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JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Bright green tickets decorate the windshields of many students’ cars and the dollars add up. Junior Jordan Murphy said he received at least 10 parking tickets this year and tried to appeal at least two. “None of them were appealed because they didn’t see my explanation as a good enough…

KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Every Butler University employee must take an online training course about sexual harassment. Provost Kathryn Morris deferred to Human Resources regarding the online trainings. In an email statement, La Veda Howell, executive director of human resources, said the initiative launched in  May 2013 and came to fruition this month.…

MIRANDA MARITATO | Staff Reporter Every 13.7 minutes, someone in the United States commits suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for individuals of ages 15 to 24, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In past years, Butler University has hosted the AFSP’s Out of the Darkness walk to raise awareness…

JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Do you have a sex-related question you may be uncomfortable asking? Butler University students can ask sex-related questions to the BrdsNBz text service to receive an answer from a trained educator. Monique Hensley is the program manager of Health Care Education and Training, which offers the text service, and said…

KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Butler University hosts several speaker series that allow the audience to get to know the people behind various works While students know the guests involved, the process of getting them to Butler is likely less understood. The Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series brings six speakers to campus each…

All  Butler University faculty, staff and student employees are required to complete a series of training programs relating to harassment in the workplace. The announcement was made in an email from President James Danko to involved parties Monday. The first of these programs is a 45-minute, interactive program meant to “empower members of our community…

KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Leigh Moscowitz from the College of Charleston returned to Butler University last night to talk about how “gays and lesbians were forced into a volatile war with the media.” “The gay marriage issue has its own implications,” said Moscowitz, a media studies professor. “For better or for worse, it…

SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Butler University has a new business fraternity, Gamma Iota Sigma, which will be chartered on April 15. Gamma Iota Sigma is a fraternity for risk management and insurance majors. Students join the organization because it helps with future job placement, said junior Kelsey Harris, the chapter development chair for Gamma…

MARAIS JACON-DUFFY | News Editor Four Butler students will spend the next few months serving as ambassadors for the city of Indianapolis and its events, advocating volunteerism and involvement. These students were chosen to represent their hometowns of Indiana, and the state as a whole, based on their involvement, passions and personalities. On top of…