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ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER Yik Yak is an Android and iPhone app targeted at college students that allows the user to send out an anonymous message to others with the app, within a selected geographical radius. Its mission is “to create a feed of what people are saying, thinking and doing around you,” according…

KARL AGGER | STAFF REPORTER The President’s Diversity Commission recently released its integrated report. The commission was announced in September 2014 by President James Danko with the aim of assessing the current diversity programs on campus and looking for areas of improvement. The 15 members of the commission include faculty, staff, students, trustees and community…

KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Students throwing away food at Atherton Union’s Marketplace last Tuesday might have noticed the small bins lined up against the wall for food to be dumped into. Those bins were for composting, and starting April 14, Butler’s goal is to collect leftovers every Tuesday and Friday to be turned into…

MIRANDA MARITATO | STAFF REPORTER The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is working with the Butler University Police Department in an active investigation of an alleged on-campus rape. The incident occurred April 19 in the early hours of the morning at a residence hall. The suspect was known to the victim and has been identified. Andrew…

MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR A Butler University student with the pseudonym “Eliza Quincey” posted a blog on April 11, 2014, titled “Since Everyone Thinks I’m Being ‘Too Emotional’ About My Rape, Here Are Just The Facts Of How My University Swept It Under The Rug,” detailing allegations of missteps in Butler’s handling of her…

KARL AGGER | STAFF REPORTER In the Black Box Theatre of Lilly Hall, a hush comes over the audience. There is no curtain to be drawn for this stage, but all the same a show is about to begin. The play, “Crime and Punishment,” is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic nineteenth century novel, adapted…