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Butler students use and abuse prescription drugs to focus

JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER The words of your microbiology paper start to swim on the computer screen before your heavy eyelids. The clock ticks toward 1 a.m. as the cursor hovers blankly on page one. So you pop a pill that draws your attention to all things microbiology like a magnet. You finish…
BUPD alerts campus of emergencies via Dawg Alert

KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER When the Butler University Police Department needs to send a Dawg Alert to notify people about an emergency, its first step is to glance at the Clery Handbook. The Clery Handbook is a federally mandated guide that instructs postsecondary education police departments on how to report and describe crimes. It…
Butler dining to dish out changes

TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER Butler University dining will serve up some changes next semester. Last week, the Butler Cuisine Bureau met to discuss new options and hear feedback from the student body. Nate Haugh, director of dining, Kristin Ringham, director of dining operations and Nathaniel Malone, executive chef, all attended. Meal variety in the…
Observatory repairs and renovations

CASSE EBERLE | STAFF REPORTER Renovations are underway for the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium’s largest telescope. The renovations will cost $325,000. Brian Murphy, observatory director, said this expense is slightly less than the original cost of $350,000 to build the observatory in 1954. Frank Levinson, a former Butler physics student, funded the project to renovate…
Men’s basketball beats Franklin in final exhibition game

BY KYLE BEERY | SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR The Butler men’s basketball team routed the Franklin College Grizzlies Saturday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse 98-43 in its last exhibition game of the season. Senior Kameron Woods and freshman Kelan Martin each had 18 points to lead all scorers. Freshman Tyler Wideman made his debut after sitting out last…
Academic calendar changed

JULIANNE STRIBIAK | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Changes are on the horizon regarding the length of semesters and summer sessions in upcoming years. The upcoming 2015 summer session will last 14 weeks instead of 12, which will affect the durations of school breaks. Registrar Michele Neary said the two biggest reasons leading to this change in…
Ten percent of students insured by Butler

KIRSTEN ADAIR | STAFF REPORTER Students enrolling at Butler University who did not have existing health insurance found more than $1,000 tacked onto their bills this year. That is the cost of Butler University’s sponsored student health insurance plan, which was added to students’ bills if they did not waive the plan or if…
Butler’s new brand coming soon

KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS EDITOR Butler University will start to unveil its new brand in December to unify the way the university shares its story. Butler’s marketing and communications department hired 160over90, a branding agency based in Philadelphia, to help with the efforts to change Butler’s image in February. The university and 160over90 started a process…
All about adjuncts

Tyler Springer |Staff Reporter They teach only one or two classes per week, receive a lower salary than full-time professors and do not have to attend faculty meetings very often. These are Butler University’s adjuncts. Butler currently employs about 65 adjuncts, according to data from Butler’s office of institutional research. Most of these adjuncts teach…