SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Eric Hutchinson, a professional singer-songwriter, performed last night at The Old National Centre in Indianapolis to promote his latest album on The City & Sand Tour, which began in Boston on Oct. 27. Hutchinson released his fourth album, “Pure Fiction,” this year. While he has performed with many contemporary artists,…
Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson returning to Indianapolis
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Maryland native and singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson is returning to Indianapolis on Nov. 18, 2014, as part of his City and Sand Tour. Hutchinson began his music career in 2008 with Maverick Records, a label founded by Madonna. Since then, he has landed a record deal with Let’s Break Records. The…
Voilá, Viola
SHANNON ROSTIN | STAFF REPORTER Video art might not be the first medium to come to mind when one goes to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. However, as one enters a dark room and approaches the screen, he or she will be met with the original and innovative video art of Bill Viola. The video…
Bulldogs of Butler: Salman Qureshi
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Bulldogs of Butler Freshman Salman Qureshi, clad in a blue Colts sweatshirt and glasses, is leaving Irwin Library to commute home after studying for an upcoming Spanish exam. Some day, he hopes to expand his traveling experience well beyond the realm of the Butler bubble, he said. He hopes to…
Flashing Kindness
EMMA EDICK | STAFF REPORTER World Kindness Day is celebrated each year on Nov. 13 to remind people kindness connects us all. “The purpose of World Kindness Day is to look beyond ourselves—beyond the boundaries of our country, beyond our culture, our race, our religion, and realize that we are citizens of the world and…
Lights, camera, college
ALLISON REITZ | STAFF REPORTER The cold air turns Emma Shafer’s fair skin to a bright pink color as she walks toward the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. She is on her way to check out the progess of the show “The Water Carriers” since opening week has arrived. Shafer, a freshman theater…
Bulldogs of Butler: Anna Doloso
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Bulldogs of Butler It is Monday. Anna Doloso is braving the weather to stand up for her beliefs under the Class of 2000 clock that constantly proclaims 1 o’clock outside Starbucks. Doloso is a sophomore elementary education major, a member of the Student Education Organization, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity…
Gary Walters plays well with others
HALEY BAAS | STAFF REPORTER A clarinet, three vocalists and a saxophone are typically not members one would expect to find together in an ensemble. However, with the addition of a piano, this ensemble created a concert to remember. Gary Walters, a professor in Butler University’s music department and a 2011 inductee into the Indianapolis…
Coffee, like music, is a language in itself
SHANNON ROSTIN | STAFF REPORTER Picture the energy of a live local performance, with the convenience of the show being right on campus. The student-run organization Coffeehouse brings the experience of a coffeehouse concert to Butler’s campus with shows throughout the semester. “Coffeehouse is an organization here at Butler that puts on concerts and events…
Dia de los Muertos en la universidad
ALLISON REITZ | STAFF REPORTER The sounds of a mariachi band echoed through Residential College Sunday night. Even though the melody of each song varied, each song had the same happy, upbeat tempo as the one before it. Pink, blue, green and yellow dots swarmed the eyes and faces of the skulls spread out among…