Butler University is advertising its 24th Annual Summer Shakespeare Tour as students begin to look for study abroad opportunities for the coming summer. Students will visit Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Oxford and London, as well as see and review six of Shakespeare’s plays. The students have an opportunity to control most of the trip themselves. About 40…
Excel school provides options
Every Butler University student is a high school graduate from somewhere, and the Excel Center in Indianapolis is hoping to add more high school graduates to the world. The Excel Center opened in September this year. It is a charter school that caters to previous dropouts and allows them the opportunity to get a real…
Professor named in top 25 business law blogs
Butler University assistant professor of business law Mike Koehler’s blog has been named as one of the Top 25 Business Law Blogs of 2010 by LexisNexis. “It was a nice recognition,” Koehler said. His blog, FCPA Professor, deals with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—a piece of legislation that Koehler calls “the most important U.S. law…
Butler personalities gain recognition through tweets
Two Butler University personalities were recently given top honors for tweeting. Levester Johnson, vice president of student affairs, was named one of the “25 university presidents to follow,” by bachelorsdegree.org. He was one of only two VP’s ranked on the list. The school’s live mascot, Blue II, also received an award for his tweets. Blue’s…
Students spread a ‘Responsible Green Initiative’
By Lexie Beach A Butler University student carries on a student-run business that could help the university take another step towards going green. Back to Earth Compost began in the spring of 2009 when senior Conner Burt created the company with partners Chris Clark and David Dolins as a part of the College of Business’…
Freshman orientation site earns award
Earlier this semester, Butler’s first-year orientation website, butler.edu/orientation- programs won an award from the National Orientation Directors Association. The website was designed by Brandon VanHook, the multimedia specialist for the division of students affairs. He began working on revamping the website last May. “The most noticeable change [I made] was to add videos throughout the…
Butler scores a C- on green report card
Congratulations Butler University. You earned a C-. On Oct. 27, the Sustainable Endowments Institute released the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card on their website, greenreportcard.org. According to the website, this is the only independent evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities that focuses on ecology, rather than academics, in the United States and Canada. “The…
STAFF EDITORIAL | Fong’s departure brings opportunity
Last week, we learned that Bobby Fong would be leaving Butler University to become president of Ursinus College. Although we are sad to see Fong leave, the staff of The Butler Collegian knows that change can be a good thing, if it comes in the right way. The prospect of a new president gave us…
The past, recent success and future of the Tea Party
Maybe after the success of the Tea Party in the midterm election, being a member won’t have such negative connotations. Then again, after a brutal campaign, infighting among Republicans and an uncertain future after the elections, the Tea Party Movement might be dead in the water. In 2008, things weren’t looking good for the Republican…
Men’s basketball breezes through second exhibition game
The Butler men’s basketball team finished exhibition play on Thursday, easily defeating the Hanover Panthers, 80-41. Junior guard Shelvin Mack led the Bulldogs in scoring with 13 points and senior forward Matt Howard contributed a double-double on 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead the team to the victory. The points came early and often…