BY JEFF STANICH NEWS EDITOR Parking permits for the majority of Butler University’s students will cost nearly three times as much as last year. Students have had various reactions to the change, both in favor and against. Sophomore Serena Caress said the more expensive permit forced her to leave her car at home. “I tried…
Midsummer mayhem results in arrests
BY MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR Butler University’s “midsummer” weekend may come to a stop due to arrests, community complaints and negative media attention surrounding the June weekend. As local outlets such as FOX 59 and the Indianapolis Star reported, 33 Butler students were arrested by excise police at midsummer this year. Countless others were ticketed.…
Reaction to parking changes varies
BY JEFF STANICH | NEWS EDITOR Parking permits for the majority of Butler University’s students will cost nearly three times as much as last year. Students have had various reactions to the change, both in favor and against. Sophomore Serena Caress said the more expensive permit forced her to leave her car at home. “I…
IMPD has lead on Sunday’s armed robbery
BY MELISSA IANNUZZI | ASST. NEWS EDITOR The Butler University and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Departments are searching for individuals who robbed two Butler students at gunpoint. Detective Bruce Allee said IMPD appears to have a lead in the case. Two Butler students were walking on 42nd Street around 3 a.m. Sunday when a car stopped…
When it comes to summer parking changes… who really wins?
RYAN LOVELACE | Managing editor Most Butler University students will pay more for the same parking spaces available last year, despite the university’s expectation to spend tens of millions of dollars less than it originally planned. Butler officials implemented a new parking system without much prior input from those directly impacted by the price increase.…
Butler IT launches app
MELISSA IANNUZZI Assistant News Editor Students will now be able to access the features available on my.butler from their smartphones via a Butler University mobile app. The app directs users to the new mobile site Information Technology launched in the spring of this year. The app contains links to a campus directory, alerts, news, course…
Aigotti, Mindrum join Butler staff
COLIN LIKAS Editor in Chief One was plucked from another private Indiana college institution. The other was taken from a company that employed Brad Stevens over a decade ago. Now, Claire Aigotti and Matthew Mindrum are in key administrative positions at Butler University. On June 28, Aigotti was named Butler’s first-ever general counsel, and Mindrum…
Diversity, excitement and concern: a glance at Butler’s newest class
ALEXANDRA BODE Staff Reporter Butler University welcomed a record-breaking class last weekend. It was not size, but the group’s diversity which put it in the school’s history books. The class of 2017 is the most ethnically and geographically diverse freshman class to date. Of the 1,025 new students, 14.4 percent label themselves as “multicultural,”…
Blue II’s health declines
TORI FARR Staff Reporter Former Butler University mascot Blue II is doing well despite his recent diagnosis with Cushing’s disease, owner and handler Michael Kaltenmark said. The announcement came through Blue II’s blog and social media accounts on Aug. 1. Cushing’s disease is an irreversible brain disease that causes a tumor to form on the…
Danko speaks on parking, incoming class, campus improvements in State of the University address
BY JEFF STANICH | NEWS EDITOR Butler’s University’s academic year kicked off on Friday with President James Danko’s State of the University address. Danko spoke about various subjects regarding the university, including the incoming freshman class, parking concerns, changes in Butler athletics and the university’s overall growth. He also redefined his Strategic Vision—giving it the…