Opinion

  • The price of democracy

    With the amount of money spent on the past midterm elections at an estimated $4 billion, a new record has certainly been reached. This begs the question—was it worth it? I don’t think so. The smoke has settled and the results are in for most of the races in the country. With a dominating performance…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Fong’s departure brings opportunity

    Last week, we learned that Bobby Fong would be leaving Butler University to become president of Ursinus College. Although we are sad to see Fong leave, the staff of The Butler Collegian knows that change can be a good thing, if it comes in the right way. The prospect of a new president gave us…

  • The past, recent success and future of the Tea Party

    Maybe after the success of the Tea Party in the midterm election, being a member won’t have such negative connotations. Then again, after a brutal campaign, infighting among Republicans and an uncertain future after the elections, the Tea Party Movement might be dead in the water. In 2008, things weren’t looking good for the Republican…

  • Midterm elections turn off young voters

    Last Tuesday’s midterm elections were stuffed in the middle of my week of chaotic classes and homework but I still found time to cast my vote: my first one. But, the elections also signaled an alarming trend among my friends: blatant refusal to vote. This sudden outbreak of my friends deciding not to complete their…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Fearmongering and anti-Islamic messages in political campaigns distasteful and wrong

    A strong anti-Islamic sentiment has been spreading through the political environment this season, worming its way into campaigns and being used as a smear tactic. It is present in speeches, advertisements and campaign literature. Why is it now tolerable to target the Islamic faith so intensely within political rhetoric? We at The Butler Collegian disagree…

  • Let us eat lettuce at C-Club

    “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…