Author: Nate

  • 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…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Housing must be addressed

    Next year’s junior class just finished its housing lottery. And some people didn’t hit the jackpot.

  • OPINION | Student activists should reprioritize

    Published April 3, 2012 Imagine if students did not take to the streets on college campuses protesting the Vietnam War, race relations, sexual morals, women’s rights or the role of authority in the late 1960s and early 1970s. What achievements would be nonexistent today? Participation in community service by college students is at an all-time…

  • OPINION | Education crisis affects more than teachers

    Butler University administrators spend a lot of time talking about the Pharmacy program and the College of Business—and for good reason. But the College of Education deserves some attention as well. Maybe it’s just me—I’ve lived with and am friends with several education majors—but it seems that Butler’s COE does a lot for its students…

  • OPINION | It’s the passion that counts

    The recent struggle for Student Government Association President-elect Mike Keller to find nominees for the position of vice president of diversity programming has shed some light on the issue of filling SGA vacancies—and how best to push and represent diversity on Butler University’s campus. SGA usually requires that applicants for vice president of diversity programming…

  • OPINION | Students should not take library for granted

    A new face will be seen around the stacks of Irwin Library come June 1. Julie Miller, newly appointed dean of libraries, will replace current dean Lewis Miller.  Julie Miller said she was attracted to Butler University because of the academic excellence here. While this is good, the main focus I want to see from…

  • OPINION | Butler students also victims of racial profiling

    By Lydia Johnson Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old black boy, was killed because of fear. Because one man thought he was suspicious and acted on his fears instead of questioning them, a child is dead. I wondered how this incident could lead to even more fear in the lives of young black men who have…

  • April 4 Photos of the Week

    Our photographers take many photos every week, but most of them never make it to print. Here are some of our favorites. [cincopa AcBAP3KFZzds]

  • Atherton to receive $2.3M makeover

    The second phase of renovations at the Marketplace at Atherton Union will begin as soon as students leave for the summer.