Culture

Roxane Gay – Visiting Writers Series

MATTHEW DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER “Don’t you guys have anything better to do?” This is how Roxane Gay, writer and professor at Purdue University, began her talk at the Schrott Center. In one way or another, she was memorable from the moment she ambled on stage until she stepped off. Her first words foreshadowed…
What you can do in a Winter Wonderland

ASHLEY TOMASZEWSKI | STAFF REPORTER The fresh smell of a new start: the second semester of the academic year. This new part of the year brings many offerings to the college student: new classes, friends, and if attending school in the Midwest, weather. It is the turn to the second semester that brings with it…
BUDM raises more than $300,000 for children’s hospital

GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER On Saturday, Jan. 23, Butler held its 14th dance marathon and raised more than $300,000 for the cause. Since 2003, Butler University held a dance marathon each year to raise awareness and money for children that are treated at Riley Children’s Hospital. During the event, participants stand or dance for…
Photo Gallery: BUDM

About 500 Butler students and faculty participated in the dance marathon for Riley Children’s Hospital. A total of $327,334.68 was raised. Here are photos from the event. Photos By: Nora Navin
BUDM continues tradition, remembers Andrew Smith

SAM KNEPPRATH | CULTURE REPORTER | skneppra@butler.edu Cancer, like any other life-threatening disease that plagues society, is a serious issue and deserves attention from medical scientists. That being said, those who are not part of the crème de la crème of oncologists can support the fight against cancer through the art of dance. Whether…
Supporting Smith: People donate blood and send prayers

ELIZABETH HACKL | CULTURE ASST. EDITOR | ehackl@butler.edu From blood banks to a high school community, people are supporting Andrew Smith and his legacy, after he died last week from cancer. Support comes in all shapes and sizes, from donations to prayers. In 2015, more than 1.6 million people were predicted to develop cancer,…
Stay Positive club helps keep spirits up on campus

TESSA WOHLBERG | STAFF REPORTER | twohlber@butler.edu Dawg Pound students dressed in white t-shirts provided by Stay Positive, a club founded at Butler University, to honor Andrew Smith, affectionately known as Moose. Butler graduate Eric Day ‘15,a two-time brain cancer survivor, founded the club while he attended school. He started Stay Positive to spread the message…
Tamas Melts Away the Winter Blues

SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER At Butler University, the cold winds of the north are continually forcing us to bundle up, the ever-domesticated squirrels are stocking up for their hibernation season and the odors of finals are stinking up the once joyous collegian air with a potpourri of gratuitous amounts of caffeine and all-nighters. Thankfully,…
Bulldogs of Butler – Holiday Edition

ISABELLA FERRARI | STAFF REPORTER Burning a log, putting out porridge and eating good food. These are traditions for Jó’l, more commonly known as Yule. Cambria York, a senior vocal performance and historical musicology major, is part of a religion known as Forn Siðr, also called Heathenry, a modern Pagan new religious movement, and celebrates Yule.…