COLIN LIKAS EDITOR IN CHIEF After a little more than two months on Butler University’s campus, the Dawg Ride system has gotten several students from point A to point B. But it has not come without some concerns and troubles, and users should expect a change to the system soon. Dawg Ride is “an on-demand…
CCOM internship director to step down
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR Associate professor Allison Harthcock announced she will step down as College of Communication Internship Director at the end of the semester. CCOM Dean Gary Edgerton is currently searching for someone to fill the position, according to an email to CCOM majors. Harthcock said she needed to focus on her health, in…
New ticket system is bad for students
By Rhyan Henson The new way students buy tickets for basketball games is nearly pointless and will make going to the games overly complex. Starting this year, students must go days, sometimes weeks, in advance to pick up their tickets for basketball games. Students must bring their ID when they pick up their tickets days…
Former Collegian editor wins national award
Press release by Marc Allan, associate director of university relations School of Journalism alumna Jill McCarter (’13), the editor of The Butler Collegian during the 2012-2013 school year, has won a first-place Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) national award for an advertising campaign that introduces Collegian readers to the newspaper’s staff members and attempts to recruit…
Students have options to keep information private
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR Junior Katie Reed said she was initially shocked when people began telling her about a large picture of her playing soccer hanging in a building on campus. “I had never even seen this picture,” Reed said. “But I was curious as to what it looked like and what it was. When…
SGA relays student parking input
Katie Goodrich | Staff Reporter Student Government Association and the Butler University Police Department plan to make further parking changes in addition to the changes announced prior to Fall Break. The two groups worked together to implement changes that would be beneficial for the students and the parking situation. Ben Hunter, chief of staff and…
Faculty circulates parking position
Miranda Maritato | Staff Reporter Butler faculty is working to change the current regulations for parking lot two, located outside of the Fairbanks Center. In an effort to draw attention to the issue, College of Communication administrative assistant Maggie McGlynn and Liberal Arts and Sciences administrative assistant Amy Aldridge formed a petition to allow their…
RED INK
COLIN LIKAS | Editor-in-Chief The Butler Collegian is struggling financially—along with other school newspapers and the nation’s newspaper industry—and is searching for new business models and revenue streams. Changes in technology and the recent recession have resulted in advertising revenue falling from a high of $42,000 seven years ago to a new low of less…
Assessing the value of student journalism
BY MALLORY DUNCAN | ASST. ARTS, ETC. EDITOR The Butler Collegian has been publishing since 1886. The impact it—and other student newspapers—can have on their respective college and university campuses can be far reaching. “College papers are essential because not only do they just help the students learn how to do journalism but they help…
Freshmen impact religious groups
NATALIE SMITH STAFF REPORTER Despite their respective differences, Butler University’s religious clubs have in common one thing beyond coexistance: The phrase “Holy freshmen.” Butler’s religious organizations felt the impact of the class of 2017. Membership increased more than usual this year. Matt O’Brien, a junior and member of Cru, a Christian organization on campus, said…