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  • Jackson Davis transfer and men’s basketball hopes next season

    Jackson Davis transfer and men’s basketball hopes next season

    PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu After the Butler basketball team’s season came to an end with the round of 32 loss against the University of Virginia, the Bulldogs’ focus immediately shifted to the 2016-17 season. The tasks they face include finding replacements for the production of seniors Kellen Dunham and Roosevelt Jones, as…

  • Butler University to add new major

    KRISTIN CAMILIERE | STAFF REPORTER Butler University added a Healthcare and Business Major that will launch this fall. Through this major, students will get a better understanding of how the business side of healthcare works. The Healthcare and Business major is a four-year degree that combines the general health care related coursework and basic business…

  • Rising sophomores to pick Fairview Housing March 29

    Rising sophomores to pick Fairview Housing March 29

    MATT DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER In the fall of 2016, rising sophomores will be the first group to move into Fairview House, Butler University’s newest residence hall. Unlike ResCo, where sophomores have traditionally lived, Fairview is made up of suites of 6 or 8 people as opposed to the traditional quads. On March 29,…

  • Disable the Label: Handicap This!

    ANNIE WEBER | NEWS EDITOR Tim Wambach rolled Mike Berkson’s wheel chair on to the Reilly Room stage. Wambach has been Berkson’s aid for the past 15 years. “It’s been like a marriage, a lot of ups and downs,” Wambach said. He and Berkson went back and forth cracking a lot of jokes like this…

  • Covering Off-Campus Communities

    BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER | bnheaton@butler.edu Trish Barton,  a senior double majoring in journalism and international studies and minoring in French, travels 9.8 miles northeast of campus to Triton Brewing Company. She is not going to order a drink or meet up with friends. She is interviewing the brewmaster for her journalism class. Starting…

  • Students perform at Manuscripts’ open mic night

    LYLA IANNACCONE | MULTIMEDIA REPORTER

  • YMCA service trip to leave March 4

    YMCA service trip to leave March 4

    MATT DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER The YMCA service trip is set to leave for Jamaica on Friday, March 4. The group will go to Mandeville, Jamaica where they will stay at a local camp. Luke Gallion, senior chemistry major and trip attendee, has been on the trip with the YMCA twice and spent six…

  • Founder’s Week Kickoff

    GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu The Founder’s Week kickoff event, held in Irwin Library, marked the start of an important week at Butler University. The highlight of the event was the unveiling of a greatly restored 1887 class photo. Gertrude Mahorney, the first African-American to graduate from Butler, was included in the photo.…

  • SGA presidential candidates debate

    BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER Trump, Clinton and Cruz are common names in conversations around the country as the presidential election is nearing, but Butler University is preparing for an election of its own. Veena Barona. Paige Haefer. Anthony Murdock. These three names are Butler SGA’s presidential candidates. The Butler Collegian tuned into their debate,…