BY MELISSA IANNUZZI | ASST. NEWS EDITOR The Butler University and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Departments are searching for individuals who robbed two Butler students at gunpoint. Detective Bruce Allee said IMPD appears to have a lead in the case. Two Butler students were walking on 42nd Street around 3 a.m. Sunday when a car stopped…
When it comes to summer parking changes… who really wins?
RYAN LOVELACE | Managing editor Most Butler University students will pay more for the same parking spaces available last year, despite the university’s expectation to spend tens of millions of dollars less than it originally planned. Butler officials implemented a new parking system without much prior input from those directly impacted by the price increase.…
Butler IT launches app
MELISSA IANNUZZI Assistant News Editor Students will now be able to access the features available on my.butler from their smartphones via a Butler University mobile app. The app directs users to the new mobile site Information Technology launched in the spring of this year. The app contains links to a campus directory, alerts, news, course…
Troublesome tuition
BY: TONY ESPINAL Remember when college was affordable? Neither do I. I am joining Butler as an MBA candidate, but I was once an undergraduate like most of you. During my three-and-a-half years as an undergraduate, I took out student loans to fund my tuition, books, fees and other college-related expenses. Of course, I knew…
Aigotti, Mindrum join Butler staff
COLIN LIKAS Editor in Chief One was plucked from another private Indiana college institution. The other was taken from a company that employed Brad Stevens over a decade ago. Now, Claire Aigotti and Matthew Mindrum are in key administrative positions at Butler University. On June 28, Aigotti was named Butler’s first-ever general counsel, and Mindrum…
Diversity, excitement and concern: a glance at Butler’s newest class
ALEXANDRA BODE Staff Reporter Butler University welcomed a record-breaking class last weekend. It was not size, but the group’s diversity which put it in the school’s history books. The class of 2017 is the most ethnically and geographically diverse freshman class to date. Of the 1,025 new students, 14.4 percent label themselves as “multicultural,”…
BUTLER OFFERS LASTING MEMORIES
BY: DELANEY BARR Butler seniors recall their favorite memories as freshmen are welcomed onto campus. Butler seniors should draw on their personal experiences in order to help freshmen start their collegiate careers. The 2013 fall semester for the first time brings the opportunity for 1,025 new impressions on campus—impressions that can last for years and…
The bigger the conference, the better the wins
BY RHYAN HENSON Despite being in a much harder conference, Butler athletics should continue to succeed. Fall sports are about to kick off, and Butler will get its first taste of Big East action. Everyone is excited for basketball in a few months, but two of our strongest teams are the men’s and women’s cross…
Blue II’s health declines
TORI FARR Staff Reporter Former Butler University mascot Blue II is doing well despite his recent diagnosis with Cushing’s disease, owner and handler Michael Kaltenmark said. The announcement came through Blue II’s blog and social media accounts on Aug. 1. Cushing’s disease is an irreversible brain disease that causes a tumor to form on the…
It’s time for student centered solutions
By STAFF EDITORIAL The parking situation on campus has gone from bad to worse. Over the summer Butler tried to fix itsparking problem by giving it a makeover. The administration was trying to ease parking tensions but now the problem is worse than ever before. In order to continue to grow the school, the city…