Culture

  • Debate team hopes to attract new members with open call

    Butler University and the College of Communication are calling for all sharp-tongued students with a knack for public speaking to come check out the newly resurrected debate team. The team has a legacy of competition across the Midwest, and each year Butler students are presented with the opportunity to become a part of this tradition.…

  • More events to be ticketed this spring

    Butler University community members will see an increase in the number of ticketed art events next semester with the opening of the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, administrators within the Jordan College of Fine Arts said. “We think,” JCFA Dean Ronald Caltabiano said, “that we will be able to charge…

  • From NYC to Butler: ‘Seven’ celebrates women

    Performers from Butler University and from the Phoenix Theater take on the lives and hardships of women from around the world in their production of “Seven.” The documentary play “Seven” will be performed at Butler University’s Lilly Hall Studio Theatre next week from Sept. 5 through Sept. 8. Though there will be performances of the…

  • The men behind the Butler blooms

    In an obscure office on the corner of 52nd Street and Boulevard Place, past the Apartment Village, sit two men. Their names are James Conner and Kevin Steckbeck. You probably have not heard their names before, but you have seen their handiwork. For the past 25 years, these two men have been responsible for all…

  • Art review: “Snapshot”

    In this era of Instagram and iPhoto, it is difficult to imagine a time when photography was a practice exclusively for professionals. The dawn of amateur photography in the late 19th century, following the invention of handheld cameras, is the subject of a special exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art this summer. “Snapshot: Painters…

  • Butler Cultural Requirement needs improvement, students say

    The Butler Cultural Requirement, a part of the core curriculum for freshmen, sophomores and juniors, may not be fulfilling its purpose, Butler University faculty and students said. Butler students must attend at least eight cultural performances, seminars  or public lectures that the administrators of the requirement specify. Associate Provost Laura Behling came to Butler in…

  • COMMENTARY | Philosophy of “Arts, Etc.”

    Why are you here, dear reader? You have come to “Arts, Etc.” to find what exactly? What “et cetera” means in the context of a liberal arts university is difficult to pin down. Students, faculty, staff, parents and other community members have many different interests that this section might address. Our publication also has the…

  • REVIEW | New Bourne movie is entertaining, but underwhelms

    A Bourne movie without Matt Damon? Or, more importantly, a Bourne movie without Jason Bourne? “The Bourne Legacy” had big shoes to fill when Universal Pictures announced the fourth installment of the Bourne series. The tagline “There was never just one” is a good way to whet the fans’ appetite, but could the legacy of…

  • Schrott Center on track for completion

    The Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts will open this spring on schedule. Senior project manager Craig Hardee said most of the summer construction took place inside the center itself, as the outside structure is nearly complete. The exterior site work also concluded this summer, and the surrounding parking lots and…