With the holiday season approaching, Butler Ballet is preparing an annual tradition for the spotlight once again. “The Nutcracker,” a ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one, if not the biggest, production the Butler Ballet puts on each year. With many students in the…
Who will be next? Butler searches for new president
The search for a new president is underway after Butler University President Bobby Fong announced on Oct. 29 that he will be leaving his position at the end of the academic year. The announcement was a surprise not only to the students at Butler, but also to Butler’s Board of Trustees. The board, which is…
Midterm elections turn off young voters
Last Tuesday’s midterm elections were stuffed in the middle of my week of chaotic classes and homework but I still found time to cast my vote: my first one. But, the elections also signaled an alarming trend among my friends: blatant refusal to vote. This sudden outbreak of my friends deciding not to complete their…
Volleyball’s streak ends at eight matches
Lester unable to play due to injury, Butler’s eight-game win streak was snapped Friday by Green Bay. The Phoenix (11-18, 7-8 HL) defeated the Bulldogs (17-9, 11-3 HL) 3-1. The loss was the team’s first Horizon League loss in Hinkle Fieldhouse in nearly two years. Butler dropped to second in the conference standings the next…
Writer-in-residence wins $50,000 writing prize
Michael Dahlie, Butler University’s Booth Tarkington Writer-in-Residence, has been named a winner of the 2010 Whiting Writers’ Award. According to the Giles Whiting Foundation website, whitingfoundation.org, the Whiting Writers’ Award was established in 1985 to support creative writing. The award is given annually to “10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays.” The award…
Alum donates $1 million for creative writing center
By the fall of 2011, Butler University will have its very own center for creative writing. Jeremy Efroymson, a Butler graduate and local supporter of the arts, has pledged to donate $1 million to buy the home at 530 W. Hampton Drive, which was the University president’s house from 1965 to 1979. This is not…
Musically rising from the ashes
Their mixture of old style rock with a little country and blues is what makes Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights an electrifying phenomenon. This real world, no studio tricks band who was recently the late night act for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and has rocked out while sharing the stage with musicians like AC/DC, Lynard…
Newman on Newton
Bill Newman knows his Newton. Newman visited Butler University on Monday to present on chemistry and alchemy as part of he Fall 2010 Woods Lecture Series. Newman is a professor in the department of history and philosophy of science at Indiana University in Bloomington. He teaches courses on the history of matter theory and the…
Efroymson fund gives Butler $1 million
The following is a Butler University News Release. The Collegian will have our own coverage in next week’s issue. The Efroymson Family Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, and Jeremy Efroymson will donate $1 million to Butler University to buy the home at 530 W. Hampton Drive – which from 1965 to 1979…
STAFF EDITORIAL | Fearmongering and anti-Islamic messages in political campaigns distasteful and wrong
A strong anti-Islamic sentiment has been spreading through the political environment this season, worming its way into campaigns and being used as a smear tactic. It is present in speeches, advertisements and campaign literature. Why is it now tolerable to target the Islamic faith so intensely within political rhetoric? We at The Butler Collegian disagree…