Author: mlegel

  • 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

    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,…

  • As sickness spreads, stick to the script

    PAIGE LISTON | pliston@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist Between studying for exams and making time for an active social life, college students tend to forget about their personal health. This is especially true now, at the beginning of the year, when some students are struggling to make the transition to college life. Julie Howerton, director of health…

  • One suicide is too many

    One suicide is too many

    MORGAN LEGEL | mlegel@butler.edu | Asst. Opinion Editor Every 13.3 minutes, someone commits suicide, according to the American  Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Every 14 minutes, someone else is left to deal with it. Members of the Butler community have probably dealt with suicide in one way or another. Whether it is within their family or friend…