Opinion

  • Rifling through a different college experience

    Rifling through a different college experience

    Photo courtesy of Rosie Queen JENNA VORIS | OPINION COLUMNIST The number one piece of advice I heard when I entered college was to get involved.   My mom told me to join a sorority so I didn’t miss out on the “typical” college experience. My high school teachers stressed how extracurricular activities can build a…

  • Black voices, black pride: Corporate creativity

    CAMERON ALFORD | CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST I have found my voice as a black student here at Butler University. It took me two-and-a-half years of successfully struggling through academics, leadership and continuous writing to find something I could be proud of about myself and my black history. I learned so much about myself and my history…

  • Sorry not sorry: A social experiment

    JENNA VORIS | OPINION COLUMNIST Scene: There I was, sitting by myself in the alcove of chairs in the corner of Jordan Hall. I just came from lunch and was trying to finish a paper before my next class.  I had my laptop, notes, books and pens spread around me and the small table in…

  • Black voices, black pride: School spirit

    Black voices, black pride: School spirit

    Illustration by Camille Bates CAMERON ALFORD | CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST “To handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.” Carter G. Woodson made this statement referencing the miseducation of black students in America in his…

  • BoilerDawg: A Transfer from Purdue settles into life at a small school

    MADI MCGUIRE | OPINION COLUMNIST I transitioned from a school with 40,000 students and 2,468 acres to Butler, which has about 4,000 students and 290 acres. To put this into perspective, the acreage of Purdue’s campus is equal to a little over 3 laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Butler’s acreage is about half of…

  • One unattractive thing we should care about

    ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION EDITOR I will admit I have fallen victim to them a few times. I will scroll through Pinterest and see them under, “Picked for you;” or browse my Facebook feed and see that three of my friends shared a common post. Usually—regrettably—I click on them out of curiosity. I almost make…

  • Black voices, black Pride: the introduction

    CAMERON ALFORD | CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST Black students hold a certain level of significance to being Black at Butler, which creates a natural stigma about our place on campus. You cannot legitimately move forward if you do not know your history. Black students fall victim to many false stereotypes, categorizations, a lack of cultural awareness and…

  • 10 reasons we love High School Musical

    10 reasons we love High School Musical

    Illustration by Audrey Meyer JENNA VORIS | OPINION COLUMNIST Last week, the cast of High School Musical reunited for the 10th anniversary of the film.  It got me thinking:  why, 10 years later, is a cheesy musical such a cultural phenomenon? Why do we love High School Musical?  I have compiled a few reasons. 1.…

  • Texting etiquette for dummies: what to avoid

    TAYLOR JANKOWSKI | OPINION COLUMNIST Whether one is aware of it or not, there is an unspoken set of rules when it comes to texting. This article is dedicated to those of you who are unaware of these common texting courtesies, or perhaps even, simply do not care. This will inform you about the various…