KARL AGGER | STAFF REPORTER After almost a year of preparation, Butler University is getting ready to roll out its new brand. Individuals discussed the details of the rollout at a series of town hall meetings last week. The Strategic Marketing Board led the initiative with assistance from Enrollment Management, Information Technology and the six…
Students concerned with campus apartments
ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER “That’s the place over by the baseball field right?” “Oh, is that over by the I-lot?” These are two questions commonly asked to students who live in University Terrace. Located on the corner of 52nd Street and Westfield Boulevard, UT is home to nearly 100 students, typically juniors and seniors.…
Life in Paris: Miren Mohrenweiser
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER Sophomore Miren Mohrenweiser has eccentric interests, such as the French Revolution, art electricity and Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday, which was celebrated last week, marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period before Easter. Lent is meant to be a time to focus on your relationship with God. “I really like…
5 things to know (Week 6)
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. ¡Vámanos! Let’s Go! Fact 1: College students are partying less: Undergraduate students are…
Life in Paris: Paige Ferise
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER Sophomore Paige Ferise expected Paris to be a “a dirty, average” city. Ferise had the opportunity to visit the capital of France on the Global Adventures of Liberal Arts trip. “I had heard nothing but bad things about it,” she said. “Consequently, I was not at all excited for Paris.…
Bulawayo brings Africa to Butler
ALEX TARNOWSKI | STAFF REPORTER More than a hundred Butler University students, faculty and community members had the privilege of listening to a PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award recipient and Etisalat Prize winner Monday night at the Reilly Room. NoViolet Bulawayo, author of her debut novel “We Need New Names,” discussed the book as part of the…
Equality and Justice panel: Preview
CAMERON ALFORD | STAFF REPORTER A panel discussion titled “Is Equality and Justice for All?” will be held in the Krannert Room at Clowes Memorial Hall Feb. 26, beginning at 6 p.m. This discussion will address issues such as racial profiling and police brutality that recently occurred in the United States. The Desmond Tutu Center…
Chorale and Chamber Singers: Review
GRETCHEN E. MAYER | STAFF REPORTER On Friday Feb. 20, 2015, the Butler University Chorale and the Butler University Chamber Singers presented their spring semester concert. The concert began with the Chorale, transitioned to the Chamber Singers, and then went back to the Chorale to finish up the performance. The performance itself did not exceed…
The value of Butler’s Cultural Requirement
I am writing in response to the article in The Collegian, “Butler’s Cultural Requirement causes concern,” in which a student (who wished to remain anonymous, self-identifying only as an accounting major) said that they sneak out early from required cultural events, and that they have never been to one that they enjoyed. I decided to…
Growing pains: Parking garage opens this August
MOE SIMMONS | STAFF REPORTER Drive down Sunset Avenue and witness the giant blue construction crane hanging from the sky. Piece by piece, a parking garage is being built, set to open this August. From dawn until dusk, construction workers are on the site building the pillars and foundation, even in the unpredictable Indianapolis winter…