MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Stephen Standifird will begin serving as dean of Butler’s College of Business on June 1. Standifird is currently the dean of the Schroeder School of Business at the University of Evansville. He previously served as associate dean and director of undergraduate programs at the University of San Diego’s School of…
Online and Hybrid Classes Emerged
RYAN LOVELACE | Managing Editor Butler University has approximately doubled the amount of online and hybrid classes it offers since summer 2013. Online courses are offered strictly online, whereas hybrid courses involve some amount of in-class or in-person meetings. Julianne Miranda, senior director of the Center for Academic Technology, said student and faculty enthusiasm spurred…
Parking Ticket Woes Not Always Appealed
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Bright green tickets decorate the windshields of many students’ cars and the dollars add up. Junior Jordan Murphy said he received at least 10 parking tickets this year and tried to appeal at least two. “None of them were appealed because they didn’t see my explanation as a good enough…
Program Aims to Curb Workplace Discrimination
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Every Butler University employee must take an online training course about sexual harassment. Provost Kathryn Morris deferred to Human Resources regarding the online trainings. In an email statement, La Veda Howell, executive director of human resources, said the initiative launched in May 2013 and came to fruition this month.…
Students Walk to Lead Others Out of the Darkness
MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Every 13.7 minutes, someone in the United States commits suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for individuals of ages 15 to 24, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In past years, Butler University has hosted the AFSP’s Out of the Darkness walk to raise awareness…
A new route for sex dialogue
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Do you have a sex-related question you may be uncomfortable asking? Butler University students can ask sex-related questions to the BrdsNBz text service to receive an answer from a trained educator. Monique Hensley is the program manager of Health Care Education and Training, which offers the text service, and said…
Bringing speeches to Butler students
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Butler University hosts several speaker series that allow the audience to get to know the people behind various works While students know the guests involved, the process of getting them to Butler is likely less understood. The Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series brings six speakers to campus each…
Workplace harassment training required
All Butler University faculty, staff and student employees are required to complete a series of training programs relating to harassment in the workplace. The announcement was made in an email from President James Danko to involved parties Monday. The first of these programs is a 45-minute, interactive program meant to “empower members of our community…
Gay marriage discussion the first for new series
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Leigh Moscowitz from the College of Charleston returned to Butler University last night to talk about how “gays and lesbians were forced into a volatile war with the media.” “The gay marriage issue has its own implications,” said Moscowitz, a media studies professor. “For better or for worse, it…
New fraternity means business
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Butler University has a new business fraternity, Gamma Iota Sigma, which will be chartered on April 15. Gamma Iota Sigma is a fraternity for risk management and insurance majors. Students join the organization because it helps with future job placement, said junior Kelsey Harris, the chapter development chair for Gamma…