Opinion

  • A little privacy here

    By Mitch Riportella Apparently deciding that America’s distrust of the government isn’t strong enough, The National Security Agency is giving citizens something else to worry about. The agency has allegedly tapped into private data centers of Google and Yahoo, according to the Washington Post and leaked documents from the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.  The…

  • HRC needs longer hours

    By Taylor Powell As Butler continues to grow, its student facilities must adapt to the new student population. The Health and Recreation Complex serves as a critical location for student life, hosting medical services, intramural sports and late night programming. But with midterms, piles of homework and club commitments, the HRC’s 11 o’clock closing time…

  • Students abusing Dawg Ride

    By Maggie Monson Dawg Ride is an exciting new tool for students who have long walks across campus at night, but changes are coming soon in an attempt to improve the program. Butler University Police Department created Dawg Ride with the original intent of transporting students between campus and the I Lot. Students who feel…

  • New ticket system is bad for students

    By Rhyan Henson The new way students buy tickets for basketball games is nearly pointless and will make going to the games overly complex. Starting this year, students must go days, sometimes weeks, in advance to pick up their tickets for basketball games. Students must bring their ID when they pick up their tickets days…

  • Home is where the pride is

    By The Collegian Staff Going to college offers students the opportunity to live and be treated like adults for, in some cases, the first time in their lives. Some Butler University students are negatively utilizing  their college experience by damaging and trashing their respective residence areas on campus. Students need to respect the rooms and…

  • OVERTIME: Pacers in good shape, Stevens looking at a rough year

    BEN SIECK | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The National Basketball Association regular season tipped off last night. There are two teams the Butler community might have an interest in this season: the hometown Indiana Pacers and Brad Stevens’ Boston Celtics. After coming within one game of reaching last year’s NBA Finals, the Pacers should have their…

  • Sanitation a concern at Ross Hall

    By Mitch Riportella  On behalf of the thriving bug community in Ross Hall, I would like to thank you all for making our dorms a truly disgusting place to live. I understand a lot of effort must be involved in maintaining such an appalling level of filth, and I personally could not fathom a place…

  • 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…