Culture

  • Is Equality and Justice for all?: Review

    CAMERON ALFORD | STAFF REPORTER On Feb. 26, the panel titled “Is Equality and Justice for All?” took place in the Krannert Room at Clowes Memorial Hall. The discussion began by referencing the disproportionate amount of African-Americans who are incarcerated and the political, legal and social reasons behind the issue. Butler political science professor Terri…

  • Life in Paris: Miren Mohrenweiser

    Life in Paris: Miren Mohrenweiser

    KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER Sophomore Miren Mohrenweiser has eccentric interests, such as the French Revolution, art electricity and Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday, which was celebrated last week, marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period before Easter. Lent is meant to be a time to focus on your relationship with God. “I really like…

  • Life in Paris: Paige Ferise

    Life in Paris: Paige Ferise

    KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER Sophomore Paige Ferise expected Paris to be a “a dirty, average” city. Ferise had the opportunity to visit the capital of France on the Global Adventures of Liberal Arts trip. “I had heard nothing but bad things about it,” she said. “Consequently, I was not at all excited for Paris.…

  • Bulawayo brings Africa to Butler

    ALEX TARNOWSKI | STAFF REPORTER More than a hundred Butler University students, faculty and community members had the privilege of listening to a PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award recipient and Etisalat Prize winner Monday night at the Reilly Room. NoViolet Bulawayo, author of her debut novel “We Need New Names,” discussed the book as part of the…

  • Equality and Justice panel: Preview

    CAMERON ALFORD | STAFF REPORTER A panel discussion titled “Is Equality and Justice for All?” will be held in the Krannert Room at Clowes Memorial Hall Feb. 26, beginning at 6 p.m. This discussion will address issues such as racial profiling and police brutality that recently occurred in the United States. The Desmond Tutu Center…

  • Chorale and Chamber Singers: Review

    GRETCHEN E. MAYER | STAFF REPORTER On Friday Feb. 20, 2015, the Butler University Chorale and the Butler University Chamber Singers presented their spring semester concert. The concert began with the Chorale, transitioned to the Chamber Singers, and then went back to the Chorale to finish up the performance. The performance itself did not exceed…

  • A joyful tribute with George Takei

    A joyful tribute with George Takei

    CAMERON ALFORD | STAFF REPORTER George Takei was just 4 years old on one of the most transformative days in American history. On Dec. 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor, leading to the United States’ involvement in World War II. Seventy-four years later, Takei spoke to over 2,000 people at Butler…

  • Bulldogs of Butler: Aris Cuello

    Bulldogs of Butler: Aris Cuello

    SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Freshman Aris Cuello is surrounded by plastic bags full of snacks, a scented candle, a Nelson Mandela poster, textbooks and a laptop. He is taking notes and studying to prepare for his assignment, to lead a class discussion. Cuello is a criminology and psychology major from Providence, Rhode Island. “I…

  • Paris: A moveable feast

    Paris: A moveable feast

    KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER “Been there, done that” is not the mentality secondary-education major Emily Bertram is bringing to her study-abroad experience. On the Global Adventures in the Liberal Arts program, the sophomore is revisiting Paris. Bertram visited the city for a week with her parents when she was a freshman in high school.…