LIZZY HACKL | ASSIST. CULTURE EDITOR Cold weather can’t keep these girls down. The ladies of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority hosted their annual Cocoa for Theta philanthropy event on February 4. There was a fun, Pop playlist in the background with girls dancing, delicious hot chocolate pouring and Butler students socializing and catching up. This…
From a Butler student to a TV producer
ASHLEY TOMASZEWSKI | STAFF REPORTER For many, becoming part of the television world is a childhood dream. Butler senior Emi Dammers has turned this dream into a reality. The process has been anything but easy, Dammers said. She has devoted countless hours of hard work to creating her own original TV series, How to Be Human.…
Midwinter Dance Festival
GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER February 10 through 14, Butler’s dance company will perform their Midwinter Dance Festival, a combination of classical ballet and modern dance. The 2016 Midwinter Dance will showcase pieces from resident choreographers, such as Stephan Laurent and Susan McGuire, as well as guest choreographer Lesley Telford. Butler’s dance department, currently one…
Bulldogs of Butler
LIZZY HACKL | ASSIST. CULTURE EDITOR Name: Lauren Hattory Year: First-year From: Rolling Meadows, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) Major: Marketing (as of now) Minor: Nothing declared, but hopes to declare MIS (Management Information Systems, which deals with IT, or Information Technology) Dream job: To work in IT for a large international company “I would…
“It Gets Better”
SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER Sometimes you’re confused. Sometimes you may think the world is going to end and you’re clearly out of options and furthermore, out of people to go to for support. You start doubting not only your friends and family, but yourself as well. With all of these thoughts and fears running…
String quartet comes to campus
SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER When it comes to instrumentation, there is not an underappreciated group quite like the string family: the violin, viola and the cello. Butler students could experience the sounds of these instruments this past Tuesday in the Eidson Duckwall Recital Hall through the mastered hands of Larry Shapiro, Byron Plexico, Colette Abel,…
Roxane Gay – Visiting Writers Series
MATTHEW DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER “Don’t you guys have anything better to do?” This is how Roxane Gay, writer and professor at Purdue University, began her talk at the Schrott Center. In one way or another, she was memorable from the moment she ambled on stage until she stepped off. Her first words foreshadowed…
What you can do in a Winter Wonderland
ASHLEY TOMASZEWSKI | STAFF REPORTER The fresh smell of a new start: the second semester of the academic year. This new part of the year brings many offerings to the college student: new classes, friends, and if attending school in the Midwest, weather. It is the turn to the second semester that brings with it…
BUDM raises more than $300,000 for children’s hospital
GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER On Saturday, Jan. 23, Butler held its 14th dance marathon and raised more than $300,000 for the cause. Since 2003, Butler University held a dance marathon each year to raise awareness and money for children that are treated at Riley Children’s Hospital. During the event, participants stand or dance for…
Photo Gallery: BUDM
About 500 Butler students and faculty participated in the dance marathon for Riley Children’s Hospital. A total of $327,334.68 was raised. Here are photos from the event. Photos By: Nora Navin