Author: Nate

  • Women’s basketball wins regular season warm-up

    On Sunday, Butler women’s head basketball coach Beth Couture got a glimpse of the team she will be working with for the 2010-11 season. The Bulldogs trounced Hillsdale College 80-66 in their final exhibition game before the regular season opens this weekend. “I think with any preseason or exhibition game, its purpose is to show…

  • Football falls in home finale

    The Butler football team held offensive juggernaut Jacksonville to just 24 points last Saturday but were unable to score enough points of their own to get a victory. Jacksonville (9-1, 7-0 PFL) came to Indianapolis having scored more than 50 points in each of its last three games, but Butler (4-6, 2-5 PFL) struggled in…

  • Men’s soccer claims Players of the Year, right to host

    The Butler men’s soccer team will head into the Horizon League conference tournament as the No. 1 seed and host after a tie versus Cleveland State Nov. 5. “I think for our guys and for our staff, it felt like a loss,” Butler head coach Kelly Findley said. “We were disappointed not to send our…

  • ‘Due Date’ fails to deliver

    Zach Galifianakis’ character, Ethan Tremblay, in the new comedy “Due Date” is sloppy, rude, backwards and lovable. Too bad it’s impossible to love the movie. Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is a high strung architect trying to make it back to Los Angeles for the birth of his child. Before his plane is ready to…

  • Jordan Jazz unites students, professionals

    By Emily Delaney Jordan Jazz, the vocal jazz ensemble at Butler, will host the Indiana Vocal Jazz Fest, an annual event which brings high school students to campus to learn vocal jazz. Directed by Tim Brimmer, Jordan Jazz has invited high school students from across Indiana and the Midwest to come to campus for a…

  • The price of democracy

    With the amount of money spent on the past midterm elections at an estimated $4 billion, a new record has certainly been reached. This begs the question—was it worth it? I don’t think so. The smoke has settled and the results are in for most of the races in the country. With a dominating performance…

  • Shakespeare Tour accepting applications

    Butler University is advertising its 24th Annual Summer Shakespeare Tour as students begin to look for study abroad opportunities for the coming summer. Students will visit Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Oxford and London, as well as see and review six of Shakespeare’s plays. The students have an opportunity to control most of the trip themselves. About 40…

  • Excel school provides options

    Every Butler University student is a high school graduate from somewhere, and the Excel Center in Indianapolis is hoping to add more high school graduates to the world. The Excel Center opened in September this year. It is a charter school that caters to previous dropouts and allows them the opportunity to get a real…

  • Professor named in top 25 business law blogs

    Butler University assistant professor of business law Mike Koehler’s blog has been named as one of the Top 25 Business Law Blogs of 2010 by LexisNexis. “It was a nice recognition,” Koehler said. His blog, FCPA Professor, deals with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—a piece of legislation that Koehler calls “the most important U.S. law…