Butler University’s sidewalks are being renovated, with the current construction surrounding Star Fountain. Located in the center of the Mall, the construction has caused closure of passageways from Irwin Library to Atherton Union. Jerry Carlson, director of maintenance services, said this is one of many sections that will fall under one renovation project. “Wherever you…
Vote passed to address holidays
Faculty Senate passed a proposal Tuesday to revise the university policy concerning students’ rights to request accommodations for religious observances. “There was an effort to clarify the language of the policy,” said Margaret Brabant, Faculty Senate chair. “It also helps to reiterate the very important message of student responsibility.” The new policy requires students to…
Campus remembers late professor
Butler University colleagues and students remember Amos Carpenter as a man of knowledge and humility. An extremely organized person (though it wouldn’t look that way, according to faculty in the math department), Carpenter was kind, and he encouraged others’ input and questions. “He always had a great, big smile with a twinkle in his eye,”…
CPA prioritizes campus projects
The Student Government Association’s Council on Presidential Affairs has developed a wish list for this year, but Christmas is still more than a month away. CPA outlined 35 objectives it wants to work on as it starts projects for the academic year, including an underground tunnel system connecting every building on campus, a sports bar…
Clowes to undergo $2M renovation
Clowes Memorial Hall is slated to undergo renovations this summer in preparation for the theater’s 50th anniversary celebration in October 2013. Starting next June, Clowes will go recieve a nine-week renovation during which seats, roof, floor and walls will be repaired. The renovations are possible due to a $2 million grant from the Allen Whitehall…
Students hunger for dining changes
Freshman Kathryn Cleary started Dawgs for a Cause two weeks ago to show Butler University’s dining services what students really have a taste for. Cleary said she immediately saw the food offered by dining services was not up to par. After starting the group, Cleary tried boycotting dining services for eight days. During her boycott,…
AUDIO | “It all happened in less than five minutes. Totally a reaction.”
Butler parent Nick Frisone helped police capture a robbery suspect on campus this afternoon. Listen to his interview with The Collegian here: Nick Frisone Interview A transcription of the interview is below. I went to Atherton to get coffee at Starbucks. I heard the high-speed chase, which was close in proximity, as I heard the…
Robbery suspects flee through Butler campus
This post was last updated at 7:46 p.m. An armed man involved in a robbery ran through the Butler University campus to evade police late Sunday morning. While that man is still at-large, another suspect in the robbery was captured by police with help from a Butler parent. A third suspect was initially reported by some outlets,…
Lilly Hall theft brings total incidents to 23
Butler University Police Department is looking into who was responsible for a theft in Lilly Hall on Monday night. A wallet, a phone and an iPod were stolen from the costume shop of Lilly Hall sometime before 10 p.m. Students were in the building, practicing for the theatre department’s “Bali Dream.” When the cast was…
Officials looking for student feedback on new facility
The proposed parking garage at Butler University will likely add a significant amount of housing—in addition to parking spaces—if it is approved by the Board of Trustees. Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson presented preliminary sketches of possible new rooms at a Student Government Association meeting last week. “We wanted to get (students’) feedback…