Author: Nate

  • Snowcoming still brings out students

    What Snowcoming lacked in Butler royalty, it made up for in relaxed, fun events. Cutting the king and queen competition didn’t stop students from enjoying Snowcoming 2011 all across campus. Junior Brittany Dorsett, special events co-chair, explained that because students are already so “over-programmed” the special events committee wanted this year’s Snowcoming events to feel…

  • Non-believers welcome

    On Feb. 11, as part of its “Big Questions” series, the Center for Faith and Vocation welcomed interfaith activist Chris Stedman to campus. The title of his talk was “Secular Humanism and Interfaith Action: Is There Room for the Non-Believer?” Stedman serves as an interfaith and community service fellow at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard…

  • Paid internships to focus on faith

    The Butler University Center for Faith and Vocation is happy to announce it will continue its tradition of offering paid internships in faith-based fields for students. From 2004-10, the CFV was given grant money from the Lilly Endowment fund to sponsor students seeking internships in a religious field, Judy Cebula, CFV director, said. She said…

  • Women’s tennis tackles Jaguars

    The Butler women’s tennis team trounced their cross-town rival IUPUI 7-0 on their home court last Saturday. When asked about his initial thoughts going into the game, head coach Jason Suscha commented on the mental strength his team demonstrated prior to the start of the match. “Heading into the match, I could tell that the…

  • Johnson recognized for mentorship

    Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs, was recently named a finalist for the Inspire Awards, which College Mentors for Kids present to individuals who excel at mentoring in their workplace or community. Johnson said he was surprised when he saw the first congratulatory e-mail pop up in his inbox explaining that he had been…

  • PRSSA students apply classroom experience

    Members of Butler University’s branch of Public Relations Student Society of America are currently participating in the Bateman Competition, a nation-wide case study competition for public relations students. The purpose of the competition is to give students “an opportunity to apply their classroom education and internship experiences to create and implement a full public relations…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Housing trouble for juniors

    One of the biggest decisions students make is where they will be living during their four years of college. Butler makes that decision decidedly more limited by requiring students to either live on campus through their junior year, or commute. Starting next year, non-Greek juniors will have one option—the Apartment Village, unless they can prove…

  • Women’s basketball splits conference affairs

    A career night from senior forward Brittany Bowen wasn’t enough for the women’s basketball team, as Butler lost to Cleveland State Saturday, 69-64. Bowen led the Bulldogs (15-10, 9-4 HL) with 31 points and 11 rebounds, scoring nearly half of Butler’s points. Two final-minute free throws from Cleveland State junior center Destinee Blue sealed the…

  • ‘Biggest Loser’ looks for winners in Indy

    Get ready to shed some pounds and cry beautiful tears of inspiration, because “The Biggest Loser” is making its way to Indianapolis to see if any Hoosiers belong on season 12 of the popular reality series. “We love the Midwest,” Barbara Wulff, the casting director for “The Biggest Loser” said in a press release. “We…