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  • 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…

  • Students can help impoverished and intern overseas

    ALEXANDRA BODE / STAFF REPORTER Two Butler University students are working to bring a chapter of Nourish International to Butler.   The group’s mission is “to engage students and empower communities to make a lasting impact on extreme poverty,” according to their website. Junior Sarah Zimmerman spent the spring 2014 semester studying in Latin America where…

  • $25,000 allocated for SGA app

    KATIE GOODRICH/ NEWS CO-EDITOR The Innovation Fund allotted grant money to develop a new Butler mobile app. Austin Del Priore, vice president of administration for the Student Government Association, and Rachel Skelton, Council on Presidential Affairs member, applied for a grant to kick start the process. The Innovation Fund gives money to various projects each…

  • The light at the end of the tunnel: Streetscape project slated for June 2015

    The light at the end of the tunnel: Streetscape project slated for June 2015

    SARAH STOESZ/ ASST. NEWS EDITOR The gateway to Butler University is getting a whole new look. The construction on Sunset Avenue is part of the Streetscape project, which aims to beautify entrances to campus. This project is expected to be completed by June 2015. Medians lined with trees will divide Sunset Avenue.  Bike lanes and…

  • Jogger found dead on campus

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A male jogger was found dead on Butler University’s campus on Aug. 27. Butler University Police Department responded to a call about an unconscious person near the Carillon Tower on Lake Road. Indianapolis Fire Department and Eskenazi Health medics were on the scene with BUPD. After 40 minutes of CPR and…

  • JCA adjunct, Indianapolis Children’s Choir director, dies at 55

    NATALIE SMITH/ NEWS CO-EDITOR Director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir and Butler adjunct professor Cheryl West died on Saturday. Ronald Caltabiano, dean of the Jordan College of the Arts, sent an email informing the campus her death. West, 55, was rushed to the hospital late Friday night after a severe cerebral hemorrhage, as stated in…

  • Crime numbers high over holiday weekend

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY/ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Butler University Police Department cited 6 incidents of possession or consumption of alcohol by a minor over Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, according the the department’s daily crime log. All incidents except one resulted in a summons arrest, where the students involved are issued a ticket and required to…