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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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Butler’s planned 450-seat theater and performing arts center will be named the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. Schrott, a 1976 alumnus, announced on Jan. 28that he will commit $6.5 million toward the $13 million project. “This is something I’ve been working on with Butler over the last six to eight…

Butler University appointed Ronald Caltabiano as the new dean of Jordan College of Fine Arts (JCFA) on Jan. 7. Caltabiano is currently the associate dean of San Francisco State University’s College of Creative Arts as well as being a contemporary classical composer of chamber and orchestral music. The composer’s résumé boasts a wide variety of…