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  • “One Policy, One Process”

    MARAIS JACON-DUFFY NEWS EDITOR Butler University plans to implement a Title IX policy to cover students, faculty and staff. This policy will follow the guidelines of the “one policy, one process” model many colleges and universities now practice. This model was created by the Association of Title IX Administrators, an association made of K-12 and…

  • TKE parking lot sits empty

    ALEXANDRA BODE STAFF REPORTER The 2013-2014 school year marks the second school year that Butler’s Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter is no longer active. The former TKE house is located between Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Chi Omega. Behind it is a lot with approximately 50 parking spots. Lately, many students have noticed how empty this…

  • Desmond Tutu Center anounced by Butler, CTS

    COLIN LIKAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Butler University announced the planned creation of The Desmond Tutu Center in partnership with Christian Theological Seminary. They made the announcement prior to Archbishop Tutu’s speech at Clowes Memorial Hall last Thursday. The academic center will be the only in North America to be named after Tutu. “We’re interested in peace and…

  • The Perfect Record

    WRITTEN BY MALLORY DUNCAN, ASST. ARTS, ETC. EDITOR Upendra Pandya has completed a feat not many people can boast about. He has perfect attendance at work—for 35 years and counting. Perfect attendance entails going a whole fiscal year without calling in sick or missing a scheduled workday. That means, for 12,784 days, Pandya has never…

  • Pressed to preserve

    WRITTEN BY BRITTANY GARRETT, STAFF REPORTER A bit of history is hidden at Butler’s Friesner Herbarium. The herbarium contains more than 100,000 dried and pressed leaves, making up the third-largest collection of plants in the state. The herbarium is also the site where Dr. Ray C. Friesner—the man for whom the building is named—conducted most…

  • Thefts and other crime on the rise

    NATALIE SMITH STAFF REPORTER   Butler University senior Alix McLaughlin was outside with her friends at her off-campus house, waiting for pizza to arrive at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6. She looked in her front window and was shocked to see a man she did not know wearing gloves and crouching in her house.…

  • Joint Butler University-Christian Theological Seminary Center announced

    BY KEVIN VOGEL | ARTS, ETC. EDITOR BREAKING NEWS Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary will be partnering to operate a center for “leadership development in social justice and reconciliation, international relationships and interreligious bridge-building.” The center was announced tonight before a speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu—for whom the new center is named—by Christian Theological…

  • Faculty member: Open discussion needed for tuition policy

    [Tuition remission] is a subject that greatly concerns me as both a faculty member who got three children through the commencement ceremony and a current [Faculty] Senator. CONTRIBUTED BY STEPHAN LAURENT-FAESI | Dance professor, Jordan College of the Arts The topic is a tough one. On one hand is the institution’s need for revenue to…

  • Memorial planned for Blue II

    Melissa Iannuzzi Assistant News Editor   Butler University is currently raising funds to construct a memorial in honor of Blue II and to also celebrate Blue I and Blue III. The memorial will be erected outside Hinkle Fieldhouse. “Whether [students] give or not is up to them,” said Michael Kaltenmark, his owner. “I know what…