Author: Nate

  • Sleep on it and prevent weight gain

    Almost all students go through a health fad at some point in their collegiate tenure. I’ve been an active gym rat since my junior year of high school, and I’ve tried too many fitness fads to count. I pitched the idea of health tips in The Collegian, which snowballed into this health column. The column’s…

  • Bulldogs make early mark in Atlantic 10

    Butler athletes are already making a mark on the Atlantic 10 Conference, picking up various conference awards. At the end of each week of athletic events, the A-10 produces a list of awards, including Athlete of the Week and Rookie of the Week. Each of the A-10 schools sends in a nominee from each sport,…

  • Volleyball: Team gets first conference win

    The Butler volleyball team is preparing to take on its next conference opponent, Saint Louis, after going 1-1 on the weekend and earning its first-ever Atlantic 10 conference win. The Billikens (5-13, 0-4) are coming off a 15-12 record last year and a loss in the second round of the A-10 tournament to Xavier. Saint…

  • Deadlines approach for 2012 election

    Butler University students have many choices regarding voting in the general election this November. With voter turnout and registration the urge to get out and vote is even stronger. According to the 2010 census, only 58 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 are registered to vote. JoAnna Brown political science and American politics adjunct…

  • Aramark contract limits food options

    Butler University’s long-standing relationship with Aramark limits what students eat and when they can eat. Aramark began providing food service at Butler in 1998, and outside vendors have had little opportunity to make inroads on campus since then. When Jimmy John’s passed out free sandwiches on campus earlier this semester and the local food trucks…

  • New dietician brings healthy advice

    Photo by Heather Iwinski Butler University welcomed dietician Brooke Pearson to campus at the end of August, and she will be offering a variety of new nutrition services and seminars. “It’s been kind of a whirlwind start,” Pearson said. In a wellness survey, students named nutrition as the number one issue they wanted to receive…

  • Plans for observatory renovation in place

    Photo by Rafael Porto Plans for updates and renovations to Butler University’s Holcomb Observatory to enhance student learning are in the works. Butler is a member of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy consortium.  The consortium will start a $350,000 refurbishment of the Butler telescope after it finishes renovations to SARA’s other telescopes in…

  • Butler officials not concerned with report on university value

    Yahoo! Finance recently published a study that concluded that public universities are currently a better value for students than private universities. The Yahoo! study used information gathered through PayScale, a salary research company, and evaluated the schools based on their cost per year and the salaries of recent graduates. It did not, however, consider financial…

  • Bad cooks and hot showers cause incessant fire alarms

    Students flooded out of residence halls in response to a fire drill on Thursday night, and this was not the first time for most students. Lindsey Birt, Butler University Police Department environmental health and safety specialist, said there have been 17 fire alarms that have gone off since Aug. 22 at Butler. Schwitzer Hall set…