SHAUNA KASKE | STAFF REPORTER Anyone who knows Harriet Steinke would say she has a very distinct personality. She is the kind of woman that makes the entire class laugh with her purposefully blunt questions. Steinke is simply a spunky girl from Detroit, Michigan, but she also happens to be a brilliant composer in the school…
Sara Erb rules the bassoon
GRETCHEN E. MAYER | STAFF REPORTER Junior Sara Erb will play the bassoon on Sunday, Feb. 15 in the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall at 2 p.m. Her instrument is taller than her, but that has not stopped her from seeing success. A Journey Erb, a native of Goshen, Indiana, did not play the bassoon until six…
Bulldogs of Butler: Carly Allen
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Junior Carly Allen is trying to balance jobs, schoolwork and free time. With 12 minutes left before her next class, the Columbus, Ohio, native is lounging on a couch in the College of Education, busily typing away on her laptop. As a mathematics and middle/secondary education double major, classes are…
Looking for a laugh
TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER Some people say good things come to those who wait. Unfortunately, audience members had to wait far too long for any funny material to laugh at during a R.E.A.C.H. sponsored comedy show Feb. 5. The show, a part of Butler’s Founder’s Week, consisted of three comedians hoping to get some…
Queen of tunes
ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER For Chloe Boelter, the definition of a long day of classes consists largely of rehearsals for her numerous upcoming performances. Having just come from opera theatre rehearsal, Boelter takes a snack break at Starbucks before heading back to Lilly Hall to rehearse with the jazz band for her recital on…
From Sudan to Indy
CAMERON ALFORD | STAFF REPORTER Freshman Reem Negash, a political science and psychology major and sociology minor, says that making others happy is her focus in life. It can be “making someone laugh if they are feeling bad…it’s like an external force that helps me feel better about myself,” she said. Negash was born in…
Like mother, like daughter
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER Diane Timmerman, chair of Butler University’s theatre department, applied to teach a two-week class in Rome almost two years ago. At the same time, her daughter was applying to colleges. Timmerman emailed a friend about doing an acting workshop more than a year in advance to prepare for her upcoming…
Faith, love and music
NATALIE BLOOM | STAFF REPORTER Clowes Memorial Hall was full of life on Feb. 7 as the 26th Annual Gospel Fest took the stage. Featuring a variety of local and professional performers, the festival exposed its audience to a range of powerful gospel hits. Some of the pieces presented were joyful and upbeat, while others…
Maurice Manning
WESLEY SEXTON | STAFF REPORTER Maurice Manning read poetry from his new book “The Gone and the Going Away” Tuesday night in the Krannert Room of Clowes Memorial Hall. Manning’s first professorial position was at Indiana University Bloomington, and he greeted many of his former students from the podium. He also took time between poems…
“The Story of Us” – Review
KATHERINE SHELTON | STAFF REPORTER “The Story of Us” features a series of Tamara Bodnar’s original musical-styled songs that paint specific moments in fictional college students’ lives. Themes included moving day, creating relationships, going to a job fair, struggling with faith, studying abroad, and managing self-doubt. The show was performed in Lilly Hall Jan.…