KARL AGGER | STAFF REPORTER Butler University Libraries is joining with academic libraries across Indiana in a move to consolidate their collections. At Butler, the University Libraries staff is working with data and faculty to determine which areas of the collection can be eliminated. Two organizations are leading this initiative: the Private Academic Library Network…
Will Rose rise again?
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF When Derrick Rose, starting point guard for the Chicago Bulls, suffered his first season-ending left knee injury during the playoffs in 2012, head coach Tom Thibodeau defended the decision to keep Rose in the game, well after the score suggested the Bulls would defeat the Philadelphia 76ers. “The Sixers had whittled…
Voices of excellence
ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER Dr. John Perkins, conductor of Butler University Choir and Women’s Chorus, has an obvious passion for music. He said he wants his singers to interpret the music beyond notes and rhythms, to allow the philosophy behind the music to dictate the process of expressing the music. Singing in the choir…
From Butler to Belgium
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER It was just another Tuesday until sophomore Meg Talley and the rest of her classmates visited the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. She sat in the seat of the Irish minister and listened to a guide explain the role of the Council in the EU. Talley has…
Percussion ensemble: Review
WESLEY SEXTON | STAFF REPORTER Artist-in-residence Jon Crabiel led the Butler University percussion ensemble in an energetic concert Feb. 25. The group consists of 25 percussionists ranging in experience from graduate-level percussion performance majors to freshman finance majors. The ensemble opened each half of the concert with a traditional Afro-Cuban chant. Crabiel worked to engage…
Coffee shop jazz: The Sunset Four
NICHOLAS SOKOL | STAFF REPORTER If you venture to the north side of Indianapolis, you will come across a small coffee shop known as Thirsty Scholar. If you are lucky, you might hear some live jazz by The Sunset Four. The Sunset Four are a local jazz act featuring Butler University music students Andy Greenwell,…
Student composer prepares for upcoming recital
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Anyone who knows Harriet Steinke would say she has a very distinct personality. She is the kind of woman that makes the entire class laugh with her purposefully blunt questions. Steinke is simply a spunky girl from Detroit, Michigan, but she also happens to be a brilliant composer in the school…
Bulldogs of Butler: Carly Allen
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Junior Carly Allen is trying to balance jobs, schoolwork and free time. With 12 minutes left before her next class, the Columbus, Ohio, native is lounging on a couch in the College of Education, busily typing away on her laptop. As a mathematics and middle/secondary education double major, classes are…
Looking for a laugh
TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER Some people say good things come to those who wait. Unfortunately, audience members had to wait far too long for any funny material to laugh at during a R.E.A.C.H. sponsored comedy show Feb. 5. The show, a part of Butler’s Founder’s Week, consisted of three comedians hoping to get some…
Queen of tunes
ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER For Chloe Boelter, the definition of a long day of classes consists largely of rehearsals for her numerous upcoming performances. Having just come from opera theatre rehearsal, Boelter takes a snack break at Starbucks before heading back to Lilly Hall to rehearse with the jazz band for her recital on…