Author: Nate

  • Swimming: League meet begins today

    The Butler swim team is in Wisconsin this week for the Horizon League Championships. Despite a few mid-season mishaps, the Bulldogs have been strong recently, winning their penultimate meet and coming in second place at their most recent contest, which was a triangular held at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. With such a young squad—there are…

  • Palmer, Reynolds seek to end SGA female presidency drought

    There have been only five female Student Government Association presidents in the past 21 years at Butler University—something candidates Kelsa Reynolds and Katie Palmer hope to change this election. Despite Butler’s female majority and large female participation in SGA, the number of past female presidents is low. There are certain stereotypes female candidates have to…

  • SGA presidential candidates face off

    The SGA presidential candidates are geared up for their final debate, taking place tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. in PB 150. This will be the last chance for students to hear the candidates publicly debate before Monday’s vote. Last Sunday, The Collegian’s staff members met with the four student politicians and conducted a separate…

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  • Women’s basketball: Team grabs two league contests

    The Butler women’s basketball team scored a 51-48 home victory over Illinois-Chicago on Saturday. The game was quite a reversal for the Bulldogs (12-13, 8-6), who fell to the Flames (16-10, 9-6) 77-42 on Jan. 19. With the victory, Butler has now won five of its last six games. “For me, I think the game…

  • OVERTIME: Basketball does not define Butler

    The magic of Butler University exists on and off the court, and that is why this school is special. I did not find out about Butler, nor did I apply here, because of basketball fame.  The university sent me a letter, and my mother pushed me to look into the school. I fell in love…

  • Softball: Team drops two close contests to open season

    The Butler softball team dropped its first two contests of the 2012 season by one run apiece. Led by junior pitcher Jenny Esparza, the Bulldogs (0-2) faced off against Lipscomb in the first game of the Lady Bison Round Robin on Saturday. The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the seventh inning when Esparza…

  • Track and Field: Friday Night Special Goes Well

    The Butler track and field team competed in the Eastern Illinois University Friday Night Special in Charleston, Ill., last weekend. It was the Bulldogs’ final appearance before the Horizon League Indoor Championships. Butler was led by its distance squad, which had multiple runners with top-three finishes, despite sitting some of its top-scoring athletes. For the…

  • Men’s Tennis: Team loses pair of weekend matches

    The Butler men’s tennis team was in action this past weekend with road matches at Western Michigan and Toledo. The Bulldogs (0-9) dropped a 7-0 decision to the Rockets (8-6) of Toledo on Saturday. The tandem of senior Zach Ervin and freshman Tommy Marx pulled out an 8-3 victory at No. 2 doubles, but Butler…