MALLORY DUNCAN, Arts, Etc. Asst. Editor Stefan LeBlanc enters a world every day that not many people can: the science fiction/fantasy world. Having already authored three books, his most recent work, “Diamond Duster,” has been featured on iTunes in the front page of the action and adventure section since last week. LeBlanc, a fifth-year senior,…
‘Improvfessionals’ group holds first round of auditions
WRITTEN BY BRITTANY GARRETT, STAFF REPORTER After the director announced, “End scene,” Jordan Hall 141 flooded with previously bottled-up laughter from the actors auditioning to be this year’s Improvfessionals group at Butler University. Improvfessionals is a fairly new comedy group on campus focusing its main inspiration from the formerly-Drew Carey-hosted show “Whose Line is It,…
How do you cope?
WRITTEN BY HANNAH HARTZELL, STAFF REPORTER While many seniors were developing their theses, Veronica Orech was examining plays, cutting scenes and auditioning actors. For theatre majors, including Orech, a senior project takes the place of a typical thesis. Orech chose to direct a play about the perception of a child. After much hard work and…
Meet the music makers: Tessa Sommers
Tessa Sommers is a sophomore music performance major from Coal Valley, Ill. She plays french horn in the Butler Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Ensemble. Sommers’ path to Butler University and music has been molded by her family. She started playing french horn before fourth grade at her mother’s suggestion. When she was a sophomore…
Meet the music makers: Donald Bradley
WRITTEN BY EMILY WILLIAMS, STAFF REPORTER Senior Donald Bradley plays the violin in the Butler Symphony Orchestra. Bradley is currently working to earn his Bachelor of Arts in music and a minor in history. He has been playing the violin for about 13 years. Bradley has played guitar, piano and bass throughout his life but…
Butler Symphony Orchestra shines in season debut
Ladies and gentlemen, your Butler University Symphony Orchestra! If you were in the Schrott Center on Sept. 19, you know there isn’t much more to say. In its first concert of the year, the new hall gave the ensemble a clarity and presence that it never seemed to have onstage in Clowes Memorial Hall. The…
JCA ensemble plays new student music
WRITTEN BY HANNAH HARTZELL, STAFF REPORTER The Jordan College of the Arts Composers’ Orchestra is not a typical orchestra. It plays strictly new music and brings unique and envelope-pushing music to the stage. The group will showcase this unique focus at its first concert of the year Oct. 10. According to Michael Schelle, JCACO founder…
Clothes in the throes of autumn
GINNY SPELLMAN, STAFF REPORTER TAYLOR POWELL, ASST. OPINION EDITOR As temperatures become cooler and tans begin to fade, students are forced to put away their flip-flops and shorts, dig through their closets,and find something more suitable to wear in the Indiana weather. In terms of fashion, transitioning from season to season may not always be…
Veggie tales from the CUE Farm
BY HANNAH HARTZELL, STAFF REPORTER There’s a small but powerful operation taking place on the edge of the Butler bubble. Not everyone knows about the Center for Urban Ecology Farm, but everyone certainly experiences the fruits of its labor in the dining halls. Some of the farm’s produce is sold to the dining halls of…
Graffiti: Not your mother’s portraits
BRITTANY GARRETT: STAFF REPORTER “Tagging”—the art of graffiti—has only recently found its way into the world of accepted art forms. Existing in the nebulous region between self-expression and public desecration, the idea is still quite controversial. Despite this, exhibitions of graffiti art have sprung up in established and venerated artistic venues from Los Angeles to…