The Butler men’s soccer team proved its legitimacy as a top team in the nation with its two most recent victories. The wins allowed the team to jump up to sixth place in the most recent National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll. The Bulldogs (15-0-1, 7-0 HL) are now hoping to close out the…
LeBron James bombarded by hate mail
As a Cleveland fan, I’ll admit I was ecstatic to see the Miami Heat lose to the Boston Celtics in their first game of the 2010-11 National Basketball Association season. But as much as I enjoyed seeing the Heat struggle, I’m appalled by the recent string of hate directed at recent Heat acquisition LeBron James.…
Men’s basketball mops up Mocs
The Butler men’s basketball team officially began its 2010-11 season in front of nearly 5,500 fans at Hinkle Fieldhouse Oct. 30. The Bulldogs defeated Florida Southern 90-70 in its first of two exhibition games this season. Senior forward Matt Howard led all scorers with 19 points and hauled in seven rebounds as Butler knocked off…
Football bounces back, blanks Valparaiso
The Bulldogs bounced back from their one-point loss to Morehead State last weekend by recording the first shutout of an opponent for Butler football in 12 years. In addition to holding Valparaiso scoreless for 60 minutes, the Bulldogs (4-5, 2-4 PFL) put up 48 points against the Crusaders (0-9, 0-6 PFL). The Bulldogs face a…
Volleyball extends win streak to eight matches
Butler swept through their competition in the Windy City this weekend, defeating Chicago State, 3-0, and UIC, 3-1, to run their winning streak to eight matches. The win over the Flames (12-14, 7-7 HL) keeps the Bulldogs (17-7, 11-1 HL) in a tie for first place in the Horizon League with the UW-Milwaukee Panthers, who…
A funny, heartwarming story
It starts on a trestle. A 16-year-old boy is walking across a trestle that hovers over a bustling New York City street. His parents show up and tell him how selfish he is for wanting to jump off and, a second later, he is falling into the water. The boy wakes up. “It’s Kind of…
Film’s prediction for future has its hits, misses, 25 years later
“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” This line, from 1985’s “Back to the Future,” is uttered by Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) to Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) moments before they take off in Doc’s Delorean time machine into the future. Thirty years into the future to 2015 to be exact. In “Back to…
John Legend delivers message on education, big set list
John Legend came to Clowes Memorial Hall on Oct. 29 to help everyone “wake up” and open their eyes to the issue of American education. “I don’t think this is a left-right issue,” Legend said of the politics surrounding American education. He opened this year’s Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series with a speech and…
Bulldogs struggle in Louisville
Butler men’s tennis did not fare well in its last match of the fall season at the Louisville Winter Invitational last weekend. Junior Chris Herron dropped his first-round singles match on Friday to Louisville’s Arren Carter, 7-5, 6-1, while the team of senior David Dolins and freshman Brad DiCarlo fell 8-0 to Louisville junior Adam…
How Facebook blurs the line between our real, digitial selves
In less than a decade, there will be an entire generation of people who have never lived without Facebook. If that does not terrify you, it should. Facebook users in our generation, which is nearly all of us, are increasingly using the Web site not as a networking tool, but as a means to recreate…