Author: Nate

  • OPINION | Meters Bring in Money, Help Parking Crunch

    If there’s a word on the lips of Butler University student, staff and faculty, that word is parking. Last year, the university sold more than 1,400 passes more than spaces it provided. Now, with housing at capacity and construction everywhere, parking looks like a long-term issue on campus. Parking meters may seem like an annoying…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Kill the rumors, address why TKE closed

    Published Aug. 29, 2012 After an investigation, an unsuccessful appeal and the removal of three Greek letters, Tau Kappa Epsilon no longer has a place at Butler University. Anyone not involved knows nothing about why the doors closed, and everyone who is involved isn’t talking—opening the floodgates for nasty rumors and speculation. Butler officials are…

  • Boyd to play monumental piano piece

    On Sept. 4, Butler University’s Kate Boyd will be performing the renowned “Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano” by American composer John Cage in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Cage’s birth. Boyd, the head of the piano department in the Jordan College of Fine Arts, spent her semester-long sabbatical last spring mastering the piece.…

  • Debate team hopes to attract new members with open call

    Butler University and the College of Communication are calling for all sharp-tongued students with a knack for public speaking to come check out the newly resurrected debate team. The team has a legacy of competition across the Midwest, and each year Butler students are presented with the opportunity to become a part of this tradition.…

  • More events to be ticketed this spring

    Butler University community members will see an increase in the number of ticketed art events next semester with the opening of the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, administrators within the Jordan College of Fine Arts said. “We think,” JCFA Dean Ronald Caltabiano said, “that we will be able to charge…

  • From NYC to Butler: ‘Seven’ celebrates women

    Performers from Butler University and from the Phoenix Theater take on the lives and hardships of women from around the world in their production of “Seven.” The documentary play “Seven” will be performed at Butler University’s Lilly Hall Studio Theatre next week from Sept. 5 through Sept. 8. Though there will be performances of the…

  • The men behind the Butler blooms

    In an obscure office on the corner of 52nd Street and Boulevard Place, past the Apartment Village, sit two men. Their names are James Conner and Kevin Steckbeck. You probably have not heard their names before, but you have seen their handiwork. For the past 25 years, these two men have been responsible for all…

  • Increased parking permits pay for new software

    Butler parking permits cost $15 more than last year because of a vote by Butler’s parking committee. The committee vote approved a $75 price tag that will remain frozen for two years. “If they’re going to raise prices, they should use the money towards helping to manage parking better,” said sophomore Katie Cessna, who brought…

  • Grab and Go lunches adds to flexibility

    Atherton Union Marketplace will not be completed until mid-September, but Butler University officials have worked to make sure getting food will not become an inconvenience. Grab & Go lunches will be offered to accommodate people during the delay, especially those who want to avoid long lines around noon. “It’s more of a convenience thing until…