KATIE GOODRICH | CONTENT MANAGING EDITOR Groups of new students walk together in large packs, led by Student Orientation Guides in matching T-shirts bursting with school spirit. Freshmen sport lanyards to hold the keys for their new dorm room and Butler gear they just picked out in the bookstore They “ooh” and “ahh” over Trip…
Diving Into The Digital Age: Collegian editor introduces publication’s new direction
MATTHEW VANTRYON | EDITOR IN CHIEF When I sat down with The Butler Collegian’s adviser and the director of the school of journalism in May and told them what I am about to tell the readers of this article, I knew I was venturing into uncharted waters. I knew what I was about to suggest…
A Time For Change: Butler asks students to “Pardon Our Dust”
ANNIE WEBER and JYLIAN VIGAR | CO-NEWS EDITORS This year, Butler University’s campus looks a little different, scattered with bulldozers, chain link fences and upturned dirt. For returning students, construction is an old friend, or rather an old enemy. “Construction was horrendous living here over the summer,” Olivia Browne, junior Spanish major, said. “It took…
Here To Stay: Danko sees his future through 2020
ANNIE WEBER and JYLIAN VIGAR | CO-NEWS EDITORS Butler University President James Danko’s five-year contract extension gives him the opportunity to see the Butler 2020 Vision through to completion. “The Butler 2020 plan is a pretty long-term, comprehensive plan,” Danko said. “There’s a lot of a things that are going to be happening here on…
BREAKING: Board of Trustees extends President Danko’s contract
ANNIE WEBER AND JYLIAN VIGAR / CO-NEWS EDITORS Butler University President James Danko will remain in office through 2020. His five-year contract extension was announced Friday morning at the Academic Year Welcome. Board of Trustees Chair Keith Burks announced the board’s unanimous decision to faculty and staff. Danko took office in 2011 and had one…
Butler announces increase in parking permit prices for 2015-16 school year
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor In Chief Butler University has raised parking permit prices for the second time in three years. The university sent an email to faculty, staff and students Wednesday detailing permit prices and policies for the 2015-16 school year. Permits for the I-Lot will cost $100. Permits for the I-Lot, which was constructed…
Southport senior Joey Brunk commits to Butler
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor-In-Chief 6-10 center Joey Brunk, a senior at Southport High School, has verbally committed to Butler, as first reported by Kyle Neddenriep of the Indianapolis Star. He averaged 16.5 points per game and nine rebounds per game as a junior. Brunk took only two official visits, one to Oklahoma and one…
Butler grad named associate athletic director for communication
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor in chief John Dedman ’03 is the school’s new associate athletic director for communication, according to a press release from the athletic department. Dedman will assume the responsibilities formerly held by Jim McGrath, who retired after working as Butler’s sports information director since 1981. Read about McGrath and his career “This…
Butler mourns the loss of associate professor
KATIE GOODRICH | MANAGING EDITOR Becky Cramer, Butler University associate professor of education, died on Saturday. Her family surrounded her, according to a university-wide release from Ena Shelley, dean of the College of Education. She received her undergraduate degree from California Baptist University in 1999. Cramer earned her masters’ degree from the University of California,…
Presidential Commission on Sexual Assault prepares recommendations
MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR Butler University President James Danko announced the creation of the Presidential Commission on Sexual Assault last April, and the commission will present recommendations to Danko by the end of the school year concerning how to address the issue of sexual assault on campus moving forward. A commission steering committee provided…