Author: Nate

  • Beauty is more than physical appearance

    MAGGIE MONSON | Columnist The 500 Festival Princess Program is not a beauty pageant in description. The 33 women selected each year as part of the program are ambassadors for the festival and are judged based on a number of criteria, none of which is their physical appearance. This program focuses heavily on volunteer service…

  • Behind the scenes with student managers

    RHYAN HENSON | Multimedia Editor Few people may know about the  cog that keeps the Butler men’s basketball program running smoothly: the managers. The managers have a myriad of  duties. They show up to practices and games 45 to 90 minutes beforehand to fill water bottles, Gatorade tubs and ice chests. They are also in…

  • Bringing speeches to Butler students

    KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Butler University hosts several speaker series that allow the audience to get to know the people behind various works While students know the guests involved, the process of getting them to Butler is likely less understood. The Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series brings six speakers to campus each…

  • Bulldogs begin spring season

    MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter Butler’s men and women’s golf teams are gearing up for the start of the 2014 season this week, with their first competitions being held over Spring Break. This will be both teams’ first season in the Big East, with the men moving over from the Atlantic Ten Conference and the…

  • Bulldogs prepare for tournament

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s basketball team won a key game on the road against Creighton Tuesday night by a score of 67-59 to gain momentum going into the Big East Tournament starting on Saturday. Senior forward Daress McClung led the way for Bulldogs in the offensive department as she scored 20…

  • Students should challenge Danko

    JULIAN WYLLIE | Columnist President James Danko may not want to admit this, but he is a businessman. Should students be worried or concerned, frightened or skeptical? Yes, they should, but not for reasons that you think. Students should question if Butler’s leader is considering their opinions when the university decides to make drastic changes.…

  • Parking citations are an unjust punishment

    MICHAEL BECKER Michael Becker is a guest columnist this week. He is senior strategic communication major. I cringe at the thought of parking at Butler University. He got me again. Another ticket from Butler parking enforcement officer Aaron Chalmers. It is one of nearly two dozen I have incidentally and haphazardly acquired during the three-and-a-half…

  • Workplace harassment training required

    All  Butler University faculty, staff and student employees are required to complete a series of training programs relating to harassment in the workplace. The announcement was made in an email from President James Danko to involved parties Monday. The first of these programs is a 45-minute, interactive program meant to “empower members of our community…

  • Gay marriage discussion the first for new series

    KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Leigh Moscowitz from the College of Charleston returned to Butler University last night to talk about how “gays and lesbians were forced into a volatile war with the media.” “The gay marriage issue has its own implications,” said Moscowitz, a media studies professor. “For better or for worse, it…