LAUREN OOLEY | STAFF REPORTER At the beginning of the year, 80 underprivileged Indianapolis Public Schools elementary-aged kids were asked by their mentors: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” They answer “an Arby’s worker” or “a basketball player.” These mentors are part of College Mentors for Kids, a program that exposes…
Science, Spirit and Steak N Shake
ISABELLA FERRARI | CULTURE REPORTER She contemplates getting a drink while she sits in Starbucks slaving over science homework. Sophomore Laura Sosinski is extremely passionate about health sciences. “When I grew up, I had a lot of health problems,” she said. When Sosinski was 7 years old, she was the youngest in her hospital in…
Duck, Duck, Drop!
JUSTINA KAISER | COPY CHIEF For the first week of classes, the Butler University libraries remain quiet and subdued. Students trickle in to explore and to rummage, and then they likewise flaunter out to enjoy the last few hours of freedom. However, on Saturday, Irwin Library experienced a flourish of visitors as the incoming freshmen…
Bulldogs of Butler: Sam Knepprath
ISABELLA FERRARI | STAFF REPORTER He sits in the library with his parents watching as rubber ducks fall from the third floor balcony. “The duck drop is a really good use of the library,” Sam Knepprath said. His face lights up thinking about starting his freshman year. A recording industry studies major, he looks forward to…
More than eight before you graduate
ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER “Eight before you graduate.” This mnemonic device reminds students of the cultural events Butler University requires before they graduate. However, Jordan College of the Arts students must attend many more arts events than the standard eight. Students in JCA visit performances outside of Butler, in the Indianapolis Metro area. They…
Behind the Scenes of ButlerPalooza
SAM KNEPPRATH | CULTURE REPORTER As the crowd scurries to their seats, rows upon rows filled to the brim with students waiting to see the band perform, one must truly take in the process that got us to this point in time. We must look to see just how the one and only ButlerPalooza migrates…
The heart of Haiti
CAMERON ALFORD | CO-ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR “What am I doing with my life?” Morghan Wilcoxson, a freshman international studies major from Columbia City, Indiana, asked this question of herself in high school and during her first semester at Butler University when she struggled to find her passion. “A lot of people have their passions at…
King is the queen
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Graduate student Meghan Lyons King grew up in a family of music. Her aunt, uncle, grandmother and cousins all studied the violin. King’s aunt and uncle even studied with the same teacher as Joshua Bell. King’s mother, a flutist, led her to choose a musical path. “It was my mom’s dream and…
Marty the maestro
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Last year, Marty Meyer won the Concerto Competition as a sophomore in college with his rendition of the Dvorak cello concerto. The Concerto Competition is given in the fall, where a group of talented students are judged by faculty and outside musicians. In the spring, the winner plays with the Butler…
“We need to talk about Ferguson”
JACOB REEVES | STAFF REPORTER Human and civil injustice have been – and still are – some of the longest ongoing problems facing the human race. However, problems such as the 1964 shooting of Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist and NAACP field secretary, can mistakenly seem like issues that belong to a different time. Last…