In 2010, columnist and author Dan Savage and his partner Terry Miller created an eight-minute video for young people facing harassment as more LGBTQ students started committing suicide because of bullying. The video had a simple message: It gets better. Butler University is hosting its own “It Gets Better” week, culminating in Savage speaking in…
Tiny houses make big impact
In a society where most are looking to upgrade to the biggest and the best, one native Iowan started a company devoted to downsizing—big time. Jay Shafer, author of “The Small House Book” and owner of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, specializes in designing houses that can be as small as 100 square feet. Shafer will…
Senior dance dreams realized
Karl Watson’s choreographed dreams of effortless grace are becoming reality in this year’s senior dance production. Watson is one of five Butler University seniors who will participate in the senior dance production that showcases each dancer’s unique ability and talent. “You really get the professional experience,” Watson said. “As an emerging choreographer, it’s unusual to…
Java Jammin’
After tomorrow’s final Java Jams round, Butler will have its own indie rock American Idol. We asked the judges from round two to tell us their thoughts about the five contestants. The three judges from the night included Dan Snodgrass, who supplies guitar and vocals for local band The Bonesetters; Katie Carlson, a junior marketing…
Barista charm
Among the women making Butler University a unique and lively campus this semester is Cheristdel Bonds, a relatively recent addition to the campus Starbucks staff who serves the Butler community while developing her spirituality.
Spring Sing and fun in the sun
Butler students will raise their voices and whip out their swimsuits for this year’s beach-themed Spring Sing fundraiser. The two music fraternities on campus, the women’s fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota and the men’s fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, organize this yearly event. Junior French horn major and member of Sigma Alpha Iota Abbey Springer is…
‘The Next Right Thing’
Speaking with Dan Barden is like speaking with an old friend, not the established writer and author that he is. Barden, an English professor at Butler University, with his feet propped up on his dark wooden desk and white paper coffee cup in hand, discussed his new book, “The Next Right Thing,” as if it…
Student businesses bring condoms, soaps, music to campus
Expect your pockets to feel a little lighter, Butler. The Real Business Experience projects have firmly established themselves on campus. RBE is a program for sophomore business students. Students form teams, think up a business idea and then attempt to market it to the campus community or wider, depending on the product. Businesses this year…
Musical group promotes peace mission
From Africa to Latin America to Butler University, Playing for Change uses the universal language of music to transcend…
Butler students pursue rock star dreams
We may not have Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee-Lo or Blake Shelton, but Butler University is searching for its new voice. Java Jams started last Wednesday with seven eager participants, although only five of them will continue to perform again on Feb. 29 during the second round. Only three of those performers will make it…