Author: Julian Wyllie

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…
Who will be the next SGA president?

BREANNA MANLEY | STAFF REPORTER Rewarding is the word Chad Pingel used to describe his presidency at Butler. Pingel was voted Student Government Association president by the student body in 2014. Now, Pingel is ready to pass the torch to another Bulldog in hopes of making Butler University a little bit better. He said his…
A joyful tribute with George Takei

CAMERON ALFORD | STAFF REPORTER George Takei was just 4 years old on one of the most transformative days in American history. On Dec. 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor, leading to the United States’ involvement in World War II. Seventy-four years later, Takei spoke to over 2,000 people at Butler…