JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER The first days of school for Butler University are “kind of like daycare,” said Julie Howerton, director of health services. “Everyone is a little more vulnerable at the beginning of the year, because they haven’t had that exposure,” Howerton said. “That is part of the challenge when students come back to…
Chickenpox case on campus
KATIE GOODRICH / NEWS CO-EDITOR Butler University Health Services confirmed a case of varicella, or chicken pox. The student continues to recover at his family’s home, according to a campus-wide email sent from Julie Howerton, director of health services, on Sept. 2. The email stated the greatest risk for exposure was in Ross Hall during…
Students can help impoverished and intern overseas
ALEXANDRA BODE / STAFF REPORTER Two Butler University students are working to bring a chapter of Nourish International to Butler. The group’s mission is “to engage students and empower communities to make a lasting impact on extreme poverty,” according to their website. Junior Sarah Zimmerman spent the spring 2014 semester studying in Latin America where…
What pot is not
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | chartsel@butler.edu | Columnist When people say that marijuana is a problem at a university, they mean that it is fairly prevalent. They don’t mean that it causes any actual problems. And, to be frank, I’m skeptical that it does. My question is this: Is marijuana a problem because it is an actual…
Parking garage to relieve neighborhood
NATALIE SMITH | nmsmith1@butler.edu | News Co-Editor The last, little brown house on the Berkley knoll sits on the corner of Sunset Avenue and Berkley Road. Catherine Golden has lived in that house “forever.” She wants to stay there just as long. The issue that Golden and other Butler-Tarkington residents expressed concern with is the…
Safety not on student radar
JULIAN WYLLIE | jwyllie@butler.edu | Opinion Editor President James Danko voiced his concerns on sexual assault in last week’s State of the University address. His message was simple. Students must protect each other. “We will do everything we can to keep you safe,” he said in a email following the address, “but it is ultimately…
An ice bucket alone won’t suffice
PAIGE LISTON | pliston@butler.edu | Columnist You’ve seen the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on the news. You’ve scrolled past it on many of your social media accounts. Your friends are all participating in it. You may have even participated in the challenge yourself. According to the ALS Association website, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a “progressive…
New residence hall to house 600 upperclassmen
JYLIAN VIGAR | jvigar@butler.edu | News Reporter August 2016 will bring 600 new beds to Butler University. “Dated dorms don’t provide what students need today,” said Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs. “It is time to start living into this promise of the experience that we can and should give our students.…
Class of 2018 smaller, more diverse
SARAH STOESZ | sstoesz@butler.edu | Asst. News Editor Butler’s newest freshman class followed the recent trend of declining class sizes. There are 988 new first-year students on campus. This is 11 percent decrease from just two years ago. In his State of the University speech, Butler University President James Danko said there was “more softness”…
Students switch to newest majors
JUSTINA KAISER | jakaiser@butler.edu | Contributing News Reporter A basketball mishap left his leg in a cast. Sports always dominated Mark Pearson’s life from five different high school activities to club basketball in college. Three years after he entered Butler as a journalism major, Pearson had a chance to connect his education with his passion…