DAVID MCNEAL | CONTRIBUTING WRITER Chattel slavery officially ended on Dec. 6, 1865. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in the U.S. President Barack Obama was inaugurated Jan. 20, 2009. One would find it hard to believe anyone could feel unequal in Obama’s America. Why would people at Butler, enjoying all the…
Snapchat gets backlash
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | OPINION COLUMNIST Relationships at Butler will have to be based on trust and not a “Best Friends” list now that Snapchat released its game-changing update. The update includes adding friends by scanning someone else’s personalized Snapchat ghost, a “Discover” section with media from a number of outlets and the infamous change that…
The “Starbucks Experience”
HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST Picture this… Resting in front of me is my laptop, my notebook, my backpack, my water bottle and, of course, my trusted Starbucks coffee. My headphones are plugged in, but Florence and the Machine is playing so low that I can still hear the Bruno Mars song playing from the…
Internships are nothing to fear
PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST The internship: a coveted goal and crucial position that, at some point, all college students want to possess. It is constantly drilled into students’ brain that obtaining the all-important internship is the key to professional success. This may seem a daunting task because of the significance that is…
Don’t judge so swiftly
ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION COLUMNIST I have not been comfortable sharing this with others, or even admitting this to myself for a while now. Whenever there was any talk of the subject, I would appear uninterested, a little disgusted, delivering the occasional eye roll and head shake. See, it was something that I had…
New year, new me… Kind of
PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST It is a Tuesday night and you have some time to kill, so you decide to make the dreaded 10-minute trek over to the Health and Recreation Complex. Once you arrive, however, you discover that every single elliptical machine, treadmill and bike is occupied. Since the gym was too…
Prying eyes: How would you feel if your parents could stalk your every move?
HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST An absolutely absurd application called Class120 is available in the app store. It allows parents to see if their child has been going to class or if they have been skipping. In other words, it is an app that will allow parents to virtually creep on their children. It…
Survival tactics
ALEX BARTLOW | ASST. OPINION EDITOR I won’t lie to you: I had quite the attitude when I came to college. Most kids in my position were nervous or timid, but not me. My arrogant motto shortly after completing my first semester was “Veni, vidi, vici,” or “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Yes,…
A degree that really pays
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | OPINION COLUMNIST If you are not in love with your degree, it will not pay off in the long run, no matter the income it promises you. The beginning of the feature documentary “Happy” asks people what they want most out of life. They all ultimately respond with the same answer:…
In defense of Phi Kappa Psi
PAIGE LISTON | pliston@butler.edu | OPINION COLUMNIST When I first heard the news, it was hard to believe. It is hard to believe a part of my school, which was fully functioning last semester, has been taken away. It is hard to believe such a tight-knit community of young men will no longer be able…