NATALIE BLOOM | STAFF REPORTER This week, Butler University expanded its horizons on gender and sexuality through the discussion “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Vagina Monologues.” The event was hosted by Demia, Butler’s feminist and social justice group. This year, Demia plays a particularly important role on campus with the Indiana legislative decisions that have…
Progressive Lenses
WESLEY SEXTON | STAFF REPORTER Tuesday’s concert, featuring Progressive Lenses, was a distinct change of pace from the types of concerts normally heard at the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. However, as a part of the Butler University ArtsFest theme “Outlaws and Outsiders,” it fits. Several well-experienced Butler music faculty members joined forces…
Gov. Mike Pence Claims MLK Jr. His Hero
To the Editor, BUTLER COLLEGIAN: In Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s March 31, news conference, I was impressed with his saying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of his heroes and had been so since Pence’s high school days. He talked about accepting Georgia congressman John Lewis’ invitation to join Lewis and others in marching across…
Low endowment, less financial aid
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If a university has a high endowment, research shows more financial aid can be given to students. Endowments represent money or financial assets donated to universities or colleges, according to Investopedia. Harvard University has the largest endowment of any educational institution in the United States. With a $36 billion endowment, 100…
Hoodie Allen in Dublin
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER Junior Kelsey De La Croix recently found her cure to homesickness while on the Global Adventures in the Liberal Arts trip. Her cure was in meeting Hoodie Allen, a hip hop artist. De La Croix said she started listening to Allen more than a year ago. When he announced a…
No H8
ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER Last Friday students gathered in Starbucks and visually protested inequality by painting the words “NO H8” on their cheeks and hands. “The NOH8 Campaign is a charitable organization whose mission is to promote marriage, gender and human equality through education, advocacy, social media, and visual protest,” according to the mission…
Leaders address dining, diversity and aid
CAMERON ALFORD | ASST. CULTURE EDITOR Butler leadership addressed a variety of campus concerns the Student Government Association’s town hall meeting yesterday. The panel of administrators included President James Danko, Provost Kate Morris, Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson, and Vice President of Marketing and Communications Matt Mindrum. Danko summarized the areas of concern…
B-lot parking shrinks
KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Sophomores with B-lot parking passes have been relocating to I-lot since the beginning of first semester due to a lack of parking spots. “I have had some issues,” sophomore strategic-communications major Alicia DiMaccio said. “[Construction] has made it far more difficult to find spots in B-lot, for sure, but I…
5 Things to Know (Week 9)
Don’t have time to watch or read the news? No problem! The Butler Collegian’s editor-in-chief has compiled a list of the top five things he thinks readers should know this week. Let’s keep this relatively short, sweet and to the point. Live long and prosper. Fact 1: Indiana HIV rate increases: In Scott County,…
Music is FUNderburg
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER One of the first things to notice about sophomore Addie Funderburg is her Tennessee accent. The second is that she is just about the sweetest person you will ever meet. But behind the girl-next-door personality is a passionate musician. Funderburg began playing the violin when she was just 5 years…