NATALIE SMITH | Asst. News Editor Butler University’s financial office and the Student Government Association are looking at potential changes in their budgets for the upcoming school year. The university is working on an operating budget proposal to give to the Board of Trustees in early May. There may be some slight changes in money…
Former players allege verbal abuse, mistreatment
BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor Previous Butler athletes speak out against coach as four women transfer Nine student-athletes have transferred from Butler University’s women’s basketball program over the past four academic years. Additionally, four coaches have left the program and five players have chosen not to return over the last five seasons. Four…
Dining Services Director Position to be Filled, Interim Director has Big Plans
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter A new interim director of dining services will replace Michelle Bryant-Jones after she left her position with little notice early this semester. Nate Haugh, operations director in the office of student affairs, was next in line to fill the gap in leadership. Sally Click, dean of student affairs, said the…
Drug Operation Near Butler’s Campus Busted by Police
MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Eleven people are facing federal charges in connection with a drug trafficking operation in the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood. Investigators said the men involved had stashed cocaine in houses around the Bulter-Tarkington area, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department statements released last week. The operation had been running for more than two…
Greek Students Educate their Chapters through GEAR Program
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Students are training to become representatives for their Greek chapters to serve as a resource for individuals with health and wellness concerns. Greek Educators, Advocates, and Resources, or GEAR, is a program where representatives from the Greek community educate their peers. “GEAR reps are students who have volunteered to serve…
Israeli Soldiers Share Their Stories with the Butler Community
ALESANDRA RABELLINO | Contributing Writer In the mailboxes of the average American 17-year-old, one might find birthday cards from relatives, high school report cards and informational college brochures. Travel 6,000 miles across the globe to Israel, however, and something different will be found in the mailbox of a 17-year-old. Rather than preparing for college and…
Lambda Pi Eta Reinstated at Butler
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor College of Communication students have the opportunity to rush for a new type of fraternity. Lambda Pi Eta is a nationally represented honors fraternity for upperclassmen studying in a communication field. Organizational communication professor Jessica Moore will serve as the group’s faculty sponsor. Moore, who was a collegiate Lambda Pi…
Students Honored for On-Campus Employment
COLIN LIKAS | Editor in Chief Select Butler University student employees and their employers filled the Schrott Center lobby yesterday for an award ceremony where one student win a statewide honor. Senior Eric Sanders, Irwin Library music and fine arts technician, earned Butler’s Student Employee of the Year award. Additionally, Sanders received Indiana’s Employee of…
Four players transferring from women’s basketball program
Four women’s basketball players are transferring from the program. Redshirt sophomore Haley Howard, freshman Ashton Feldhaus, junior Taylor Schippers and junior Liz Stratman will be leaving the university, according to a statement from Butler University athletic department. Howard has been in the program for three years and has played for two, after suffering an injury…
April Showers Flood Campus
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Butler University plans to improve sidewalk drainage in the summer of 2015 to prevent flooding on campus after heavy rainfall. Campus was hit late last week and early this week with heavy rain, causing flooding in some areas. Atherton Union experienced flooding last Thursday, Assistant Chief of Police Bill Weber…