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  • 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…

  • New COPHS program combines health and business

    KIRSTEN ADAIR | ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is expanding to offer a  new healthcare and business program under the bachelor of science and health science program. “For this year, the only students that are in that program are the ones who want to go into the [physician assistant] program at the…

  • Butler to get BlueIndy Stations

    Blakely Heaton | Staff Reporter   Butler University’s campus will soon be equipped with BlueIndy’s rental cars at 635 W. Hampton Drive. Right now, the nearest Bluecar station can be found on 56th Street. WTHR Channel 13 reported BlueIndy is “the first of its kind in North America,” so not only is it new to…

  • Butler chapter of Timmy Global Health prepares for Oct. 3 run/walk

    MATTHEW DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER The Butler Chapter of Timmy Global Health (Timmy) is preparing for its annual Colorful Run/Walk. The event will be held on Oct. 3 on Butler University’s East Mall at 9 a.m. Ashni Patel, President of the Butler chapter of Timmy, senior biology/pre-med major, said Timmy is an organization that…

  • Arts integration course benefits elementary ed majors

    Kristin Camiliere| Staff Reporter The Wallace Elementary School for Integrated Arts employs mostly Butler University graduates. This high employment rate relates to the elementary education courses offered at Butler and the strong ties that Butler has with the Wallace School. Butler is connected with the Wallace Elementary School of Integrated Arts, located in Kokomo, Indiana.…

  • Butler hosts blood and bone marrow drive in support of Andrew Smith

    Butler hosts blood and bone marrow drive in support of Andrew Smith

        KRISTIN CAMILIERE | STAFF REPORTER Butler University, Indiana Blood Center and Be the Match Indiana held a blood drive and bone marrow transplant event in Hinkle Fieldhouse Sept. 29 in honor of former Butler University basketball center Andrew Smith. Smith was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, a rare condition of non-Hodgkin’s disease, in…

  • Faculty Senate discusses new core requirement

    Matthew Fleckenstein | Staff Reporter   The Butler University Faculty Senate voted Sept. 15 to create a subcommittee to further research the Social Justice and Diversity proposal for a new requirement in the core curriculum every student is required to take. The SJD committee is comprised of chair Chad Knoderer,   Amy Peak, COPHS, Susan Adams, COE,…

  • Students occupy the Diversity Center

    Brooklyn Raines | Staff Reporter   Butler University students made time in between classes and occupied the  Efroymson Diversity Center on Sept. 21 and 22 as a way to potentially meet the candidates interviewing for the newly appointed position of vice president of human resources, diversity and wellness. The purpose of the sit-in was to allow students…