A common cliché about college is that these are the best years of your life. It’s true. It’s not all roses and lemonade. Oh, no. But universities offer students more opportunities than at any other time in their lives. It’s hard to walk a hundred feet on campus without seeing a sign for a student…
Unify parking permit to solve problems
After a long day of classes, homework and struggling to meet 1 a.m. newspaper deadlines, I’m more than happy to meet the seat of my run-down, dented-up ’97 Chevy Cavalier to take me back home to the Apartment Village. But when that all-too familiar 4-inch by 8-inch bright green envelope placed gingerly under my broken…
Let Bulldogs eat (cup)cakes
Hungry patrons form long lines outside of the only eatery around. They clutch their identifications tightly and speak in hushed tones. The uniformed inspector lets them in one at a time, allowing them to shuffle into the sponsored dining area. It’s not a scene from Eastern Europe in the 1980s, but instead in Atherton Union.…
Butler needs to use more energy to save energy
Butler University funds ambitious projects and proclaims goals of becoming an environmentally responsible campus. But the day-to-day decisions and functions of the university seem to contradict these efforts. Many campus buildings light up the sky every night, all night—even though most of them close at 10 p.m. But even if it were not good for…
Future freshmen don’t need cars
Parking on university campuses can be a real pain. For the last several years I attended and worked at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where once I looked nearly two hours for a spot. Texas Christian University, my undergraduate alma mater, was more like Butler University, and it presented a fair share of problems too. Butler…
Limited access to athletic facilities for all students disarming, inconvenient
Tennis, anyone? If you aren’t a member of the Butler University tennis club, the men’s or women’s teams or tennis for enrollment credit, then you most likely won’t be enjoying a game of tennis today. Butler has succeeded in making some of its best sports facilities nearly inaccessible to students who aren’t athletes. If students…
Don’t forsake sports for farm
A barren field strewn with tattered soccer nets; what is happening to the intramural fields? The campus farm is expanding its half-acre plot of land onto the fields. That’s what’s happening. We at The Butler Collegian feel this expansion is outrageous, because Butler University is failing to find a more equal solution that allows both…
Campus meals miss the Ara-Mark
Search online for Butler University’s dining options, and one of the first hits directs you to www.campusdish.com, Aramark’s campus dining website. The home page is framed with a seductive quesadilla, juicy burgers and an apple so shiny it’ll burn your retinas. So why don’t we see these dishes at Butler? But the real problem isn’t…
Butler needs to refine dual-hire policy
Academic couples are more common than ever. Butler University has seen a rise in academic couples too, and our hiring policies should change to reflect it. Doubtless, academic couples have a lot to offer a university, including bridging otherwise academically distant disciplines. But we need to make sure that when a partner is hired that…
Hardly a Welcome Week for Greeks, groups
Of the 150 student organizations at Butler University, only Greek organizations were reminded to not host any events during Welcome Week, which has caused more shock and surprise than Welcome Week itself. Greek presidents received an email from Becky Druetzler, director of Greek affairs and orientation programs, dictating that the houses were not to have…