Start reliving childhood, Butler University—the theme for Homecoming 2011 is “I love the ‘90s.” Students gathered in front of the Atherton Union steps as the theme and teams were announced at last night’s Homecoming kickoff. “Growing up in the time, I love the ‘90s,” junior Sandy Meers said, “I wish it was the ‘80s though.”…
Cease and desist order issued to Phi Kappa Psi
A Butler University fraternity has been given a cease and desist letter to halt all operations until an investigation of an alleged sexual assault can be completed. The office of student affairs ordered members of Phi Kappa Psi to stop operations on Sept. 15 so that the Butler University Police Department can continue its investigation…
CPA budget increases
The Council on Presidential Affairs had its budget increased this year to about $12,000 from last year’s budget of $9,000. Mike Tirman, CPA chair, said the council needed the increase in order to effectively sponsor the group’s planned events for this year. According to the Student Government Association’s website, CPA “works actively and positively toward…
SGA allocates extra funds for class officers
With the same quarter that can be used to purchase a gumball, Butler University class officers were planning events for each and every Butler student. That is, until members of the Student Government Association passed a vote Sept. 21 doubling the budget for class allocations. The vote to move $4,000 from the more than $30,000…
SGA’s narrow vote doubles volunteerism budget
The ayes had it when members of Butler University’s Student Government Association passed a motion that doubled the volunteerism budget to $20,000 last Wednesday. In its original plan, volunteerism made up $10,000 of SGA’s $683,822 overall budget proposal. The original budget was calculated using numbers sent to the organization by university officials to estimate the…
Council on Presidential Affairs to host summit to certify sustainability on campus
In an effort to create awareness about sustainability on campus and within student organizations, Council on Presidential Affairs will host a Green Summit Oct. 7. The event, which will be held in the Reilly Room, will determine which of the nearly 150 student organizations on campus can be certified as “green organizations.” “We want to…
Multicultural enrollment could strain diversity programs
Student groups at Butler University said they’re going to work harder to protect diversity in their organizations in light of the lower freshman multicultural enrollment this year. “It is absolutely imperative that student organizations reach across the table and work with each other,” Caitlin Jackson, president of Demia Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, said. Should the…
Administration satisfied with second
Butler University is runner-up again this year, and it’s not because of a basketball game. Butler clinched the No. 2 spot in U.S. News’ list of best Midwest colleges for the second year in a row, and university officials said they don’t see any need to become No. 1. “It seems like No. 2 has…
Faculty senate tables vote that could close meetings
Butler University faculty senate members will decide at their next meeting how much access top-level administrators will have to their meetings. The proposal to amend the current practice comes from a new face on campus this year—university President Jim Danko—Margaret Brabant, chair of faculty senate, said at Tuesday’s meeting. Who qualifies as a top-level administrator…
Individualized major serves students craving options
With advising for the spring semester only a month away, Butler University underclassmen soon will consider what course of action they want to take with their academic futures. But when the most common major among incoming freshmen is the exploratory studies major, according to Tom Weede, vice president of enrollment management, some students struggle to…