Author: Nate

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | PrintSmart keeps students environmentally conscious

    To print or not to print—that is the question. Many students at Butler are facing this issue as the university experiments with the new paper allocation program, PrintSmart, which was unveiled this year. The Butler Collegian believes this program could be beneficial to the university as a whole.  We are optimistic about giving PrintSmart a…

  • Policies change to make transfer process ‘easy and simple’

    Significant improvements to the Butler University transfer student process have created a more efficient registration and integration period. “Before the university made changes, transfer students would go through a more complex registration process than freshmen because they had to figure out which of their credits transfer and how they transfer,” Student Development Specialist Jennifer Kaschner…

  • White River cleanup scheduled for Saturday

    Butler University students will be invading the Indianapolis community next weekend in support of an environmental cause. The annual White River Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday. Communities along the White River have formed groups to participate in the cleanup, including groups from Fishers, Noblesville and Carmel. The cleanup is part of the, Adopt-a-River Program. Butler…

  • Large class brings big changes to freshmen advising appointments

    This year’s large freshmen class has forced Butler Universityto re-evaluate how academic advising is handled. With changes being made to the core curriculum and class requirements, proper advising for the new freshmen on campus is more imperative than ever before. Jennifer Griggs, director of the Learning Resource Center, said there were some adjustments Butler had…

  • Walking to bring others out of the ‘dark’

    Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old: an age range that includes college-age students. On Saturday, Sept. 11,  The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) Indiana Chapter will be just one of the sponsors for the Out of the Darkness Walk in downtown Indianapolis.…

  • Butler professor assists with local civic theater

    When she’s not teaching at Butler, English Department Chair Hilene Flanzbaum takes a step outside the Butler bubble and serves as a consultant to the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre. “A former student wrote to me and asked if I remembered her,” Flanzbaum said. “She said she was now the executive director of the Civic Theatre…

  • Student falls through greenhouse

    An unknowing freshman fell through the roof of Butler University’s greenhouse last Saturday. Butler University Police Department Sgt. Mike Banner said that the student sat on the greenhouse roof, thinking it was brick, and fell through the glass. BUPD withheld the name of the student involved. “It’s hard to say how far he fell,” he…

  • Bookstore welcomes new clothing line

    Want to be a hero? Shop at the campus bookstore. Starting Sept. 15, the Butler University bookstore will carry a new clothing line that is part of the Knights Apparel, Inc.’s commitment to promote an anti-sweatshop work environment. Knights Apparel, Inc.—the nation’s largest supplier of university garb—set up a factory called Alta Gracia Apparel in…

  • Thefts off campus worry students

    Butler University students living behind Greek Row have been plagued with a series of thefts this week, ranging from an iPod to a car. Senior Richie Giannotti, a resident of Berkley Road, said his 1996 Saab 9000 was stolen from behind his house sometime between Sunday and Tuesday. “The fact that it could have occurred…