Culture

Bulldogs Abroad: A New Normal

CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | CULTURE REPORTER Photo courtesy of Christian Hartselle My first day in Spain felt like three. Landing in the Madrid-Barajas Airport; meeting my host family and unpacking; and taking a tour of Alcalá de Henares, my new hub until the end of the semester. Thirteen other Butler students and I are attending Instituto…
Block Party popular, but do students stick with it?

GABBY MOLINE | CULTURE REPORTER Photo by Michael Brown — Block Party is just one of the many opportunities for students to get involved during Welcome Week Every year, on an evening before school begins, Block Party shows off a multitude of Butler’s clubs and organizations. Block Party is the first opportunity for new students…
Alliance group provides a safe place for everyone

LAUREN OOLEY | STAFF REPORTER /Wikimedia Commons photo The Alliance office, housed in the Diversity Center, is easily identified by the rainbow Post-It notes that cover the door. Each Post-It has a compliment or kind saying on it. Alliance is a club that “provides a safe space for people to be themselves regardless of societal…
Performance Review: Anna’s Way

ALEX TARNOWSKI | CULTURE REPORTER Music and spoken word combined to tell the story of a musical protégé on Wednesday night. “Anna’s Way,” a story written by Alan Scofield, was performed at Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall to a small audience of Butler students and members of the Indianapolis community. The story follows the ups and downs…
College Mentors For Kids Makes a Difference

LAUREN OOLEY | STAFF REPORTER At the beginning of the year, 80 underprivileged Indianapolis Public Schools elementary-aged kids were asked by their mentors: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” They answer “an Arby’s worker” or “a basketball player.” These mentors are part of College Mentors for Kids, a program that exposes…
Science, Spirit and Steak N Shake

ISABELLA FERRARI | CULTURE REPORTER She contemplates getting a drink while she sits in Starbucks slaving over science homework. Sophomore Laura Sosinski is extremely passionate about health sciences. “When I grew up, I had a lot of health problems,” she said. When Sosinski was 7 years old, she was the youngest in her hospital in…
Duck, Duck, Drop!

JUSTINA KAISER | COPY CHIEF For the first week of classes, the Butler University libraries remain quiet and subdued. Students trickle in to explore and to rummage, and then they likewise flaunter out to enjoy the last few hours of freedom. However, on Saturday, Irwin Library experienced a flourish of visitors as the incoming freshmen…
Bulldogs of Butler: Sam Knepprath

ISABELLA FERRARI | STAFF REPORTER He sits in the library with his parents watching as rubber ducks fall from the third floor balcony. “The duck drop is a really good use of the library,” Sam Knepprath said. His face lights up thinking about starting his freshman year. A recording industry studies major, he looks forward to…
More than eight before you graduate

ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER “Eight before you graduate.” This mnemonic device reminds students of the cultural events Butler University requires before they graduate. However, Jordan College of the Arts students must attend many more arts events than the standard eight. Students in JCA visit performances outside of Butler, in the Indianapolis Metro area. They…