Opinion

  • Dealing with loss in my busy life

    Last Tuesday, I received a text message explaining that I lost my friend Daniel. July 16, my boyfriend and I wept after reading a text message that we’d lost our dear friend Ben to an accident while working on his car. Later in July, my boyfriend lost another friend to an early morning motorcycle crash…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Outdated military law limits freedoms

    Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to not move forward with debates over the National Defense Authorization Act, which contains legislation that would repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.” “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” a law passed in 1993 that bars U.S. military members from disclosing their sexual preference, has become the center of hot debate recently—especially since…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Breast cancer bracelet ban bogus

    “I love boobies.” What is so wrong with that? Many high schools across the country are banning breast cancer awareness bracelets with the phrase, “I love boobies,” after being deemed inappropriate by school officials. We at The Butler Collegian believe that students should be allowed to wear these bracelets with pride and without contest. According…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Greek system divides students

    Let it be known that this is not a letter written out of bitterness from a wannabe-Greek student. This is written to finally provide a legitimate, objective criticism of the social Greek system at Butler. Note the use of the word system; this is not a letter to criticize people within the system. The Greek…

  • Burning controversy cools down

    Florida pastor Terry Jones, a senior pastor for the Dove World Outreach Center, advocated burning the  Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks this past Saturday. “After immense pressure the Florida pastor backtracked and called off the burning after several officials, including President Obama urged him to do so,” New York Daily…

  • Overcrowded pet shelters need your help

    The Humane Society of Indianapolis and other close affiliates are experiencing increased overcrowding of homeless animals in their facilities. In light of this, Butler should actively give back to our community organizations that help our four-legged friends. “We are actually budgeted for 300 animals and we have 550 in the system right now,” Christine Jeschke,…

  • Always remember 9/11

    On Sept. 11, 2001 our nation was put at a stand still and stood on edge. It is a day I will never forget and, even nine years later, it is one day we should never let slip from our memory. Driving in the car with my sorority sisters this past Saturday morning, I knew…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Parking least of our concerns

    As we head into week two of classes, Butler’s largest-ever freshman class is beginning to familiarize themselves with the campus and its workings.  Certainly more than a few of them will pick up the September 1st issue of the Collegian, open to the opinion section, and see that the most pressing issue for the Collegian…

  • Backing away from Blackboard

    Nearly everything I have to read for my classes is posted on Blackboard. Whether I print the pages 10 minutes before class or two days before, finding them on the Web site was never a hassle—not until this year. The new configuration of Blackboard is confusing, as well as redundant, and has interfered with my…