Author: mlegel

  • Bulldogs of Butler: Earl Townsend

    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

    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…

  • Ho-Ho Hold Up

    Ho-Ho Hold Up

    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…