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  • Vote details will not be released

    RELATED STORIES: PART 1 | Vote details will not be released PART 2 | SGA to release election vote numbers PART 3 | Despite assembly vote, election data not released STAFF EDITORIAL | SGA, show us the numbers Part 4 | SGA kills motion to release election results Part 5 | National SGA advises Butler…

  • 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…

  • Background check policy might deter potential candidates

    Administrators have begun reviewing Butler University’s  background check policy to evaluate its effectiveness and respond to fears that it is causing the university to lose candidates. Associate Provost Laura Behling said at the Feb. 21 Faculty Senate meeting that administrators have started to review both the cost and the time associated with background checks. The…

  • Annual address covers college

    The second annual State of the College of Education Address covered both internal unity and external partnerships Monday evening in the Reilly Room. The address is meant to update COE members about what is going on in the college. COE Dean Ena Shelley opened the address by discussing how all members of COE have a…