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…
Princesses drive toward their happily ever after
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Four Butler students will spend the next few months serving as ambassadors for the city of Indianapolis and its events, advocating volunteerism and involvement. These students were chosen to represent their hometowns of Indiana, and the state as a whole, based on their involvement, passions and personalities. On top of…
Public Relations event pits students against students
MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Two teams of Butler University students have been faced with the challenge of competing for public relations bragging rights. The Bateman Case Study Competition is the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) premier annual national case study event. It is geared toward public relations students. The competition gives students…
“Real Beauty” model inspires students
NATALIE SMITH | Asst. News Editor Model Stacy Nadeau said she wants everyone to be their best, healthy self. On Thursday night, Nadeau spoke to a crowd in the Johnson Room about her experience being featured on a Times Square billboard in nothing but her underwear and bra, untouched and un-airbrushed, as a part of…
Butler chooses Chad Pingel
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Sophomore Chad Pingel will lead Butler’s Student Government Association as president-elect. Pingel and Junior opponent Robert Gale were informed of the results slightly before that by phone calls at around 10:45 pm. “I’m ecstatic. I can’t believe it,” Pingel said. “I was shocked and surprised and feeling very fortunate, it’s…
Butler receiving new image
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Butler University hired 160over90, a branding agency, to help achieve the 2020 Vision. 160over90 is based in Philadelphia, Penn., and has worked with several universities on similar re-branding projects, such as the University of Notre Dame, University of Dayton, and Duke University. Matt Mindrum, vice president of marketing and…