If club sports do not spend all of their grant money this year, they could find less funding headed their way next year.
Men’s basketball: Managers play big role in basketball
A lot of sweat goes into running the Butler men’s basketball team, but not all of it is produced by the players on the court.
Being black at Butler
Jill McCarter | News Editor | jmccarte@butler.edu A look at the past, present and future of black students’ experiences and enrollment at Butler University. Walking down the sidewalks of Butler University before her freshman year during an admissions tour, Kazmyn Perry realized that if she chose to attend, she would be in the minority. Still,…
Butler’s gender imbalance among tenured faculty not likely to last
Men significantly outnumber women in the tenured ranks of Butler University. Institutional data released in the fall of 2011 indicates that 61 percent of Butler’s tenured full-time faculty is male and 39 percent is female, but university officials said that may change in coming years. Typically, professors and associate professors are tenured while assistant professors…
BU Giving looks to students for donations
Butler University officials said they hope to increase the school’s alumni gift ranking by inducing current students and recent graduates to donate. Butler’s 2011-12 alumni giving rate is 22 percent, according to US News and World Report, ranking the school 18th out of about 600 comprehensive regional universities. It takes almost 300 new undergraduate alumni…
Men’s basketball: Men rout Flames on Senior Night
Butler senior forward Garrett Butcher made two free throws with 3:35 remaining in last night’s game against Illinois-Chicago. On the Bulldogs’ next possession Butcher made a long jump shot. On the ensuing Flames’ possession, senior guard Ronald Nored stole the ball and went the length of the floor for a score. Coach Brad Stevens then…
Women’s basketball: Managers play big role in basketball
Some might call it doing chores. Others may refer to it as a job. But for the individuals who take on the role of student manager, they call it family. Little is known about the Butler women’s basketball team’s two managers. They try to operate as stealthily as CIA agents for the U.S. government. “A…
New meal plan could take effect next year
Butler students may be seeing a change next school year based on student feedback about meal plans and dining services. A proposed meal plan would allow for unlimited entry into the residential dining halls during the meal blocks. There would be no restriction on the number of swipes during the meal block. The meal exchange…
Writers engaging writers
Butler University’s Writing in the Schools mentors were awarded a Jefferson Award for Public Service on Feb. 9 in front of an energized crowd of Shortridge Magnet High School students. But the program’s organizers said the reaction of the students gave more validation to the semester-old endeavor than an award could. “It didn’t matter to…
OPINION | Involvement is the solution for independent voters
As an independent, I sometimes feel underrepresented in Student Government Association, since Greek students hold a lot of the organization’s leadership positions.