Author: Nate

  • OVERTIME: Football needs fan support

    BY KYLE BEERY | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Butler isn’t a football school. But it could be. Not many students seem to attend football games, or even seem to care about them. Those students, however, are missing out. It seems like the majority of students on Butler’s campus have an attitude of, “Our team isn’t any good,…

  • Desmond Tutu Center anounced by Butler, CTS

    COLIN LIKAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Butler University announced the planned creation of The Desmond Tutu Center in partnership with Christian Theological Seminary. They made the announcement prior to Archbishop Tutu’s speech at Clowes Memorial Hall last Thursday. The academic center will be the only in North America to be named after Tutu. “We’re interested in peace and…

  • Hanicapped issues go unnoticed

    By Tony Espinal We often don’t realize the fight for equality stretches well past issues such as gay marriage and equal pay. Yes, these are extremely important issues, and we have taken great strides to improve equality among people. On Jan. 29 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. In June,…

  • Go for the money

    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…