Culture

  • 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…

  • For family. For country. For Syria.

    WRITTEN BY MARIA LEICHTY, STAFF REPORTER March 2011. The Syrian Revolution began. The spark which helped ignite the conflict involved Syrian children. Boys in the town of Daraa, 10- to 15-years-old, graffitied  sayings they had heard in Egypt and the surrounding countries during the Arab Spring. Two and a half years later in November 2013,…

  • Creativity Creates Community: The Butler Community Arts School

    WRITTEN BY MALLORY DUNCAN, ARTS, ETC. ASSISTANT EDITOR The Butler Community Arts School exudes a certain glow. It originates from a child radiant from the joy of learning and understanding. But it also comes from a teacher’s glowing pride as his or her pupil grasps a concept for the first time. Butler University students can…

  • Indy Do Day

    BY: BRITTANY GARRETT, STAFF REPORTER   Many Butler University students volunteer their time in various organizations to better the Indianapolis community and environment. Above and beyond the average volunteer, however, is one of the university’s professors. Last month, Alison O’Malley, an assistant professor of psychology, organized and participated in service projects across the city with…

  • The meaning behind No-Shave November

    BY: HANNAH HARTZELL, STAFF REPORTER   many men become concealed behind a bushy beard or mustache during this time of year.  While the month of November certainly may come as a convenient excuse not to shave, “No-Shave November” primarily exists to raise cancer awareness. Stubble and scratchy chins draw attention to the fact that all…