HAYLEY ROSS | haross@butler.edu | OPINION COLUMNIST After the long—although not long enough—winter break, there was plenty to talk about: old flings back home, gifts you got for Christmas and, most importantly, which new show on Netflix was worth watching. In the midst of all this, classes have started and the familiar struggle of getting…
Don’t break the bank: A new Google Chrome plug-in helps students save money on textbooks
ALEXIS PRICE | adprice1@butler.edu | OPINION COLUMNIST As philosophical, musical trio LFO once said, “Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole lot of sonnets,” and Paul Revere was, in fact, a good man. This bit of information has shown to be beneficial through English and American history courses. Unfortunately, students in college courses cannot just rely…
Judge a school by its newspaper
My younger daughter has been shopping for a college for three years, and in that time we have visited 10 schools. That’s a lot of tours and a lot of talks from admissions counselors and tour guides whose job is to put the best face on their schools. You can learn a lot in those…
Africa Alive
HALEY BAAS | STAFF REPORTER African dance moves and singing are not typically found in the Butler Theatre department’s performances. However, Butler’s performance of “The Water Carriers,” employed this style with eloquence and tenacity. With performances starting Nov. 12 and continuing all the way until Nov. 16, this was no small production. Even during the…
Bulldogs of Butler: Earl Townsend
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Despite his long brown hair freezing from the cold, sophomore creative writing major and theatre minor Earl Townsend is making the trek to the Campus Club to get some potato soup and a southwest turkey panini. Townsend, born in Indianapolis and raised in Zionsville, is accustomed to cold Indiana winters.…
The real housemoms of Butler University
NATALIE BLOOM | STAFF REPORTER To some, college is a place for students to grow as independent individuals. While the freedom is nice, sometimes you just need your mom. Many sorority and fraternity members have supportive women in their lives who take on the role of mother figures during the school year. These women are known…
Editor-in-chief resigns: Explaining the change
MARC ALLAN | mallan@butler.edu | Public Editor With its editor resigning twice—and the staff accepting her resignation the second time—The Collegian closes the semester on a rough note. But I am confident the paper will be back stronger, and hopefully with a staff that is wiser about the importance of conducting itself ethically at all…
Editor-in-chief resigns: Looking forward
BEN SIECK & MALLORY DUNCAN | Co-Editors-in-Chief The Collegian has new leadership. Following former Editor-in-Chief Marais Jacon-Duffy’s resignation on Nov. 12, the two managing editors became co-editors-in-chief. I, Ben Sieck, managed the print version and content of the paper, and I, Mallory Duncan, managed the digital side. We are now working in tandem to lead the…
Public Editor responds to ethical concerns
MARC ALLAN | mallan@butler.edu | Public Editor Early Friday evening, I received an email from Elizabeth Mix, chair of the Faculty Senate and associate professor of art history. She said Marais Jacon-Duffy, The Collegian’s editor in chief, had interviewed her earlier that day. “We started the interview and she was taking notes; I said I…
Mo money, Mo problems
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | chartsel@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist “Thirty thousand dollars a year and I can’t find a parking spot to go to class.” “My tuition is going to Butler 2020 and I graduate next year.” “With how much we pay, the bathrooms should have more than one-ply toilet paper.” Students regularly use Yik Yak, an…