JACOB REEVES | STAFF REPORTER A wave of freshly ground coffee beans and the hoppy sweetness of a fresh brew filled The Thirsty Scholar last Saturday during a performance by Broad Ripple’s The Sunset Four. The gentle sounds of smooth jazz caressed the ears of listeners, and an unoccupied wooden barstool sat at the bar.…
Tales, Teaching, and Triplets
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Jenny DiVincenzo sits on the second floor of Jordan Hall, busily typing away at her laptop. She is working on a 10-page paper discussing the theme of marriage in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” The stories are all written in Middle English, which she says makes the assignment more difficult.…
The chamber of secrets
ALEX TARNOWSKI | STAFF REPORTER The Butler University Chamber Singers highlighted different styles of vocal music as a part of the Neighborhood Concert Series April 1. “The concert is a little bit of this and a little bit of that,” conductor Eric Stark said. The performance, held in Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, included 15 singers dressed…
Hoodie Allen in Dublin
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER Junior Kelsey De La Croix recently found her cure to homesickness while on the Global Adventures in the Liberal Arts trip. Her cure was in meeting Hoodie Allen, a hip hop artist. De La Croix said she started listening to Allen more than a year ago. When he announced a…
Music is FUNderburg
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER One of the first things to notice about sophomore Addie Funderburg is her Tennessee accent. The second is that she is just about the sweetest person you will ever meet. But behind the girl-next-door personality is a passionate musician. Funderburg began playing the violin when she was just 5 years…
Poetry, pronouns and problems
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Freshman Tyler Wagner is headed to an academic advising appointment. He is currently an English-creative writing major and Spanish minor. Earlier this year, however, he pursued an education degree for “like, two days,” during a small existential crisis. “I realized that I was just freaking out because I’m an English…
Champions of Diversity
CAMERON ALFORD | CO-ASST. CULTURE EDITOR Beccah Rendall and Brandon Williams are two servant leaders who deserve to be recognized as champions of diversity, said Valerie Davidson, director of diversity programs at Butler University. “Diversity is a beautiful thing,” Rendall said. Rendall is a senior political science, religion, and peace and conflict studies major at…
“Do Something” to make an Impact
RUBY VALUTIS | CO-ASST. CULTURE EDITOR Butler University has no trouble supplying its students with plenty of clubs that can interest everyone. Whether it is a volunteer organization or a club sport, students are bound to find a club that fits their interests. Last semester, Anyssa Alonso and Maram Almutairi decided to start a Butler…
Television star Ross Matthews visits Butler
SHANNON ROSTIN | STAFF REPORTER A Ford Focus pulls into a parking spot in Butler’s A-Lot. Waving with a friendly smile and introducing himself, students would not realize that this was not a member of the Butler community, but rather someone they had seen on television shows including Ru Paul’s Drag Race, The Tonight Show…
Fall of the Wall Ball
ALEX TARNOWSKI | STAFF REPORTER The International Club commemorated the fall of the Berlin Wall Saturday with its Fall of the Wall Ball. “We thought, since it is our 25th annual dinner and the 25th anniversary of the fall, it would be a perfect theme,” said Alexandria Johnson, president of the International Club. Tables draped…