MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter With renovations in Hinkle Fieldhouse going on, the Student Athlete Advisor Committee was unable to set up their second inaugural formal. The SAAC’s original idea for the all-athletic formal was to bring together Butler’s athletes and to celebrate its success as well as deliver awards given out at the event.…
Track & Field Schedule Altered
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team will be split up this weekend. Some members of the Butler track and field team will head to Walnut, Calif., this weekend for the Mt. Sac Relays. The rest of the team will stay in Indy after the meet they were scheduled to compete…
Andrew Eiler – From Walk-On to Winner
BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter After waking up to sounds of shouting and horns at Culver Military Academy for four years, Butler golfer Andrew Eiler is ready for early morning tee times. Eiler is a junior on the men’s golf team. When he joined the team as a freshman, he was just a walk-on player.…
Baseball – Bulldogs Look Ahead to Musketeers
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler baseball team will play a three-game series against Xavier starting Thursday. The series will be the Bulldogs’ third against a Big East opponent after winning the series against Seton Hall two weeks ago and being swept by St. John’s last weekend. Butler now stands 14-21 after an extra-inning…
Butler Professors Engage Students
JULIAN WYLLIE | Columnist At the end of college, Christine Smith will be one of my favorite professors. As an incoming freshman, I had never had a teacher like her before. Smith’s first year seminar “Rebels with a cause” was a life-changing experience. The writing assignments were focused on creativity and the discussions were insightful.…
Clowes Hall Installs New Sensory Seating
VANESSA STAUBLIN | Staff Reporter Those in the hard-of-hearing and deaf communities will now get to experience sound on a whole new level during performances at Clowes Memorial Hall. Clowes Hall installed eight new chairs that are designed to enhance concert experiences. These seats are considered “audio sensory enhanced seating.” They are the first ones…
Dining Services Director Position to be Filled, Interim Director has Big Plans
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter A new interim director of dining services will replace Michelle Bryant-Jones after she left her position with little notice early this semester. Nate Haugh, operations director in the office of student affairs, was next in line to fill the gap in leadership. Sally Click, dean of student affairs, said the…
Drug Operation Near Butler’s Campus Busted by Police
MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Eleven people are facing federal charges in connection with a drug trafficking operation in the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood. Investigators said the men involved had stashed cocaine in houses around the Bulter-Tarkington area, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department statements released last week. The operation had been running for more than two…
Gallery Preserves Legacy of Master Photogtapher
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter In a floodlit gallery, more than 80 photographs transport passing visitors into a black and white world of beauty and natural elegance. These photographs were hand-picked by their photographer Ansel Adams and hang in the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. “A bulk of the works are images…
Greek Students Educate their Chapters through GEAR Program
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Students are training to become representatives for their Greek chapters to serve as a resource for individuals with health and wellness concerns. Greek Educators, Advocates, and Resources, or GEAR, is a program where representatives from the Greek community educate their peers. “GEAR reps are students who have volunteered to serve…