Classes are wrapping up, exams are approaching and Program Board’s concerts committee and MEISA, the recording industry club, are providing students with one last shebang. The annual spring concert line-up was announced Wednesday. Dev, Zion I, DJ Benzi, Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes and The Tribe and Big Cats! will perform at the first…
Lyric theater sets sail with “H.M.S. Pinafore”
The lyric theater students are taking to the high seas of laughter for their latest spring production. Set in the 1800s, “H.M.S. Pinafore” is a classic love story about Josephine (played by junior Lacey Kriston and sophomore Gina Ceragioli), the daughter of a captain, destined to be married to a much older Sir Joseph Porter…
April 11 Photos of the Week
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Inside Academics Part II | Core Curriculum short $400k
Butler University is $400,000 short of funding next year’s core curriculum, the 30-hour set of required classes for all Butler students.
Cutting the costs
Artificial intelligence will meet Butler intelligence with a lower of an expense than before. The department of computer science and software engineering purchased 45 new robots last week in the hope of alleviating a financial burden for Butler University students. The 45 new robots and kits for the robot programming class will be provided free…
Admits up for next year
Butler University has increased both its number of applications received and the number of admittances extended for the class of 2016. Tom Weede, vice president for enrollment management, said that Butler has admitted about 6,300 students for next semester. “That was right around our goal for what we were hoping to admit,” he said. Weede…
90 students waitlisted: Administrators look to find spots for unlucky students
Several rising sophomores and juniors found themselves on a 2012-13 housing wait list after last week’s housing selection nights. The lists contain a total of 90 students—36 sophomores and 54 juniors. “We’re going to go through those wait lists as quickly as we can to get everyone into a place where they are pleased,” said…
Assault case reported
The Butler University Police Department is investigating a woman’s allegation that she may have been drugged while at a Dec. 2 party at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. The woman, whose name was not released by police upon her request, first made the allegation to BUPD March 8. She is not certain her drink…
Behind the masks: Catchers critical to teams’ success
Their names do not usually make headlines, and they do not get credit for wins. In fact, they go completely unnoticed most of the time.