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  • Installation ceremony this Saturday

    Jim Danko will soon don his academic regalia and be inaugurated Saturday as Butler University’s 21st president. Danko said he envisions the event as a moment to think about both the present and the future of Butler. “I hope [the inauguration] energizes the community to think beyond the current ways of thinking,” Danko said. “It’s…

  • Priority points policy helps and hinders

    While many fans bought tickets at the gate for Saturday’s packed men’s basketball game against Franklin, season ticket holders have been dealing with a new way of getting for Butler University athletic event tickets. The Collegian reported last week in “Seat not saved” that the priority points system was put in place four years ago…

  • Committee considers renovations to university soft space

    Some of Butler University’s soft spaces may soon be receiving a face lift, pending approval by university officials and input by students at an upcoming “furniture fair.” Council on Presidential Affairs Chair Mike Tirman heads the soft space committee, which was put together by CPA to plan and research areas on campus that could be…

  • Football: Markley leads Butler over Davidson

    The Butler football team sent its seniors out in style with a 17-7 conference win over Davidson Saturday. The game marked the final home game for Butler’s 23 seniors. Each of those seniors saw action in the win, except quarterback Andrew Huck, who is nursing a shoulder injury suffered in Butler’s Homecoming loss to Marist.…

  • Flooding poses problem for campus officials

    Chris Goff | Copy Chief | cgoff@butler.edu Kyler Naylor | Staff Writer | knaylor@butler.edu A few hours of rain can mean as much as an inch of standing water and waves of headaches for Butler University students looking to traverse campus sidewalks. Senior secondary education major Kyle Black said he was riding his bike to…

  • Academic exhibit kicks off inauguration

    As Family Weekend rolls around, the inauguration committee prepares to unveil its first official inauguration event—”Innovation and Impact.” The exhibit, sponsored by the academic division, will take place in Irwin Library Nov. 4 from noon to 6 p.m. and will highlight Butler University’s connection to the community. “The academic division was invited to come up…

  • Campus dining hall offers solution to ‘lunch crunch’

    Students looking to escape the crowd in Residential College during lunch hours can now purchase to-go containers. Dining Services added the option to purchase a reusable to-go container during lunch and breakfast hours at ResCo. After students make their first purchase of the container, which costs $5, they return their rinsed container and swap it…

  • Expansions reflect rise in students with disabilities

    Butler University’s Student Disability Services and Learning Resource Center both expanded this fall to better accommodate the rising number of students requiring additional academic services. Student Disability Services Butler’s number of students with disabilities rose from 160  students in fall 2007 to approximately 230 at the start of this year—representing about 5 percent of the…

  • Collegian staff honored with four national awards

    The Collegian won four national awards at the Associated Collegiate Press conference in Florida last week, including the highest award given to student publications: the Pacemaker. The Collegian’s editor-in-chief Hayleigh Colombo and adviser Loni McKown attended the conference in Orlando, Fla., from Oct. 26-30 where they accepted the award. The Pacemaker Award honors those who…