ALEXIS PRICE | adprice1@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist In 2013, there was a 20 percent increase in post-Thanksgiving shoppers from the year before, according to the National Retail Federation. The NRF also estimated that more than 92 million people shopped on Thanksgiving Day in 2013, an increase from 2012, when an estimated 89 million people went shopping. In…
A lot goes down when sororities dress up
PAIGE LISTON | pliston@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist A girl stared in the mirror. Her eyes, framed with expertly applied mascara, stared back. Her hair was curled perfectly, the result of hours spent with an iron. A simple black dress covered her skin. It was almost time to go, so she glanced in the mirror once more…
Clever critique or useless banter?
MARC ALLAN | mallan@butler.edu | Public Editor From student housing and smoking pot to Greek life and internships, Collegian columnists have expressed opinions about a broad range of subjects this semester. On occasion, they have been critical of Butler policies. Opinion editor Julian Wyllie, a junior studying economics in the College of Business, told me…
Hey Starbucks, thanks a latte
ALEXIS PRICE | adprice1@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist 2003: Gas was $1.83 a gallon. Finding Nemo debuted in theaters. Apple launched iTunes. R. Kelly released the song “Ignition.” And Starbucks introduced the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Thus, the emergence of the “basic white girl.” Filled with 380 shameless calories and flavors evoked by cinnamon, nutmeg and real pumpkin pie…
Transfer students need love too
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | chartsel@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist Butler University integrates transfer students into the Bulldog equation pretty well—in the long term. But the short term is another story. The way these students have to start out almost guarantees a difficult adjustment to Butler culture. Senior Grace Drascic transferred to Butler in the spring semester her…
He’s not your accessory
ANNIE DEVOE | adevoe@butler.edu | Contributing Columnist The wind was filled with the savory smell of grilled food and beer, while music and loud cheers echoed between Hinkle Fieldhouse and the Butler Bowl. I looked around, past my little brother and best friend, and found myself surrounded by hundreds of new and familiar faces. All of them…
Studying abroad, a bigger picture
In regards to last week’s column “Think twice about studying abroad,” I fully agree with the author’s final point. Students should look at different study abroad programs with a critical eye. Every program offers a difference experience, so it’s important to evaluate the classes, living situations and language barriers of each. However, I don’t agree…
Butler housing: Is it too simple to work?
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | chartsel@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist Students with high lottery numbers should not have to live in on-campus apartments they cannot afford. As a small school, Butler University has a fundamentally simple housing lottery. Students choose their housing intention online; weeks later, they receive a message with a random lottery number. Lower numbers choose…
Learning from our mistakes
MARC ALLAN | mallan@butler.edu | Public Editor The only people who see the contents of The Collegian before it is printed are the staff members. Not the president, not the dean, not the chair of the School of Journalism, not the paper’s faculty adviser and—certainly—not me. So I don’t know whether there is a correction…
Ease off the Yak
PAIGE LISTON | pliston@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist The increasingly popular phone application, Yik Yak, will celebrate its one-year anniversary this November, and Butler students have joined the frenzy. Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington, graduates of Furman University in South Carolina and the creators of Yik Yak, now own the third-ranked program in the iTunes App Store,…