If current negotiations are successful, students may soon be able to use their Butler student IDs to pay at some local restaurants. Qdoba Mexican Grill and Papa John’s Pizza have already signed on to the program, which will begin once technology is in place at the locations and contract negotiations are settled. The IDs would…
Pi Delta Phi French society initiation Friday
Butler University will open a chapter of the French National Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi, Friday at the University Club at Atherton Union. Founded in 1906, Pi Delta Phi has over 330 undergraduate and graduate chapters in the United States and France. According to the Pi Delta Phi website, pideltaphi.org, the purpose of the society…
Women’s swimming second at Rose Hulman
A young Butler women’s swimming and diving team will head into the Horizon League Championship meet coming off of a second-place finish at the Rose Hulman Triangular meet Feb. 5. The Bulldogs showed promise early in the contest when they recorded a victory in the 200-meter medley relay. Freshmen Lauren Need, Lauren Lambrecht and Kathleen…
The ‘Black Curtain’ reveals Black History in new way
The lights dim and the curtains draw back to reveal…Black History Month. Butler University and the Black Student Union are putting on a series of events highlighting black history and the arts throughout the month of February. Sophomore Aisha Townsend, BSU vice president of campus events, said she hopes highlighting the arts will enhance Black…
Women’s tennis learns from shutout
Butler women’s tennis will enter a meet with city rival IUPUI this Saturday after another 7-0 defeat, this time while facing the No. 44 Indiana Hoosiers. The 7-0 loss, which came one day after a home match versus Dayton was canceled due to adverse weather conditions, was not as bad as the score shows. In…
Why is my Blackboard in Spanish?
Some Butler University students may have needed to brush up on their language skills when their “What’s New” section on Blackboard recently changed to Spanish. In a “Blackboard News” statement released on the site, Information Technology said the problem arose from fixing a separate issue. “It resulted last weekend when we fixed the issue of…
BUPD remembers IMPD officer
The Indianapolis community laid to rest Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer David Moore Tuesday. The 29-year-old died Jan. 26 from injuries sustained from multiple gunshot wounds suffered on Jan. 23 in the line of duty. For the country, Moore’s death was part of a gruesome string of unrelated law enforcement shootings. CNN reported 11 U.S.…
Study abroad students in Egypt evacuated
Six Butler University students studying with the Institute for Study Abroad are being evacuated from Alexandria, Egypt in light of protests that erupted Jan. 25. The students arrived in Egypt Jan. 17. They were supposed to spend the spring semester studying Arabic language programs, but IFSA-Butler began planning the students’ evacuations on Sunday. The pro-democracy…
Ice storm freezes campus activity
Inclement weather prompted university officials to close Butler University’s campus Tuesday and Wednesday. An ‘unprecedented’ winter storm The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning early Monday evening to remain in effect through 7 p.m. Wednesday. It said the storm had the potential of dropping more than an inch of ice, and snow accumulation…
New smoking policy to go into effect
A stricter smoking policy designating certain smoking zones will become effective on March 1. The current policy allows smoking anywhere more than 30 feet away from a campus building. The new policy will provide 12 specific smoking zones strategically placed throughout campus. Smoking will be prohibited anywhere outside of these smoking areas. The areas will…