What do you get when you combine a green screen, Butler alumni, $20,000 worth of music and sound mixing and a huge stack of textbooks? The result is “Science, Sex and the Ladies,” an independent documentary about the female orgasm. Yeah, it wasn’t my first guess, either. Of course, the former Butler students have not…
Ads should focus on Butler’s offerings
Before any Butler University athletes take the court, they size up their competition. It’s all about making themselves better against their opponents. The situation should be no different when Butler competes with other universities for prospective students and donors. According to Marcia Dowell, executive director of University Relations, Butler recently spent more than $1,000 to…
Texting and walking becomes a nuisance
We all know at least one person that can barely walk on a flat surface, let alone walk and chew gum at the same time without falling over, so why is it that so many people walk and text on their phone at the same time? Laws forbidding texting while driving are about as common…
STAFF EDITORIAL | New faces bring insight, fresh ideas
In the past two years, Butler University has seen many changes in its top leadership. We’ve seen a change in the presidency, the deans of the Jordan College of Fine Arts and Liberal Arts and Sciences and the beginning of a search for a dean of the new College of Communication. Most recently came the…
FOOTBALL: Butler fares well in all-conference selections
When the Pioneer Football League office announced its all-conference selections, Butler was well-represented on the list. The Bulldogs were represented on the PFL first team by senior wide receiver Zach Watkins and senior offensive lineman Pete Mattingly as well as junior linebacker Jordan Ridley. Watkins made the first team for the first time in his…
CROSS COUNTRY: Runner transitions to U.S.
Freshman cross country runner Tom Curr used to think the Bulls were a football team and Michael Jordan played for Space Jam. Born and raised in Stroud, England, Curr is truly tasting America for the first time —before coming to Indianapolis, his only other visit to America was to Disneyland. He chose Butler over seven…
Student theater piece shows wit, talent
The student-produced play “Pieces,” which ran Friday and Saturday, was yet another fine work courtesy of Butler University’s theater department. The short work, written and directed by fifth-year theater major Lauren Thorne, follows a young woman fighting the pain of a debilitating disability in the hospital while her mind tries to escape its harsh reality.…
ART NOW showcases student work
Long hours of memorizing facts can make any brain feel overworked and ready to revolt. The art + design program has one solution for eyes that cannot look at numbers and facts any longer. ART NOW, premiering tonight, is a student art show featuring a myriad of works by more than 100 participating Butler University…
Butler grads promote female sexuality
Throughout history, there have been many misconceptions about female sexuality and female orgasms. Greenfield’s own AnC Movies—and its wealth of Butler University alumni— set out to fix that, with musical numbers. The film “Science, Sex, and the Ladies” seeks to give female sexuality a new voice. Those behind it describe it as a new type…
A very Butler holiday
Sing What would the holidays at Butler University sound like if it weren’t for the blaring musical stylings of “Dominick the Donkey” coming from the windows of Tau Kappa Epsilon? Played all day, every day, from after Thanksgiving through the first of the year, this beloved campus holiday tradition began in 1986 and shows…