Culture

CAMERON ALFORD | CO-ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR “What am I doing with my life?” Morghan Wilcoxson, a freshman international studies major from Columbia City, Indiana, asked this question of herself in high school and during her first semester at Butler University when she struggled to find her passion. “A lot of people have their passions at…

SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Graduate student Meghan Lyons King grew up in a family of music. Her aunt, uncle, grandmother and cousins all studied the violin. King’s aunt and uncle even studied with the same teacher as Joshua Bell. King’s mother, a flutist, led her to choose a musical path. “It was my mom’s dream and…

SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Last year, Marty Meyer won the Concerto Competition as a sophomore in college  with his rendition of the Dvorak cello concerto. The Concerto Competition is given in the fall, where a group of talented students are judged by faculty and outside musicians. In the spring, the winner plays with the Butler…

JACOB REEVES | STAFF REPORTER Human and civil injustice have been – and still are – some of the longest ongoing problems facing the human race. However, problems such as the 1964 shooting of Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist and NAACP field secretary, can mistakenly seem like issues that belong to a different time. Last…

GRETCHEN MAYER | STAFF REPORTER Carmina Burana is performed often by various ensembles. However, it is not often staged. On April 19, 2015, John Perkins led the Butler Chorale, University Choir, Women’s Chorus and 45 children from the Indianapolis Children’s Choir’s Bel Canto ensemble along with two pianists, percussion section and soloists through “fortune’s wheel.”…

SHANNON ROSTIN | STAFF REPORTER The lights came up to reveal a nearly empty stage, with the exception of a large metal structure and three poles.  Performers in Jagged showcased a captivating performance that combined modern lyrical and pole dance and shifted the initial sentiment of the audience. Students and members of the community witnessed…

KATHERINE SHELTON | STAFF REPORTER As one enters the dimly lit blackbox theatre, one finds a stage floored with wooden planks sandwiched between two areas for seating. On the far end of the stage is a staircase that leads to nowhere and two chairs hung on the wall beside it, as if floating. One can…

ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER Amidst the festivities of Artsfest, the buzz of excitement is amplified in Lilly Hall as Jordan College of the Arts singers prepare the final Artsfest performance, “Carmina Burana.” “Carmina Burana” is a cantata of 25 movements of choral music with medieval Latin text by Carl Orff. Orff composed the masterwork…