learning at Oct. 13 meeting
MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER E-learning, the courses students can take online over the summer, was the focus of the Oct. 13 Faculty Senate meeting. Original e-learning committee members Mary Macmanus Ramsbottom and Julie Miller gave a presentation on the study of e-learning performed last summer. Provost Kate Morris gave the original goal for the…
Andrew Ryan returns to BUPD after arrest
BROOKLYN RAINES | STAFF REPORTER Andrew Ryan, a Butler University Police Department captain, was granted conditional driving privileges at a pre-trial conference on Sept. 23. Ryan was arrested on Sept. 8 after failing two sobriety tests, which were taken after a car crash Ryan was involved in on the Eastside of Indianapolis. Ryan’s BAC was…
Apartment Village fire alarms have residents fired up
KIRSTEN ADAIR | ASST. NEWS EDITOR | kadair@butler.edu Sensitive fire alarms led to confusion in Apartment Village over the past few weeks. Residents in Apartment Village have received emails from Hope England, the residence life coordinator for Apartment Village, advising students to be wary of following cooking instructions and warning against taking steamy showers. The smoke…
Students getting heated about heating
MATTHEW DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER Recently, the Butler Facilities staff temporarily turned off the air conditioning in buildings around campus in preparation to switch from cooling to heating, causing a temperature increase in some of the buildings. Richard Michal, executive director of facilities, said the Butler Facilities staff have begun preparing to switch systems…
SGA Senator list released
BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER bnheaton@butler.edu The 2015-2016 Butler University Student Government Association Senate is complete after appointing vacant positions. The Senate had its first meeting Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. Some senator positions were left vacant, causing a delay in the Senate’s start this year. The SGA Cabinet was responsible for the nine appointments,…
Get to know your SGA senators: ResCo edition
BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER Trenton Wright will represent Residential College as senator for the Student Government Association this 2015-2016 academic year. There were two senator positions available to represent ResCo, and Wright ran unopposed for one. The SGA Cabinet will appoint someone to the other ResCo senator position, according to the SGA Constitution. Wright…