At her first Horizon League championship meet, freshman Kaitie Ring wasted no time making her presence known to the rest of the league. Ring, who swam the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke, along with the 200-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay, the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay, had a meet full of…
Professor contributes to social justice book, puts focus on sex trafficking
Sholeh Shahrokhi can now add “author” to her résumé. The assistant professor of anthropology has written a chapter titled “Beyond Tragedy: A Cultural Critique of “Sex Trafficking of Young Iranian Women” for the book Sex Trafficking, Human Rights, and Social Justice. Shahrokhi said this chapter is an exploration of transnational sex work from an anthropological…
Wisconsin Woes: WBB drops two on road
A pair of losses in Wisconsin has jeopardized the Butler women’s basketball team’s chances of clinching the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Horizon League tournament. Saturday, the Bulldogs (17-12, 11-6 HL) faced the No. 13 Green Bay Phoenix. Butler got off to a strong start, trailing by two eight minutes into the game. However,…
The civil war—a new cause for celebration in the south
1865 marked the official ending of the Civil War, one of the bloodiest, most violent wars fought in American history. It was a war marked by racism, vicious slavery and innumerable deaths of American citizens. So why on earth would Southerners be embracing and even celebrating the 150th anniversary of the war now? The fact…
Writer, activist promotes everyday feminism
Veronica Arreola’s business cards read professional feminist, writer and mom. She said those are the things she wants everyone she meets to know about her and form how she lives her life and goes about her work. Arreola spoke Tuesday night as a part of the Gender, Women’s and Sexualities program Speaker Series. She is…
Jukes returns to share experiences with AFC
As a sophomore in college, Avery Jukes said he didn’t have any plans to make the world a better place. His trip to Uganda changed everything. Jukes was the guest speaker at Friday’s “Big Questions at the Blue House” event for the Center for Faith and Vocation. “Big Questions at the Blue House” is an…
Alumni recognized as rising stars
Butler University alumni are at the top of their class, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list. Sara Snow and Jeremy Stephenson were recently named to the yearly list, which recognizes the top rising stars in the Central Indiana business community. Snow graduated from Butler in 1998 and went on to host…
Baseball picks up back-to-back wins
The Butler men’s baseball team picked up its second consecutive victory last night, defeating IPFW, 8-3. Senior third baseman Grant Fillipitch went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Bulldogs (2-3), while senior second baseman Luke Duncan added two RBIs. Butler got the offense going early against the Mastadons (0-1), scoring three runs …
Track teams take third
In his last Horizon League Indoor Championship meet, senior Kris Gauson went out with a bang. Gauson won both the 800-meter run and the mile with only 50 minutes of rest in between and led Butler to a third-place finish at the Horizon League Indoor Championships. “He’s in great shape,” head coach Matt Roe said.…
Taking Shakespeare to a new level
Shakespeare meets the 1950s in Butler University Theatre Department’s mainstage production of “As You Like It,” which opens at 8 tonight in Lilly Hall Studio Theatre 168. Director Tim Hardy is the university’s first Christel DeHaan Visiting International Theatre Artist. It is a four-year program that will bring a theater professional from another country to…