Butler University’s Student Government Association will vote this afternoon to approve the largest budget in the organization’s history. More than $748,000 collected from student fees will be allocated to student organizations and programs. Each year, Butler students pay approximately $288 in student fees. About $180 goes to SGA. Representatives from Butler’s more than 150 student…
Suspect name not released in incident
Published Sept. 18, 2012 Butler University Police Department refused to release the full incident report of a pellet gun shooting that occurred Sept. 11 at Apartment Village. FERPA Officials initially cited the Family Education and Privacy Rights Act as the reason the report could not be released. The federal law, known as FERPA, is overseen…
Organization gets denied
A prospective student organization was denied endorsement by the Student Government Association last Wednesday, and is up for appeal today. The National Society for Leadership and Success was presented before SGA executives and was denied endorsement. SGA Assembly will now listen to the NSLS’s presentation, and will vote to pass it or not. If the…
Suspicious individual reported on campus
The Butler University Police Department issued a timely warning Tuesday afternoon to warn students about a suspicious individual on campus. Assistant Chief of Police Bill Weber issued the warning after a student was approached Sept. 11. A man approached a female student at 10 p.m. between Jordan Hall and the College of Pharmacy and Health…
Freshmen differ on alcohol expectations
Freshmen arrived Aug. 18 with bags and books in tow, but also came with differing expectations. Freshmen had mixed expectations on the alcohol policy and how it is enforced. “I thought (the alcohol policy) was going to be enforced a lot more than it actually is,” freshman Jordan Reisman said. Reisman said the one measure…
BUPD aims to lock campus earlier
Plans to lock academic campus buildings at an earlier time are currently on the table to prevent unaffiliated trespassers from putting student safety at risk. Assistant Chief of Police Bill Weber, wants to start locking up campus buildings at 9 p.m. instead of 10 p.m., as well as opening them at 7 a.m. instead of…
New sexual assault programs aims to educate students
From Sept. 16 to 23, peer education groups are working alongside the Butler University Police Department and Counseling and Consultation Services for the annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Sarah Barnes Diaz, health education and outreach programs coordinator, believes that the repetition of the program every year is what keeps awareness strong. “We offer the same…
Greek house policies keep members safe
Greek houses are making an effort to keep student safety a priority. Student safety starts, quite literally, at the front door. Among the seven sororities and six fraternities on campus, entrance options range from fobs to keypad codes and even finger scan systems. Phi Delta Theta, a fraternity on campus, runs on the key…
Courses give back to community
Volunteering takes on a new meaning at Butler University with classes that have a service learning component. This component integrates both the traditional classroom setting and involvement in the Indianapolis community. Butler has offered service learning since the mid -1990s, but more students will be exposed to the program now because of the…
JCA moves arts forward
Butler University’s art college, which has its roots in the Metropolitan School of Music of the late nineteenth century, underwent another transformation this week. The Jordan College of Fine Arts officially changed its name to the Jordan College of the Arts, notifying students and faculty Monday around noon that the change was immediately in effect.…