Author: Nate

  • Comeback win gives Butler perfect weekend

    The Butler women’s soccer team played two matches over the weekend, beating Eastern Michigan at home 2-1 before traveling to Eastern Illinois and coming away with a 3-2 victory. The Bulldogs (4-2) got off to a slow start Friday versus Eastern Illinois, giving up two goals in the first 25 minutes. Junior Kristin Germann accounted…

  • RotoDawg: Week 1 player watch

    The season is almost here! Tomorrow the defending champion Green Bay Packers take on the Saints from New Orleans. This game matches up two contenders to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Last year the Packers did just that in winning it all while the Saints flamed out and lost to the Seahawks in…

  • Bulldogs rebound after early struggles

    Another weekend, another road trip. Traveling has encapsulated the season so far for the Butler women’s volleyball team. Over the weekend, the Bulldogs (2-6) took their talents to Portland, Oregon. There they participated in the Portland Classic, losing three matches but also grabbing their first win of the young season. Butler lost its first match…

  • Cross country starts strong

    The 90-degree heat did not stop the Butler women’s cross country team from scorching its opponents at the season-opening Illini Challenge last Friday. The women’s team finished on top of the challenge with a score of 16. Purdue finished in second place, tallying 51 points. The men’s team also had a strong showing. The Bulldogs…

  • OVERTIME: NHL needs to act on player deaths

    The National Hockey League has been confronted with one of the most terrifying issues in the history of professional sports. While the other three major American professional sports leagues are dealing with lockout issues (National Basketball Association), post-lockout issues (National Football League) and boring postseason races (Major League Baseball), the NHL is faced with a…

  • Butler needs to use more energy to save energy

    Butler University funds ambitious projects and proclaims goals of becoming an environmentally responsible campus. But the day-to-day decisions and functions of the university seem to contradict these efforts. Many campus buildings light up the sky every night, all night—even though most of them close at 10 p.m. But even if it were not good for…

  • Future freshmen don’t need cars

    Parking on university campuses can be a real pain. For the last several years I attended and worked at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where once I looked nearly two hours for a spot. Texas Christian University, my undergraduate alma mater, was more like Butler University, and it presented a fair share of problems too. Butler…

  • Penrod brings arts to the area

    It’s one of the biggest arts events in the city, and it takes place right in our backyard at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. More than 20,000 people come annually to the Penrod Arts Fair to enjoy live music, local cuisine and plentiful art. With—hopefully—not too much homework piling up quite yet, walk the 10…

  • New sound for Weezy

    Since joining the free world in November, the public eagerly has been awaiting the drop of Lil Wayne’s album “Tha Carter IV.” Lacking the influence of his former alcohol and drug-fueled lifestyle, the album has some hits and misses. This album isn’t horrible; it’s just a mess. Kudos to Weezy for being healthy, but sobriety…