SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Senior Ellie Glorioso-Wible seems destined to play the cello. She was born into a musical family and grew up around the sounds of the piano, violin and cello. Glorioso-Wible started playing piano when she was just 3 years old. “I remember there was a day in church when I saw…
Without struggle, there is no strength
CAMERON ALFORD | CO-ASST. CULTURE EDITOR Sacrifice shapes Cristina McNeiley and her story. McNeiley, a sophomore criminology and sociology major from Munster, Indiana, knew she would make her mark at Butler University. When she first visited campus, she loved it, but she also noticed a lack of diversity. “When you come here, you are going…
It takes two
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Sarah Macey and Meredith Burns may seem to be a normal pair of best friends, but as aspiring professional musicians, they are anything but average. Sarah Macey, a Chicago native, started playing the viola in fourth grade but she did not begin lessons until she was 13. Meredith Burns, originally…
Indy embraces its sunny side
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…