“Definitely got food poisoning from C-Club” read a text message from my roommate around 9 p.m. last Tuesday. She continued to tell me about how sick she had become after eating a Buffalo chicken sandwich with lettuce. At first I was skeptical. Anything can make you ill. Maybe the stomach flu was going around. As…
How Facebook blurs the line between our real, digitial selves
In less than a decade, there will be an entire generation of people who have never lived without Facebook. If that does not terrify you, it should. Facebook users in our generation, which is nearly all of us, are increasingly using the Web site not as a networking tool, but as a means to recreate…
What to do with ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
A little over a month ago, a filibuster by Sen. John McCain effectively blocked a defense bill that contained an amendment which would have repealed the infamous “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Personally, I am opposed to “don’t ask, don’t tell”. I feel that anyone willing to serve and protect his or her country should…
STAFF EDITORIAL | Free speech for Westboro
Westboro Baptist Church, established in 1955 by Pastor Fred Phelps, has gained recent publicity due to their members protesting at fallen soldiers’ funerals with signs that read “God hates fags” and “Thank God for dead soldiers.” The case of Westboro Baptist Church protesting at the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder has now reached…
Homecoming evokes Butler pride
Some mornings I wake up so exhausted that I don’t want to attend my classes. Some days, I let my shoulders drop dejectedly when I discover the seven articles posted on Blackboard that I have to read for class. Some days, I make more than one Starbucks run in order to finish that English paper.…
What happens after midterm elections?
I have been a Republican for quite some time now. I can recall, in the second grade, being devastated when Bob Dole lost the Presidential election, as I was the only one in my class to vote for him in the mock election. I can also remember my joy and excitement in 2000 when George…
America’s man Mitch?
It seems as though the smoke is still settling from the historic elections of 2008. Barack Obama, after riding a wave of “change” into the White House, has finally gotten settled and is now attempting to push through his legislative agenda. However, people are already asking the next big question, “Who’s up in 2012?” The…
Cease-fire from cyberbullying
Bullying occurs in schools everyday. More popular kids consistently pick on less popular kids. I’m not validating bullying, I’m just recognizing that it happens on a daily basis in schools and campuses across the country. However, the recent spike in bullying, and subsequent suicide is too much for me to ignore. On Sept. 22, Rutgers…
STAFF EDITORIAL | Independence, free speech necessary for student organizations
We at the Butler Collegian believe it is the right of all active student organizations to exercise their First Amendment right of free speech and to act as the independent organizations they are. We are outraged that members of the Butler University faculty and staff would take it upon themselves to regulate the planned activities…
A vote to change the future
By Dan Coats Our federal government keeps swiping our already maxed out credit card, raising the credit limit and passing insurmountable debt on to your generation—putting you at a great disadvantage in an increasingly global marketplace. As I’ve traveled the state, meeting countless Hoosiers concerned that we may be leaving future generations a weaker and…