Author: Nate

  • “Wishmakers on the Mall” benefits Make-A-Wish Foundation

    Butler University students have teamed up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to better the life of a 6-year-old girl named Emily by attempting to raise $6,000 to grant her wish: to go skiing with her family in Colorado. Butler’s involvement with Emily all started with senior Alicia Dixon and junior Rachel Gold, who founded Butler’s Wishmakers…

  • XC continues impressive runs at Intercollegiates

    Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams have gotten off to promising starts this season, and neither team has even used their entire squad yet. On Sept. 17, at Purdue’s annual Indiana Intercollegiate Meet, the Butler men grabbed a fourth-place finish, while the Butler women finished second in a 20-team field. Leading the charge…

  • Vision for social change at ‘Blind Spots’

    The audience slowly files into a black box in Lilly Hall. People shuffle around other patrons and step over actors sprawled across the floor. Under dim lights, “Blind Spots” is set to challenge viewers’ comfort zone. “Blind Spots:  An Exploration of Empathy and Ensemble” is one part performance, one part social experiment. The show was…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Breast cancer bracelet ban bogus

    “I love boobies.” What is so wrong with that? Many high schools across the country are banning breast cancer awareness bracelets with the phrase, “I love boobies,” after being deemed inappropriate by school officials. We at The Butler Collegian believe that students should be allowed to wear these bracelets with pride and without contest. According…

  • JCFA dancers star in new ‘Glee’ commercial

    Butler University’s dance program proved “we can dance if we want to” in a flash mob performance at the State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in downtown Indianapolis last Thursday. The routine was part of a promotional video shot by Fox 59 for the season premiere of their hit musical-drama “Glee,” which has quickly chassèd up…

  • Women’s soccer clinches win in OT

    The Butler women’s soccer team heads west this weekend after a week of competition at home. They will be looking to extend their two-game winning streak that began against Miami (Ohio) earlier this month and continued last Friday against the St. Louis Billikens. Butler (2-4) captured their second consecutive victory in an overtime win versus…

  • Soccer takes title with high scoring

    Heading into Horizon League play a good showing in Kentucky was key. Goal-scoring came naturally to the Butler men’s soccer team last weekend when they went 2-0 to win Kentucky’s Wildcat Invitational in Lexington, Ky. The three-day event placed the Bulldogs (4-0) against the Houston Baptist Huskies and the Loyola Marymount Lions. Butler was able…

  • Ben Folds to perform at Clowes

    “Three sad semesters, it was only fifteen grand.” It might sound like any college student’s sob story, but it’s a lyric from Ben Folds’ song “Army,” a song that could be heard at Butler University Ben Folds will be performing at Clowes Memorial Hall on Saturday, Oct. 23 as Butler University’s fall concert. Ben Folds,…

  • Being ‘blunt’ about breast cancer awareness

    “As young college students, you think you are invincible,” communications instructor Donna Gray said. Her point? Breast cancer is now affecting 1 in every 8 women before the age of 40. A Butler University journalism class, Strategic Communication for Nonprofits, has teamed up with Young Survival Coalition (YSC) to create a breast cancer awareness campaign…