LYLA IANNACCONE | MULTIMEDIA REPORTER
Why ButlerPalooza?
KRISTIN CAMILIERE | STAFF REPORTER Butler University’s Student Government Association receives more than $760,000 per year from students’ activity fees. Part of this budget is allotted to bringing in artists for the ButlerPalooza concert, like American Authors and Parachute this past fall. Co-chair for the Concerts Committee Kaitlyn Sawin helps to plan these concerts. “The Concerts…
Peace Week held at Butler
MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER In an effort to promote peace, unity and well-being on campus, the Peace and Conflict Studies department hosted Peace Week March 22-25. “The goal of Peace Week is to put on events that will be thought provoking and inspire a more inclusive society for all and for Butler’s community,” senior…
SGA meetings now closed to public
MATT DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER This year, the Student Government Association (SGA) made the switch from Assembly to Senate structure. Additionally, the meetings are no longer open to the student body. Despite closing the doors to the rest of the student population, Katelyn Sussli, SGA president and senior Organizational Communication & Leadership and Political Science…
Explore Indy with the Cultural Trail
BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER Are you a Butler student? Are you looking for something fun and relaxing to do in Indianapolis? Do you like being outside and enjoying art? If you answered yes to these questions, you may be interested in the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. The Indianapolis Cultural Trail is an eight-mile trail throughout…
It’s On Us campaign launches
MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER On Monday April 4, Butler’s It’s On Us campaign kicked off in the Reilly Room. The event featured two speakers and it was hosted by the Stand Tall Project. It’s On Us is a national organization that works to stop sexual assault. This year is the second year the Stand Tall…
Butler University to add new major
KRISTIN CAMILIERE | STAFF REPORTER Butler University added a Healthcare and Business Major that will launch this fall. Through this major, students will get a better understanding of how the business side of healthcare works. The Healthcare and Business major is a four-year degree that combines the general health care related coursework and basic business…
Rising sophomores to pick Fairview Housing March 29
MATT DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER In the fall of 2016, rising sophomores will be the first group to move into Fairview House, Butler University’s newest residence hall. Unlike ResCo, where sophomores have traditionally lived, Fairview is made up of suites of 6 or 8 people as opposed to the traditional quads. On March 29,…
Disable the Label: Handicap This!
ANNIE WEBER | NEWS EDITOR Tim Wambach rolled Mike Berkson’s wheel chair on to the Reilly Room stage. Wambach has been Berkson’s aid for the past 15 years. “It’s been like a marriage, a lot of ups and downs,” Wambach said. He and Berkson went back and forth cracking a lot of jokes like this…
Covering Off-Campus Communities
BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER | bnheaton@butler.edu Trish Barton, a senior double majoring in journalism and international studies and minoring in French, travels 9.8 miles northeast of campus to Triton Brewing Company. She is not going to order a drink or meet up with friends. She is interviewing the brewmaster for her journalism class. Starting…