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Captured within the layers of mirrored images in store front windows, artist Slawek’s “Reflections: All About Sex” displays photographs far from the present day perception of sex. The pictures freeze the rooting of the term as it’s defined in different stages of life, telling a story about the growth from girl to woman. “Let us…

Last spring, Butler students raged with Girl Talk, whose ability to infuse electronic, dance and hip-hop music into an infectious mash-up moved concert goers through the aisles and on to the stage. With popping bodies and sliding feet, fans danced, not because of who they were dancing with, but because they couldn’t stop themselves. Innovative artists like Girl Talk give inspiration to Butler sophomore and disc…

As the holidays inch closer and the long winter break looms, Hollywood is doing all it can to get your cash into movie theaters. But which movies this holiday season are worth seeing? Take a look at these promising flicks. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 — Nov. 19 The Harry Potter series is a generational story. This batch…

By Emily Delaney Butler University’s Lyric Theatre presented a variety of opera scenes in this year’s annual recital at Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall on Nov. 11 and 12. Directed by John Schmid and W.P. Sterneman III, the Lyric Theatre is made up of students in the Jordan College of Fine Arts who audition for a place…

When Conan O’Brien hosted “The Tonight Show” for the last time on Jan. 22, his future was uncertain. He was leaving NBC and was not permitted to return to television until November, but he was going to receive a huge sum of money for his departure. What network or channel he would join next, if…

When I first saw the trailer for “Unstoppable,” I wasn’t expecting much. My intuition was right. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson, “Unstoppable” is about a runaway train that is closing in fast on the town of Stanton, Pa. and needs to be stopped before it derails and spills its hazardous cargo. The…

Zach Galifianakis’ character, Ethan Tremblay, in the new comedy “Due Date” is sloppy, rude, backwards and lovable. Too bad it’s impossible to love the movie. Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is a high strung architect trying to make it back to Los Angeles for the birth of his child. Before his plane is ready to…

By Emily Delaney Jordan Jazz, the vocal jazz ensemble at Butler, will host the Indiana Vocal Jazz Fest, an annual event which brings high school students to campus to learn vocal jazz. Directed by Tim Brimmer, Jordan Jazz has invited high school students from across Indiana and the Midwest to come to campus for a…

With the holiday season approaching, Butler  Ballet is preparing an annual tradition for the spotlight once again. “The Nutcracker,” a ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one, if not the biggest, production the Butler Ballet puts on each year. With many students in the…