MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Butler’s 20th president, remembered by many for his crowd-surfing and coffee chats, died suddenly Monday morning. Bobby Fong, 64, died of a heart attack in his home in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. The news travelled quickly, and Butler University’s flags were lowered to half-mast. “We were truly lucky to have Bobby for as…
New party law affects fraternities and off-campus houses
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A new Indiana law could put Butler students who host underage drinkers behind bars. The “social host law,” part of Indiana Senate Bill 236, makes the crime of knowingly and intentionally serving alcohol a Class B misdemeanor. Committing a Class B misdemeanor could result in a sentence of up to 180…
Diseases pop up on campus
JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER The first days of school for Butler University are “kind of like daycare,” said Julie Howerton, director of health services. “Everyone is a little more vulnerable at the beginning of the year, because they haven’t had that exposure,” Howerton said. “That is part of the challenge when students come back to…
Education goes electronic
ALEXANDRA BODE / STAFF REPORTER Butler University’s online and hybrid course offerings more than doubled since last fall semester. This semester there are 11 online and hybrid courses in five different areas of study. Butler University President James Danko’s 2020 Vision includes increased online learning opportunities. The university added 26 online or hybrid courses in…
Faculty in Residence celebrates 25th year at Butler
MIRANDA MARITATO/ STAFF REPORTER A professor moved into Residential College 24 years ago, and he has been there since. Duane Leatherman started serving as a Faculty-in-Residence in 1989, the inaugural year of the program. He lived in Schwitzer Hall his first year. Leatherman has been a FIR for 25 of his 32 years at Butler.…
Grant to fund gaming lab
JYLIAN VIGAR / STAFF REPORTER From playing Dungeons & Dragons as a child to working with technology at the University of Virginia, a Butler English professor has always been interested in video games. “The complexity of video games today allows you to immerse yourself in another world, which is the same thing as a novel,”…
Students can help impoverished and intern overseas
ALEXANDRA BODE / STAFF REPORTER Two Butler University students are working to bring a chapter of Nourish International to Butler. The group’s mission is “to engage students and empower communities to make a lasting impact on extreme poverty,” according to their website. Junior Sarah Zimmerman spent the spring 2014 semester studying in Latin America where…
$25,000 allocated for SGA app
KATIE GOODRICH/ NEWS CO-EDITOR The Innovation Fund allotted grant money to develop a new Butler mobile app. Austin Del Priore, vice president of administration for the Student Government Association, and Rachel Skelton, Council on Presidential Affairs member, applied for a grant to kick start the process. The Innovation Fund gives money to various projects each…
The light at the end of the tunnel: Streetscape project slated for June 2015
SARAH STOESZ/ ASST. NEWS EDITOR The gateway to Butler University is getting a whole new look. The construction on Sunset Avenue is part of the Streetscape project, which aims to beautify entrances to campus. This project is expected to be completed by June 2015. Medians lined with trees will divide Sunset Avenue. Bike lanes and…
Jogger found dead on campus
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A male jogger was found dead on Butler University’s campus on Aug. 27. Butler University Police Department responded to a call about an unconscious person near the Carillon Tower on Lake Road. Indianapolis Fire Department and Eskenazi Health medics were on the scene with BUPD. After 40 minutes of CPR and…