ISABELLA FERRARI | STAFF REPORTER He sits in the library with his parents watching as rubber ducks fall from the third floor balcony. “The duck drop is a really good use of the library,” Sam Knepprath said. His face lights up thinking about starting his freshman year. A recording industry studies major, he looks forward to…
Tales, Teaching, and Triplets
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Jenny DiVincenzo sits on the second floor of Jordan Hall, busily typing away at her laptop. She is working on a 10-page paper discussing the theme of marriage in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” The stories are all written in Middle English, which she says makes the assignment more difficult.…
Poetry, pronouns and problems
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Freshman Tyler Wagner is headed to an academic advising appointment. He is currently an English-creative writing major and Spanish minor. Earlier this year, however, he pursued an education degree for “like, two days,” during a small existential crisis. “I realized that I was just freaking out because I’m an English…
Taylor, television and Tina
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Monday, National Puppy Day, was Emily Zalewski’s favorite holiday. “Dogs are my favorite things,” she said. “After Taylor Swift and Vera Bradley, of course.” Zalewski is a sophomore digital media production major and English-creative writing minor from Homewood, Illinois. At Butler University, she holds a job at the bookstore. Her…
Bulldogs of Butler: Hamish McLoughlin and Lorenzo Del Giudice
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Hamish McLoughlin and Lorenzo Del Giudice are heading back from Starbucks, each with a warm cup in his hand. McLoughlin is a business major from Adelaide, Australia. Del Giudice, from Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, is finishing up his master’s degree in international business. “My bachelor’s degree was in finance, but I…
Bulldogs of Butler: Bailey Wiseman
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Sophomore Bailey Wiseman is just leaving an appointment with her academic advisor. She is planning to switch majors. Wiseman came to Butler University last year as an exploratory major. After taking a couple classes, she declared her major in communication science and disorders. “I thought I loved it, but I…
Bulldogs of Butler: Aris Cuello
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR Freshman Aris Cuello is surrounded by plastic bags full of snacks, a scented candle, a Nelson Mandela poster, textbooks and a laptop. He is taking notes and studying to prepare for his assignment, to lead a class discussion. Cuello is a criminology and psychology major from Providence, Rhode Island. “I…
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…
Bulldogs of Butler: Studies and Slurpees
SARAH COFFING | CULTURE EDITOR The hallway would be silent if it weren’t for Akeira Jennings. She is buried in her laptop because Loni McKown, her academic advisor, is waiting for a response. Jennings is a senior journalism major and international studies and Spanish minor from Chicago. As she sits in a chair on…
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.…