Opinion

  • Butler University: a year in review

    Butler University: a year in review

    In his last article of the school year, columnist Austin Klawitter remembers the things that stood out in the last two semesters – the good and the bad.

  • Best of Broad Ripple: ice cream

    Best of Broad Ripple: ice cream

    Columnist Kathleen Berry explores the Broad Ripple area on your behalf to recommend her favorite ice cream/cold treat places in case you need to cool off during finals week.

  • Butler dating culture

    Butler dating culture

    Columnist Madi McGuire explains dating culture on Butler’s campus as she sees it with the help of a survey she conducted to get the real numbers.

  • Breaking news: there’s no more news! (papers)

    Breaking news: there’s no more news! (papers)

    Amidst rumors SGA is getting rid of our campus newspaper subscriptions, columnist Austin Klawitter meets up with our current SGA president Paige Haefer and gets to the bottom of it.

  • How safe do you feel?

    How safe do you feel?

    Do you feel safe walking around campus at night? What about on the trail along the canal? Columnist Madi McGuire discusses her concerns about these things with input from Butler Police Chief John Conley and some fellow students.

  • No absence of policy

    No absence of policy

    Columnist Nathan Maynard contemplates whether professors’ absence policies are fair and helpful with keeping students engaged and present.

  • Making the most out of your last month

    Making the most out of your last month

    Columnist Douglas Roche gives advice on how to make the most of our last month of school.

  • Construction, housing, and the sophomore displacement

    Construction, housing, and the sophomore displacement

    Columnist Austin Klawitter discusses his experience with the Butler student housing programs and how construction and Fairview House’s pod sizes, among other things, are affecting sophomores in particular.

  • Responsibility in college

    Responsibility in college

    Columnist Madi McGuire discusses the difficulty of handling responsibility in college, from owning a (or several) goldfish to being involved with sports or having a job.