KARL AGGER | STAFF REPORTER Hundreds of runners will take their marks at the starting line this Saturday for the 23rd annual Bulldog Jog. The event involves Butler students, staff and members of the local community. The event was originally organized by the Alumni and Parent Programs department as a fundraiser for the Butler University…
Campus construction continues
KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Over spring break, construction began on the new student-housing facility that is planned to open in 2016 as part of President James Danko’s 2020 Vision. The Residential College parking lot behind the library was closed off, the trees were cut down, and construction crews have already begun drilling into the…
5 Things to know (Week 8)
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. Yabba dabba do! Fact 1: President Obama’s approval ratings shift: Obama’s approval rating…
Indy Summer Experience helps students explore the city
MOE SIMMONS | STAFF REPORTER Students often feel comfortable with keeping a daily routine of seeing the same people and going to the same places. One can almost say it is as though they are in their own personal Butler Bubble. The Butler Bubble is all too real for some students on campus. However, the…
Larry Shapiro: 70 years young
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Larry Shapiro, the first official full-time music professor on Butler’s campus, has been teaching here for about twenty-eight years. Over 70 years old, Shapiro said he plans to keep teaching well into his 90’s. Shapiro began playing the violin when he was just six years old. “Sixty-seven years later and…
Meet the Texas Longhorns
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR The University of Texas men’s basketball team features seven players 6-foot-8 or taller, three of which are starters. They’re a long team, to say the least, and they lead the nation in blocked shots per with 8.2 per game. “They’re huge,” Butler guard Kellen Dunham said. “They’re long, they like…
Collegian editors make their Final Four picks
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR This March sets us up for history. The Kentucky Wildcats’ pursuit for perfection continues tomorrow and will likely end here in Indianapolis on March 6 with John Calipari doing what nobody has done since Bobby Knight did it in 1976 — hoisting the National Championship trophy after taking his team…
Improper antibiotic use creates health risks
Dear Editor, With any luck the recent snow will soon be replaced by warmer temperatures, but respiratory viral season is still in full swing. As an Assistant Professor and pharmacist at Butler University and at Riley Hospital for Children, I am no stranger to the negative impact of respiratory viruses. Relief from the symptoms…
Lowry “gives” back to Butler
KATHERINE SHELTON | STAFF REPORTER Lois Lowry, author of “The Giver,” spoke at Clowes Memorial Hall on Wednesday, braving through the snowy Maine winter to speak to the Indianapolis and Butler community about her life and motivations for her work. Lowry is most well-known for her novel “The Giver,” which tells the story of a…
Greek athletes deserve credit
SARAH THUET | SPORTS COLUMNIST Being a student-athlete in a Division I program such as Butler is alone an impressive feat. From early morning practices to missing classes because of out of town games, athletes are constantly forced to adjust and stretch to their limits to get all of their work done. School work, plus…