Letters to the Editor

  • In memory of Dr. Bobby Fong

    Like most faculty who knew him personally, I was saddened and shocked to learn of former President Bobby Fong’s passing due to a sudden heart attack. While at Butler, he championed high academic standards and encouraged personal contact. He was kind, decent and very much a humanitarian who had his flaws like most of us,…

  • EIC responds to letters

    COLIN LIKAS | Editor-In-Chief In the Jan. 22 issue of The Butler Collegian, the staff editorial “Butler’s reaction to winter weather must improve” ran to express the staff’s majority opinion on the university’s handling of winter weather on campus. We occasionally receive disapproving feedback regarding pieces published in The Collegian. This particular editorial, however, garnered…

  • Editorial Undervalues Butler Groundskeepers

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In the Jan. 22 edition of The Collegian, the staff editorial indicates that the university needs to do a better job of clearing the snow following major winter weather events, and that the effort following the polar vortex beginning on Sunday, Jan. 5, was inadequate. The editorial flatly states that “anyone…

  • Washington Redskins’ team name should not change

    This letter was sent to Opinion editor Rhyan Henson via email. I am a sophomore and a reader of The Collegian. I read your article this week about the Washington Redskins, and I disagree with your position of favoring the movement to change the name of this NFL team. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell claimed, “If…

  • Dawg Pound is unanimated and unengaged at events

    Going into my third winter in Indianapolis, I had never been to a Butler basketball game, even after all the times I had enjoyed watching them on television—especially during their two runs to the NCAA Championship. I love seeing a small college team in my home state kicking the butt of some big college. When…

  • Student questions Rev. Allan Bosesak’s past

    While the university was enthralled with the upcoming vote on HJR-6 in the next session of Indiana’s General Assembly, I was pleased to see Mr. Lovelace’s article highlighting Rev. Allan Boesak and The Desmond Tutu Center in the Nov. 20 issue of The Collegian. I became aware of Boesak last year during his semester tenure…

  • Former director: Collegian has brought reform to Butler, voice to community

    Your article on The Collegian’s budget shortfall raised more questions than it answered. Permit me to add some additional ingredients to the mix and perhaps stir the pot. In 1986, James Neal, former Board of Trustees member, owner and publisher of the Noblesville Ledger and former Indiana Republican chairman, produced a gala to mark the…

  • Past editors: Collegian essential to campus

    We were disheartened to read the Oct. 16 story “Red Ink”—disheartened with the prospect of someday losing The Butler Collegian and with an administration seemingly comfortable with letting that happen. The demise of The Collegian would not only impact the student journalists who spend their time reporting, editing and shooting photographs. It would end a…

  • College of Business should listen to its students

    By James Huber Senior marketing major I want to start this letter by saying I believe Butler has one of the top business schools in the country. I believe the fact that Butler requires its COB students to complete two internships is key. The staff dedicated to helping students find internships is incredible. I believe…