Author: Nate

  • 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.”…

  • New Album, Typical Tankian

    Rock and metal singer Serj Tankian is releasing a new studio album Sept. 21. Expect political outcry, string accompaniment and the ex-System of a Down lead man’s unmistakable croon. “Imperfect Harmonies” is the singer’s second solo album. His first album after the hiatus with metal band System of a Down, “Elect the Dead,” featured heavy…

  • Changing the game: Downloadable content takes ‘Dead Rising 2’ to the next level

    BY ANDREW BINDRIM | CONTRIBUTING WRITER With video gaming becoming a more social experience over the last few years, games that are single-player based and don’t feature a multiplayer experience are finding it harder to make the sales they used to. However, downloadable content (DLC) allows players to buy new feaures for existing games for…

  • Fishers-based restaurants provide perfect opportunity for dinner and dessert

    Sitting in a cozy brick building right next to the railroad tracks is the Nickel Plate Bar and Grill. With burgers like the Amtrak, the Rocket and the Chicago Rapid Transit, this restaurant is a favorite spot for all ages on any given day of the week.  To start your meal off right, I suggest…

  • Butler students build a show choir from the jazz hands up

    Long before ABC’s hit show “Glee” created a national choral craze, the foundation for Butler University Show Choir (BUSC) was formed in the mind of  club’s president, junior Eric Shoemaker. “I wanted to start a show choir simply because I knew it was something I loved to do,” Shoemaker said. “I knew Butler didn’t have…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Parking least of our concerns

    As we head into week two of classes, Butler’s largest-ever freshman class is beginning to familiarize themselves with the campus and its workings.  Certainly more than a few of them will pick up the September 1st issue of the Collegian, open to the opinion section, and see that the most pressing issue for the Collegian…

  • Backing away from Blackboard

    Nearly everything I have to read for my classes is posted on Blackboard. Whether I print the pages 10 minutes before class or two days before, finding them on the Web site was never a hassle—not until this year. The new configuration of Blackboard is confusing, as well as redundant, and has interfered with my…

  • Seriously, too much information

    As an integrated communications major, I am all for social media. As a matter of fact, I am simultaneously checking Facebook as I am writing this column. But as much of an advocate  as I am for using the great trends of today’s society, I   think some people have taken it too far. Let…

  • A new drug abuse on campus

    Prescription drug abuse has been a rising problem among college students for several years, according to researchers at the University of Kentucky. Though it is the second highest drug problem in the U.S. today, prescription drug abuse has received little media attention compared to abuse of other substances like marijuana and cocaine. Recently, campaigns against…