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  • 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,…

  • Trip and Georgetown Jack campaign for the White House

    Trip and Georgetown Jack campaign for the White House

    KATIE GOODRICH | EDITOR IN CHIEF | kmgoodri@butler.edu   Butler University’s mascot Butler Blue III, commonly referred to as Trip, announced his bid for the White House today. Trip teamed up with fellow bulldog mascot, Georgetown Jack, to maximize his campaign reach. The Collegian sat down with Trip to ask his some questions about the…

  • All about the mumps

    All about the mumps

    BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER The word “mumps” has been a part of Butler University student’s daily conversations for the past week. Butler students received their typical, daily Butler Connection on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Among the typical events and announcements, students found a link that was more unusual – about the mumps. A few days later, more mumps…

  • Black Student Union sends shipment of water to Flint

    Black Student Union sends shipment of water to Flint

    MATT DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER In the midst of the national water crisis in Flint, a group at Butler decided to do something about it. Kayla Long, secretary for Black Student Union (BSU), is a first year critical communications and media studies and digital media productions double major. Long said that after the story…