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,…
To close, or not to close
JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Extreme cold paired with snow and ice has left students wondering if classes will be delayed or cancelled many times in 2014. Last week, students had two delayed starts due to cold temperatures. Campus was also closed from 5 p.m. last night until 10 a.m. this morning, as of press…
What Would We Do?
NATALIE SMITH | Assistant News Editor “Shots fired on campus. The last thing you’d expect to hear.” This is the first line from a video Butler University Police Department tweeted Friday evening outlining the options someone has if faced with an active shooter situation. BUPD Assistant Chief of Police Andy Ryan said the message of…
Speaker’s Corner Raises Free Speech Concerns
KATIE GOODRICH | Assistant News Editor Butler University’s free speech policies will undergo changes to make the policies and process clearer for students wishing to demonstrate on campus. “Really, we don’t have any formal guidelines (on free speech) per se,” said Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs, “besides the time, place and manner approach,…
No Issues Expected Despite Departure
COLIN LIKAS | Editor-In-Chief Butler University is continuing enrollment processes for fall 2014 and 2015 as scheduled despite the recent departure of a key enrollment management division member. Provost Kathryn Morris said she does not believe “a leadership turnover means there are concerns that things are going to fall apart,” in reference to Tom Weede’s…
Four New Majors Added to Butler’s Offerings
ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter Butler University will launch four new majors in time for the start of the fall 2014 semester. Sports media, interactive media, astronomy and astrophysics, and music instruction and performance were approved by the Faculty Senate as majors at last week’s meeting. Students can begin declaring these new majors as of…