Miranda Maritato | Staff Reporter Butler faculty is working to change the current regulations for parking lot two, located outside of the Fairbanks Center. In an effort to draw attention to the issue, College of Communication administrative assistant Maggie McGlynn and Liberal Arts and Sciences administrative assistant Amy Aldridge formed a petition to allow their…
Sanitation a concern at Ross Hall
By Mitch Riportella On behalf of the thriving bug community in Ross Hall, I would like to thank you all for making our dorms a truly disgusting place to live. I understand a lot of effort must be involved in maintaining such an appalling level of filth, and I personally could not fathom a place…
Former director: Collegian has brought reform to Butler, voice to community
Your article on The Collegian’s budget shortfall raised more questions than it answered. Permit me to add some additional ingredients to the mix and perhaps stir the pot. In 1986, James Neal, former Board of Trustees member, owner and publisher of the Noblesville Ledger and former Indiana Republican chairman, produced a gala to mark the…
Past editors: Collegian essential to campus
We were disheartened to read the Oct. 16 story “Red Ink”—disheartened with the prospect of someday losing The Butler Collegian and with an administration seemingly comfortable with letting that happen. The demise of The Collegian would not only impact the student journalists who spend their time reporting, editing and shooting photographs. It would end a…
Vegetarian, vegan options must improve
By Taylor Powell Approximately 7.3 million Americans are considered vegetarians in the United States, according the Vegetarian Times website. Additionally, 22.8 million people say that they follow a vegetarian-inclined diet, or eat minimal meat. Yet vegetarians often become a secondary thought behind individuals who do not have special dietary needs. Vegetarian and vegan options in…
Dance students prepare for choreography showcase
BY: GINNY SPELLMAN, STAFF REPORTER The Butler University dance program is traditionally known for major ballet performances involving most of the company. But every year studnets have a chance to present what they have learned while displaying some of their own creativity. This chance comes through the Student Choreography Showcase. This showcase will have…
Gilbert Kalish: world renowned pianist coming to Butler
BY: MARIA LEICHY, STAFF REPORTER World-renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish will play at Butler University as the featured artist for a recital put on by the Indiana Music Teachers Association. This recital is part of the association’s state conference, which has not been held at Butler since 2004. Kalish will perform Friday at 8 p.m.…
Fall into Autumn
WRITTEN BY BRYNN ERDY, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Leaves are changing into beautiful reds and golds, Starbucks patrons line up for pumpkin spice lattes, jeans and sweatshirts emerge from the bottom of closets, football games consume weekend afternoons and the smell of spices and cinnamon flows from the kitchen. It is officially fall. From pumpkin patches to…
Necessary components
WRITTEN BY BRITTANY GARRETT, STAFF REPORTER Senior Kaylin Beckwith is combining her passions to make a difference in the lives of children, one piece of artwork at a time. Beckwith’s senior honors thesis project, “Improving Mood in Grieving Children: An Analysis of Necessary Components,” takes her love for art and mixes it with psychology to…
RED INK
COLIN LIKAS | Editor-in-Chief The Butler Collegian is struggling financially—along with other school newspapers and the nation’s newspaper industry—and is searching for new business models and revenue streams. Changes in technology and the recent recession have resulted in advertising revenue falling from a high of $42,000 seven years ago to a new low of less…