Author: kmgoodri

  • Butler grad Beth Lohman: the HRC’s MVP

    TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER You may find Beth Lohman teaching a group fitness class in the Health and Recreation Complex. You might also spot her in the office overseeing the massage therapy and risk management programs at Butler. But you could also catch her watching “Pitch Perfect” in her pajamas with the rest of…

  • Greek houses on probation for Homecoming

    NATALIE SMITH | CONTRIBUTING WRITER  Two Greek houses cannot participate in this year’s Homecoming activities. Sigma Chi and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities are on probation during the year’s festivities, and members cannot compete in the week’s festivities.  Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs, said he did not have information on the specific cases regarding the…

  • Major MCAT changes

    BEN SIECK | MANAGING EDITOR Pre-med students across the U.S. are facing a dilemma: Take the Medical College Admissions Test in its current form by January, or wait for the longer, more comprehensive version due out in April. Butler University’s pre-med students are no exception. Butler Pre-Med Society President Carah Austin said she will take…

  • Maintenance helps prevent disease

    ALEXANDRA BODE | NEWS REPORTER Changes in seasons also bring changes to the workload for the Butler University maintenance department.  In the summertime, when many students are off campus, big maintenance projects occur. This includes replacing filters and cleaning residence halls.  “These things are easier to do when there are not as many folks around,”…

  • Sexual assault commission searches for volunteers

    KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS CO-EDITOR Provost Kathryn Morris sent a campus-wide email asking for volunteers to serve on the Presidential Sexual Assault Commission. The email asked for staff, faculty and students to volunteer their time to serve on a sub-committee during the 2014-2015 academic year. Sub-committees include campus climate assessment, curricular initiatives and survivor advocacy,…

  • New party law affects fraternities and off-campus houses

    New party law affects fraternities and off-campus houses

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A new Indiana law could put Butler students who host underage drinkers behind bars. The “social host law,” part of Indiana Senate Bill 236, makes the crime of knowingly and intentionally serving alcohol a Class B misdemeanor. Committing a Class B misdemeanor could result in a sentence of up to 180…

  • Diseases pop up on campus

    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…