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Students aim to raise awareness for homelessness

JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Friday, Feb. 13, Butler students and other volunteers representing Home Matters America will raise awareness for affordable housing at the Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. The event will begin at Noon and it is scheduled to end at 3 p.m. Sarah Burns, one of the volunteers, said her team will…
160 years strong: Founder’s Week

MOE SIMMONS | STAFF REPORTER Last Sunday kicked off Butler University’s Founder’s Week, a time when the Butler community comes together and celebrates 160 years of history tied to Ovid Butler, the school’s founder. Yet the week goes deeper than merely celebrating the life of a man. It aims to draw attention to the…
The circle of DEBT

JULIAN WYLLIE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF It is the new American horror story. The average student loan debt increases every year with no signs of slowing down. Nearly 70 percent of graduating college seniors in 2013 left school with at least $28,400 in student loan debt, according to The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). …
History of Butler: Sigma Gamma Rho

DAVID MCNEAL | STAFF REPORTER In 1922, during the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan, racial segregation and Jim Crow, seven women founded the only historically African-American sorority to be established on a predominantly white campus. The other eight members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, an organization of nine historically African-American Greek organizations, were founded…
5 things to know (Week 3)

Don’t have time to watch or read the news? No problem! The Butler Collegian’s editor-in-chief has compiled a list of the top five things he thinks readers should know this week. Let’s keep this relatively short, sweet and to the point. Enjoy responsibly. Fact 1: Lady LockDOWN: In 1975, female students at Butler…
Making use of uneaten food

KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER A group of students at Butler University are working to fill empty bellies and prevent uneaten food from rotting in landfills. The Food Recovery Network, a student organization, takes cooked or uneaten leftovers from basketball games and donates them to local shelters. “Food Recovery is about reducing waste,” Lauren Wathen,…
Studying abroad brings experience and independence

ANNIE WEBER | STAFF REPORTER Katie Ranshaw, a senior communication sciences disorder major, had just gotten out of the shower where she washed her hair with soap and then proceeded to brush it with a fork. “It was my third night in Rome, my roommate still hadn’t moved in, I didn’t have any of…
Zooming in on campus security

MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR Junior pharmacy major Jarred Daugherty left a pair of headphones sitting in a classroom in Jordan Hall. When he came back later to look for them, they were gone. Within a matter of minutes, he had become a victim of theft. Fifteen thefts have been reported since Sept. 17, according…
5 things to know (Week 2)

Don’t have time to watch or read the news? No problem! The Butler Collegian’s editor-in-chief has compiled a list of the top five things he thinks readers should know this week. Let’s keep this relatively short, sweet and to the point. Shall we begin? Fact 1: Be careful what you wish for: If a…