ALESANDRA RABELLINO | Contributing Writer In the mailboxes of the average American 17-year-old, one might find birthday cards from relatives, high school report cards and informational college brochures. Travel 6,000 miles across the globe to Israel, however, and something different will be found in the mailbox of a 17-year-old. Rather than preparing for college and…
Lambda Pi Eta Reinstated at Butler
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor College of Communication students have the opportunity to rush for a new type of fraternity. Lambda Pi Eta is a nationally represented honors fraternity for upperclassmen studying in a communication field. Organizational communication professor Jessica Moore will serve as the group’s faculty sponsor. Moore, who was a collegiate Lambda Pi…
STAFF EDITORIAL: Maintaining Hinkle’s History as Renovations Roll On
OUR POINT THIS WEEK: BUTLER’S EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN HINKLE FIELDHOUSE’S HISTORIC FEEL DURING RENOVATION SHOULD CONTINUE | 22-0-4 Historic Hinkle Fieldhouse is trying to keep up with the Big East. The fieldhouse is getting an updated modern look with a brand new scoreboard, updated seating and other additions. Some of these physical changes could…
New Art All Over The Schrott
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter Cinderella’s bloody slipper, animals experiencing the necessary evils of life, mechanically made surges of color and more can currently be seen in art hanging in the Schrott Center. All three galleries in the center are showing very different exhibits. The Lower Gallery is featuring student and faculty work in a…
Preparing for The Hunt
TONY ESPINAL | Opinion Editor You are almost there: the end of the year. Next stop for some of you is summer break, internships, summer school or just some family time. For others its graduation; the most exciting and scariest time of your lives. And if you haven’t started already, your job search is about…
Put an End to Snapchat
MAGGIE MONSON | Copy Chief I deleted the social media app Snapchat last week and I have never felt freer. The little nagging voice in the back of my head asking, “Why hasn’t anyone sent me a snap in so long?” is slowly disappearing. I’m still trying to get rid of the urge to seek…
Spring Semester Offers More Enjoyment
MORGAN LEGEL | Columnist Spring is known for many things such as its standing as the perfect season to consume ice cream while it is the perfect temperature outside. It’s warm enough for shorts, but still cool enough for your favorite light jacket. But, students at Butler University enjoy something else about spring: campus life.…
Students Honored for On-Campus Employment
COLIN LIKAS | Editor in Chief Select Butler University student employees and their employers filled the Schrott Center lobby yesterday for an award ceremony where one student win a statewide honor. Senior Eric Sanders, Irwin Library music and fine arts technician, earned Butler’s Student Employee of the Year award. Additionally, Sanders received Indiana’s Employee of…
Violin Lullabies Lead to Modern Cello Showpieces
KEVIN VOGEL | Arts, Etc. Editor The past few weeks The Butler Collegian has been speaking with musicians from the Jordan College of the Arts who are preparing senior recitals. This week, The Collegian sat down with senior cello performance major Marina Ito to discuss her recital. The Collegian: How did you put your…
Four players transferring from women’s basketball program
Four women’s basketball players are transferring from the program. Redshirt sophomore Haley Howard, freshman Ashton Feldhaus, junior Taylor Schippers and junior Liz Stratman will be leaving the university, according to a statement from Butler University athletic department. Howard has been in the program for three years and has played for two, after suffering an injury…