Author: Nate

  • Women’s basketball splits HL weekend

    The Butler women’s basketball team defeated Milwaukee Saturday after losing a tough contest last Thursday to Green Bay at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The women were able to bounce back when they hosted the Panthers (7-13, 4-5 HL). The Bulldogs (14-7, 8-1 HL) knocked the Panthers under .500 in the conference with a 72-64 victory. In the…

  • Albright exhibit shines at IMA

    [imagebrowser id=9]If there’s anything Butler students learned last year from Madeleine Albright’s speech at Clowes Memorial Hall, it’s that she is one strong-willed woman. The latest exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, “Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection,” reinstates this in the description of each pin and the collection of quotes from the…

  • New performing art center named

    Butler’s planned 450-seat theater and performing arts center will be named the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. Schrott, a 1976 alumnus, announced on Jan. 28that he will commit $6.5 million toward the $13 million project. “This is something I’ve been working on with Butler over the last six to eight…

  • New dean brings new ideas to JCFA

    Butler University appointed Ronald Caltabiano as the new dean of Jordan College of Fine Arts (JCFA) on Jan. 7. Caltabiano is currently the associate dean of San Francisco State University’s College of Creative Arts as well as being a contemporary classical composer of chamber and orchestral music. The composer’s résumé boasts a wide variety of…

  • Stevens selected as USA assistant

    Butler men’s basketball head coach Brad Stevens has accomplished more in four years than many do in a career. The 34-year-old head coach has been the Horizon League Coach of the Year twice, earned the best Division I coaching record in the first three seasons (89-15), recorded his 100th career win faster than all but…

  • Women’s tennis falls to Falcons

    The Butler women’s tennis team will need to retrace their steps after starting the 2011 season on the wrong foot. With a pair of home losses during the weekend, the Bulldogs dropped a 7-0 match to Miami (Ohio) on Saturday before losing to Bowling Green by the same score the next day. The Bulldogs (0-2)…

  • Snape to step in for Findley

    On the heels of one of the best men’s soccer seasons in school history, Butler named Paul Snape as the program’s new head coach. The former University of Michigan associate head coach fills the vacancy left when Kelly Findley accepted the head coaching job at North Carolina State last month. Butler received more than 200…

  • Ted Williams reminds us all of the perks of second chances

    At one point or another, we could all use a second chance. I used to never believe in them. In my eyes, if someone messed up once, they would obviously just squander any second chance. Then I started to realize how much I relied on second chances. I would be more comfortable bombing quizzes in…

  • Break causes freshmen to readjust

    Eagerness to please, anxiety to begin, and motivation to improve are the feelings many Butler freshmen have about starting up school again after their first winter break. For most college freshmen this break was the first of its kind. With four weeks to themselves, students can focus on other things besides school. “Break was fun,”…