Author: Nate

  • Men’s soccer: Bulldogs drop league opener

    A dreary skyline provided a fitting backdrop to what turned out to be a lackluster afternoon for the Butler men’s soccer team on Saturday. The Bulldogs (4-3-1, 0-1-0) fell 3-1 to Horizon League foe Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the conference opener for both teams at the Butler Bowl. The defeat snapped Butler’s 10-match Horizon League regular season…

  • Fantasy football: Rookies emerge in week 3

    The NFL is so hit or miss, it is hard to consistently and accurately predict who will perform well. My predictions are educated guesses at best. I highly advise you come up with your own predictions, but if you are a sofa king and too lazy to do your own research, go ahead and use…

  • Take a shot at a non-alcoholic weekend

    “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” This “Animal House” quote comes to mind when thinking of college binge drinking: an all-too-common occurrence on Butler University’s campus. According to the Office for Substance Abuse and Prevention, college students spend $5.5 billion annually on alcohol, mostly beer. This is more than…

  • Campus drinking scare has no substance

    In the first two weeks of September alone, BUPD recorded 10 counts of possession of alcohol by minors on campus. In the same period last year, there were only six “liquor law violations,” total. BUPD’s website does not specify how many of those related to underage possession. It might make one think that the drinking…

  • Butler welcomes new Athletic Hall of Fame class

    Butler University added five new members to the Athletic Hall of Fame this past Saturday. The members, who make up Butler’s 21st Hall of Fame class, include the 1983 football team, football player Paul Page (’86), basketball player Jermaine Guice (’94), soccer player Jeremy Aldrich (’98), and volleyball player Stacia Mellinger (’90). Page, a record…

  • Cross country: Hawkins leads Bulldogs in Minnesota

    Sophomore Callum Hawkins led the Butler men’s cross country team to an 11th-place finish last Saturday at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis. Hawkins was the top finisher for the Bulldogs, completing the 8-kilometer course in 24:07.3, good for 7th place overall. It was a new personal best for Hawkins by 15 seconds. Freshman Tom…

  • Reps, think twice about SGA budget

    Weekly Student Government Association assembly meetings regarding the budget have become exasperating for guests and representatives alike. The lack of a procedure for how SGA will allocate funds during the budget approval process has resulted in convoluted decision-making and an seemingly unfair process for distributing money. Representatives need to take more notice. During the Sept.…

  • Assault prevention a campus problem

    On campus this week, students may catch a glimpse of a large poster board covered in blue thumbprints. Blue is the traditional ribbon color for Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Students who place their thumbprint on the board make a pledge to their fellow students and to themselves to take the initiative in preventing and reporting…

  • Irwin Library no place for chewing tobacco

    Irwin Library patrons apparently are chewing on more than just their pencil erasers while they’re studying these days. The library staff on Sunday night put up around 10 “No Chewing Tobacco” signs to try to deter patrons from dipping and then leaving it in the facility’s study rooms. Library patrons who decide to pack their…