ALEXANDRA BODE STAFF REPORTER Butler’s Faculty Senate voted to unanimously oppose HJR-6 at its meeting on Tuesday morning. Indiana’s House Joint Resolution 6 is a growing topic of conversation at universities across the state. Butler University students and faculty of have expressed opposition to the amendment in the past week. A petition on change.org began…
Swimming: Butler falls to Xavier
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler swimming team took on the Xavier Musketeers in a head-to-head meet at Xavier on Nov. 16. The Musketeers defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 74-52. Xavier held off the Bulldogs for most of the meet, winning 12 events out of the first 14 events that were held.…
Cross country: Nationals up next
MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s cross country team has been consistent all season long. This time, the Bulldogs were rewarded with a second consecutive trip to the national meet. The team finished second in the Great Lakes Regional Friday afternoon, automatically qualifying it for nationals. It was the first automatic berth to…
Men’s soccer: Surprising season comes to an end
CLAYTON YOUNG | STAFF REPORTER The Butler men’s soccer team (11-8-1, 4-6 Big East) ended its season in a 1-0 overtime loss to Marquette (11-5-2, Big East 7-2-1) in the second round of the Big East Conference Tournament. The game-winning goal of the match came in the 97th minute when senior forward Adam Lysak scored…
The name game
By Rhyan Henson It would be hypocritical and irresponsible for the National Football League not to change the name of the Washington Redskins. With the NFL’s anti-bullying initiative, this problem should have been a top priority for the league because of the severity and widespread impact it has. Riley Cooper, a Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver,…
Football: Bulldogs roll in season finale
KYLE BEERY | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Butler football team clinched a share of the Pioneer Football League championship with a 58-27 win at Morehead State Saturday to wrap up the regular season. The Bulldogs (9-3) put the hammer down early and got out to a 34-7 halftime lead. The Eagles (3-8) scored two touchdowns…
Ross residents should pay less
By Mitch Riportella Last weekend, I visited a friend at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and slept in his dorm. I guessed he had chosen the Harry Potter housing package, because the glorified closet of a room was quite similar to the Dursely’s cupboard under the stairs. As I toured the campus, I was…
A different kind of hunger game
BY: NATALIE SMITH, STAFF REPORTER On Friday night in the Johnson room, inside Robertson Hall, students broke out of the infamous “Butler bubble.” Some Butler students stepped into the shoes of some Indianapolis residents by watching their counterparts eat a hearty meal while they ate nothing but white rice on a plastic plate. More than…
Stories of the oppressed
BY: MARIA LEICHTY, STAFF REPORTER Junior Aliah Ajamoughli collaborated with Syrian pianist and composer Malek Jandali last month to raise awareness for the people affected by the Syrian revolution. Her father, Ghaith Ajamoughli, was a Syrian medical student in Homs, Syria. He fled the country in the 1980s because he had been accused by the…
Ignigting the problem
By Maggie Monson New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a law Tuesday making tobacco illegal to purchase for those under 21. Young adults ages 18 to 21 can still possess tobacco legally, but they can’t purchase it anymore, effective in about six months, according to an article yesterday from the Associated Press. Smoking cigarettes…