MIRANDA MARITATO STAFF REPORTER In only the seventh week of the 2013-2014 school year, Ross Hall has accumulated $1,000 worth of damages, according to Residence Life Coordinator Laura Rychalsky. Damages regarding exit signs have been reported on the first two floors of the residence hall. These damages will be charged to all residents, including those…
Butler combats learning disabilities
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR Sophomore Breanna Mueller is quiet in her public speaking class COM101, even when the rest of the class talks about television show premieres. Her notebook is color coordinated, highlighted and neat. Mueller’s diligence during class results from years of compensating for academic challenges. She has Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and dyslexia.…
Advising across the spectrum
ALEXANDRA | STAFF REPORTER Butler University students have the opportunity to study from a selection of more than 65 fields of study. Each which greatly from one another. With such variation in the academic opportunities offered, the result is often an advising process equally as diverse. “So much of advising is college based,” said Jennifer…
Exorcist comes with controversy
NATALIE SMITH | STAFF REPORTER Father Vance Lampert came to Butler University last Thursday evening to present “The Rite of Exorcism” to a crowd of students lining the chairs and walls in the Reilly Room. Throughout his speech, he talked of his work as one of two priests in Indiana sanctioned to perform exorcisms. “Don’t…
Inside the student mind
MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU In recent years, Butler has seen a steady increase in the use of mental health services in different areas on campus. The number of students going to the Health and Recreation Center for counseling and consultation services has almost doubled from 6 percent to 10 percent of the student body…
BU Prays gives nondenominational support
KATIE GOODRICH | STAFF REPORTER BU Prays listserv, a mass-email list students can subscribe to, launched in fall 2010, provides a confidential, nondenominational way by which the Butler community may equest prayers from their peers. Through grant money, the Center for Faith and Vocation put on a series of workshops for faculty and staff to…
Frustration on the fields
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Staff Reporter The construction of the I Lot disrupted the availability of some intramural athletic fields for nearly 2,000 Butler students, and Recreation Director Scott Peden said “chaos may ensue” if the situation—among other issues—is not resolved in a timely manner. The lot’s construction diminished the amount of space available for intramural…
The ins and outs of FERPA
MELISSA IANNUZZI | ASST. NEWS EDITOR A group of Butler students gathered to smoke marijuana late one night when they were approached by a Butler University Police Department officer. He started to confiscate their drugs when one of the girls started seizing and fell to the ground. “I was absolutely terrified,” said the student, who…
Veterans Club created at Butler
DONALD PERIN STAFF REPORTER Cooper Dinges went through the ice-breaker activities with a far different perspective than the typical incoming freshman. It was not because of the awkward questions and group activities, but because Dinges is a 23-year-old veteran Marine Corps corporal. Dinges is the vice president of the new Veterans Club on Butler University’s…
Apartment Village student circulating petition
JEFF STANICH | STAFF REPORTER A parking lot adjacent to Apartment Village often sits nearly empty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, because students who live in AV cannot park there. Because of this parking situation, multiple AV residents—with their parking options reduced—have been getting ticketed if they try to park in the…