Author: Nate

  • Nobel Prize nominee to address peace activism

    As the war in Afghanistan nears the 10 year mark,   America is on the minds of many and its role in a peaceful future. Cindy Sheehan, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and national director of Peace of the Action, will be speaking at Butler University in early October on the topic of “The War Economy…

  • Stop and smell the flowers

    There’s a new addition to Butler’s gardens. The Thomas E. Willey Memorial Rock Garden, added in memoriam for a former history professor, is just behind the bell tower that you hear ringing as you head off to your 9 a.m. class. With this new addition, we wanted to explore just what is hiding behind Robertson…

  • Butler concert replays Chinese history

    Mao Zedong is known for many things, but an appreciation for non-proletarian art is not one of them. “There is, in fact, no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above all classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics,” he said in 1964. On Oct. 2, at least 100…

  • Coffeehouse seeks to bring unknown bands to campus

    With the school year well under way, it is perfectly natural to be thinking about healthy diversions from all that studying. Strapped for ideas? Student Government Association’s Program Board has just the solution:  the Coffeehouse series. This monthly, on-campus concert series is free to students.  Free food. Free admission. Free swag. Katie Carlson, co-chair of…

  • OVERTIME: Indy Pro Am shows bright side of NBA lockout

    So, this is what happens when the National Basketball Association faces a lockout? If such a lockout allows me to see NBA players facing off against NBA players (with a few amateur players sprinkled in) in exhibition-style games, I hope the lockout never gets resolved. That is obviously greedy of me. However, after seeing the…

  • Administration satisfied with second

    Butler University is runner-up again this year, and it’s not because of a basketball game. Butler clinched the No. 2 spot in U.S. News’ list of best Midwest colleges for the second year in a row, and university officials said they don’t see any need to become No. 1. “It seems like No. 2 has…

  • Faculty senate tables vote that could close meetings

    Butler University faculty senate members will decide at their next meeting how much  access top-level administrators will have to their meetings. The proposal to amend the current practice comes from a new face on campus this  year—university President Jim Danko—Margaret Brabant, chair of faculty senate, said at Tuesday’s meeting. Who qualifies as a top-level administrator…

  • Individualized major serves students craving options

    With advising for the spring semester only a month away, Butler University underclassmen soon will consider what course of action they want to take with their academic futures. But when the most common major among incoming freshmen is the exploratory studies major, according to Tom Weede, vice president of enrollment management, some students struggle to…

  • Multicultural enrollment below US average

    After dropping more than 1 percent in a year, multicultural student enrollment at Butler University is one-third the national rate at other private, four-year, not-for-profit institutions. Multicultural students—African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans and other non-Caucasian students—make up 11.3 percent of Butler’s population, down from 12.4 percent last year. On average, multicultural students made up 31.9 percent…