VANESSA STAUBLIN | Staff Reporter Beginning next fall, Butler University will offer a music degree combining music performance and music education. Music performance majors will have the opportunity to strengthen their degree once they graduate from Butler. This degree was approved at a Faculty Senate meeting last week. Coordinator of Music Education Penny Dimmick said…
Adults Invade Indy Children’s Museum
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter The line between children and grown-ups will be blurred and crossed for one night at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum next month. Kids will be left at home so those 21 and older can go out and play at the world’s largest children museum on Feb. 22, from 8 p.m. to…
U of Indy Art Gallery Offers Retrospective on Indiana Artist
Kevin Vogel | Arts, Etc. Editor When members of the Butler University community think “art,” the first thing that comes to mind might be the Jordan College of the Arts. This is probably closely followed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is fortunately located practically at our doorstep. Some may have even made…
Electronic Music Studio Presents Annual Festival
Vanessa Staublin | Staff Reporter Electronic music, a genre not often showcased at a Butler University concert, is returning to campus through the Electronic Music Festival. The performance is an opportunity for students taking electronic music courses to showcase their work. Frank Felice, associate professor of music, teaches electronic music courses and said he…
Devour Delicious Downtown Delicacies
Brittany Garrett | Staff Reporter Indianapolis eateries cater to anyone’s taste buds, but an upcoming event promises to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters. Devour Downtown is a citywide, semiannual food-fest lasting through Feb. 2. More than 60 restaurants are offering three-course meals for $25-$30 per person. A continuously updated list of participating venues…
The Intergalactic Nemesis
MALLORY DUNCAN | Asst. Arts Etc. Editor The year is 2014. Gone are the days where children must imagine the sounds of robots attacking or blasters destroying. Gone are the days of comic books and radio theatre. Standing in their place is one show. A show so unique, so different, it cannot be compared to…
Marek Cholewa: A father figure with high standards
BY: ROBYN JUTSUM, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Marek Cholewa, a Butler University dance professor, strives to share the historical and pedagogical culture of dance in Poland and Russia with his Butler students. Cholewa began his training at the National School of Ballet in Poznan, Poland, and from there was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Poland…
Rejoice!
BY: HANNAH HARTZELL, STAFF REPORTER With the arrival of the holiday season, there is a particularly hurried pace that comes with festivities. Next week, however, the Indianapolis community has the opportunity to take a step back from the chaos and attend the annual Butler University Chorale Christmas concert, Rejoice! “Rejoice! is the Butler Music Department’s…
A different kind of hunger game
BY: NATALIE SMITH, STAFF REPORTER On Friday night in the Johnson room, inside Robertson Hall, students broke out of the infamous “Butler bubble.” Some Butler students stepped into the shoes of some Indianapolis residents by watching their counterparts eat a hearty meal while they ate nothing but white rice on a plastic plate. More than…
Stories of the oppressed
BY: MARIA LEICHTY, STAFF REPORTER Junior Aliah Ajamoughli collaborated with Syrian pianist and composer Malek Jandali last month to raise awareness for the people affected by the Syrian revolution. Her father, Ghaith Ajamoughli, was a Syrian medical student in Homs, Syria. He fled the country in the 1980s because he had been accused by the…