Butler senior kicker David Lang has been “good as gold” this season, to steal a term often used to describe Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould. Lang drilled a game-winning, 35-yard field goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game to give the Butler football team a 29-27 victory over Dayton on Saturday. “That…
Men’s soocer: Bulldogs down Ramblers, fall to Jaguars
The Butler men’s soccer team has proven it can fight back with the best of them this season. After falling behind 1-0 on Saturday, the Bulldogs (5-4-1, 1-1-0) roared back in the second half to defeat Loyola 3-1 and gain their first conference victory of the season. From a shooting standpoint, the first half was…
Independents need more ownership of Homecoming
Last Tuesday the Homecoming theme for 2011 was announced, teams were paired, and celebrations were had. However, only one component is still missing: an Independent Council team. We at The Butler Collegian think the exclusion of an IC team from Homecoming is unfair. Butler University administrators need to give independents more ownership of Homecoming and…
C-Club needs to improve health standards since Butler enforces solicitation policy
Twenty-four is not the number of items you can pile on your sandwich at C-Club. It’s not the number of delicious beverages provided for your consumption, and it definitely isn’t the amount of toppings on a slice of Papa John’s pizza. Twenty-four is the number of things the Marion County Health Department found unsanitary or…
Podium Expressions seeks big childhood names
Remember the Reading Rainbow song? That little ditty was a part of many a child’s Saturday morning ritual—sitting in the living room with a bowl of Cap’n Crunch, listening to the wisdom of LeVar Burton. And just think, Burton might be coming to Butler University, or at least, that’s the hope of Sarah Kuchinsky and…
Dueling Pianos event was entertaining, but lacked proper planning and participation
With Saturday’s performance by Dueling Pianos International complete, October events on campus are off to a lukewarm start. The performance, which took place from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., featured two good-spirited keyboarders on two quarter-sized faux-piano electric keyboards, which appeared comically small in the expansive Reilly Room. Brandon Kent and Landon Rocks were both…
Clowes brings the beauty, the beastly and a Broadway tour
Once upon a time just happens to be next week at Clowes Memorial Hall. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is taking the stage at Clowes from Oct. 11 to Oct. 16. And don’t worry, the musical rings true to the ever-popular Disney movie. “I think most of us remember the movie from our childhood, regardless…
Letter to the editor: parking woes follow you home
The parking situation on campus may be horrendous and spark much debate, but has anyone mentioned the situation off campus? My question is, why does Butler University require a student that lives off campus to pay to register their vehicle when the parking that is utilized is at their house they rent or off Butler’s…
Students pay profs, should get to decide how much
The average assistant professor at a Midwest private university in 2009 made $50,800 that year. Butler currently employs 91 assistant professors. The Butler University Board of Trustees voted down a proposed equity raise for faculty and staff on Saturday. One might hear this and say that educators are seriously undervalued in this country. As far…
Underpaid faculty and staff deserve equity raises
On Saturday, Butler University’s Board of Trustees voted to approve President Jim Danko’s recommendation not to proceed with a 1 percent equity raise for approved faculty and staff. The university uses equity raises to close gaps between the salaries of comparable faculty and staff. While Butler’s effort to include equity raises in the budget…