Butler University’s student media organizations will merge as part of an expanded, multi-platform enterprise set for launch this fall, College of Communication faculty announced. New ventures include an internet radio station, increased television coverage through Collegian TV and enhanced output in commercial videos from Deep Blue Productions. The media group, which has yet to be…
Reform affects student teachers
It has become more difficult to place Butler’s approximately 100 student teachers in the midst of education reform and the state’s new teacher evaluation standards, said Sue Stahl, director of student personnel services in the College of Education. The new evaluation guidelines will become effective next school year. Those who receive low ratings can be…
SGA budgets for next year
The remaining portion of the Butler University Student Government Association’s 2012-13 budget will most likely be approved today at assembly, said Dan Schramm, vice president of finance. SGA approved almost half of its budget at the last meeting. “Only some of the smaller boards remain,” Schramm said. “If it isn’t approved this week, it will…
IN BRIEF | SGA vote totals were released in 2008
Vote totals from Butler University’s 2008 Student Government Association presidential election were released to The Collegian. When The Collegian asked for this year’s election numbers, SGA adviser Caroline Huck-Watson and SGA president Al Carroll both said that the numbers would not be released to the public or to The Collegian. Carroll and Huck-Watson both said…
Assembly to vote on U.S. housing act
A resolution to allow tax deductible contributions for non-profit, non-university-owned housing will be voted on today in Student Government Association assembly. The resolution is the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act. If passed, SGA would throw its support behind this federal policy proposal. Senior Ginnye Cubel brought up the resolution last week as new business. Cubel…
Out of the Dawg House goes old school
Between local performances, a road tour in Florida and torching a piano during a photo session, Out of the Dawg House has found time to release a full-length album.
AppCampus
Group projects no longer require an actual meeting and date nights can be planned via mobile applications…Welcome to a new age of technology and a campus accessible anywhere in the world. The days of scouring the library for empty tables to accommodate group members appear to be coming to a close. Now students do not…
Homegrown: Campus farm is more than food
While Butler University erupts with color and life as the plants revive, the Butler Campus Farm has taken advantage of the unexpected warmth to start business. Tim Dorsey, the recently hired farm manager, has been leading the effort, taking care of a farm that keeps getting bigger and more advanced each semester. Dorsey said that…
A composer for the ages
The legacy of a man considered to be one of the top five most programmed composers—along with Handel, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Mozart—can be found deep within the workings of Butler University’s Lilly Hall. This composer, teacher and faculty member is music theory and history professor James Mulholland. Mulholland has worked as a music professor at…
Putting the swagger into Hink
Butler University student by day, Hink the Bulldog by night. The time has come to select two brave people to mask their identities and transform into the Butler mascot. Mascot auditions are swiftly approaching. Auditions will be split into two parts. The first part is an interview conducted by spirit coordinator Jamie Troyer. “As the…