The Butler football team hung on for a 17-14 win against the Marist Red Foxes for its fourth straight win, keeping their Pioneer League record unblemished. The Bulldogs (5-2 overall) are 4-0 in the league for the first time since the 2009 season, in which they won the PFL championship. Marist fell to 2-4 overall…
Crowley to become next athletic director at Niagara University
Butler is losing an associate athletic director to a New York university. Tom Crowley, Butler’s current associate athletic director of internal operations, was named athletic director for the Niagara Purple Eagles last week. “His experience as an administrator, fundraiser and coach will play a critical role in the continued success of our athletics department,” the…
Cross country: newcomer Pratt making a splash
The women’s cross country team has seen a fresh face arrive on the team this season in the form of freshman Olivia Pratt. The Madison, Wis., native was victorious in the Bulldog’s season-opening race at Illinois, winning the four-kilometer race with a time of 14:18 to finish at the front of the 65-runner field. Pratt…
Women’s swimming: success in classroom leads team
After beating only a handful of teams last year, the Butler women’s swim team faces a huge challenge in moving to the Atlantic 10 Conference this season. Despite the lingering competition, the non-scholarship squad has a positive outlook that it will have a good season, particularly in the classroom. “I think, at first, we were…
Programs help students explore possibilities
Tables lined the Reilly Room Tuesday for the Majors Fair, where faculty represented all different majors and were available as students came in for information. “I think we had wonderful support from the faculty and the departments,” said Jennifer Griggs, Learning Resource Center director. Griggs said the Majors Fair was geared toward everybody and is…
Women’s tennis: Butler coach makes transition
First-year Butler women’s tennis coach Tayo Bailey played for the Bulldogs, became an assistant coach, went pro in tennis and then returned as head coach for the Butler women’s tennis team—all in the span of six years. But it wasn’t so simple. Bailey was raised by her mother in inner-city Chicago, and she didn’t start…
Workload grows as semester wanes
To-do lists grow for students at Butler University as assignments pile up after Fall Break. French professor Larry Riggs said that in his 21 years of experience teaching at Butler, this time of year always provides a wake-up call for students. “I think this is where reality starts to set in,” Riggs said. “The novelty…
Motion passed to review administrators
Faculty Senate approved a motion on Oct. 2 to affirm Butler University’s commitment to regular review of its administrators. The Faculty Senate took more than two years to agree on four principles by which a tool for faculty review of administrators could be created. Faculty Senate had to consider the language carefully, said Margaret Brabant,…
Feedback positive for parking garage
People in the Butler University and Butler-Tarkington communities who have seen the school’s parking garage plans are providing mostly positive feedback. A plan for a mixed-use parking garage was endorsed by Butler’s Board of Trustees at the end of September. Approximately 1,000 parking spots, an undetermined number of living spaces and, potentially, some retail businesses…
“Magical Mystery Tour” starts Dance Kaleidoscope season
Dance Kaleidoscope is journeying back to the days of groovy Beatles’ music and psychedelic costumes in its first show of the season. The opening production, “Magical Mystery Tour,” will kick off the season on Oct. 11. Dance Kaleidoscope is a local dance company that combines contemporary dance styles with ballet. Company offices are on campus…