The Butler softball team hopes to do something this season they have never done before—earn a trip to the NCAA tournament by winning the Horizon League tournament. Juniors Lauren McNulty and Mallory Winters hope to prove to the rest of the league that Butler deserve their preseason ranking of third. “Our league is going to…
Pretty Reckless work in progress
Taylor Momsen may not be one of your favorite people, but whether it’s her attitude or her role on the CW series “Gossip Girl” that bothers you, that’s no reason to completely dismiss her band. The Pretty Reckless’s music, although its a little overwrought with drugs and sexual references, it presents a new and compelling…
‘For-profit’ colleges profit off of desperate students
We’ve all certainly experienced the pain of trying to pay for college. It’s stressful, exceedingly expensive and the cost only seems to rise by the year. Therefore, it’s insane that some colleges are charging students for classes they aren’t taking and charging them even after they notify the institution that they are withdrawing. Lately, these…
Coaches struggle with superstars
When it comes to team sports, coaches are in charge, right? They build teams, design practices, set lineups, keep morale high—everything needed to guide a team toward being number one. But Jerry Sloan and Jeff Fisher will tell you that there’s more to coaching than that. Sloan, who coached for 26 years in the National…
Snowcoming still brings out students
What Snowcoming lacked in Butler royalty, it made up for in relaxed, fun events. Cutting the king and queen competition didn’t stop students from enjoying Snowcoming 2011 all across campus. Junior Brittany Dorsett, special events co-chair, explained that because students are already so “over-programmed” the special events committee wanted this year’s Snowcoming events to feel…
Non-believers welcome
On Feb. 11, as part of its “Big Questions” series, the Center for Faith and Vocation welcomed interfaith activist Chris Stedman to campus. The title of his talk was “Secular Humanism and Interfaith Action: Is There Room for the Non-Believer?” Stedman serves as an interfaith and community service fellow at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard…
Paid internships to focus on faith
The Butler University Center for Faith and Vocation is happy to announce it will continue its tradition of offering paid internships in faith-based fields for students. From 2004-10, the CFV was given grant money from the Lilly Endowment fund to sponsor students seeking internships in a religious field, Judy Cebula, CFV director, said. She said…
Women’s tennis tackles Jaguars
The Butler women’s tennis team trounced their cross-town rival IUPUI 7-0 on their home court last Saturday. When asked about his initial thoughts going into the game, head coach Jason Suscha commented on the mental strength his team demonstrated prior to the start of the match. “Heading into the match, I could tell that the…
Johnson recognized for mentorship
Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs, was recently named a finalist for the Inspire Awards, which College Mentors for Kids present to individuals who excel at mentoring in their workplace or community. Johnson said he was surprised when he saw the first congratulatory e-mail pop up in his inbox explaining that he had been…
PRSSA students apply classroom experience
Members of Butler University’s branch of Public Relations Student Society of America are currently participating in the Bateman Competition, a nation-wide case study competition for public relations students. The purpose of the competition is to give students “an opportunity to apply their classroom education and internship experiences to create and implement a full public relations…