By Taylor Powell Hundreds of tasks fill the list of things to do before graduation. One task is to land an internship. Unfortunately, classes, bills and other expenses do not disappear when students take on a new internship experience. Nowadays, working an internship could give a student a pivotal advantage over candidates. The catch is,…
Homesick Heartaches
By Abby Bien Hi, my name is Abby Bien. I am an 18-year-old college student, living an hour away from home, and I have a confession. I miss my parents. And you know what? I promise you I’m not alone. Don’t get me wrong: Butler is great, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.…
The Perfect Record
WRITTEN BY MALLORY DUNCAN, ASST. ARTS, ETC. EDITOR Upendra Pandya has completed a feat not many people can boast about. He has perfect attendance at work—for 35 years and counting. Perfect attendance entails going a whole fiscal year without calling in sick or missing a scheduled workday. That means, for 12,784 days, Pandya has never…
Pressed to preserve
WRITTEN BY BRITTANY GARRETT, STAFF REPORTER A bit of history is hidden at Butler’s Friesner Herbarium. The herbarium contains more than 100,000 dried and pressed leaves, making up the third-largest collection of plants in the state. The herbarium is also the site where Dr. Ray C. Friesner—the man for whom the building is named—conducted most…
Thefts and other crime on the rise
NATALIE SMITH STAFF REPORTER Butler University senior Alix McLaughlin was outside with her friends at her off-campus house, waiting for pizza to arrive at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6. She looked in her front window and was shocked to see a man she did not know wearing gloves and crouching in her house.…
Majestic African Textiles traces history through garments
WRITTEN BY GINNY SPELLMAN, STAFF REPORTER The Indianapolis Museum of Art presents a comprehensive collection of African garments in its Majestic African Textiles exhibition. This limited-time display includes an assortment of royal garments, ritual wear and intricately decorated items from North and sub-Saharan Africa. Each garment in the collection is significant and showcases the beauty…
Joint Butler University-Christian Theological Seminary Center announced
BY KEVIN VOGEL | ARTS, ETC. EDITOR BREAKING NEWS Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary will be partnering to operate a center for “leadership development in social justice and reconciliation, international relationships and interreligious bridge-building.” The center was announced tonight before a speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu—for whom the new center is named—by Christian Theological…
Faculty member: Open discussion needed for tuition policy
[Tuition remission] is a subject that greatly concerns me as both a faculty member who got three children through the commencement ceremony and a current [Faculty] Senator. CONTRIBUTED BY STEPHAN LAURENT-FAESI | Dance professor, Jordan College of the Arts The topic is a tough one. On one hand is the institution’s need for revenue to…
Memorial planned for Blue II
Melissa Iannuzzi Assistant News Editor Butler University is currently raising funds to construct a memorial in honor of Blue II and to also celebrate Blue I and Blue III. The memorial will be erected outside Hinkle Fieldhouse. “Whether [students] give or not is up to them,” said Michael Kaltenmark, his owner. “I know what…
Waiting for answers: Proposed changes to tuition remission and exchange policy have faculty and staff concerned
RYAN LOVELACE AND MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | Managing editor and news editor Butler University’s Faculty Affairs Committee will consider the Board of Trustees’ recommendations to alter faculty and staff tuition remission and exchange benefits. The board’s plan would deny long-standing benefits to new employees if Butler adopts the plan. The remission program allows Butler students to…