Author: Nate

  • OPINION | Timeline is a lesson for security

    Facebook’s new Timeline layout will soon be every user’s default, and it will be like all other layout updates – a big pain. It will be annoying, confusing and frustrating.  Facebook pages will be made to protest it which will like all the protest pages before it, be useless. The new layout presents issues that…

  • OPINION | Everyone should partake in Black History Month

    A fairly common misconception about Black History Month is that it’s only a time for African-Americans. This is false. It’s a time for every American, no matter their race, to reflect on our nation’s past and learn about its history. February is Black History Month, and Butler  University is hosting a string of events called…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Butler has a chance to redefine partnership with Shortridge

    Butler University has had a partnership with Shortridge Magnet High School since 2007 that deepened when the school reopened as a magnet high school in 2009. The school offers Butler a place to train education students and those involved in other areas while Shortridge benefits from collaborating with university staff and sharing resources. But recent…

  • Feb. 15 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 AsDA82qR4YtM]

  • VIDEO | Butler community takes plunge for Special Olympics

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  • VIDEO | Butler women’s basketball team raises breast cancer awareness

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  • Despite administrative changes, partnership stands

    Amid administrative shake-ups and new oversight, administrators at both Butler University and Shortridge Magnet High School say their partnership is growing. The partnership—put into practice between Butler and Indianapolis Public Schools in 2009 when Shortridge reopened as a magnet school for law and public policy—now includes the Early College Program, collaborative workshops for faculty and…

  • Questions about men’s program linger

    Five years ago, the Butler athletics department announced the elimination of men’s swimming, a sport that had been at the university for nearly 80 years. Swimming became a sport at Butler in 1928, with the introduction of both a men’s and women’s team. The two teams practiced and competed together most of the time and…

  • Carroll will not run for second term

    Student Government Association President Al Carroll will not be running for reelection this year, despite speculation from student body members. “For me, it’s all about helping the next person that comes in be successful,” Carroll said. “I can see myself as happy, if not happier than I am now, if I’m helping someone be successful.”…