Author: Nate

  • SGA seeking ’12 VP and ’13 treasurer to run in upcoming elections

    SGA was a mix of election updates and new initiatives this week. Representatives were asked to provide questions for the class officer and SGA presidential debates. The deadlines have mostly passed for students to run for office, but a vice presidential candidate for the class of 2012 and a candidate for treasurer of the class…

  • An egg, some puppets and ol’ Bobby D.

    “Respect” and diversity shone through at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards with an array of performances by artists from soul to hip-hop, country to pop. Female artists from all corners of the music world came together for the show’s opening—a power-packed tribute to Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” who underwent treatment for an undisclosed…

  • Will Huntsman make a run?

    With the midterm elections well behind us and the second half of President Barack Obama’s first term underway, rumors have been flying as to who his Republican challenger will be in 2012. The United States Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman Jr., stepped down from his position last week and rumors are flying about his future…

  • Campus farm sells produce shares

    The Butler Campus Farm is starting a program to develop relationships between people and the food they eat. Consumers can purchase “shares” of produce for as little as $17 per week, which provides enough produce to feed two people. Each week, shareholders will receive a crate of fresh produce grown at the Campus Farm. The…

  • Single women start more businesses

    Erin Albert’s résumé must look a little crowded. She graduated from Butler University in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and went on to earn her doctorate of pharmacy at Shenandoah University in Virginia and a master’s degree in business administration at Concordia University. She is currently pursuing a law degree and has been…

  • Softball hopes to make ‘Big Dance’

    The Butler softball team hopes to do something this season they have never done before—earn a trip to the NCAA tournament by winning the Horizon League tournament. Juniors Lauren McNulty and Mallory Winters hope to prove to the rest of the league that Butler deserve their preseason ranking of third. “Our league is going to…

  • Pretty Reckless work in progress

    Taylor Momsen may not be one of your favorite people, but whether it’s her attitude or her role on the CW series “Gossip Girl” that bothers you, that’s no reason to completely dismiss her band. The Pretty Reckless’s music, although its a little overwrought with drugs and sexual references, it presents a new and compelling…

  • ‘For-profit’ colleges profit off of desperate students

    We’ve all certainly experienced the pain of trying to pay for college. It’s stressful, exceedingly expensive and the cost only seems to rise by the year. Therefore, it’s insane that some colleges are charging students for classes they aren’t taking and charging them even after they notify the institution that they are withdrawing. Lately, these…

  • Coaches struggle with superstars

    When it comes to team sports, coaches are in charge, right? They build teams, design practices, set lineups, keep morale high—everything needed to guide a team toward being number one. But Jerry Sloan and Jeff Fisher will tell you that there’s more to coaching than that. Sloan, who coached for 26 years in the National…