Author: Nate

  • Senior making run in mayoral election

    While most seniors are focused on finishing their final semester, Chris McBarnes is busy campaigning as a Republican Party candidate for the mayoral elections in Frankfort, Ind. “If I could stand up and make a difference and put the hope back into the community, reviving the American dream in Frankfort, then I should do it,”…

  • Butler student traditions spotlighted in book

    Butler University student traditions—like jumping into Star Fountain, playing Campus Golf and joining Dawg Pound—will be highlighted in a book put together by Butler University Student Foundation. The book will be given to incoming freshmen as an easy way to see all of Butler’s traditions and will be passed on from class to class, freshman…

  • Celebration of Scholarship draws community to Irwin

    The 10th annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity exhibit in Irwin Library is giving Butler University faculty and staff the opportunity to exhibit their creative endeavors to the entire Butler community. The program began in 2002 with the idea that faculty needed the opportunity to share their outside projects with students and colleagues. The…

  • Speech team participates in state competition

    Butler University’s speech team has been counting its successes in recent forensics tournaments and competitions. Last Saturday, the team participated in the state competition, with several events to follow. The state competition was held at Ball State University and included eight schools from across Indiana. Butler’s team consisted of six students. Junior Matt Miller took…

  • Sacrificing PBS, NPR to curb deficit not the answer

    I was first introduced to the soothing sounds of Steve Inskeep’s voice at age five. I distinctly remember the famous intro sounds that signaled the beginning of NPR News. Repeated childhood car rides with my parents have etched the names of the channel’s broadcasters forever into my memory. For this reason, I was exceedingly perturbed…

  • ‘I Am Number Four’ fails to impress for numerous reasons

    “I am Number Four,” starring Alex Pettyfer, Dianna Agron and Timothy Olyphant, pits good alien versus bad alien in the film adaptation of the recently released book of the same title. Like most young adult novels turned into films, “Number Four” follows the same equation of boy with super powers plus quiet alt-girl that goes…

  • Radiohead shows it’s still ‘King’

    Radiohead is back with its eighth studio album, “The King of Limbs.” Released one day earlier then expected, it came as no surprise. The band is known for announcing album releases just days before the actual release date—this time just four days before. This compilation from Radiohead is different from its previous albums, but in…

  • Jordan, Clark lead track at EIU

    The Butler track team competed in the Eastern Illinois University Friday Night Special Feb. 18, bringing home two individual victories. The meet, which was not scored, was the last contest for the Bulldogs prior to the Horizon League Indoor Championships, taking place Feb. 26-27 in Youngstown, Ohio. At EIU, the men’s and women’s squads combined…

  • Lynch returns to Butler

    Bill Lynch is back at Butler University. Lynch, who was a guard on the Butler basketball team and quarterback on the Butler football team in the 1970’s, was recently hired by Butler Athletics as the new associate athletic director for development. In his new position, Lynch will lead the efforts of the athletics’ development office…