JESSICA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | JELEE2@BUTLER.EDU Tornado sirens blared, and instead of reading a syllabus, students took shelter. On the first day of school, a tornado threat was detected at the Butler University Police Department dispatch center where they monitor the National Weather Service maps. Dawg Alerts were immediately sent, and phones buzzed around…
Record breaking attendance for BITS
JACKSON BORMAN | STAFF REPORTER | JBORMAN@BUTLER.EDU Nearly 1,300 people completed 3,750 hours of service for the Indianapolis community during Saturday’s Bulldogs Into the Streets program, commonly called BITS. Video by Caitlin Flowers. Caroline Huck-Watson has been the director of the BITS program for the past two years. “It’s been exciting, and anytime you grow…
More gender inclusive restrooms on campus
BRITTANY BLUTHARDT | STAFF REPORTER | BBLUTHAR@BUTLER.EDU More gender inclusive restrooms will be installed around Butler University’s campus this year. Last fall, the first gender inclusive restroom was placed in the Health and Recreation Complex. Rich Michal, executive director of the Facilities Office of Service Center Operations, said he believes Butler University will add more…
Tornados and tweets: Students react to weather warnings on social media
KATIE GOODRICH | EDITOR IN CHIEF | KMGOODRI@BUTLER.EDU This story will continue to be updated as events unfold. A tornado warning ended the first day of classes a little early. One tornado touched down in Kokomo, and funnel clouds were reported in Brownsburg and near Eagle Creek Park. The first warning expired at 4:45, but a new warning…
Campus Construction Update
Annie Weber | News Editor | aeweber@butler.edu Construction is a regular part of Butler University’s landscape under President James Danko’s 2020 Vision. While several projects are complete, construction crews are far from packing up. Rich Michal, executive director of facilities for Butler, gave the low-down of what projects are complete, what projects are in the…
Life in Fairview
Blakely Heaton | Assistant News Editor | bnheaton@butler.edu Students can now call Fairview House, the newest residence hall on Butler University’s campus, a home. Fairview officially opened to students this month and can house up to 633 students. Currently, Fairview is operating at near-full capacity. This housing facility is unlike any other at Butler University,…
Butler’s biggest class getting SOGgy
Katie Goodrich | Editor in Chief | kmgoodri@butler.edu Rain and enthusiastic upperclassmen greeted 1,272 new dawgs Jaci Bansch walked into Fairview House with mixed emotions as she moved in for her first year at Butler University, along with the rest of her fellow first-years who make up Butler’s largest class ever. She was pleasantly surprised…
Ambassadors of Change Program celebrates 20 years of service
Katie Goodrich | Editor in Chief | kmgoodri@butler.edu 20 years. 1,000 students. 20,000 hours of community service. This is what the Ambassadors of Change program accomplished in its first 20 years. The pre-welcome week program, commonly called AOC, focuses on community service and leadership development. “AOC is unique because it’s a combination of a week…
College of Business renamed in honor of $25 million donation
Katie Goodrich | Editor in Chief | kmgoodri@butler.edu Butler University received the largest individual gift in the university’s history. Andre Lacy and his wife Julia gave a $25 million donation. In honor of the gift, Butler renamed the College of Business the Andre B. Lacy School of Business. Lacy, chairman of Lacy Diversified Industries, will…
Butler battles $10 million deficit
KATIE GOODRICH | EDITOR IN CHIEF Butler University’s budget is in the red. $10 million in the red. Next year, the university will take another “strategic loss” of $2-3 million, according to an April 4 email from Bruce Arick, vice president for finance and administration. The largest class in Butler’s history is graduating, and they…