Two simple words. “Stay Positive.” Butler University junior Eric Day takes them to heart. So much so that he has started a campaign with wristbands featuring those words. Day learned he had brain cancer in December 2010, and during treatment at Jill’s House in 2011, a little girl named Allison helped him go through radiation.…
OVERTIME: A-10 throne up for grabs
It has been a little more than a month since Atlantic 10 conference play began in men’s basketball. Each school has participated in nine games in conference play. And yet we’re no closer to determining who the league’s top dog (no pun intended) is. The four teams that will earn a first-round bye in the…
Men’s basketball: Bulldogs take on Charlotte
The Butler men’s basketball team hosts Charlotte tonight at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. Senior center Andrew Smith will miss tonight’s and Saturday’s game at Fordham after sustaining an abdominal injury in Saturday’s win against George Washington. He alerted the team’s training staff of discomfort and received medical treatment after…
Butler stresses out, study shows
The results on mental health from the National College Health Assessment Survey offered to Butler students last spring are being used to help plan programming and outreach. The survey had 436 respondents—69.7 percent female and 29.4 percent male. The survey’s mental health questions asked if students felt a certain way within the last 12 months.…
Men’s club basketball: Team racking up wins
Butler is known for its varsity men’s basketball success, but it may also be home to one of the best men’s club basketball teams in the Midwest. After posting an 11-6 record last year in its inaugural season, this year’s club team has taken things to the next level. The Butler club team has chalked…
Officials expecting a smaller incoming class
Butler University’s Office of Admission projects the class of 2017 to be smaller than the record-breaking class of 2016. Tom Weede, vice president for enrollment management, said the goal is a freshman class of 1,050 students. “There have been lots of discussions about whether or not we should grow,” Weede said, “but discussing growth is…
Smith named CLASS finalist
Senior center Andrew Smith of the men’s basketball team has been named one of 10 finalists for the sport’s 2012-13 Senior CLASS Award. The award is given to seniors who have excelled in four areas: community, classroom, character and competition. The acronym CLASS stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. Smith said…
Faculty Senate approves counsel search
A six-person committee is preparing to hire Butler University’s first in-house legal counsel. Over the past six years, the university spent $2.4 million dollars on outside legal counsel, said Ben Hunter, chief of staff. Hunter currently manages Butler’s outside legal contracts at Butler, and he recently completed a study to see if having an in-house…
Track and Field: Runners split for three weekend meets
For most teams, splitting a squad up is usually done due to one of three things: injury, illness or disciplinary consequences. For the Butler track and field team, it’s a little different. This past weekend, members traveled to multiple meets, but not because of sickness, injured athletes or violating team rules. The split was completely…
Pink eye impacts BU
Butler University Health Services is seeing a spike in the number of pink eye cases on campus recently. Dr. Maria Fletcher, Health Services physician, said the clinic was seeing around 11 cases per day as of press time. She said students with pink eye first started coming in after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Health…