BY: Matthew VanTryon|Editor-in-Chief, Mallory Duncan|Digital Managing Editor Marc Allan is no longer the interim adviser of The Butler Collegian. Effective immediately, Allan has been replaced by Nancy Whitmore, the director of the Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism. The Collegian is currently working on finding a full-time replacement. Allan, the associate director for public relations at…
Butler Assistant Police Chief Arrested for DUI Saturday
Andrew Ryan, Butler University assistant police chief, was arrested Saturday night for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to a police report from the Indianapolis Marion County Police Department. Officers responded to the scene of an accident at 6:16 p.m. on the east side of Indianapolis after Ryan turned his vehicle in front of another…
BREAKING: Board of Trustees extends President Danko’s contract
ANNIE WEBER AND JYLIAN VIGAR / CO-NEWS EDITORS Butler University President James Danko will remain in office through 2020. His five-year contract extension was announced Friday morning at the Academic Year Welcome. Board of Trustees Chair Keith Burks announced the board’s unanimous decision to faculty and staff. Danko took office in 2011 and had one…
Butler announces increase in parking permit prices for 2015-16 school year
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor In Chief Butler University has raised parking permit prices for the second time in three years. The university sent an email to faculty, staff and students Wednesday detailing permit prices and policies for the 2015-16 school year. Permits for the I-Lot will cost $100. Permits for the I-Lot, which was constructed…
Butler President James Danko addresses RFRA in public statement to Butler community
MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR Butler University President James Danko sent a public statement via email Sunday to members of the Butler community regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed into law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence last week. “While I have read a variety of opinions and rationale for RFRA, it strikes me as ill-conceived legislation…
REPORT: Holtmann has had preliminary conversations with Tennessee regarding head coaching vacancy
MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR As first reported by The Tennessean, Butler head coach Chris Holtmann had preliminary conversations with the University of Tennessee Friday regarding the Volunteers’ men’s basketball head coaching vacancy, according to unnamed sources who could not speak publicly about the issue. Tennessee contacted Holtmann within hours of firing Donnie Tyndall. Tyndall…
Details for retail space in parking garage revealed
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Kaltenmark, director of external relations, led an open forum discussing the new multi-use parking facility this evening in the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. Members of the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association partnered with the university to host the event. Kaltenmark said university leadership is seeking feedback from Butler-Tarkington…
Chris Holtmann named Butler head coach
The Butler University athletic department announced in a press release Friday afternoon that Chris Holtmann has been named the 23rd head coach of the men’s basketball program. Holtmann assumed the title of interim head coach in early October after the athletic department announced that Brandon Miller was taking a medical leave of absence. “Chris has…
Bulldogs knock off No. 5 Tar Heels in Paradise
BY KYLE BEERY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler men’s basketball team took a trip to Paradise for Thanksgiving break. But it’s not all fun and games. It’s a business trip. And the unranked Bulldogs took care of business Wednesday, knocking off the No. 5 University of North Carolina Tar Heels 74-66 in the Battle 4…
White House confirms ISIS beheading of former Butler student Peter Kassig
BEN SIECK | CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Butler University President James Danko released a statement this morning amid unconfirmed reports of Abdul-Rahman Kassig’s execution by the terrorist group ISIS. ISIS released a video this morning claiming the execution of Kassig. He was first threatened in a video released on Oct. 3. The White House confirmed it was Kassig in the…