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Local workers protest Butler

MIRANDA MARITATO | STAFF REPORTER “Shame. Shame. Shame. Butler University,” reads the large banner held by protesters outside of the construction site for the new parking garage. The protesters are from Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters, which supports local carpenters and promotes central Indiana’s area standards, wages and fringe benefits for carpenters. The protesters are…
Butler ranks last in recycling

KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Compared to other universities, Butler’s sustainability efforts have room for improvement. Butler competes in a national competition, called RecycleMania, among other universities, lasting until March 28. The goal is to create awareness of sustainability measures and increase recycling. Butler is ranked last out of 214 contestants with a recycling rate…
Butler students assist homeless community

MOE SIMMONS | STAFF REPORTER Rachel Forsyth is a senior at Butler University who is taking a public relations course this semester. Little did she know she would be making a difference in the lives of the homeless community in Indianapolis. “We found that people want to help the homeless in Indy,” Forsyth said. “But…
Butler Libraries go digital

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,…