Author: Nate

  • Student thanks Butler family for support

    KYLE BEERY Kyle Beery is a guest columnist this week. He is a junior journalism major. As the old saying states, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” I have always been a true believer of that. And now, I have been experiencing that over the past couple of months. Many of you…

  • Students share Sondheim with “Little Night Music”

    MALLORY DUNCAN | Asst. Arts, Etc. Editor The curtains opened last weekend to reveal a different kind of show on the stage of Butler University’s Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall. Three students presented “A Little Night Music,” a musical. Instead of a traditional or original play, the students collaborated to bring the musical to the recital hall…

  • Woldmoe brothers bring double trouble

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor When one sibling lives in the shadow of another, bitterness and jealousy often arise. The opposite is true for Austin and Alex Woldmoe, who are members of Butler’s men’s tennis team. In fact, they call each other best friends. The journey began at a young age for the Woldmoes.…

  • Physical Education

    MAGGIE MONSON | Copy Chief Teachers should never be allowed to punish their students physically. Corporal punishment in the classroom belongs in the past. A recently proposed Kansas bill attempted to define corporal punishment in order to prevent parents from being accused of child abuse after spanking their children. The proposed law defines spanking as…

  • Bulldogs set to take on Villanova

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor  Butler will try to snap a six-game skid as the team travels to face to No. 8 Villanova tonight. The Wildcats (24-3, 12-2) are coming off a win over St. John’s and have won nine of their last 10 games. Villanova defeated Butler 76-73 in overtime at Hinkle Fieldhouse…

  • Bulldogs drop three on the road

    JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler baseball team played three games in South Carolina last weekend, dropping all three. The team faced off against Atlantic Coast Conference newcomer Pittsburgh on Friday. The Bulldogs (1-4) were able to put up seven runs but could not contain Pittsburgh’s powerful offense, losing 15-7. The team lost by…

  • Butler chooses Chad Pingel

    JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Sophomore Chad Pingel will lead Butler’s Student Government Association as president-elect. Pingel and Junior opponent Robert Gale were informed of the results slightly before that by phone calls at around 10:45 pm. “I’m ecstatic. I can’t believe it,” Pingel said. “I was shocked and surprised and feeling very fortunate, it’s…

  • Athletes lifting their way to success

    MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter  The Butler football season ended in November, but, apparently, no one told freshman defensive back Jake Balder and his teammates that. Balder and his teammates have been training four days a week since season’s end, already preparing hard for next year. The athletes’ days start at the crack of dawn,…

  • Bulldogs continue record-setting season at Big East Championships

    JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team competed in its first Big East Conference meet last weekend in New York City. The Bulldogs now look forward to the conference and national meets. The men’s team came in sixth place, and the women’s finished seventh. This does not fully represent the number…