NATALIE BLOOM | STAFF REPORTER Each Wednesday night on the third floor of Jordan Hall, an organization works hard to have its culture be heard on campus and in the community. Oddly enough, upon entering one of the meetings, one would find the group making little to no noise. American Sign Language Club is a group…
Michael Krueger Recital
WESLEY SEXTON | STAFF REPORTER A composition recital is a rather unique occurrence that does not exist many places outside the academic context. This type of recital is an entire program of music newly composed by one individual. Michael Krueger’s graduate composition recital, which was held in Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall on March 22, was a…
Maíra Ferreira: Review
GRETCHEN MAYER | STAFF REPORTER The 29-member choir slowly filled to the front of stage in the semi-lit sanctuary. The organ pipes and stain-glassed windows reflected the grandeur of the large room. When Maíra Ferreira entered, applause followed her to the podium. She gracefully opened her music, made eye contact with the choir and raised her…
Bulldogs of Butler: Hamish McLoughlin and Lorenzo Del Giudice
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Hamish McLoughlin and Lorenzo Del Giudice are heading back from Starbucks, each with a warm cup in his hand. McLoughlin is a business major from Adelaide, Australia. Del Giudice, from Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, is finishing up his master’s degree in international business. “My bachelor’s degree was in finance, but I…
Sparking life into music
CAMERON ALFORD | STAFF REPORTER Batteries are made to spark life into a product. Freshman Aaron Marshall hopes to use music for a similar purpose: to empower. Marshall, known onstage as Double A, is an aspiring rapper. He is a recording industry studies major from Indianapolis, Indiana. Marshall came to Butler to pursue his passion:…
Lowry “gives” back to Butler
KATHERINE SHELTON | STAFF REPORTER Lois Lowry, author of “The Giver,” spoke at Clowes Memorial Hall on Wednesday, braving through the snowy Maine winter to speak to the Indianapolis and Butler community about her life and motivations for her work. Lowry is most well-known for her novel “The Giver,” which tells the story of a…
Not just the oddball
SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Paige Rauschuber admits that the saxophone is sometimes considered to be the “oddball” of instruments. The saxophone is one of the more recently invented instruments and is not often seen in orchestral music. Even in concert band, saxophonists have to do transcriptions, or write their parts from other instruments. But,…
Butler workshops inspires playwrights
SHANNON ROSTIN | STAFF REPORTER Butler’s Theater Department partnered with The New Harmony Project to present a playwriting workshop on Feb. 27. The workshop was open to students and members of the community. Edward Fry, development director for The New Harmony Project, said the workshop involved writing exercises, advice and a question and answer session.…
Voices of excellence
ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER Dr. John Perkins, conductor of Butler University Choir and Women’s Chorus, has an obvious passion for music. He said he wants his singers to interpret the music beyond notes and rhythms, to allow the philosophy behind the music to dictate the process of expressing the music. Singing in the choir…
From Butler to Belgium
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER It was just another Tuesday until sophomore Meg Talley and the rest of her classmates visited the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. She sat in the seat of the Irish minister and listened to a guide explain the role of the Council in the EU. Talley has…