KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Students enrolling at Butler University who did not have existing health insurance found more than $1,000 tacked onto their bills this year. That is the cost of Butler University’s sponsored student health insurance plan, which was added to students’ bills if they did not waive the plan or if…
Butler’s new brand coming soon
KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS EDITOR Butler University will start to unveil its new brand in December to unify the way the university shares its story. Butler’s marketing and communications department hired 160over90, a branding agency based in Philadelphia, to help with the efforts to change Butler’s image in February. The university and 160over90 started a process…
All about adjuncts
Tyler Springer |Staff Reporter They teach only one or two classes per week, receive a lower salary than full-time professors and do not have to attend faculty meetings very often. These are Butler University’s adjuncts. Butler currently employs about 65 adjuncts, according to data from Butler’s office of institutional research. Most of these adjuncts teach…
Construction causes parking problems
CASSIE EBERLE | STAFF REPORTER Freshman Kim Cripe commutes to school each morning. Due to the cost of the parking pass, she never bought one. Instead, she parks in the surrounding neighborhood in front of her friend’s house and walks to class. “Butler has lots of events: parents’ day, basketball, football, recruiting events, etcetera.” Cripe…
Men’s basketball team christens newly renovated Hinkle with exhibition win
BY KYLE BEERY | SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR Hinkle Fieldhouse reopened to a crowd of 8,600 as Butler men’s basketball returned with a 88-45 win over the University of Chicago Saturday night. Fans took in all the new sights of Hinkle – a video scoreboard, 4,500 chair-back seats, and much more. But after months of anticipation and…
New student housing and parking garage details revealed at SGA Town Hall
JULIAN WYLLIE | Staff Editor Butler’s Student Government Association discussed the multi-use parking facility and new residence hall tonight in the Johnson Room of Robertson Hall. University President James Danko was not in attendance. Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs, led the meeting. Johnson began the meeting by asking the audience if they were juniors…
Students eye summer internships
SARAH STOESZ | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Many Butler University students have already begun applying and accepting internships for next summer. The College of Business requires students to have two internships, while the College of Communication also requires certain majors to have an internship. Some students decide to fulfill the requirements in the summer. Some…
Butler addresses domestic violence with awareness events
KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Seven years ago, Hannah Hendricks was sexually assaulted while she attended Butler University. On Tuesday, she returned to Butler to speak about her experiences with sexual assault, rape and an abusive marriage in a program called Why I Stayed. Why I Stayed, one of many programs related to Domestic…
Registration: Race to schedule seats
TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER The race to get a spot in spring semester classes has begun. Now through early November, students are meeting with their academic advisors to plan out their courses and schedules for the upcoming semester. Before students go to their advisor, they should create an ideal schedule using the academic requirement…
Walking promotion: The influence of a Butler Student Ambassador
KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS EDITOR Prospective students and their parents meet in Robertson Hall, awaiting their first tour of Butler University. A Butler student ambassador will serve as a tour guide and show them around campus. For just over an hour, the students will listen to their guide, learning about Butler and what it…