Opinion

  • Living with strangers could be the best decision incoming Butler freshmen make

    The idea of roommates is a strange one, especially in college. Students are asked to move out of their childhood homes, move into what essentially is a boarding house and live with another person—sometimes, a complete stranger. Cohabitation is tricky; naturally there are different types of roommates: the quiet one, the angry one, the one…

  • Canceling Geneva Stunts is no big loss

    Butler University won’t be seeing Geneva Stunts for the first time in 92 years, and it’s not such a bad thing. While it is sad to lose such a long-standing tradition, we at The Butler Collegian support the organizer’s decision to cancel Geneva Stunts. The event was canceled this year due to diminishing profits and…

  • Fresh take on old problems

    As a much older BU alum, I subscribe to the Collegian for the latest happenings on campus. The parking problem story (Aug. 31) remains just that. In the past 50-plus years, Greek housing created parking lots, and new “lots” (library, next to Alpha Phi etc.) have resulted in additional spaces. Closing of the old mall…

  • Can’t find a job? Get involved

    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…