BEN SIECK | Sports Editor Nearly all Butler football players’ careers end with the final whistle of their last collegiate game. When they take off their pads in the locker room, it is the last time most will ever wear them. Former Butler defensive end Jeremy Stephens’ pads are not going into storage just yet.…
Dawg bucks added to new off-campus dining option
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Butler University students can now use their Dawg Bucks at Firehouse Subs in Broad Ripple. Last Monday was the first day Dawg Bucks were accepted there. “We’ve definitely noticed an increase, and quite a few students are actually pulling out their cards and using them,” said Mike Harmon, owner of…
STAFF EDITORIAL: Elections give students opportunity
STAFF EDITORIAL It is that time of the year again. Butler University students will be tasked with choosing new officers and, most importantly, a new Student Government Association president, on Monday. As such, Butler students need to do research about candidates for the various positions available and make their voices heard through votes. This is…
Follow the leader
RYAN LOVELACE | Managing Editor Butler University students will choose either Robert Gale or Chad Pingel to preside over next school year’s Student Government Association. On Wednesday, the candidates met in the Fairbanks Building with members of the Butler Collegian for a conversation about their campaigns and ideas. Gale, a junior finance and management information…
FYS Roundtables highlight student work
ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter Professors Angela Hofstetter, Susan Neville, and Natalie Carter were brainstorming ideas for a First Year Seminar conference when they came up with the idea of FYS Roundtables. They began this brainstorming because “FYS students are doing so much really hard, really good work that others may not know about,” Carter…
Just keep walking on
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing sports reporter Walking on to a college sports team may inspire images of a plucky athlete working his or her way onto a squad and trying to make an impact. Alex Barlow, a junior guard on the Butler men’s basketball team, showed the value a walk-on can bring to a team…
Masquerade: Paper faces on parade
BREANNA MANLEY | Staff Reporter Butler University’s Reilly Room was filled with masks, mystery and music Saturday night thanks to the Student Government Association. SGA’s late night committee, part of the program board, hosted a masquerade ball for the student body, which featured a disc jockey, an hors d’oeuvres buffet and an ice sculpture. “If…
More records fall in last meet before Big East championship
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team is coming off another recording-breaking weekend. The team sent athletes to Iowa State for the Cyclone Classic and to Purdue University for the Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational. At Iowa State, junior Mara Olson continued her great season with a school record in the 5,000-meter…
Progressive rock on campus
KEVIN VOGEL | Arts, Etc. Editor Frank Felice, an associate professor of music, has organized what he said will be the first rock concert in the Schrott Center. Felice grew up listening to progressive rock and said he came to appreciate music theory and composition by enjoying and playing rock music. He will bring that…
Protect your online privacy
TONY ESPINAL | Asst. Opinion Editor Recently, Sen. Rand Paul decided to file a class action lawsuit against the National Security Administration for its role in mass privacy invasion. Americans from all over are rushing to support the suit and have been expressing outrage about this revelation. Some people are so mad that they have…