Brightly colored water balloons sailed through the air and shrieks echoed on the mall as participants were drenched with water. Friday, marked the first water balloon fight which founders hope could become an annual tradition. Freshman Brian Howard said the idea evolved after receiving a bag of water balloons as gag gift from his girlfriend.…
Always remember 9/11
On Sept. 11, 2001 our nation was put at a stand still and stood on edge. It is a day I will never forget and, even nine years later, it is one day we should never let slip from our memory. Driving in the car with my sorority sisters this past Saturday morning, I knew…
Volleyball has strong Invitational showing
The Butler women’s volleyball team will begin Horizon League play this week after hosting a four-team inviational last weekend. The pre-conference invitational was Butler’s first in four years. The team finished second in their tournament after two 3-0 wins over UNC-Wilmington and Army and a 3-2 loss to tournament champion Xavier. “It was great after…
Soccer wins duel against Musketeers
The Butler men’s soccer team still has zeros in two key statistical categories: goals against and losses. Most recently, the Bulldogs maintained these Sept. 4 at Xavier, where a goal by senior midfielder Kyle Pateros and a shutout by senior goalkeeper Fabian Knopfler led the charge. Pateros found some space in front of the goal…
Volleyball earns season’s first wins
The Butler volleyball team captured its first two wins of the season last week, first taking their home opener against Marian University 3-0 Aug. 31, before beating Cal State-Bakersfield 3-1 Friday, during the University of Arizona Wildcat Classic. But the Bulldogs (2-5) dropped their other two matches at the tournament, including a match against 24th-ranked…
Women’s soccer takes care of Redhawks
Women’s soccer earned its first win of the season, defeating Miami (Ohio), 5-2, Sept. 3. The Bulldogs (1-4) wasted no time getting the early advantage as sophomore Katie Griswold scored two goals within the opening 13 minutes of play. Griswold’s—and Butler’s—first goal of the season came in the sixth minute after a Redhawk defender slipped…
Student adjusts to role as coach
Thorn Murphy is just like any other Butler University student. He is a junior finance major from Columbus, Ind., with a 3.9 GPA. However, his junior year is taking a lot of getting used to. Murphy was a football player for Butler his first two years and received a lot of playing time at strong…
SPORTS COLUMN | Karma catches up to Masoli
Jeremiah Masoli received a heavy dose of karma last Saturday when his new football team suffered an unforeseen loss and his old team achieved the greatest victory in the program’s history. The beauty of sports lies in its quality of fair play. It is a realm of rules and regulations that levels the playing field.…
Football wins at Albion
In the Butler football season opener, the team picked up where it left off last December. Junior quarterback Andrew Huck passed for three touchdowns and junior wide receiver Jordan Koopman caught nine passes in Butler’s 29-13 win at Albion on Saturday. Huck, who completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, said his offensive line…
Machete mixes action, with political satire
Danny Trejo has always been the creepy side character in cheesy action flicks, but he finally gets his shot as the title character in the action-packed “Machete,” a film very fitting for him. A little bit of background on “Machete”: The film started as a fake trailer in the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature “Grindhouse.”…