ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER Jim McKneight knows the feeling of having millions of dollars transferred into his bank account in an instant. He helped grow and sell three companies as CFO and sold them for over $100 million. Now he is a business professor here at Butler. You know those blue bags of ice…
Students suffer from seasonal depression
MIRANDA MARITATO | STAFF REPORTER Thirty percent of college students experience depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. This depression ranges from seasonal affective disorder to major depressive disorder. “Seasonal affective disorder is a colloquialism, not a psychiatric disorder,” psychology professor Joel Martin said. “It is actually a subtype of major depressive disorder.”…
Finals week edges closer
KARL AGGER | STAFF REPORTER For Butler students, the month of April does not just bring warmer weather. It also brings a great big heap of stress. Stress, a common enough problem at any time during the school year, becomes even more acute as the semester nears its end. There are only six weeks of…
5 Things to Know (Week 10)
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. The truth will traumatize. Fact 1: It matters where you go to college:…
“No matter more urgent…” How the Religious Freedom Restoration Act affects Butler
MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR Butler University President James Danko condemned the state’s enactment into law of Indiana Senate Bill 101, known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, in a statement to the Butler community Sunday. Danko said the bill first came up in conversation a week ago with his cabinet members, comprising the university’s…
Low endowment, less financial aid
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If a university has a high endowment, research shows more financial aid can be given to students. Endowments represent money or financial assets donated to universities or colleges, according to Investopedia. Harvard University has the largest endowment of any educational institution in the United States. With a $36 billion endowment, 100…
No H8
ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER Last Friday students gathered in Starbucks and visually protested inequality by painting the words “NO H8” on their cheeks and hands. “The NOH8 Campaign is a charitable organization whose mission is to promote marriage, gender and human equality through education, advocacy, social media, and visual protest,” according to the mission…
Leaders address dining, diversity and aid
CAMERON ALFORD | ASST. CULTURE EDITOR Butler leadership addressed a variety of campus concerns the Student Government Association’s town hall meeting yesterday. The panel of administrators included President James Danko, Provost Kate Morris, Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson, and Vice President of Marketing and Communications Matt Mindrum. Danko summarized the areas of concern…
B-lot parking shrinks
KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Sophomores with B-lot parking passes have been relocating to I-lot since the beginning of first semester due to a lack of parking spots. “I have had some issues,” sophomore strategic-communications major Alicia DiMaccio said. “[Construction] has made it far more difficult to find spots in B-lot, for sure, but I…
5 Things to Know (Week 9)
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 relatively short, sweet and to the point. Live long and prosper. Fact 1: Indiana HIV rate increases: In Scott County,…