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Pita Pit to open in parking garage this spring

MATTHEW VANTRYON | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Photo courtesy of Butler University Pita Pit, a quick-service restaurant serving pita sandwiches, soups and salads, will open a 1,400 square-foot franchise in the Sunset Avenue parking garage by late February or early March, according to a university press release. The Pita Pit franchise, owned by 2003 Butler graduate Travis Sealls,…
Butler-Tarkington sweep reveals top needs

MATT DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER On Nov. 17 and 18, members of 18 agencies, including the Marion County Health Department, carried out the Knock and Talk event where they went door-to-door in three neighborhoods, including Butler-Tarkington. The top needs found by the teams included financial assistance to maintain housing, utility assistance, homeowner repair, food…
Catholic conference comes to Indy

MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER The National Catholic Collegiate Conference started Nov. 19 and continued through Nov. 21 in Indianapolis. Six students from the Butler Catholic Community attended the conference. The conference happens every other year. This is the second conference. NCCC is put on in conjunction with the older National Catholic Youth Conference for…
#ButlerInBlack for Paris

BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER On Nov. 16 Butler University students joined together and wore black to support the French students of Butler and for all of those affected by the recent tragedies in Paris. Last Friday, six terrorist attacks took place at various locations throughout Paris. After the attacks, ISIS, a well-known Sunni jihadist militant group,…
IMPD performs sweep in Butler-Tarkington area

MATT DEL BUSTO & MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTERS City officials will be leading a neighborhood walk in the Butler-Tarkington area Nov. 17 and 18. “We literally go door-to-door and talk to neighbors,” said Julie Fidler, a housing and services specialist for the Indianapolis Department of Public Safety. “If you see us, say hi. It’s supposed…
BITS becomes a student organization

BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER Bulldogs in the Streets, or BITS, will be a new student organization on Butler’s campus after applications are reviewed and positions are appointed this November. BITS, in the past, has been a one-day service project at the start of the school year where students, faculty and community members would sign…
Butler students lose security blanket

MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN & MATTHEW DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTERS Vanessa Staublin, a senior strategic communications major, has night class most days. She walks to her home in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood, Mace dangling on her keychain and using the flashlight app on her phone. Staublin felt safe when she first came to Butler University, but that…
SGA releases new newsletter

BLAKELY HEATON | STAFF REPORTER Butler students, faculty and alumni can now subscribe to the new Student Government Association newsletter, the Carillon. SGA released the first issue of The Carillon, on Nov. 1, 2015. The newsletter will be a way for all who subscribe to stay up to date on what SGA is doing on…
Veteran group helps transition to college life

ANNIE WEBER | CO-NEWS EDITOR Cooper Dinges, 25, said he lives under the motto “the few, the proud.” After high school, he spent four years in the Marines as an amphibious assault vehicle crewman. He continues to be one of “the few” as a veteran at Butler University. Dinges is president and founder of BU…