Culture

  • Putting the swagger into Hink

    Butler University student by day, Hink the Bulldog by night.  The time has come to select two brave people to mask their identities and transform into the Butler mascot. Mascot auditions are swiftly approaching.   Auditions will be split into two parts.  The first part is an interview conducted by spirit coordinator Jamie Troyer. “As the…

  • Folk-rock superstar

    Sophomore Bob Barrick sounds like a mix of Bob Dylan and Jack White, is inspired by Jimmy Buffett, plans to take his band to Mars and just won Java Jams. That’s just the beginning.

  • Professor explores history of the church in new book

    Butler University professor Paul Valliere’s book is finally published after two years of research and four years of “sweating out each sentence.” The book, “Conciliarism: A History of Decision-Making in the Church,” looks at how church leaders make decisions about controversial issues. The first part of the book delves deep into history, outlining the beginning…

  • Cartoonist draws laughs

    To a standing-room-only audience, Ariel Schrag shed light on the vicious and hysterical process of growing up. This graphic artist and comic book author makes the back-stabbing friends and the tortures of being gay at prom something to laugh about instead of a cause for worry and insecurity. This Berkeley, Calif. native, dressed casually in…

  • Russian roots influence theater professor

    Seven years ago, Elaina Artemiev moved to the United States to teach theater at Butler University, entering a theater climate much different than that of her birthplace, Russia. This week, in the midst of preparation for the upcoming theater production, “The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the Garden,” the director sat down in…

  • Students Help Heal Haiti

    A little more than two years after a devastating earthquake killed hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti—a country already suffering from political upheaval, public health problems and poverty—students at Butler University are working to improve the lives of Haitians. This week is Help Heal Haiti Week on campus, sponsored by the Butler Chapter of…

  • Lighting technician breaks stereotypes

    Amid blue lights casting their glow from the window and yellow lights flooding in from the lamp in the corner of her quaint office, Cathy Sipe, master electrician of the Jordan College of the Arts describes the power of light placement in theater.

  • Post-spring break brings humanitarian and ISO music director

    While March will not see another NCAA men’s basketball tournament run for Butler, the university has no shortage of exciting events coming up this month, including visits from actress-humanitarian America Ferrera and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra music director Krzysztof Urbanski. America Ferrera has won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award, but…

  • SGA board brings ‘It Gets Better’ campaign creator to campus

    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…