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  • Armed robbers foil Family Weekend

    Formal charges will likely be filed against a man who was involved in a CVS robbery just outside Butler University’s campus, while another remains at large. Michael Hewitt, an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer, said in an email that the case would be screened tomorrow at the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office. This allows formal charges…

  • Fountain receiving repairs

    Butler University’s sidewalks are being renovated, with the current construction surrounding Star Fountain. Located in the center of the Mall, the construction has caused closure of passageways from Irwin Library to Atherton Union. Jerry Carlson, director of maintenance services, said this is one of many sections that will fall under one renovation project. “Wherever you…

  • Vote passed to address holidays

    Faculty Senate passed a proposal Tuesday to revise the university policy concerning students’ rights to request accommodations for religious observances. “There was an effort to clarify the language of the policy,” said Margaret Brabant, Faculty Senate chair. “It also helps to reiterate the very important message of student responsibility.” The new policy requires students to…

  • Campus remembers late professor

    Butler University colleagues and students remember Amos Carpenter as a man of knowledge and humility. An extremely organized person (though it wouldn’t look that way, according to faculty in the math department), Carpenter was kind, and he encouraged others’ input and questions. “He always had a great, big smile with a twinkle in his eye,”…

  • CPA prioritizes campus projects

    The Student Government Association’s Council on Presidential Affairs has developed a wish list for this year, but Christmas is still more than a month away. CPA outlined 35 objectives it wants to work on as it starts projects for the academic year, including an underground tunnel system connecting every building on campus, a sports bar…

  • Clowes to undergo $2M renovation

    Clowes Memorial Hall is slated to undergo renovations this summer in preparation for the theater’s 50th anniversary celebration in October 2013. Starting next June, Clowes will go recieve a nine-week renovation during which seats, roof, floor and walls will be repaired. The renovations are possible due to a $2 million grant from the Allen Whitehall…

  • Students hunger for dining changes

    Freshman Kathryn Cleary  started Dawgs for a Cause two weeks ago to show Butler University’s dining services what students really have a taste for. Cleary said she immediately saw the food offered by dining services was not up to par. After starting the group, Cleary tried boycotting dining services for eight days. During her boycott,…

  • AUDIO | “It all happened in less than five minutes. Totally a reaction.”

    Butler parent Nick Frisone helped police capture a robbery suspect on campus this afternoon. Listen to his interview with The Collegian here: Nick Frisone Interview A transcription of the interview is below. I went to Atherton to get coffee at Starbucks. I heard the high-speed chase, which was close in proximity, as I heard the…

  • Robbery suspects flee through Butler campus

    This post was last updated at 7:46 p.m.  An armed man involved in a robbery ran through the Butler University campus to evade police late Sunday morning. While that man is still at-large, another suspect in the robbery was captured by police with help from a Butler parent. A third suspect was initially reported by some outlets,…