It’s the end of the semester, and students are looking cockeyed at the sofas they were once so excited about with a new question in mind: “How in the world am I going to get this back home?” The Butler University Resale Network, or B.U.R.N., has the answer: they aren’t. The student group, started at…
More than a workout
Butler University’s got back. The LIVESTRONG cycling event 24 Hours of Booty is taking place at Butler for the first time, beginning June 29 at 7p.m. to raise awareness and support for LIVESTRONG and local cancer organizations. Weaving through the Butler campus and Tarkington neighborhood, the 3.5-mile loop was designed to allow participants to ride…
Arts annex hosts first art show
Paper cranes hang from the ceiling in long, colorful strands of yellows, reds and pinks. Two students criss-cross an intricate pattern of yarn on the front windows. Tables set up just when you step in contain half-installed works of art. The Jordan College of Fine Arts Annex—also known as the JCX or the annex—is almost…
Officer Chalmers | The man behind the tickets
The feeling of dread elicited by a tiny green slip of paper on the windshield of a car is familiar to many Butler University students with cars on campus.
National storytellers to speak at Clowes
Both speakers at Clowes Memorial Hall next week are respected nationwide for their stories—but not quite for the same reasons. Humorist and best selling author David Sedaris will speak Tuesday night as part of the Clowes season, and journalist Dan Rather speaks Monday night as part of the Celebration of Diversity Lecture Series. Tickets are…
Silence brings awareness
There is a saying that “silence is golden.” For members of Alliance, Butler University’s student-led LGBTQ advocacy group, silence can also be powerful. For the entire day of April 20, Butler students are encouraged to participate in a day of silence in order to raise awareness for the fight against bullying in the LBGTQ community…
‘Coppélia’ brings out comedy of dance
“Places.” Dance department chair Larry Attaway’s command immediately changes the atmosphere in the dance studio. Dancers in bright costumes move to the sides of the room, standing up from benches or coming in from the hallway where they were stretching. The talk and laughter gradually grows into individual preparation: practicing arm and hand movements, jumping…
BOYS IN HEELS | The adventures of the Theater Department with “The Love of Don Perlimplin”
A world of dreams and men in high heels is coming to Butler University in the theater production of “The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the Garden” this weekend.
LILLY HALL AFTER DARK | Students stay long after the lights go down
As the sun set on Thursday, Lilly Hall was bubbling with activity. Musical scales and melodies echoed outside the practice rooms on the second floor, classes were wrapping up in the ensemble rooms on the first floor, and the Butler Theatre was alight with people preparing for a week of tech rehearsals. “[Lilly] is my…
Dev featured at Butler’s first music festival
Classes are wrapping up, exams are approaching and Program Board’s concerts committee and MEISA, the recording industry club, are providing students with one last shebang. The annual spring concert line-up was announced Wednesday. Dev, Zion I, DJ Benzi, Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes and The Tribe and Big Cats! will perform at the first…