Opinion

A New Medium

MARC ALLAN | PUBLIC EDITOR Butler University was located in Irvington and Grover Cleveland was president of the United States the first time The Butler Collegian was printed nearly 130 years ago. The newspaper predates most of Butler’s history. So seeing the print version phased out is—for me, anyway—like watching a piece of the university…
Becoming Internet Explorers

KATIE GOODRICH | PRINT MANAGING EDITOR The Butler Collegian reverted back to its roots over summer break by going monthly. More than 125 years ago, the Collegian published a 20-page issue once a month. Now, our student newspaper will shift away from a print product and toward its website and social media accounts. As an…
Nine things nobody told you to pack for college

ALEXIS PRICE | STAFF COLUMNIST With the looming presence of dorm life and college courses around the corner, the anticipation to start your first year of college seems to build as it draws closer and closer. And with the start of college comes the most dreaded, stressful aspect (other than those massive loans you will probably never…
Summer days driftin’ away

PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST With summer fast approaching, I thought I would feel a sense of relief or freedom. I thought I would be free from having to wake up early to go to class every day. I thought I would be free from having to study for exams every week, free from…
Collegian has done good work this year, hoping to do better

MARC ALLAN | PUBLIC EDITOR Back in late summer, when I introduced myself as the first public editor of The Butler Collegian, I said my intention was to be “the explainer”—the person who would help readers understand why the newspaper operates the way it does and how decisions are made. If there was a…
Collegian piece may not have addressed full issue.

In response to the Collegian’s “Like a Rolling Stone”: I am a proud member of the ranks of Butler University alumni. I am also close to joining the ranks of University of Virginia alumni. I’ve seen, first-hand, the deep concern of its undergraduate students in the wake of the Rolling Stone article “A Rape on…
From us to you: Enduring freshman year

ALEX BARTLOW | ASST. OPINION EDITOR & ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION COLUMNIST College: the introduction to the beginning of our lives. Parties, beer pong, fountain jumping, frat boys walking around in togas. Everything the movies taught us about what to expect in our first years of college. However, movies do not teach you about some…
Goodbye and good luck

HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST Dear Seniors, I cannot imagine what you must be feeling right now. I am almost finished with my sophomore year, and I am panicking about the fact that college is halfway over for me. The looming threat of leaving college behind and starting the real world hangs over me,…
The truth about college

EMILY ZALEWSKI | GUEST COLUMNIST College is… College is taking an 8 a.m. first semester, because I started class at 7:30 in high school, so this should be no biggie, right? College is dreading the words “group project.” College is making VooDoo dolls of the people in your group. College is buying a textbook for…