HALEY BAAS | STAFF REPORTER African dance moves and singing are not typically found in the Butler Theatre department’s performances. However, Butler’s performance of “The Water Carriers,” employed this style with eloquence and tenacity. With performances starting Nov. 12 and continuing all the way until Nov. 16, this was no small production. Even during the…
Bulldogs of Butler: Earl Townsend
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Despite his long brown hair freezing from the cold, sophomore creative writing major and theatre minor Earl Townsend is making the trek to the Campus Club to get some potato soup and a southwest turkey panini. Townsend, born in Indianapolis and raised in Zionsville, is accustomed to cold Indiana winters.…
The real housemoms of Butler University
NATALIE BLOOM | STAFF REPORTER To some, college is a place for students to grow as independent individuals. While the freedom is nice, sometimes you just need your mom. Many sorority and fraternity members have supportive women in their lives who take on the role of mother figures during the school year. These women are known…
Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson returning to Indianapolis
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Maryland native and singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson is returning to Indianapolis on Nov. 18, 2014, as part of his City and Sand Tour. Hutchinson began his music career in 2008 with Maverick Records, a label founded by Madonna. Since then, he has landed a record deal with Let’s Break Records. The…
Voilá, Viola
SHANNON ROSTIN | STAFF REPORTER Video art might not be the first medium to come to mind when one goes to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. However, as one enters a dark room and approaches the screen, he or she will be met with the original and innovative video art of Bill Viola. The video…
Bulldogs of Butler: Salman Qureshi
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Bulldogs of Butler Freshman Salman Qureshi, clad in a blue Colts sweatshirt and glasses, is leaving Irwin Library to commute home after studying for an upcoming Spanish exam. Some day, he hopes to expand his traveling experience well beyond the realm of the Butler bubble, he said. He hopes to…
Flashing Kindness
EMMA EDICK | STAFF REPORTER World Kindness Day is celebrated each year on Nov. 13 to remind people kindness connects us all. “The purpose of World Kindness Day is to look beyond ourselves—beyond the boundaries of our country, beyond our culture, our race, our religion, and realize that we are citizens of the world and…
Lights, camera, college
ALLISON REITZ | STAFF REPORTER The cold air turns Emma Shafer’s fair skin to a bright pink color as she walks toward the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. She is on her way to check out the progess of the show “The Water Carriers” since opening week has arrived. Shafer, a freshman theater…
Bulldogs of Butler: Anna Doloso
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Bulldogs of Butler It is Monday. Anna Doloso is braving the weather to stand up for her beliefs under the Class of 2000 clock that constantly proclaims 1 o’clock outside Starbucks. Doloso is a sophomore elementary education major, a member of the Student Education Organization, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity…
Gary Walters plays well with others
HALEY BAAS | STAFF REPORTER A clarinet, three vocalists and a saxophone are typically not members one would expect to find together in an ensemble. However, with the addition of a piano, this ensemble created a concert to remember. Gary Walters, a professor in Butler University’s music department and a 2011 inductee into the Indianapolis…