MATTHEW VANTRYON | EDITOR IN CHIEF When I sat down with The Butler Collegian’s adviser and the director of the school of journalism in May and told them what I am about to tell the readers of this article, I knew I was venturing into uncharted waters. I knew what I was about to suggest…
Here To Stay: Danko sees his future through 2020
ANNIE WEBER and JYLIAN VIGAR | CO-NEWS EDITORS Butler University President James Danko’s five-year contract extension gives him the opportunity to see the Butler 2020 Vision through to completion. “The Butler 2020 plan is a pretty long-term, comprehensive plan,” Danko said. “There’s a lot of a things that are going to be happening here on…
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 grad named associate athletic director for communication
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor in chief John Dedman ’03 is the school’s new associate athletic director for communication, according to a press release from the athletic department. Dedman will assume the responsibilities formerly held by Jim McGrath, who retired after working as Butler’s sports information director since 1981. Read about McGrath and his career “This…
Butler mourns the loss of associate professor
KATIE GOODRICH | MANAGING EDITOR Becky Cramer, Butler University associate professor of education, died on Saturday. Her family surrounded her, according to a university-wide release from Ena Shelley, dean of the College of Education. She received her undergraduate degree from California Baptist University in 1999. Cramer earned her masters’ degree from the University of California,…
Presidential Commission on Sexual Assault prepares recommendations
MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR Butler University President James Danko announced the creation of the Presidential Commission on Sexual Assault last April, and the commission will present recommendations to Danko by the end of the school year concerning how to address the issue of sexual assault on campus moving forward. A commission steering committee provided…
Finding Peace
Nearly fatal car accidents changes two students’ lives forever JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Under a semi The second most popular song on the Billboard Hot 100 was playing the moment Brooke Hammons found herself under the trailer of a semi truck. As Ed Sheeran sang the chorus to “Thinking Out Loud,” Hammons put her head…
Collegian names new editor-in-chief
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Butler Collegian’s next leader brings two years of Collegian editing experience, a passion for investigative journalism and a clear vision for the next episode of college news media. Matthew VanTryon, who served as the newspaper’s managing editor this semester, was chosen April 17 as the Collegian’s next editor-in-chief by a…
5 things to know (Week 12)
Don’t have time to watch or read the news? No problem! The Butler Collegian’s editor-in-chief has compiled a list of the top five things he thinks readers should know this week. Let’s keep this short, sweet and to the point. Hope you enjoy this last issue! Fact 1: The “upsides” to U.S. relations with…
Yik Yak continues to cause controversies
ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER Yik Yak is an Android and iPhone app targeted at college students that allows the user to send out an anonymous message to others with the app, within a selected geographical radius. Its mission is “to create a feed of what people are saying, thinking and doing around you,” according…