Opinion

  • 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…

  • Policy causes more harm than good when it leads students to seek parties off campus

    Butler University welcomed freshmen last week by curtailing their ability to fraternize with other student groups on campus. All Greek house presidents received an email from Becky Druetzler, director of greek affairs and orientation programs, explaining that there were to be no social gatherings of any nature during Welcome Week. While this email claimed to…

  • Coming up short: The debt ceiling vs. Federal Pell Grants

    Recent debt ceiling debates in Congress could have left hundreds of Butler University students $5,550 short in financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year. The childlike debacle that the debt ceiling debate became in Congress this summer was not only tiresome but put college students across the country in a position of possibly having to…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Free advice for new president

    Freshmen aren’t the only people new to Butler University this fall. As Butler President Jim Danko starts his inaugural semester, The Butler Collegian would like to offer some friendly advice. Danko has done a fantastic job this summer speaking with and listening to faculty, staff and Student Government Association members. The new president wants to…

  • Mail Center move still stings

    Late last semester, between the joy and agony of the Final Four and finals week, Butler University announced the relocation of the Mail Center. It was the home of sunny Mail Processor Pam Hopkins and the heart of the campus community. But its relocation symbolizes a shift in Butler’s identity. When the move was announced,…

  • Cents and sensibility: Butler needs to use both openly

      Butler Bowl and Hinkle Fieldhouse renovations: $2.3 million. The Howard Schrott Center for Performing and Visual Arts: $13 million. Cost of one semester at Butler, living in Residential College with a meal plan: $21,500. It would take 107 semesters for one student  to pay off the changes to the Bowl and Hinkle. As for…