One of the biggest decisions students make is where they will be living during their four years of college. Butler makes that decision decidedly more limited by requiring students to either live on campus through their junior year, or commute. Starting next year, non-Greek juniors will have one option—the Apartment Village, unless they can prove…
Women’s basketball splits conference affairs
A career night from senior forward Brittany Bowen wasn’t enough for the women’s basketball team, as Butler lost to Cleveland State Saturday, 69-64. Bowen led the Bulldogs (15-10, 9-4 HL) with 31 points and 11 rebounds, scoring nearly half of Butler’s points. Two final-minute free throws from Cleveland State junior center Destinee Blue sealed the…
‘Biggest Loser’ looks for winners in Indy
Get ready to shed some pounds and cry beautiful tears of inspiration, because “The Biggest Loser” is making its way to Indianapolis to see if any Hoosiers belong on season 12 of the popular reality series. “We love the Midwest,” Barbara Wulff, the casting director for “The Biggest Loser” said in a press release. “We…
CUE director guides interns, campus farm
By Ali Hendricks Under the twinkling carousel lights at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Tim Carter held his smallest daughter on a horse and smiled as his other two children beamed at the sight of all the bright carousel animals. “We’re just going to do one more ride after this one,” he said. Carter allowed…
Hungry for a bone: Men’s basketball back in mix to host HL tournament
In the final five seconds of play last night, senior Matt Howard single-handedly won the game. A dunk off an inbounds play and an intercepted pass moments later sealed Butler’s 64-62 win over Green Bay. Three consecutive conference victories have vaulted the Butler men’s basketball team into third place in the Horizon League and kept…
Football wins in classroom
Seven Butler football players were named to the Academic All-Pioneer Football League team on Feb. 9. Four Bulldogs were named to the first team and three to the second team. Juniors Andrew Huck, quarterback, and David Lang, placekicker, were named First-Team Academic All-PFL for the second consecutive year. Huck, a biology major with a 3.65…
Tennis slides again
After a two-week layoff, the Butler men’s tennis team took on three opponents in a four-day span, losing all three matches. The Bulldogs (1-7) were looking to stop a three-match losing streak, during which they failed to score a point. Yesterday, Butler traveled to Cincinnati where they lost to Xavier, 7-0. Senior Brandon Bayliss was…
Top track runners compete out west
With most of Butler’s track and field team at the DePauw Indoor Invitational on Saturday, a group of Butler’s six best distance runners at the Husky Classic in Seattle, knew it would be a tough meet. But they didn’t let it get to them. Sophomore Katie Clark, the new Butler record holder in the women’s…
Eiteljorg’s new exhibit presents tangled history of cultures
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art opened its newest exhibit this past Saturday. “Red/Black” tells the story of the interrelatedness of Native American and African-American cultures in the United States. “The forces that brought African-American and Native American people into contact ultimately led to an exchange of cultural traditions, mutual reliance upon…
Bardem gives ‘Biutiful’ performance
“Biutiful” is the new film from Alejandro González Iñárritu, staring Javier Bardem as Uxbal, a likable man who deals in the underground economy of Barcelona. While the film is confusing at points and deals with some mature subject matter, the title appropriately describes Bardem’s performance in the film. Set in modern day Barcelona, Bardem plays…