“It is honestly our best chance [of] getting back to normal life, which is I know what all college students really want,” Hudson said.
Butler’s response to the Capitol insurrection and student reactions
Students seek a solution to division and what Butler can do to help.
Students react to President Biden’s first two weeks in office
Butler students expressed hope that the Biden administration will be able to heal a deeply divided country.
How has Butler redeveloped COVID-19 health and safety efforts?
Butler University makes improvements to surveillance testing, the quarantine time period, contact tracing staff and daily health check for the spring 2021 semester.
When can we get a break? Butler announces BUBeWell weekend in March
As other Indiana universities are giving students days off, Butler students have mixed feelings about a weekend dedicated to stepping away from academics
New SARP podcast discusses healthy relationships and sex
Jules Arthur-Grable has worked to create a podcast that can connect the SARP office with Butler students. The first episode of “Actually Love” was released on Feb. 1.
Violent extremists mob Capitol, local counterparts stage protest at Indiana statehouse
The United States Capitol Building was besieged for over five hours by white supremacists acting with the encouragement of President Donald Trump, whose speech at an alt-right rally earlier that day fomented the attack on the nation’s seat of legislative power.
Butler suspends in-person student affairs activities, classes to remain in person
Butler has suspended students from meeting in groups of more than four people, yet classes will remain in person until Nov 24, the original end date of fall semester. Butler currently has 74 positive COVID-19 cases.
Officer who killed Dreasjon Reed will not face criminal charges
On Nov. 10, over six months after his death, special prosecutor Rosemary Khoury announced a grand jury did not find enough probable cause to charge IMPD officer Dejoure Mercer with a crime.
Zoom calls and Google Docs replace face to face communication for group projects to keep students safe
“I know it’s not the most exciting to stare at the screen for most of your classes, but when you’re doing a presentation, in a way you have control of the room, and so if you make it interesting and fun for yourself giving it, the other people will think the same, or at least be more engaged.”