INDIANAPOLIS, IN, Sept. 10, 2015 — Loni McKown will no longer be The Butler Collegian’s adviser, after serving five years in that role. The university’s news manager Marc Allan will serve as interim adviser until a permanent replacement can be found. The change in advisement does not affect the status of the Collegian’s mission or operations.…
Freshmen By The Numbers
KATIE GOODRICH | CONTENT MANAGING EDITOR Groups of new students walk together in large packs, led by Student Orientation Guides in matching T-shirts bursting with school spirit. Freshmen sport lanyards to hold the keys for their new dorm room and Butler gear they just picked out in the bookstore They “ooh” and “ahh” over Trip…
BREAKING: Board of Trustees extends President Danko’s contract
ANNIE WEBER AND JYLIAN VIGAR / CO-NEWS EDITORS Butler University President James Danko will remain in office through 2020. His five-year contract extension was announced Friday morning at the Academic Year Welcome. Board of Trustees Chair Keith Burks announced the board’s unanimous decision to faculty and staff. Danko took office in 2011 and had one…
Butler announces increase in parking permit prices for 2015-16 school year
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor In Chief Butler University has raised parking permit prices for the second time in three years. The university sent an email to faculty, staff and students Wednesday detailing permit prices and policies for the 2015-16 school year. Permits for the I-Lot will cost $100. Permits for the I-Lot, which was constructed…
Evaluating courses and instructors
JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER Finals are coming. Papers and projects fill the time of Butler Bulldogs all across campus. Then, the day comes. The professor pulls out an envelope filled with bubbled forms for students to fill out and evaluate the course. This happens at the end of every semester at Butler University. Some…
Collegian names new editor-in-chief
Mallory Duncan and Ben Sieck | co-editors-in-chief For the first time in years, a non-journalism major will be at the helm of The Butler Collegian. Julian Wyllie, a junior business major, will take the reins of the paper at the beginning of the spring semester. The former opinion editor said he is excited for the…
Changing semesters, changing majors
KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS EDITOR Hundreds of new Butler University students walk onto campus in August with their minds set on a major, a career and a life path. Some of them fall in love with their studies as classes start. Others begin to question their choice as soon as midterms. This is not unique…
Observatory repairs and renovations
CASSE EBERLE | STAFF REPORTER Renovations are underway for the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium’s largest telescope. The renovations will cost $325,000. Brian Murphy, observatory director, said this expense is slightly less than the original cost of $350,000 to build the observatory in 1954. Frank Levinson, a former Butler physics student, funded the project to renovate…
Academic calendar changed
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Changes are on the horizon regarding the length of semesters and summer sessions in upcoming years. The upcoming 2015 summer session will last 14 weeks instead of 12, which will affect the durations of school breaks. Registrar Michele Neary said the two biggest reasons leading to this change in…
All about adjuncts
Tyler Springer |Staff Reporter They teach only one or two classes per week, receive a lower salary than full-time professors and do not have to attend faculty meetings very often. These are Butler University’s adjuncts. Butler currently employs about 65 adjuncts, according to data from Butler’s office of institutional research. Most of these adjuncts teach…