OUR POINT THIS WEEK: The way the Anti-harassment training program should be approached is in a way that shows its importance and necessity at Butler | 18-0-3 On March 5, Butler University launched a digital workplace harassment prevention program as part of a series of training courses on the topic. The program and any…
Internet Aggression is Unhealthy and Unwarranted
MAGGIE MONSON | Copy Chief The comments section on nearly any article on the Internet can be a scary place. People use the comfort of anonymity to post anything that comes to mind without using a filter. The worst comments range from ignorant to purposefully hateful and offensive. Some people believe what they are posting,…
New Bulldogs Offer Hope
BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter With the Butler men’s basketball team’s season completed, fans are looking to the future. Two recruits may give Bulldogs’ fans hope that the future is now. Head Coach Brandon Miller has brought in two talented recruits for the 2014 season that have Bulldogs fans excited about the coming years in…
New Dean Chosen for COB
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Stephen Standifird will begin serving as dean of Butler’s College of Business on June 1. Standifird is currently the dean of the Schroeder School of Business at the University of Evansville. He previously served as associate dean and director of undergraduate programs at the University of San Diego’s School of…
One-minute Plays Offer Snapshot into the Lives of Hoosiers
KEVIN VOGEL | Arts, Etc. Editor What kind of story could you tell in one minute? Could you make us laugh? How about cry? Could you blast a paradigm, present a life-changing idea or capture the essence of a generation? This was the challenge put forth to 25 Indiana playwrights ahead of the first Basile…
Online and Hybrid Classes Emerged
RYAN LOVELACE | Managing Editor Butler University has approximately doubled the amount of online and hybrid classes it offers since summer 2013. Online courses are offered strictly online, whereas hybrid courses involve some amount of in-class or in-person meetings. Julianne Miranda, senior director of the Center for Academic Technology, said student and faculty enthusiasm spurred…
Opera Takes to the Sky
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter The Butler Opera will take its performance of “Il Mondo della Luna” (“The World on the Moon”) as close to the moon as possible on Butler University’s campus. The 75-minute show will be staged in the Holcomb Observatory. Thomas Studebaker, assistant professor of voice and director of the lyric theatre…
Overtime: Why March Goes Mad
BEN SIECK | Sports Editor For all of its flaws, college basketball has one thing down to perfection. The opening weekend of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament has no rival in terms of entertainment value. It is any hoops fan’s dream. It is a complete inundation of basketball—48 games over the course of…
Parking Ticket Woes Not Always Appealed
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Bright green tickets decorate the windshields of many students’ cars and the dollars add up. Junior Jordan Murphy said he received at least 10 parking tickets this year and tried to appeal at least two. “None of them were appealed because they didn’t see my explanation as a good enough…
Program Aims to Curb Workplace Discrimination
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Every Butler University employee must take an online training course about sexual harassment. Provost Kathryn Morris deferred to Human Resources regarding the online trainings. In an email statement, La Veda Howell, executive director of human resources, said the initiative launched in May 2013 and came to fruition this month.…