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Letter to the Editor: SGA leadership’s performative actions on Diversity, Equity and Student Belonging

Letter to the Editor: SGA leadership’s performative actions on Diversity, Equity and Student Belonging

Graphic by Corrina Reiss. The Butler Collegian is committed to sharing diverse viewpoints from across the university and to upholding values of free speech. However, The Collegian does not endorse or promote opinions contained within any letter to the editor. With four weeks left of the semester, I have decided to resign from my position

The subliminal message behind Women’s Empowerment Week

From March 21-March 25, Butler University Panhellenic Association hosted Women’s Empowerment Week. Graphic by Haley Morkert. FRANCIE WILSON | DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR | fwilson@butler.edu  As women in Greek life, we so often toss around the phrase “empowered women empower women.” Fancy shirts, banners and recruitment week mantras all reinforce the motto we have accepted as

Human rights are not up for discussion

A student-run group has recently resurfaced under the name “proudamericabu” and continues to post a wealth of nationalist nonsense with a fun splash of transphobia, misogyny and capitalist bootlicking.

Better ideas for your Butler University graduation photos

As a soon-to-be Butler grad myself, I took the liberty of providing some new, unique locations that make for the perfect photo op while still encapsulating the special kind of collegiate experience that is attending Butler University. Heed my advice, and in 30 years, you’ll be grateful to remember what your college years were actually like.

One year after the Atlanta spa shootings, not much has changed for Asian Americans

March 16, 2022 marked the one year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings that took the life of six Asian American women. Though it incited a surge in support for the Asian American community and awareness of the racism and hypersexualization that Asians face — Asian American women in particular, these are long-standing structural issues that are not going away anytime soon.

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