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. Happy reading! Fact 1: Sexual assault still a concern: “The exact size of…
Butler donates blood to hospitals in need
KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER The Indiana Blood Center visited Butler this past Monday to collect donations from students, faculty and staff to help meet the needs of about 60 hospitals across the state. “It is more important than people realize,” said freshman music education major and longtime blood donor Steph Rudi. Donors were able…
Butler students invest in Autism Awareness
ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER Sara Midura knew nothing about autism on her first day of high school. She was not aware of the common signs of the disorder, nor did she understand how it was diagnosed. But her curiosity beckoned, and she joined a club devoted to researching the developmental disorder. After a few…
CFV appoints new director
KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER The Center for Faith and Vocation Search Committee has unanimously appointed Daniel Meyers as the new director of the Center for Faith and Vocation. According to an email sent from Associate Provost Mary Macmanus Ramsbottom on February 2, Meyers will make his debut at Butler as the director of the…
Chickenpox symptoms may come soon
DAVID MCNEAL | STAFF REPORTER Butler University issued a warning to students Feb. 4 confirming an outbreak of chickenpox, also known as varicella. “Exposure risk to the illness was greatest between Jan. 29 to Feb. 2. Symptoms occur 10 to 21 days after an exposure,” the Butler Connection said in an email issued to students.…
Students aim to raise awareness for homelessness
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Friday, Feb. 13, Butler students and other volunteers representing Home Matters America will raise awareness for affordable housing at the Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. The event will begin at Noon and it is scheduled to end at 3 p.m. Sarah Burns, one of the volunteers, said her team will…
160 years strong: Founder’s Week
MOE SIMMONS | STAFF REPORTER Last Sunday kicked off Butler University’s Founder’s Week, a time when the Butler community comes together and celebrates 160 years of history tied to Ovid Butler, the school’s founder. Yet the week goes deeper than merely celebrating the life of a man. It aims to draw attention to the…
The circle of DEBT
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF It is the new American horror story. The average student loan debt increases every year with no signs of slowing down. Nearly 70 percent of graduating college seniors in 2013 left school with at least $28,400 in student loan debt, according to The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). …
History of Butler: Sigma Gamma Rho
DAVID MCNEAL | STAFF REPORTER In 1922, during the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan, racial segregation and Jim Crow, seven women founded the only historically African-American sorority to be established on a predominantly white campus. The other eight members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, an organization of nine historically African-American Greek organizations, were founded…
5 things to know (Week 3)
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. Enjoy responsibly. Fact 1: Lady LockDOWN: In 1975, female students at Butler…