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  • Sexual assault commission searches for volunteers

    KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS CO-EDITOR Provost Kathryn Morris sent a campus-wide email asking for volunteers to serve on the Presidential Sexual Assault Commission. The email asked for staff, faculty and students to volunteer their time to serve on a sub-committee during the 2014-2015 academic year. Sub-committees include campus climate assessment, curricular initiatives and survivor advocacy,…

  • Sexual assault programming comes to campus

    NATALIE SMITH / NEWS CO-EDITOR The conversation about sexual assault on campus will continue tonight in the Reilly Room. Sexual assault prevention speaker Aaron Boe will present “That Sex & Relationships Program” at 8 p.m. The program targets sophomores and upperclassmen, especially those who live off campus. The talk will focus on sexual and relational…

  • Distinguished former president remembered by Butler community

    Distinguished former president remembered by Butler community

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF   Butler’s 20th president, remembered by many for his crowd-surfing and coffee chats, died suddenly Monday morning. Bobby Fong, 64, died of a heart attack in his home in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. The news travelled quickly, and Butler University’s flags were lowered to half-mast. “We were truly lucky to have Bobby for as…

  • New party law affects fraternities and off-campus houses

    New party law affects fraternities and off-campus houses

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A new Indiana law could put Butler students who host underage drinkers behind bars. The “social host law,” part of Indiana Senate Bill 236, makes the crime of knowingly and intentionally serving alcohol a Class B misdemeanor. Committing a Class B misdemeanor could result in a sentence of up to 180…

  • Diseases pop up on campus

    JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER The first days of school for Butler University are “kind of like daycare,” said Julie Howerton, director of health services. “Everyone is a little more vulnerable at the beginning of the year, because they haven’t had that exposure,” Howerton said. “That is part of the challenge when students come back to…

  • Education goes electronic

    ALEXANDRA BODE / STAFF REPORTER Butler University’s online and hybrid course offerings more than doubled since last fall semester. This semester there are 11 online and hybrid courses in five different areas of study. Butler University President James Danko’s 2020 Vision includes increased online learning opportunities. The university added 26 online or hybrid courses in…

  • Faculty in Residence celebrates 25th year at Butler

    Faculty in Residence celebrates 25th year at Butler

    MIRANDA MARITATO/ STAFF REPORTER A professor moved into Residential College 24 years ago, and he has been there since. Duane Leatherman started serving as a Faculty-in-Residence in 1989, the inaugural year of the program. He lived in Schwitzer Hall his first year. Leatherman has been a FIR for 25 of his 32 years at Butler.…

  • Grant to fund gaming lab

    JYLIAN VIGAR / STAFF REPORTER From playing Dungeons & Dragons as a child to working with technology at the University of Virginia, a Butler English professor has always been interested in video games. “The complexity of video games today allows you to immerse yourself in another world, which is the same thing as a novel,”…

  • Chickenpox case on campus

    KATIE GOODRICH / NEWS CO-EDITOR Butler University Health Services confirmed a case of varicella, or chicken pox. The student continues to recover at his family’s home, according to a campus-wide email sent from Julie Howerton, director of health services, on Sept. 2. The email stated the greatest risk for exposure was in Ross Hall during…