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  • Observatory repairs and renovations

    CASSE EBERLE | STAFF REPORTER Renovations are underway for the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium’s largest telescope. The renovations will cost $325,000.  Brian Murphy, observatory director, said this expense is slightly less than the original cost of $350,000 to build the observatory in 1954.  Frank Levinson, a former Butler physics student, funded the project to renovate…

  • Academic calendar changed

    JULIANNE STRIBIAK | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Changes are on the horizon regarding the length of semesters and summer sessions in upcoming years. The upcoming 2015 summer session will last 14 weeks instead of 12, which will affect the durations of school breaks. Registrar Michele Neary said the two biggest reasons leading to this change in…

  • Revamping recycling on campus

    MIRANDA MARITATO | STAFF REPORTER The single stream recycling program will make recycling at Butler University more accessible. The sustainability council was put together after the Butler University Sustainability and Climate Action plan was developed. Butler plans to produce zero carbon emissions by the year 2050, according to BUSCA. “It is very expansive,” said Mckenzie…

  • Ten percent of students insured by Butler

    KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER   Students enrolling at Butler University who did not have existing health insurance found more than $1,000 tacked onto their bills this year.  That is the cost of Butler University’s sponsored student health insurance plan, which was added to students’ bills if they did not waive the plan or if…

  • Butler’s new brand coming soon

    Butler’s new brand coming soon

    KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS EDITOR Butler University will start to unveil its new brand in December to unify the way the university shares its story. Butler’s marketing and communications department hired 160over90, a branding agency based in Philadelphia, to help with the efforts to change Butler’s image in February.  The university and 160over90 started a process…

  • All about adjuncts

    Tyler Springer |Staff Reporter They teach only one or two classes per week, receive a lower salary than full-time professors and do not have to attend faculty meetings very often. These are Butler University’s adjuncts. Butler currently employs about 65 adjuncts, according to data from Butler’s office of institutional research. Most of these adjuncts teach…

  • Construction causes parking problems

    Construction causes parking problems

    CASSIE EBERLE | STAFF REPORTER Freshman Kim Cripe commutes to school each morning. Due to the cost of the parking pass, she never bought one. Instead, she parks in the surrounding neighborhood in front of her friend’s house and walks to class. “Butler has lots of events: parents’ day, basketball, football, recruiting events, etcetera.” Cripe…

  • Students eye summer internships

    SARAH STOESZ | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Many Butler University students have already begun applying and accepting internships for next summer. The College of Business requires students to have two internships, while the College of Communication also requires certain majors to have an internship.  Some students decide to fulfill the requirements in the summer.   Some…

  • Butler addresses domestic violence with awareness events

    KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Seven years ago, Hannah Hendricks was sexually assaulted while she attended Butler University.    On Tuesday, she returned to Butler to speak about her experiences with sexual assault, rape and an abusive marriage in a program called Why I Stayed. Why I Stayed, one of many programs related to Domestic…