MORGAN LEGEL | Columnist She sat there at her desk, hands trying to hold up her heavy head. With rivers of tears rushing from her eyes, she could not help the thoughts traveling at the speed of light through her head. “Do my parents blame me? Was this actually my fault? How can I fix…
Media Sites Should Stop Sexually Charged Attacks
MAGGIE MONSON | Copy Chief Politicians on both sides of the spectrum use attack ads and other negative images to discredit their opponents. These messages may or may not be ethical, but no matter what, they should not be crude or sexually explicit. Breitbart News, a politically conservative news website, recently featured an ad with…
Embrace Interracial Couples
JULIAN WYLLIE | Columnist Society has been fighting racism for some time. Personally, I believe that people can have the most profound impact on eliminating racism. The beautiful thing about the two of Butler University’s interracial couples (Callie Dennison and Trae Heeter and Akeira Jennings and Erik Thatcher) is that they are not trying to…
Students Should Take Advantage of Free Online Courses
TONY ESPINAL | Opinion Editor I am a glutton for knowledge. I enjoy learning as much as I can about a different variety of topics, even ones that don’t have anything to do with my major or career choice. I was checking out my bookshelf yesterday and noticed that it was full of books on…
Business Basics
MORGAN LEGEL | Columnist Graeter’s, a Cincinnati-based ice cream chain, opened the doors of its Indianapolis location in early February. Has this had an effect on the local, small business Broad Ripple Ice Cream Station? I ventured to both ice cream shops this past weekend and found my answer. Upon arriving at Graeter’s, I could…
Education Voucher System Should Have Standards
TONY ESPINAL | Asst. Opinion Editor Knowledge is one of the most powerful tools that we can achieve in our lives. Education is the tool by which we attain this strength. Some of us have been fortunate enough to be able to continue our pursuit of knowledge despite rising costs. Others have not been so…
STAFF EDITORIAL: Student Housing Selection System Needs Review
OUR POINT THIS WEEK: The housing selection process should be redone to assist students with a variety of mitigating circumstances | 23-0-6 Many Butler University students went through the housing selection process earlier this month, securing a room on campus for the 2014-2015 academic year. From current freshmen to Butler President James Danko, community…
Students Should Pursue Their Passions in College
JULIAN WYLLIE | Columnist President Barack Obama has said higher education is the key to preparing Americans for the jobs of the 21st century. “We can’t allow higher education to be a luxury in this country. It’s an economic imperative that every family in America has to be able to afford,” he said in 2012.…
Teachers and students should disregard gender roles
MAGGIE MONSON | Copy Chief Two young girls have received criticism from their elementary schools in the past few weeks for failing to conform to the schools’ ideas of femininity. Kamryn Renfro, 9, shaved her head in solidarity with a friend undergoing chemotherapy and was not allowed to return to school until the board of…
Butler’s Basketball Blues
JULIAN WYLLIE | Columnist With a disappointing men’s basketball season recently completed, it is time to reflect on what went wrong on the court. The season started well, better than some may have expected. But when Big East Conference play began, things went awry quickly. Dan Bere, a Butler men’s basketball analyst, agrees with this…