Author: Julian Wyllie
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Slow down, it’s not a rush
JULIAN WYLLIE | jwyllie@butler.edu | Opinion Editor According to Butler’s student handbook, freshmen weren’t supposed to enter Greek houses until Sept. 8. Nevertheless, plenty freshmen still found a way in, parties ensued, and no immediate harm was done. If this is the case, should the university bother to enforce the rule at all? In my…
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Nostalgia and the joys from old wounds
JULIAN WYLLIE | jwyllie@butler.edu | Opinion Editor My ignorance as a child made me believe that no place on the planet was quite like Brooklyn, New York: The borough of kings where over 2.5 million people call home today. Although I’d like to believe that my devotion to the city is unique, in truth, most…
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Lady bulldogs own campus
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | chartsel@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist The Bulldog dating scene is made strange by the uneven ratio of men to women. The gender gap at Butler University is no secret—our university has a ratio of 39 percent male and 61 percent female, according to the 2014-15 US News & World Report profile of the…
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How The Collegian discovers news
MARC ALLAN | mallan@butler.edu | Public Editor I tell my Writing for Print Media classes that news is “anything you don’t know.” When that is your definition, news is everywhere. And that, editor-in-chief Marais Jacon-Duffy told me last week, is how The Collegian approaches newsgathering. “The easiest thing for me has always been to keep…
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In memory of Dr. Bobby Fong
Like most faculty who knew him personally, I was saddened and shocked to learn of former President Bobby Fong’s passing due to a sudden heart attack. While at Butler, he championed high academic standards and encouraged personal contact. He was kind, decent and very much a humanitarian who had his flaws like most of us,…