Author: Nate

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Students should use their options to improve campus dining

    In light of recent Collegian articles pertaining to the Butler University food services, I felt it relevant to raise awareness for our campus food committee. The Butler Cuisine Bureau, a subcommittee for the Council on Presidential Affairs, is comprised of ten students. This committee exists to serve the student body in addressing any issues pertaining…

  • OPINION | Commencement speakers deserve a stipend

    College graduation is a big deal. It’s a huge deal. It’s a deal big enough that schools like Stanford University, Harvard University and the College of William and Mary have had commencement speakers such as Steve Jobs, J.K Rowling and Jon Stewart. While Butler University is not Harvard or Stanford, it is unacceptable that the…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Faculty senate needs transparency

    Butler University Faculty Senate members voted Oct.18 to give themselves the option of holding closed-door sessions in the future, a blow to transparency that possibly could remove important faculty and student interaction with the assembly. We at The Butler Collegian believe anything that denigrates the transparency of a voting body is concerning, especially a body…

  • Oct. 26 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 AwEAHtalwXaL]

  • Senior theater major directs “Split Second”

      There’s more than homecoming this weekend. Head over to Lilly Hall 328 Friday at 8 p.m. or Saturday at 9 p.m. to enjoy a piece of theater from one of Butler’s students. Becca Muszynski, a senior theater major, directed and devised “Split Second” for her senior project. Muszynski describes the piece as “a devised…

  • Faculty Senate approves closed-door amendment

    Butler University Faculty Senate members voted today to give themselves the option of holding closed-door sessions in the future. The 24-7 vote added language to the bylaws that allows four or more senators to request a closed-door discussion of only elected senators and guests invited by the majority of the senate. Vivian Deno, associate professor…

  • Fantasy football: Bye week and the waiver wire

    If anything was more baffling than the post-game ruckus between the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions, it has to be how David Stern is still the commissioner of the dysfunctional National Basketball Association. In case you missed the incident, a scuffle erupted between the two teams because of the coaches. Yep, that is not…

  • Soccer falls to Indiana amid record crowd

    The Butler men’s soccer team fell 1-0 to Indiana surrounded by a record-breaking crowd Wednesday at the Butler Bowl. Attendance was announced at 3,343, a Bowl record for soccer. The enthusiastic crowd was a mix of fans displaying both cream and crimson and blue and white. Butler coach Paul Snape said the attendance figure was…

  • Jordan Hall study space in short supply

    Classrooms in Jordan Hall are used extensively for both personal and group studying after hours, but most classroom doors are locked on Friday night and not unlocked until Monday morning, making finding space to study difficult for the weekend scholar and student. Sophomore economics and management information systems major Brooke Robinson said she encountered this…