JOHN YELEY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler volleyball team turned its luck around this weekend to break a two-match losing streak that followed the Bulldogs into Friday. The squad improved its record to 18-5, including 5-3 in the Big East Conference as the Bulldogs picked up two important wins on the road to stay competitive…
Women’s soccer earns 1-0 overtime win against Creighton
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s soccer team won its 11th game of the season Saturday, beating the Creighton Bluejays 1-0 in overtime in a Big East Conference match. Senior forward Katie Griswold found the back of the net in the fifth minute of overtime to give the Bulldogs (11-5-2, 4-4 Big East)…
Swimming finishes fifth at Indiana Intercollegiates
The Butler swim team finished fifth out of seven schools in the Indiana Intercollegiates meet at Purdue Oct. 26. Colleges with teams participating were Butler, Purdue, University of Indianapolis, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Wabash College, Evansville, Depauw and Valparaiso. Purdue sent everyone else home with a loss, as the Boilermakers claimed victory with 715.5 points.…
OVERTIME: Pacers in good shape, Stevens looking at a rough year
BEN SIECK | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The National Basketball Association regular season tipped off last night. There are two teams the Butler community might have an interest in this season: the hometown Indiana Pacers and Brad Stevens’ Boston Celtics. After coming within one game of reaching last year’s NBA Finals, the Pacers should have their…
Women’s cross country reaches new heights
By Matthew VanTryon – Staff Reporter The Butler women’s cross country team continues to excel on the course, as they have soared in the polls. After a third-place finish at the NCAA Pre-National Meet, the team jumped 13 spots to a No. 7 ranking in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches poll.…
Bulldogs debut team in front of national audience
By Ari Kasle – Staff Reporter Butler basketball fans got a sneak preview of their team on Friday night. The new-look Bulldogs took the court as part of Fox Sports 1’s Big East Tip-Off. As part of the program, each of the ten Big East schools held simultaneous scrimmage games, which were televised on the…
Former Collegian editor wins national award
Press release by Marc Allan, associate director of university relations School of Journalism alumna Jill McCarter (’13), the editor of The Butler Collegian during the 2012-2013 school year, has won a first-place Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) national award for an advertising campaign that introduces Collegian readers to the newspaper’s staff members and attempts to recruit…
Bulldogs sliding in Big East standings
An early goal by St. John’s (8-6-2, 1-4-2 Big East) proved to be the game winner, as the Butler men’s soccer team (9-6-1, 3-4-0) fell 1-0 Saturday at the Butler Bowl. Within the first minute of the match — 34 seconds in to be exact — St. John’s sophomore forward Sean Sepe intercepted a clearing…
Students have options to keep information private
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR Junior Katie Reed said she was initially shocked when people began telling her about a large picture of her playing soccer hanging in a building on campus. “I had never even seen this picture,” Reed said. “But I was curious as to what it looked like and what it was. When…
SGA relays student parking input
Katie Goodrich | Staff Reporter Student Government Association and the Butler University Police Department plan to make further parking changes in addition to the changes announced prior to Fall Break. The two groups worked together to implement changes that would be beneficial for the students and the parking situation. Ben Hunter, chief of staff and…