Clowes Memorial Hall will overflow with skeetin’ and scattin’ and a hint of doodley dattin’ Saturday night as part of the 11th Annual Butler Vocal Jazz Fest. Butler University’s student vocal jazz group, Jordan Jazz, is busy preparing for the more than 150 high school students coming to Butler on Friday to participate. “It’s an…
Student hip-hop group to host dance-off
The Urban Arts Crew, Butler University’s new student hip-hop organization, is co-sponsoring a large break dancing competition on campus this week. The competition, called “Release the Dawgs,” will be held in the Reilly Room on Friday, Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. Steven Han, the sophomore pharmacy major who is leading…
School of music premieres new work for inauguration
The Butler University Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of an orchestral commission by renowned composer Akira Kobayashi next week. The concert is part of the inauguration celebration for new Butler University President Jim Danko. The piece, entitled “Astraea,” was written specifically for the BSO and accompanies the “Fire of Desire” art symposium at…
Happy birthday, Mr. Vonnegut
After celebrating our president’s inauguration this weekend, be sure to blow out a candle for Butler University’s most famous student. No, we’re not talking about Gordon Hayward or Shelvin Mack, we’re talking about Hoosier author Kurt Vonnegut. The author of such novels like “Cat’s Cradle” and “Slaughterhouse-Five” was enrolled at Butler for a short time…
OPINION | Student government gets it right with new shuttle tracking system
I know just enough about buses to know that they do not operate on a schedule but by Murphy’s Law: If something can go wrong, it will. In the dark days of early high school, my bus driver showed up 20 minutes late every single day except for the one time I wasn’t outside waiting…
OPINION | Streets need more than signage for stopping
In major cities all around the world, crosswalks are utilized to help pedestrians safely traverse busy streets. College campuses throughout the country are overrun by students when classes end, with cars unable to maneuver around the masses. At Butler University, with our small student population and heavily trafficked streets, it is a hazard to cross…
OPINION | Wine tasting brings out grapes and gripes
Wine is supposed to leave a bitter taste in one’s mouth, but the way Student Government Association and class officers spend student activity fees shouldn’t. The Collegian previously reported in “SGA allocates extra funds for class officers” on Sept. 28 that SGA added $4,000 this year to the amount of money that class officers can…
OPINION | Donor points fund Dawgs’ points
High-caliber athletics come at a price—one that some fans argue is too high. The Collegian reported in “Seat not saved” on Nov. 2 that some season ticket holders were told to increase their donation to retain their seats in accordance with the athletics department’s priority points program. While it’s unfortunate, it is a reality that…
STAFF EDITORIAL | University should cut consumption, fix printers
It’s a familiar story. A student finishes a paper with only 10 minutes to spare and runs to the nearest printer, only to find it hopelessly jammed. He or she fires off a barely coherent email to the professor and sprints to class, arriving sweaty and panting, only to hear that Dr. So-and-so doesn’t accept…