Author: Nate

  • COE professor recognized for commitment to students

    Catherine Pangan was officially appointed as the Richard W. Guyer Chair in Education on Oct. 28. “I was stunned [when I found out I received the position],” Pangan said. “It was really neat because I found out at one of the last College of Education faculty meetings last May,” she said. “They wheeled in this…

  • A work in progress

    Butler University students and faculty had the chance to experience an award-winning novelist’s work-in-progress Monday. Jonathan Lethem read a chapter of his novel-in-themaking as the fifth installment of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. The Reilly Room was nearly full of people wanting to hear what he had to say. The chapter he read…

  • Alternative Spring Break accepting applications

    The sixth annual Alternative Spring Break is in the works and looking for students who want to travel and volunteer. Students will be going to Pensacola, Fla., and partnering with Community Collaborations International, a Gulf Coast relief program, on an ecological restoration project, according to ASB President Ashley Drees. ASB was founded at Butler University…

  • Lyric theatre brings classics to life

    By Emily Delaney Butler University’s Lyric Theatre presented a variety of opera scenes in this year’s annual recital at Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall on Nov. 11 and 12. Directed by John Schmid and W.P. Sterneman III, the Lyric Theatre is made up of students in the Jordan College of Fine Arts who audition for a place…

  • New book boosts Bush legacy

    After being unusually quiet for the past two years, former President George W. Bush is finally back in the spotlight. With his recently published memoir, “Decision Points,” hitting the bookshelves in November, our 43rd president is doing a series of interviews and media visits to discuss the book. In my opinion, Bush is the humblest…

  • Barnes honored as outstanding adviser

    Peers Advocating Wellness for Students (PAWS) is a student-run campus group that focuses on peer health education. PAWS puts on campus initiatives like Red Cup Culture, the Over It campaign, Safe Spring Break and Stress Less Week. While PAWS is student-run, it seems their greatest asset may in fact be in their faculty adviser, Sarah…

  • Conan O’Brien back to late night

    When Conan O’Brien hosted “The Tonight Show” for the last time on Jan. 22, his future was uncertain. He was leaving NBC and was not permitted to return to television until November, but he was going to receive a huge sum of money for his departure. What network or channel he would join next, if…

  • New crosswalk runs into problems

    Why aren’t the lights blinking? Students have raised concerns that the newly installed, light-emitting diode crosswalk flashers along West Hampton Drive are already malfunctioning. Butler University Chief of Police Ben Hunter said he assures students that this isn’t a case of the lights being broken, but rather that the initial programming from the company for…

  • Men’s soccer captures Horizon League crown, gets first-round bye in NCAAs

    A year after falling to Green Bay in the 2009 Horizon League Championship on penalty kicks, the Butler men’s soccer team got revenge, taking the 2010 title over the Phoenix (13-4-2) in identical fashion. Freshman forward Austin Oldham gave Butler (16-0-2) a 1-0 lead at the 36th minute after connecting on a shot from 15…