Author: Nate

  • New options available for students seeking internships

    Miranda Maritato | Staff Reporter Butler will host its first Big Dawg internship and career fair this afternoon. The fair will feature up to 90 for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, graduate schools and gap year programs, according to the Butler Internship and Career Services’ website. Internships are a graduation requirement for a number of majors around…

  • Peace Corps recruits Butler students

    Kate Goodrich | Staff Reporter The Peace Corps will have a booth at the Big Dawg Fair this afternoon. The willingness of Butler students to volunteer regularly attracts Peace Corps recruiters and brings them to Butler’s campus. “We’ve seen our applicants from Butler definitely have that spirit of volunteerism and that global perspective,” said Jessica…

  • Groped, violated and assailed: Scared victims suffer under silence and stigma

    COLIN LIKAS and EMILY WILLIAMS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and STAFF REPORTER Phrases like, “she dressed provocatively,” “she acted promiscuously,” and “she had it coming” are part of it. So is not reporting what happened because of feelings of helplessness and fear. These ideas all contribute to the stigma associated with sexual assault. But various Butler University organizations…

  • “One Policy, One Process”

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR Butler University plans to implement a Title IX policy to cover students, faculty and staff. This policy will follow the guidelines of the “one policy, one process” model many colleges and universities now practice. This model was created by the Association of Title IX Administrators, an association made of K-12 and…

  • TKE parking lot sits empty

    ALEXANDRA BODE STAFF REPORTER The 2013-2014 school year marks the second school year that Butler’s Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter is no longer active. The former TKE house is located between Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Chi Omega. Behind it is a lot with approximately 50 parking spots. Lately, many students have noticed how empty this…

  • Heeter a hometown hero

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The hour ride to Franklin College is a quiet trip. Butler football players want to remain silent so they can focus on the task ahead. The same goes for Butler senior running back Trae Heeter. With his headphones on, listening to rapper Young Jeezy, Heeter tries to pump himself up…

  • Mahoney makes most of opportunity

    Butler junior defender Kelly Mahoney received an offer from only one school to play Division I soccer. Other schools might regret letting Mahoney slip through the cracks. Mahoney was named second-team All-Atlantic 10 in 2012. She started the majority of the squad’s matches in both her freshman and sophomore seasons and has started seven of…

  • Football: Bulldogs sneak by Franklin

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team will return home with a 2-1 record for its game against Dartmouth College Saturday after winning on the road against Franklin College, 31-28. This will be Dartmouth’s first game of the season. It is Butler’s third. Butler’s game against Dartmouth will be the second time in…

  • Butler graduate the new voice of athletics

    BY JOHN YELEY | STAFF REPORTER Mark Minner, a 2012 Butler graduate, will be the new man behind the microphone for the Butler men’s basketball team when the new season kicks off Nov. 9 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. When veteran broadcaster Brandon Gaudin left unexpectedly in August to accept a broadcasting offer from Georgia Tech, more than…