Opinion

  • Five ways to shoot your own branding in the foot, “Tiger King” style

    Five ways to shoot your own branding in the foot, “Tiger King” style

    Columnists Kennedi Ulman and Emma Beavins discuss the pitfalls of Joe Exotic’s personal brand and how you too can incriminate yourself with a camera and a small audience.

  • Keeping the fight alive

    Keeping the fight alive

    Hearing the news that Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign operations was devestating. But his supporters now have a clear mission going forward: don’t give up the fight for progressive reform.

  • Perspective in the age of the pandemic

    Perspective in the age of the pandemic

    Opinion columnist Claire Barnett offers some validation and perspective as we move ahead throughout this period of uncertainty.

  • Ode to curbside grocery pick-up

    Ode to curbside grocery pick-up

    Disclaimer: this is a dramatic retelling of my personal experiences with Kroger’s mobile grocery ordering in Franklin, Indiana.

  • We are the work: Fighting sexual assault at Butler University

    We are the work: Fighting sexual assault at Butler University

    Shyam K. Sriram is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Political Science. This opinion piece asks some hard questions about society’s insistence that college-age men have sex. What role should fraternities play in educating their members about consent?

  • How to support the arts in isolation

    How to support the arts in isolation

    They say that boredom fosters creativity, so there must be a whole lot of creativity now right? Art is a way that we can stay connected and express ourselves, and that is one thing that hasn’t changed because of the coronavirus. Supporting the arts now is more important than ever as they have taken a…

  • Remember the coronavirus in November

    Remember the coronavirus in November

    I worry that the facts about this pandemic will be largely forgotten, reducing them — like most facts apparently — to supposedly partisan talking points.

  • You’re Golden, Girl: Choose a perspective

    You’re Golden, Girl: Choose a perspective

    As the end of our school year — and our immediate future — have been thrown for a loop, it can be hard to understand what lessons to take away from all of this. The answer, though, as simple as it seems, is to keep perspective; we’re more equipped to handle this crisis than we…

  • Common tropes of a Butler Bulldog can help the U.S. prevail over the coronavirus

    Common tropes of a Butler Bulldog can help the U.S. prevail over the coronavirus

    Americans tend to come together in times of hardship, but the coronavirus presents a new challenge. Multimedia editor Jake Bedell explains that what we do as individuals makes a larger impact on those around us and encourages The Butler Way.