Author: mlegel

  • The awkward hello

    The awkward hello

    HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST You look up and there he is—that guy you met last night at that Snu senior house with the name you just can’t remember. He’s all the way at the other end of the hall, and it is just the two of you. You scramble for your phone so that…

  • The friend zone

    The friend zone

    ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION COLUMNIST More often than not, people encounter another individual and, by means of physical appearance, choose whether (a) this individual is attractive, and could potentially be of interest; (b) he or she seems all right, but physical attraction is low, so friendship is probable, or (c) there is no way in…

  • Social media: Is it taking over YOUR life?

    PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST Seventy-four percent of adults online use social networking sites, according to Pew Research Center. This percentage surprised me; I thought the statistic would be much larger. It seems as though we live in a day and age that is completely dominated by the Internet and its various forms of social…

  • Basketball, bias, and Beery

    MARC ALLAN | mallan@butler.edu | PUBLIC EDITOR Sports writers have a rule: No cheering in the press box. That’s surely easier for most of them than it is for junior Kyle Beery, the Collegian’s sports editor. Whenever he’s covering Butler University men’s basketball for the paper, he’s writing about a team he’s been rooting for…

  • Alcoholism is real

    Alcoholism is real

    MORGAN LEGEL | OPINION EDITOR There are many common phrases dealing with alcohol on a college campus, ranging from “I swear to drunk I’m not God” to “You are not an alcoholic until you graduate.” Both of these phrases probably come out of college students’ mouths every weekend, but one holds a little more weight…

  • The discourse right under our noses

    CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | OPINION COLUMNIST The typical Butler University student is utterly unaware of the university’s duty to be part of a larger academic conversation—and even more unaware of how well it executes this role. This trend concerns me recently because of a publication that Booth Magazine just released. The MFA Program in Creative Writing…

  • Spring break struggles

    Spring break struggles

    PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST After waiting for what seems like forever, this weekend signals the highly anticipated beginning of spring break. Ah, spring break, that beautiful, if brief, period during a college student’s life when one can unwind and relax, preferably somewhere beautiful and on a beach. Spring break is often viewed as a…

  • 40 days to a better you

    PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST  As a spiritual preparation for the Easter holiday in early April, the Lenten season is traditionally known as a time of fasting and self-sacrifice. During Lent, some will choose to give up their favorite sweets while having cheat days on Sunday, or maybe some will abstain from meat every Friday.…

  • You know you go to Butler when…

    ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION COLUMNIST You know you go to Butler University when… Freshman year, your dormitory is hot all year round, due to the lack of air conditioning in the summer and the blazing furnaces in the winter. Over half of your flex dollars are gone by the first month, spent mostly on frappucinos…