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KATIE GOODRICH | Asst. News Editor Pole vaulting 10 feet into the air can be worrying, as is leading one’s first student assembly as Student Government Association president. Craig Fisher knows both of these fears. “That very first assembly, I was pretty nervous,” said Fisher, Butler University Student Government Association  president. “They give you this gavel. It…

SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Sophomores are signing leases for their off-campus senior houses earlier than in previous years. Weybright Real Estate owns about 50 of the off-campus senior houses.  After a wave of signings in January, only 10 of its houses are available to be leased for the 2015-2016 school year, said Brooke Lewis,…

JULIANNE STRIBIAK | Staff Reporter Extreme cold paired with snow and ice has left students wondering if classes will be delayed or cancelled many times in 2014. Last week, students had two delayed starts due to cold temperatures. Campus was also closed from 5 p.m. last night until 10 a.m. this morning, as of press…

NATALIE SMITH | Assistant News Editor “Shots fired on campus. The last thing you’d expect to hear.” This is the first line from a video Butler University Police Department tweeted Friday evening outlining the options someone has if faced with an active shooter situation. BUPD Assistant Chief of Police Andy Ryan said the message of…

KATIE GOODRICH | Assistant News Editor Butler University’s free speech policies will undergo changes to make the policies and process clearer for students wishing to demonstrate on campus. “Really, we don’t have any formal guidelines (on free speech) per se,” said Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs, “besides the time, place and manner approach,…

COLIN LIKAS | Editor-In-Chief Butler University is continuing enrollment processes for fall 2014 and 2015 as scheduled despite the recent departure of a key enrollment management division member. Provost Kathryn Morris said she does not believe “a leadership turnover means there are concerns that things are going to fall apart,” in reference to Tom Weede’s…

ALEXANDRA BODE | Staff Reporter Butler University will launch four new majors in time for the start of the fall 2014 semester. Sports media, interactive media, astronomy and astrophysics, and music instruction and performance were approved by the Faculty Senate as majors at last week’s meeting. Students can begin declaring these new majors as of…

RHYAN HENSON | Multimedia Editor Last Saturday was Stay Positive Day at the Butler men’s basketball game. Although the  team lost the game, the day was a win for junior Eric Day and his Stay Positive organization. Day spoke in front of a sold-out Hinkle Fieldhouse, educating the crowd about his story of beating cancer…

SARAH STOESZ | Staff Reporter Hinkle Fieldhouse surpassed its fundraising goal of $16 million. The campaign has raised $17.2 million so far. The renovation project is projected to cost about $35 million.  However, the campaign set a fundraising goal of $16 million and Butler University planned to finance the remaining amount, said Ken LaRose, associate…