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…
Butler announces addition of parking lot, changes to permits
Butler University has implemented a plan to immediately solve a part of the parking problem on campus. In a letter to the Butler community, Ben Hunter, chief of staff, revealed a new parking lot and the reconfiguring of current lots to allow for more parking. The new lot will be known as “I Lot” and…
Brad Stevens to become head coach of Boston Celtics
In a move that seemingly few anticipated, former Butler men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens was named the 17th-ever head coach of the National Basketball Association’s Boston Celtics Wednesday afternoon. The announcement was made to the Butler community through an press release from Butler’s athletics department. “Our family is thrilled for the opportunity given to us…
Walsh takes Shakespeare out of the classroom
English professor William Walsh established a Shakespeare Summer Program in 1987. Since then, he has taken more than 500 students to experience Shakespeare in England over the course of 26 years. “I love watching the young people discover the country,” Walsh said. A University of California, Riverside graduate, Walsh began his first teaching job at…
Likas to take Collegian helm
The Collegian’s next editor in chief comes with an ability to write just about anything, a love of sports, quiet leadership and a subtle sense of humor. A committee of journalists, teachers and journalism advocates selected Managing Editor Colin Likas to serve as the editor in chief during the 2013-14 academic year. Likas started at…
State group to promote cancer awareness on campus
Healthy Horizons just wrapped up phase one of a multi-phase process to encourage screenings for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in the campus community. Healthy Horizons is a program started in 2004 to promote healthy living. Earlier this month, the first phase of the process began with a confidential online survey testing faculty’s and staff’s…