RHYAN HENSON | Multimedia Editor Last Saturday was Stay Positive Day at the Butler men’s basketball game. Although the team lost the game, the day was a win for junior Eric Day and his Stay Positive organization. Day spoke in front of a sold-out Hinkle Fieldhouse, educating the crowd about his story of beating cancer…
Campaign Earns University more than $17 Million
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Hinkle Fieldhouse surpassed its fundraising goal of $16 million. The campaign has raised $17.2 million so far. The renovation project is projected to cost about $35 million. However, the campaign set a fundraising goal of $16 million and Butler University planned to finance the remaining amount, said Ken LaRose, associate…
Butler Women’s Swimming
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Butler swim team hosted the fifth annual Butler Invitational and placed fourth of eight squads. Sunday’s meet was senior night for Butler seniors Kaitie Ring and Hayden Engstrom. “This was Kaitie and Hayden’s last home meet, (and) we wanted to make it as special and great as we could,”…
Butler Off to a Strong Start
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The track and field team continued its indoor season this weekend, with the team splitting time at Indiana University-—Purdue University Fort Wayne and Indiana University. Among the six Butler athletes running at Bloomington was junior Mara Olson. She won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:08.83, breaking her school…
Bulldogs Struggle, Home and Away
MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s tennis team dropped its season opener 7-0 at Ohio State. The No. 5 ranked Buckeyes were coming off a 35-3 record last season and picked up where they left off, winning every match in straight sets. Butler junior Pulok Bhattacharya lost 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 1…
Big ‘Fresh’man on Campus
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The 2013-2014 Butler men’s basketball season has had its fair share of ups and downs. A 1-7 mark in Big East play so far would imply there have been more of the latter recently. However, some positives that have come from this season include sophomore guard Kellen Dunham’s team-leading 18…
An On-campus Group Asks: What do you know about prescription drugs?
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Butler’s campus has seen an increased interest regarding the prevention of prescription drug abuse. One year ago, the awareness group Generation Rx had about six members working toward the goal of spreading awareness and stopping prescription drug abuse on campus. According to Generation Rx campaign coordinator Miranda Arthur, the group…
Adults Invade Indy Children’s Museum
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter The line between children and grown-ups will be blurred and crossed for one night at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum next month. Kids will be left at home so those 21 and older can go out and play at the world’s largest children museum on Feb. 22, from 8 p.m. to…
Women’s basketball: Big first half sends DePaul past Butler
BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s basketball team (8-11, 3-5) was defeated by the DePaul Blue Demons (15-5, 6-2) 85-64 Saturday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse. DePaul came into the contest second in the Big East after a victory over Georgetown. The Bulldogs were coming off an upset win against the top team…
Men’s basketball falls to 1-7 in Big East with loss to St. John’s
BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The story has been told time and time again this season. Butler (11-9, 1-7) had a lead, and let it slip away. The same was true Saturday afternoon, as what was at one point a double-digit lead turned into a 69-52 defeat at the hands of St. John’s…