Culture

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.…
Lizzie Velasquez speaks out against bullying

GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER A boy stops to help pick up his classmate’s books that fell on the ground. A sympathetic individual speaks out against name-calling. Someone invites the girl who sits alone to join her table. Little acts of courage and kindness can help to make a big difference in the world. Lizzie…
DoorDash delivers more food options to students

TESSA WOHLBERG | STAFF REPORTER Butler University students already complain about the lack of food that can be delivered to the university. Besides HotBox, Jimmy John’s and a few Chinese restaurants, Butler is basically left out to dry. The week before Thanksgiving, a new food delivering website was put into commission for Butler. The online…
Comedian Aaron Kominos-Smith cracks jokes for Coffee House

GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER Aaron Kominos-Smith, a man lacking in stature but abundant in jokes, headlined the Starbucks Comedy Show on Butler University’s campus. The Student Government Association’s Coffee House group planned the event. This is the first ever comedian to come for their series of events. Kominos-Smith, a comedian residing in Brooklyn, appeared…
Do Something – Veteran’s Day

SAM KNEPPRATH | STAFF REPORTER While there’s a seemingly endless supply of clubs, sports and extracurricular activities Butler University has to offer, on this past Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. one club seemed to stand out not only for its fellow students, but also the troops. “Do Something” has constantly been on the pulse…
Review: Our Town

GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER The Butler University theatre department opened its season with “Our Town,” a performance that lacked in scenery but was full in character. Stepping onto the barren stage at the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, Ariel Laukins and Alexander Borrello, playing the stage managers, described the small town of…