It was a record-breaking 12 hours, in more ways than one. 270 Butler students and community members stood for 12 straight hours Saturday in an effort to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children as a part of Butler University Dance Marathon. Collectively, they raised more than $100,000, surpassing last year’s total by more than…
Schrott Center to provide space for JCFA students
Shakespeare had the Globe. New York has the Met. Butler University has Clowes and the Eidson-Duckwall. Now Butler can add another building to its résumé. The ground breaking of the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts will begin this spring The 450-seat theater will be built on the East-side of Clowes.…
Legg leads Bulldogs in Bloomington
It was a meet to remember for sophomore Kirsty Legg when the Butler men’s and women’s track teams were in Bloomington, Ind., last weekend for the Indiana Relay. Legg, who competed in the 800 meter run and the mile this weekend, took second in both and built upon her already impressive resume. “We have a…
Howard finalist for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award
Matt Howard has been selected as one of ten finalists for the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Howard, one of five seniors on the Butler men’s basketball team, was nominated for the award alongside 29 other senior collegiate basketball players in November. The award focuses on student-athletics, specifically by encouraging student-athletes to be leaders in…
Be helpful, ‘Be Haiti’
Fueled by dreams of empowerment, Butler students are leading a campaign called “Be Haiti” to raise $100,000 to bring health services to the people of Les Cayes, Haiti, through the development of a clinic for women and children. Les Cayes is a city located in southwestern Haiti that was damaged by the January 2010 earthquake.…
‘Archives’ offers new perspective for campus publications
Two English majors will act as editors-in-chief for Butler University’s first student-run humor magazine, Archives. Senior English major Farhad Anwarzai is the mastermind behind the new campus circular, which was released last week. “We were just talking about the options for people who wanted to write and it hit me that we really don’t have…
Local brewery offers modern spin
Thr3e Wise Men, one of the newest additions to the Broad Ripple restaurant and bar scene, has transformed the old building at 1021 Broad Ripple Ave. The restaurant is a member of the Scotty’s Brewhouse family and has been drawing interest ever since its Jan. 17 opening. On an expectedly busy Friday night, well over…
Results are not enough
Sports fans loudly cheer for buzzer-beating shots and the game-winning touchdown, but one thing they silently acknowledge is effort, essentially because they expect it. Effort leads to all those amazing shots and catches, so perhaps the praise is implied. Still, fans tend to acknowledge a lack of effort with boos far more often than they…
Coppola struggles to find direction in ‘Somewhere’
The opening shot is telling of how “Somewhere” eventually plays out. As the Focus Features logo fades away, the roar of a Ferrari can be heard as the screen fades into the car driving around a desert track. With no music and the camera fixed in one position, the car circles the track five times…
Hedges leaves Butler for UNC
Butler men’s soccer starting center back and junior Matt Hedges has transferred to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Communications on his Facebook page eluded to the transfer and two sources later confirmed the news, one saying that Hedges made the decision to transfer in December. Last year, Hedges was named to the National Soccer…