Author: Nate

  • Blue II lives on in ‘Good Boy, Blue!’

    ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter Michael Kaltenmark, the handler for Butler University’s live mascot and director of web marketing, is reminding Butler community members and others that Blue II’s memory will live on forever through the book Good Boy, Blue! “I decided to write this book because we are always looking for ways to connect…

  • Bulldogs grab first win against Leathernecks

    MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Butler women’s swimming team received its first team win this season against the Western Illinois Leathernecks over the weekend. The Bulldogs posted a final score of 148 points across 29 events. The meet  turned into a tango for two when Monmouth was unable to make the trip to the…

  • Bulldogs split time at events

    JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team had two meets this weekend at Indiana University and the University of Washington. The majority of the team participated in the Indiana Relays at IU, while Butler sent four of its top distance runners to Seattle for the University of Washington Invitational. In Seattle,…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL: Butler should grow, but not regress

    COLLEGIAN STAFF The Butler Collegian staff is comprised of freshmen through graduate students from a multitude of different academic disciplines. Yet when we asked ourselves, “Why Butler University?” our answers were all remarkably similar. The people were welcoming and the campus beautiful. Butler is a liberal arts school with many opportunities for academic advancement and…

  • Celebrating 25 years of gospel music

    BREANNA MANLEY | Staff Reporter The lights went down, the curtains of Clowes Memorial Hall opened and melodic singing boomed from the auditorium for the next three hours. Butler University presented the 25th GospelFest on Feb. 1. The program is an evening celebrating fellowship, ministry and song for all denominations of religion. “It’s celebrating gospel…

  • CPA hopes to change C-Club atmosphere

    MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Butler’s Council on Presidential Affairs is working to update Butler’s Campus Club food court, potentially adding pool tables and new couches. CPA surveyed students about their dining experience, mostly regarding C-Club, during finals week last semester. “A lot of the feedback from the Flip the Script survey was improving the…

  • Diversity is not a number, it is a state of mind

    JULIAN WYLLIE | Columnist Butler University is not racially or ethnically diverse in comparison to other college institutions, from a statistical standpoint. Thirteen percent of Butler students who enrolled in the fall of 2012 are considered racial minorities. However, the national average is more than 30 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.…

  • Editor’s Notebook: Recital hall needs update

    KEVIN VOGEL | Arts Etc. Editor Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall has been many things in its time. Since 2004, it has been a small venue for Jordan College of the Arts performances and visiting lecturers for programs like the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. Before that it was Sweeney Chapel, once part of Butler University’s…

  • EIC responds to letters

    COLIN LIKAS | Editor-In-Chief In the Jan. 22 issue of The Butler Collegian, the staff editorial “Butler’s reaction to winter weather must improve” ran to express the staff’s majority opinion on the university’s handling of winter weather on campus. We occasionally receive disapproving feedback regarding pieces published in The Collegian. This particular editorial, however, garnered…