Author: Nate

  • EDITORIAL | And We Choose No One

    This year, The Butler Collegian is breaking tradition. We are choosing not to endorse a candidate for this year’s Student Government Association presidential election. While former staffs have come together to back one individual come Election Day, this semesters’s staff has decided to take a different route. We are challenging Butler University students to take…

  • Observing a history of racial diversity

    Butler University boasts a rich history of racial acceptance. However, some decades of Butler’s history are also tainted with influence from the Ku Klux Klan and segregation. “Ovid Butler had a very high vision of racial equality, which was, unfortunately, not always upheld,” Sally Childs-Helton, Irwin Library’s rare books and special collections librarian,  said. Butler’s…

  • Stress is the status quo

    According to Butler students, being busy is a status symbol. Students are taking on multiple leadership positions and extracurricular activities. Junior Katie Palmer is involved with conferences and special events, has an internship with Butler athletics, has a virtual internship with the state department, is the president of the class of 2014, serves as academic…

  • Spreading knowledge beyond the classroom

    Online courses are becoming more of a staple in higher education and Butler University has decided to follow suit. Recently, Butler added online course options to its curriculum, starting this summer. Massive Open Online Courses—MOOCs for short—have made way in the online learning conversation. MOOCs are online courses available to everyone, regardless of age, said…

  • OPINION | Online Courses Worth Considering

    More and more online classes have popped up in the last few years across college campuses. Butler University has not avoided the trend. The school should follow these new developments in higher education. But college administrations should keep in mind the details that make the university experience what it is. Online courses offer opportunities that…

  • OPINION | Stories Remind Us To “Stay Positive”

    In the fall of 2010, Eric Day was diagnosed with a benign tumor. A tumor is an abnormal growth of cells, but a benign tumor  grows in a certain spot and typically does not spread throughout the body. However it can be harmful if it presses against vital structures like blood vessels or nerves. Day…

  • OPINION | Protest shed light on serious issues

    Violence against women needs to end. One in three women on this planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime, according to the One Billion Rising website. This statistic is an atrocity. No woman deserves to be beaten. No woman deserves to be raped, no matter what she is wearing or how she is…

  • Bulldogs face Billikens tomorrow on road after defeating Bonnies

    The Butler women’s basketball team will be on the road for the third time in four games when it travels to take on Saint Louis Wednesday. The Bulldogs (15-10, 6-4) are sixth in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings. All but one of Butler’s conference losses has come on the road. The Billikens will be competing…

  • Butler baseball wins one, stays on road

    The Butler baseball team will visit Appalachian State this weekend with a 1-2 record. The Bulldogs dropped two games before winning 10-8 on the road against Georgia State Sunday. Friday’s season opener resulted in a 12-7 loss, and Saturday the Bulldogs fell 17-9. Senior second baseman Lucas Calderon led the way for the Bulldogs over…