Author: Nate

  • Opportunities and obstacles for campus employment

    The start of a new semester can be a great opportunity for students looking for employment through Butler, but school officials say that it may be a little more difficult to find a job this semester because they’re in high demand. Student Employment Coordinator Liz Freedman said that the on-campus employment outlook is mostly a…

  • President makes case for spending freeze, innovation in State of the Union

    On Jan. 25, President Obama delivered the highly anticipated State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. While there were certainly parts of the speech that could have been improved, in the end I thought that it was a well-written, well-delivered speech. There was a large amount of speculation from political pundits…

  • Valpo outlasts Butler in OT

    The Butler men’s basketball team will need to find their way out of the doghouse after losing their second overtime game in six days. Hoping to recover from their home loss against Milwaukee, the Bulldogs (14-8, 6-4 HL) found themselves in a similar predicament in their next conference game. “We never dwell on a loss,”…

  • Saving kids, breaking records

    It was a record-breaking 12 hours, in more ways than one. 270 Butler students and community members stood for 12 straight hours Saturday in an effort to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children as a part of Butler University Dance Marathon.  Collectively, they raised more than $100,000, surpassing last year’s total by more than…

  • Schrott Center to provide space for JCFA students

    Shakespeare had the Globe. New York has the Met. Butler University has Clowes and the Eidson-Duckwall. Now Butler can add another  building to its résumé. The ground breaking of the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts will begin this spring The 450-seat theater will be built on the East-side of Clowes.…

  • Legg leads Bulldogs in Bloomington

    It was a meet to remember for sophomore Kirsty Legg when the Butler men’s and women’s track teams were in Bloomington, Ind., last weekend for the Indiana Relay. Legg, who competed in the 800 meter run and the mile this weekend, took second in both and built upon her already impressive resume. “We have a…

  • Howard finalist for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award

    Matt Howard has been selected as one of ten finalists for the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Howard, one of five seniors on the Butler men’s basketball team, was nominated  for the award alongside 29 other senior collegiate basketball players in November. The award focuses on student-athletics, specifically by encouraging student-athletes to be leaders in…

  • Be helpful, ‘Be Haiti’

    Fueled by dreams of empowerment, Butler students are leading a campaign called “Be Haiti” to raise $100,000 to bring health services to the people of Les Cayes, Haiti, through the development of a clinic for women and children. Les Cayes is a city located in southwestern Haiti that was damaged by the January 2010 earthquake.…

  • ‘Archives’ offers new perspective for campus publications

    Two English majors will act as editors-in-chief for Butler University’s first student-run humor magazine, Archives. Senior English major Farhad Anwarzai is the mastermind behind the new campus circular, which was released last week. “We were just talking about the options for people who wanted to write and it hit me that we really don’t have…