MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Most Butler University students have heard about Levester Johnson’s tweet treats, love for social media or, at the very least, his nickname “LJ.” What many would not know is that Johnson is a diehard country music fan and that he takes pride in his home gardening. Due to his prominence…
New SGA Officers Slated for 2014-2015
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Butler University’s next Student Government Association executive board is preparing to take office for the 2014-2015 school year. SGA announced the slate of next school year’s officers at the assembly meeting last Wednesday. There are seven officer positions in addition to SGA president. The SGA Assembly elected the vice presidents…
Overtime: Previewing the Upcoming MLB Season
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor “The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall all alone.” Never have the words of late Major…
STAFF EDITORIAL: Student Housing Selection System Needs Review
OUR POINT THIS WEEK: The housing selection process should be redone to assist students with a variety of mitigating circumstances | 23-0-6 Many Butler University students went through the housing selection process earlier this month, securing a room on campus for the 2014-2015 academic year. From current freshmen to Butler President James Danko, community…
Student Prepares to Perform Senior Recital
VANESSA STAUBLIN | Staff Reporter Between 30 and 40 senior recitals are taking place this spring semester, according to the JCA calendar. Senior recitals are a requirement for all performance and education majors in the School of Music. Students participating must get their programs typed and sent to the School of Music and are responsible…
Students Celebrate Campus Pride Month
ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter Butler University will be participating in Campus Pride Month this April. Campus Pride Month is a month dedicated to celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning pride on campuses across the nation. “As Alliance, we are really excited about this because this will be our time to show campus that we…
Students Should Pursue Their Passions in College
JULIAN WYLLIE | Columnist President Barack Obama has said higher education is the key to preparing Americans for the jobs of the 21st century. “We can’t allow higher education to be a luxury in this country. It’s an economic imperative that every family in America has to be able to afford,” he said in 2012.…
Taking to the Streetscape
MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Butler University is undergoing the first phase of the Streetscape project to improve campus. The city of Indianapolis has partnered with the university, contributing $1.5 million to the $3-million project. Highlights of phase one include boulevard- style medians lined with trees, new street lamps and campus signage, and the installation…
Teachers and students should disregard gender roles
MAGGIE MONSON | Copy Chief Two young girls have received criticism from their elementary schools in the past few weeks for failing to conform to the schools’ ideas of femininity. Kamryn Renfro, 9, shaved her head in solidarity with a friend undergoing chemotherapy and was not allowed to return to school until the board of…
Tenure and promotions explained
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Twenty-nine faculty members will be in tenured or promoted positions next school year. Provost Kathryn Morris announced the news to campus via email on Wednesday. Twelve faculty members received a promotion to professor, and 17 received tenure and promotion to associate professor. Having tenure status indicates that the university…