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Almost Time to Saddle Up for Butler’s Equestrian Club Team

MORGAN SKERIES | STAFF REPORTER |mskeries@butler.edu Butler has many well-known club sports teams such as soccer, tennis and basketball, but there also also some that fly under the radar, like the equestrian team. Coach Dawn Stumm said the equestrian team has been around for at least 10 years. Stumm has been the coach for the…
New Plump painting captures cinematic moment in Hinkle’s history

Bobby Plump became part of Hinkle Fieldhouse history the moment his All-Star Converse suspended mid-air, and the ball spun off his fingertips and arched over the defender’s outstretched hands into the net, just as the buzzer echoed around Hinkle’s ceilings. Plump’s game winning shot lived on in everyone’s minds, but there was no photographic proof…
Grant allows CUE farm to grow, harvest data

The new courses will include biology, environmental science and chemistry. Students will conduct and potentially publish research on the farm.
Thieves take thousands of dollars of books from the Butler Bookstore

NATE LEMEN | NEWS REPORTER | nlemen@butler.edu Several thousand dollars of textbooks were stolen from the Butler University Bookstore last week. The thieves entered the store between 3:15 and 3:35 p.m. on Aug. 30. While they appeared to be looking up the value of the books on their phones, they eventually stole several business textbooks. One of…
International students placed in unfurnished housing

MORGAN SKERIES | STAFF REPORTER | MSKERIES@BUTLER.EDU A majority of Butler University’s international students are living in University Terrace and Apartment Village this year—both partially unfurnished. Maria Kurikko, an international student from Finland, lives in University Terrace. She is a senior at Butler, studies marketing and is here for one semester. Initially, she thought all…
15 years later: Remembering 9/11

JESSICA LEE & BRITTANY BLUTHARDT | STAFF REPORTERS | jelee2@butler.edu & bbluthar@butler.edu Fifteen years ago, 2,996 people died during the largest terrorist attack on United States soil. Americans memorialize their lives every year to remind the world of terrorism’s destructive powers. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, two planes flew into the World Trade Center…
Hometown of state flag celebrates Indiana’s Bicentennial

Historical marker posted in downtown Mooresville. Photo by Madi McGuire. MADI MCGUIRE | STAFF REPORTER | mjmcguir@butler.edu Mooresville is a small town southwest of Indianapolis and is known as the home of the state flag. This December, the flag is turning 100-years-old while the state of Indiana turns 200. The bicentennial celebration is happening all…
Flooding displaces first years in Ross Hall

NATE LEMEN | STAFF REPORTER | NLEMEN@BUTLER.EDU Heavy rains lead to flooding in Ross basement On Aug. 26, around 6 p.m., heavy rain started to fall over Butler University. By 6:14 p.m., water seeped through the floor of the storage room in the basement of Ross Hall. By 6:24 pm, there were several inches of…
FYS professor publishes memoir

BRITTANY BLUTHARDT | STAFF REPORTER | bbluthar@butler.edu A Butler University English professor, Chris Forhan, published his first memoir, “My Father Before Me,” on June 1, 2016. Forhan was 14-years-old when his father killed himself. Forhan wrote the memoir to learn more about his father and to uncover the mysteries that surrounded his life. Forhan grew up in…