Detailed vote numbers will be released from this year’s Student Government Association election.
Run-off between Keller, Reynolds today
None of the four presidential candidates in this year’s Student Government Association election received a majority vote on Monday, prompting a run-off this afternoon between Michael Keller and Kelsa Reynolds. All Butler students can vote through a link distributed through campus email and on the log-in page for BUMail from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.…
Cars towed last week in Clowes Hall lot
Members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity expect to soon be better able to park their cars along the street in front of their house. A city resolution, backed by the fraternity’s house corps, the Butler University Police Department, the university parking committee and the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association, allows for a stretch on the east…
Vote details will not be released
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Provost search committee starts work
A search committee comprised of faculty and staff has been assembled in order to find a new Butler University provost. The committee includes representatives from each college, a member of the Board of Trustees and other faculty members, according to an email sent from President Jim Danko to university faculty. Representatives were elected by faculty…
IT looks to increase information sharing
Butler University students will soon be more acquainted with Google programs when BUmail is linked with Google Apps later this spring. According to the Butler Information Technology website, Google Docs will be the first app fully supported through BUmail, but “most other apps (e.g. Sites, Blogger, YouTube, Google+, etc.) will be available for use at…
Raw sewage causes Lilly shutdown
Administrators closed Lilly Hall on Monday night after more than four inches of raw sewage flooded the building’s basement, which administrators said created a potential biohazard. By Tuesday morning, regularly scheduled classes went on as usual, although bathrooms and running water were unavailable. The reason for the foul problem was that the sewage ejection pump…
Mardi Gras ‘a learning experience’
The Diversity Center held its first student-organized Mardi Gras celebration on Feb. 21 in the Residential College dining room. The event featured Butler University’s Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Matt Pivec, assistant director of music, Cajun cuisine provided by Yats, psychic readings and a Mardi Gras Faux Floats contest. Bobbie Gibson, assistant director of…
Member involvement key to student organizations’ vitality, active status
With more than 140 student organizations on campus to choose from, Butler University students may find a club they are involved in declared inactive at some point during their Butler careers. Julie Pakenham, associate director of the PuLSE Office, said the most common reason that clubs are declared inactive by the PuLSE Office is because…
BU College Democrats, political organizations denied SGA grants
Butler University’s College Democrats was denied a grant from the Student Government Association due to the organization’s political involvement. This has caused some people to question a long-standing policy in the SGA grants requirements and has led to confusion within many organizations. On Dec. 15, 2011, the SGA grants committee informed College Democrats that the…