Author: Nate

  • Local brewery offers modern spin

    Thr3e Wise Men, one of the newest additions to the Broad Ripple restaurant and bar scene, has transformed the old building at 1021 Broad Ripple Ave. The restaurant is a member of the Scotty’s Brewhouse family and has been drawing interest ever since its Jan. 17 opening. On an expectedly busy Friday night, well over…

  • Results are not enough

    Sports fans loudly cheer for buzzer-beating shots and the game-winning touchdown, but one thing they silently acknowledge is effort, essentially because they expect it. Effort leads to all those amazing shots and catches, so perhaps the praise is implied. Still, fans tend to acknowledge a lack of effort with boos far more often than they…

  • Coppola struggles to find direction in ‘Somewhere’

    The opening shot is telling of how “Somewhere” eventually plays out. As the Focus Features logo fades away, the roar of a Ferrari can be heard as the screen fades into the car driving around a desert track. With no music and the camera fixed in one position, the car circles the track five times…

  • Hedges leaves Butler for UNC

    Butler men’s soccer starting center back and junior Matt Hedges has transferred to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Communications on his Facebook page eluded to the transfer and two sources later confirmed the news, one saying that Hedges made the decision to transfer in December. Last year, Hedges was named to the National Soccer…

  • Study abroad students evacuated after protesting in Egypt

    Six Butler University students studying with the Institute for Study Abroad are being evacuated from Alexandria, Egypt in light of protests that erupted Jan. 25. The students arrived in Egypt Jan. 17. They were supposed to spend the spring semester studying Arabic language programs, but IFSA-Butler began planning the students’ evacuation on Sunday. The protests…

  • Track looks to build off strong showing at IU Relays

    The Butler men’s and women’s track teams were in Bloomington this past weekend for the Indiana Relay meet. For sophomore Kirsty Legg, it was a meet to remember. Legg, who ran the 800 meters and the mile this weekend, took second in both and built upon her already impressive resume. “We have a few people…

  • Green Bay Lady Pheonix narrowly defeat women’s basketball

    [imagebrowser id=7]Thursday night, January 28, the Butler women’s basketball team faced one of their toughest tests yet when the Lady Phoenix of Wisconsin-Green Bay came to Hinkle Fieldhouse, clinching a 66 to 62 win. The Lady Phoenix, ranked number 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, came in tied with the Bulldogs for the lead…

  • Alumnus donates $6.5 million for new theater

    Butler’s planned 450-seat theater and performing arts center will be named the Howard L. Schrott Center. Schrott, a 1976 alumnus, announced today that 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 months,” Schrott said. “I feel incredibly exhilarated…

  • Election policies dominate first SGA meeting agenda

    Changes to the election policies topped the agenda Wednesday at the first SGA meeting of the year. If proposed measures are passed in next week’s assembly, candidates and workers will be required to stay 25 feet from any area with a public computer on election day. Before the requirement was 50 feet. Also, personal funds…