MOE SIMMONS | STAFF REPORTER While students are in class, a Dawg Alert is sent out to the entire campus. The Butler University Police Department has reason to suspect that someone is a potential threat to the safety of the campus. BUPD does not know for sure who the person could be. It would…
Strategies for success sharpens study skills
MIRANDA MARITATO | STAFF REPORTER Butler gained 65 transfer students for the 2014 fall semester and about 20 additional students for the spring semester.. Spring semester transfers face different challenges than fall semester transfers. Unlike the transfer students who arrive at the beginning of the fall semester, sophomore Prince Kapoor said spring transfers only…
Spring semester brings new students and new challenges
CASSIE EBERLE | STAFF REPORTER Butler gained 65 transfer students for the 2014 fall semester and about 20 additional students for the spring semester.. Spring semester transfers face different challenges than fall semester transfers. Unlike the transfer students who arrive at the beginning of the fall semester, sophomore Prince Kapoor said spring transfers only…
Details for retail space in parking garage revealed
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Kaltenmark, director of external relations, led an open forum discussing the new multi-use parking facility this evening in the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. Members of the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association partnered with the university to host the event. Kaltenmark said university leadership is seeking feedback from Butler-Tarkington…
Chris Holtmann named Butler head coach
The Butler University athletic department announced in a press release Friday afternoon that Chris Holtmann has been named the 23rd head coach of the men’s basketball program. Holtmann assumed the title of interim head coach in early October after the athletic department announced that Brandon Miller was taking a medical leave of absence. “Chris has…
Campus groups host demonstration about racial tensions
JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Almost 50 people attended a demonstration today on Butler University’s campus to address racial tensions associated with Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two African-American males who were killed by police officers this summer. Butler’s Black Student Union co-sponsored the event called Fierce Urgency for Justice with Demia, a feminist and…
Sexal assault commission names subcommittees
KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS EDITOR Students were packing for Thanksgiving break. They piled up their dirty laundry and reluctantly placed books in their backpacks. Ding. An email. As students prepared to leave, they read an email about two alleged forcible rapes that occurred in residence halls over the previous two weeks. The campus-wide email…
Students’ stressful season
SARAH STOESZ | ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Finals week is a stressful time of year for many students. At Butler University, anxiety is the most common concern seen by counseling services at the Health and Recreation Complex. The first day of final examinations at Butler University is Dec. 15. Material from almost four months of each…
Speech team takes second in Kentucky
Katie Goodrich | News Editor The sun set hours before. The Kentucky sky was dark on Saturday, and members of Butler’s speech team were tired. More than 12 hours after they woke up, they still waited to compete at 9 p.m. The four members of the team who traveled to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky,…
Evaluating courses and instructors
JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER Finals are coming. Papers and projects fill the time of Butler Bulldogs all across campus. Then, the day comes. The professor pulls out an envelope filled with bubbled forms for students to fill out and evaluate the course. This happens at the end of every semester at Butler University. Some…