JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Butler University students have a chance to prove they are Earth conscious during RecycleMania, which began Feb. 2 and will continue through Mar. 29. RecycleMania is a friendly competition for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities, according to the RecycleMania Facebook page.…
Faculty and staff bond with brown bags
COLIN LIKAS | Editor-In-Chief Students at Butler University get the opportunity to meet and interact with new and varying individuals. while on campus. At the same time, those helping to provide a college experience to students can also interact and become companions. This is a key goal for Butler Staff Assembly’s “informal lunches.” The first…
Butler emails still active shortly after graduation
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Students looking toward graduation should also look into finding a new email provider. University students who are on track to graduate in May will not be able to use their Butler email after Aug. 1, of this year, according to Scott Kincaid, chief information officer. Email termination is not dependent…
Butler grad Kaltenmark moves up the chain
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Michael Kaltenmark now has what he calls his dream job, after his recent promotion to director of external relations. Kaltenmark was promoted to this position at the beginning of the month. Kaltenmark said he thinks he fits the bill for this position because of its public relations and community relations…
When a Sex Crime Occurs on Campus, Butler Police Decide How to Act
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Viviane Linos was surprised to discover the rape of another student by a fellow Butler student had allegedly occurred before the beginning of winter break. What concerned Linos more was the fact she found out about the incident by way of Butler Confessions, an anonymous social media page. Linos, a…
Blue II lives on in ‘Good Boy, Blue!’
ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter Michael Kaltenmark, the handler for Butler University’s live mascot and director of web marketing, is reminding Butler community members and others that Blue II’s memory will live on forever through the book Good Boy, Blue! “I decided to write this book because we are always looking for ways to connect…
CPA hopes to change C-Club atmosphere
MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Butler’s Council on Presidential Affairs is working to update Butler’s Campus Club food court, potentially adding pool tables and new couches. CPA surveyed students about their dining experience, mostly regarding C-Club, during finals week last semester. “A lot of the feedback from the Flip the Script survey was improving the…
Lifeline Law endorsed
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Butler’s Student Government Association is lobbying for proposed amendments to the Indiana Lifeline Law. SGA voted on a resolution to support the bill that is currently in Indiana’s House of Representatives. If voted on this session, the bill could go into effect by July 1, 2014. The bill expands…
Presidential Involvement: SGA head Craig Fisher relishes chances to interact with Butler community
KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Pole vaulting 10 feet into the air can be worrying, as is leading one’s first student assembly as Student Government Association president. Craig Fisher knows both of these fears. “That very first assembly, I was pretty nervous,” said Fisher, Butler University Student Government Association president. “They give you this gavel. It…
Surge of sophomores signing senior houses
SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Sophomores are signing leases for their off-campus senior houses earlier than in previous years. Weybright Real Estate owns about 50 of the off-campus senior houses. After a wave of signings in January, only 10 of its houses are available to be leased for the 2015-2016 school year, said Brooke Lewis,…