SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Butler University plans to improve sidewalk drainage in the summer of 2015 to prevent flooding on campus after heavy rainfall. Campus was hit late last week and early this week with heavy rain, causing flooding in some areas. Atherton Union experienced flooding last Thursday, Assistant Chief of Police Bill Weber…
Basketball Transfers Continue
BEN SIECK | Sports Editor The Butler men’s basketball team is adding a transferring student-athlete for a change. Former North Carolina State point guard Tyler Lewis made the decision to transfer to Butler last Friday. Lewis is a sophomore who will be forced to sit out for one year based on the NCAA transfer rules.…
Broadway’s Backstage
MALLORY DUNCAN | Asst. Arts, Etc. Editor When the curtains go up at Clowes Memorial Hall, any number of performances could be on the stage. From Butler University events to outside productions, that stage has seen it all. But the shows that have always intrigued me are the Broadway shows. Last week, The Collegian had…
Bulldogs Compete from East to West
JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter The Butler track and field team is coming off two successful meets over the weekend. A small part of the team went to California and competed in the Stanford Invitational, while the rest of the team competed at Miami of Ohio University. Seniors Kirsty Legg and Tom Anderson, juniors Tom…
Co-ed Housing in Apartment Village Causes New Concerns
COLIN LIKAS | Editor-In-Chief It’s not uncommon to have men and women living in the same floor of a residence hall on Butler’s campus. However, Butler will get its first taste of co-educational, on-campus rooms this fall in Apartment Village. Co-educational, also known as co-ed, living descibes an area in which men and women can…
STAFF EDITORIAL: Continue to Improve Food Safety
OUR POINT THIS WEEK: Butler should exercise more concern over the food on campus and Hold Aramark To higher standards | 24-1-2 Butler University has three on-campus dining options for community members, all of which are serviced by Aramark. Aramark is a global food services industry that partners with many colleges and universities across 22…
Faced with a Missing Loved One
MORGAN LEGEL | Columnist She sat there at her desk, hands trying to hold up her heavy head. With rivers of tears rushing from her eyes, she could not help the thoughts traveling at the speed of light through her head. “Do my parents blame me? Was this actually my fault? How can I fix…
Fans Will See Modern Hinkle Fieldhouse
RHYAN HENSON | Multimedia Editor The Butler community will experience a different Hinkle Fieldhouse starting this fall. One of the new amenities for the fans will be a scoreboard that is twice as large as the current one. The scoreboard will also have video capabilities. Associate Athletic Director Ken LaRose said the athletics department would…
Golf Recap
BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s golf team finished in second place out of four teams in the Big Four Classic on Thursday. The Big Four tournament is an annual event involving Butler, Wabash, Hanover and DePauw, held at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. DePauw finished in first place with a…
Lack of Air Conditioning has Atherton Union Sweating
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Atherton Union will be without air conditioning for the next six to eight weeks. Rich Michal, executive director of facilities, said the 21-year-old cooling towers that sit south of Jordan Hall need to be replaced. “This winter was especially hard on everything,” Michal said. “So we decided now’s the time,…