COLIN LIKAS | Editor-In-Chief It’s not uncommon to have men and women living in the same floor of a residence hall on Butler’s campus. However, Butler will get its first taste of co-educational, on-campus rooms this fall in Apartment Village. Co-educational, also known as co-ed, living descibes an area in which men and women can…
Lack of Air Conditioning has Atherton Union Sweating
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Atherton Union will be without air conditioning for the next six to eight weeks. Rich Michal, executive director of facilities, said the 21-year-old cooling towers that sit south of Jordan Hall need to be replaced. “This winter was especially hard on everything,” Michal said. “So we decided now’s the time,…
New Minor Created within College of Education
MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter The College of Education will offer recreation and sports studies as a new minor starting in fall 2014. The minor is designed for students looking to engage in health, physical activity, recreation and sports outside of school studies said Mindy Welch associate professor of physical education. Welch is also the…
Parking Committee Faces Tough Task
NATALIE SMITH | Asst. News Editor It’s 11 a.m. on a Tuesday. A group sits down with an agenda, ready to discuss, recommend and vote on one of Butler University’s most controversial topics—parking. This group of 15 faculty and staff members and two students is called the parking committee. “The committee meets to discuss issues…
Student Town Hall Addresses Questions, Concerns
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Butler University students have answers to important questions from administrators and an idea of the university’s future after last week’s Student Town Hall. “I am sure you will see some explosive transformation in the coming months,” President James Danko said. “There has been some quiet time during our strategic…
Undergraduate Research Conference Breaks Record
ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter More than 600 students from across the nation will present research at the Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference on Friday. The 26th URC is the largest in event history, with a greater than 20 percent increase in the number of presenters from last year. There will be participants from 20…
April showers bring flooding to Butler
PHOTOS BY MARKO TOMICH With the calendar’s turn to April, the skies have opened up over Butler University. Heavy rain has caused problems on Butler’s sidewalks and in some of its buildings. Up to one inch of new rain could fall in the area tonight, and up to another half inch could come Friday morning…
Collegian managing editor wins national award
Ryan Lovelace, The Butler Collegian’s managing editor, has earned the Investigative Reporters and Editors award for top student investigative journalism story in the nation. Lovelace received the award for his story “A Center and Its Director,” which was published on pages one, two and 12 in the Nov. 20, 2013 issue of The Collegian. The…
LJ Under Fire: Freshman Caucus Hosts a Roast
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Most Butler University students have heard about Levester Johnson’s tweet treats, love for social media or, at the very least, his nickname “LJ.” What many would not know is that Johnson is a diehard country music fan and that he takes pride in his home gardening. Due to his prominence…
New SGA Officers Slated for 2014-2015
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Butler University’s next Student Government Association executive board is preparing to take office for the 2014-2015 school year. SGA announced the slate of next school year’s officers at the assembly meeting last Wednesday. There are seven officer positions in addition to SGA president. The SGA Assembly elected the vice presidents…