Writing for a campus newspaper can be difficult. It gets hard to think critically of a university you love. It can be even harder to ask those you have come to respect questions that could result in conflict or strife. Being a student journalist comes with drawbacks, but at the end of the day, I’ve…
OPINION | Buckling down now will pay off in long run
With the semester coming to a close and the weather turning nice, it is easy to procrastinate and blow off assignments. But down the road it will be worth staying focused now. It’s not about how you start, it is about how you finish. The months of school may have seemed endless, but many classes…
OPINION | Butler degree value needs to remain priority
The value of a Butler University degree seems to be getting lost in the shuffle as Butler continues to grow and change. Recently, President Jim Danko has done a good job of bringing more donations to the university. He has also potentially set the school up for further monetary and athletic success with the Big…
Freshman with a musical mission
Playing random notes and chords, freshman recording industries major Dan Fuson seems to be messing around with his guitar. Within minutes though, a melody emerges that sounds as though it could be on the radio. The ease and nonchalance in which Fuson creates his music is striking. “Playing guitar is a part of Dan,” freshman…
Butler Wind Ensemble to premiere two pieces
The Butler University Wind Ensemble will premiere two new pieces by faculty composers Frank Felice and Michael Schelle in the Schrott Center next Thursday. Both pieces challenge the traditional meaning of a revolution by society’s standards. Led by band director Robert Grechesky, the concert is part of the two-week Butler ArtsFest. Felice’s piece, “Revolution Calling,”…
Group closes the semester with 10th anniversary concert
Silence. That is not what comes to mind when you hear the collective voice of Out of the Dawg House. But silence is everywhere in its music. Silence pervades while a single voice sings the lead or during the count off at the beginning of a song. But the biggest silence one hears is at…
Broken Pieces: Ai Weiwei at the IMA
Chinese social activist and artist Ai Weiwei says in his blog that “modernity cannot exist without freedom of speech.” He uses his art and the Internet to exert his right to free speech and to protect the rights of others. The Indianapolis Museum of Art is currently hosting a large exhibition of Ai’s works called…
OPINION | Watch what you say
Students use words like “faggot” and “retarded” as insults in everyday conversation, which gives the impression that it is okay to mock someone for being gay or mentally disabled. Society needs to stop accepting these words as insults. The Butler Community of Care celebrates tolerance, which is exactly what those words do not promote. “Faggot”…
Under the veil of anonymity
Social media pages such as Butler Confessions are becoming increasingly popular among Butler University students. The Butler Confessions Facebook page has 737 likes as of press time, and the @ButlerConfessio Twitter page has 1,291 followers. The pages essentially allow anyone to send in “confessions” to a surveymonkey.com questionnaire. The confessions are then posted anonymously on…
Fifth-years use time differently
In the NCAA, a player may take a redshirt season and stretch out his or her collegiate athletic eligibility over the course of five years. This can be done for a variety of reasons. Some athletes wish to gain an extra year of practice with the team while others transfer from a different school. It…