Author: kmgoodri

  • Registration: Race to schedule seats

    TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER The race to get a spot in spring semester classes has begun. Now through early November, students are meeting with their academic advisors to plan out their courses and schedules for the upcoming semester.  Before students go to their advisor, they should create an ideal schedule using the academic requirement…

  • Classification concerns for staff members’ status

    Classification concerns for staff members’ status

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF   Joey Wohlhieter graduated from Butler University in 2005. His pride for Butler runs deep—as a child he studied dance at Butler, and, as a student, he was highly involved on campus. When an opportunity arose for him last spring to work as an administrative specialist at his alma mater in…

  • Construction now, green payoff later

    Construction now, green payoff later

    JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER   Butler University adopted its sustainability and climate action plan in August. Two months later, students still look around campus to see the changes. The 19-page document summarizing the plan is available to the public online. Key points include Butler’s plan to eliminate operational greenhouse gases by 2050, provide education,…

  • Bulldogs react to same-sex marriage decision

    Bulldogs react to same-sex marriage decision

    CASSIE EBERLE & BAILEY STROCK | STAFF REPORTER & CONTRIBUTING WRITER Sixteen percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults in the United States are legally married, according to a 2013 study conducted by the Pew Research Center.  Butler professor David Murray is not one of them. Only Canada legally recognizes he and his husband’s…

  • Faculty health care costs rising

    SARAH STOESZ | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Health insurance costs for Butler University’s faculty and staff are projected to rise more than 10 percent before 2015. An increase in insurance premiums occurs every year.  Increases have been kept below 10 percent at Butler for several years.   However, Bruce Arick, assistant treasurer and vice president of…

  • A Bulldog, a Marine, a leader

    ANNIE DEVOE | STAFF REPORTER Sprawled out on the couch and fidgeting with the Celtic cross draped around his neck, 20-year-old sophomore Luke Williams appears to be your average college student.  But Williams juggles a different kind of responsibility outside of classes and campus life. Williams is a part of the United States Marine Corps…

  • New book buying alternative saves students money

    MIRANDA MARITATO | STAFF REPORTER At Butler University the average student will spend $1,000 on books per year. Other options available through the bookstore allow students to buy or rent used books to reduce the cost. PackBack is working to revolutionize the way students can buy and use textbooks. Its pay-per-use eTextbook model allows students…

  • Gender separation policies inconsistent

    Gender separation policies inconsistent

    TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER   “The third floor is for females only.” This message hangs on signs throughout the third floor of Ross Hall. Just across the street at Residential College, this policy does not exist. In ResCo, males and females live interspersed on the same floor. Doug Howell, associate director of residence life,…

  • BRIEF: Atherton employee died on campus

    TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER An employee in the Marketplace at Atherton Union died Monday morning. Willie Ealy, 57, had a heart attack shortly after arriving at the Atherton kitchen, Joe Rice, an Atherton employee, said. One employee said Early looked pale when he first arrived. Rice said two Atherton workers performed CPR on Ealy,…