CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | chartsel@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist The Bulldog dating scene is made strange by the uneven ratio of men to women. The gender gap at Butler University is no secret—our university has a ratio of 39 percent male and 61 percent female, according to the 2014-15 US News & World Report profile of the…
One suicide is too many
MORGAN LEGEL | mlegel@butler.edu | Asst. Opinion Editor Every 13.3 minutes, someone commits suicide, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Every 14 minutes, someone else is left to deal with it. Members of the Butler community have probably dealt with suicide in one way or another. Whether it is within their family or friend…
How The Collegian discovers news
MARC ALLAN | mallan@butler.edu | Public Editor I tell my Writing for Print Media classes that news is “anything you don’t know.” When that is your definition, news is everywhere. And that, editor-in-chief Marais Jacon-Duffy told me last week, is how The Collegian approaches newsgathering. “The easiest thing for me has always been to keep…
STAFF EDITORIAL: No block party? Now what do we do?
Our point THIS WEEK: Students should not wait for Block Party to get involved Block Party, a Butler tradition where around 140 student organizations assemble to promote campus involvement, was canceled twice due to rain. Fortunately, Caroline Huck-Watson, the director of the programs for leadership and service education office, had a backup plan. On…
Valerie wants you! To be a diversity advocate
VALERIE DAVIDSON | vdavidso@butler.edu | Guest Columnist From Butler University’s humble beginning, its leaders have believed that education should offer a global commons where all people can meet with respect and tolerance to foster individual aspirations and fashion a common destiny. In 1855, when race was considered an insuperable marker of superiority and inferiority, when women…
No pay? Don’t intern.
JULIAN WYLLIE | jwyllie@butler.edu | Opinion Editor Completing an internship does not guarantee future success or wealth. This is especially true for students working as an unpaid intern. The hiring rate for college graduates who completed an unpaid internship was 37 percent, according to a National Association for Colleges and Employers survey in May 2013.…
Can a nail polish end date rape?
PAIGE LISTON | pliston@butler.edu | Opinion Columnist Four men from North Carolina State University invented a nail polish that detects date rape drugs in drinks. The inventors say that “Undercover Colors” will ultimately end drug-facilitated sexual assault. The nail polish shows the presence of date rape drugs, such as Rohypnol, Xanax, and GHB, by changing color…
Take a journey and read
MORGAN LEGEL | mlegel@butler.edu | Asst. Opinion Editor John H. Sununu, a former New Hampshire governor, once said, “Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it, we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We…
What pot is not
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | chartsel@butler.edu | Columnist When people say that marijuana is a problem at a university, they mean that it is fairly prevalent. They don’t mean that it causes any actual problems. And, to be frank, I’m skeptical that it does. My question is this: Is marijuana a problem because it is an actual…
Safety not on student radar
JULIAN WYLLIE | jwyllie@butler.edu | Opinion Editor President James Danko voiced his concerns on sexual assault in last week’s State of the University address. His message was simple. Students must protect each other. “We will do everything we can to keep you safe,” he said in a email following the address, “but it is ultimately…