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  • Couture relieved of duties as women’s basketball coach, Godlevske named to interim role

    Couture relieved of duties as women’s basketball coach, Godlevske named to interim role

    Beth Couture was relieved of her duties as head coach of the women’s basketball program today, according a statement released by the Athletics Department. Butler women’s basketball assistant coach Kurt Godlevske will assume the position of interim head coach immediately, according to the release. Athletic Director Barry Collier released the following statement regarding Godlevske. “I…

  • Colleagues defend Couture, but questions linger

    BY: COLIN LIKAS AND MATTHEW VANTRYON | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Former Butler University women’s basketball players and coaches continue to speak out about the program’s 12-year coach Beth Couture. Couture again declined to comment this week. The Butler Collegian ran a front-page story titled “Former players allege verbal abuse, mistreatment” last week. Since…

  • Sexual Assault Concerns

    COLIN LIKAS & MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | Editor-In-Chief & News Editor A recent protest on Butler University’s campus has accelerated plans to address sexual violence at the school. Butler President James Danko said in an email to The Collegian that addressing sexual violence on campus is the administration’s “number one priority.” “My intention had been to…

  • Sophomore Wears Number of Hats in Original Film, “Indy Push”

    SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter A new film, “Indy Push,” will premiere on campus at the end of the semester. Sophomore Jeff Stanich wrote, directed, produced and starred in “Indy Push.” Stanich is a journalism and English double major. “I started writing it in December because I started doing video and I’ve loved writing, so…

  • Student Hit by Dawg Ride Bus Near Campus

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Butler University Police Department’s Dawg Ride bus struck a student on Saturday morning. The collision occurred after midnight near the Apartment Village and 49th Street. BUPD’s daily crime log cited the incident as a “traffic accident resulting in personal injury/consumption and possession of alcohol of a minor.” Assistant Chief of…

  • Administration Addresses Housing Concerns

    ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter Butler University President James Danko described the student housing development as “a duck on the water.” “Because, as you look around campus, you don’t necessarily see the thing yet, but there’s a lot going on under the water,” Danko said. Butler partnered with American Campus Communities, a company based in…

  • University, SGA Budgets to be Determined

    NATALIE SMITH | Asst. News Editor Butler University’s financial office and the Student Government Association are looking at potential changes in their budgets for the upcoming school year. The university is working on an operating budget proposal to give to the Board of Trustees in early May. There may be some slight changes in money…

  • Former players allege verbal abuse, mistreatment

    BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor Previous Butler athletes speak out against coach as four women transfer Nine student-athletes have transferred from Butler University’s women’s basketball program over the past four academic years. Additionally, four coaches have left the program and five players have chosen not to return over the last five seasons. Four…

  • Dining Services Director Position to be Filled, Interim Director has Big Plans

    JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter A new interim director of dining services will replace Michelle Bryant-Jones after she left her position with little notice early this semester. Nate Haugh, operations director in the office of student affairs, was next in line to fill the gap in leadership. Sally Click, dean of student affairs, said the…