Author: Nate

  • Apartment Village student circulating petition

    JEFF STANICH | STAFF REPORTER A parking lot adjacent to Apartment Village often sits nearly empty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, because students who live in AV cannot park there. Because of this parking situation, multiple AV residents—with their parking options reduced—have been getting ticketed if they try to park in the…

  • Shining a light on SparkNotes

    NATALIE SMITH STAFF REPORTER You don’t have to read the whole book. Just read the SparkNotes. This phrase is pretty common on college campuses, where students have to juggle their time between many demanding assignments from professors. The act of using references such as SparkNotes, BookRags and Shmoop is frequently seen. Students who rely on…

  • Student groups provide friendship and mentorship

    EMILY WILLIAMS STAFF REPORTER Butler University has partnered with nationally known organizations to bring different volunteer opportunities to campus. College Mentors for Kids, Best Buddies, and Bulldogs being BIGS are just a few of the organizations that allow students to become involved in the lives of local community members. College Mentors for Kids allows school…

  • Meet the music makers: Tessa Sommers

    Tessa Sommers is a sophomore  music performance major from Coal Valley, Ill. She plays french horn in the Butler Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Ensemble. Sommers’ path to Butler University and music has been molded by her family. She started playing french horn before fourth grade at her mother’s suggestion. When she was a sophomore…

  • Meet the music makers: Donald Bradley

    WRITTEN BY EMILY WILLIAMS, STAFF REPORTER Senior Donald Bradley plays the violin in the Butler Symphony Orchestra. Bradley is currently working to earn his Bachelor of Arts in music and a minor in history. He has been playing the violin for about 13 years. Bradley has played guitar, piano and bass throughout his life but…

  • Butler Symphony Orchestra shines in season debut

    Ladies and gentlemen, your Butler University Symphony Orchestra! If you were in the Schrott Center on Sept. 19, you know there isn’t much more to say. In its first concert of the year, the new hall gave the ensemble a clarity and presence that it never seemed to have onstage in Clowes Memorial Hall. The…

  • JCA ensemble plays new student music

    WRITTEN BY HANNAH HARTZELL, STAFF REPORTER The Jordan College of the Arts Composers’ Orchestra is not a typical orchestra.  It plays strictly new music and brings unique and envelope-pushing music to the stage.  The group will showcase this unique focus at its first concert of the year Oct. 10. According to Michael Schelle, JCACO founder…

  • College of Business should listen to its students

    By James Huber Senior marketing major I want to start this letter by saying I believe Butler has one of the top business schools in the country. I believe the fact that Butler requires its COB students to complete two internships is key. The staff dedicated to helping students find internships is incredible. I believe…

  • Collegian’s look at sexual assault complacent

    By Kate Siegfried Senior media, rhetoric and  culture and gender, women and sexual studies double major The Collegian’s recent coverage on sexual assault offers a complacent understanding that is detrimental to our campus culture. The Sept. 18 article aptly demonstrated sexual assault is a problem on college campuses.  However, the authors failed to question why…