MARC ALLAN | PUBLIC EDITOR Back in late summer, when I introduced myself as the first public editor of The Butler Collegian, I said my intention was to be “the explainer”—the person who would help readers understand why the newspaper operates the way it does and how decisions are made. If there was a…
From us to you: Enduring freshman year
ALEX BARTLOW | ASST. OPINION EDITOR & ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION COLUMNIST College: the introduction to the beginning of our lives. Parties, beer pong, fountain jumping, frat boys walking around in togas. Everything the movies taught us about what to expect in our first years of college. However, movies do not teach you about some…
Goodbye and good luck
HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST Dear Seniors, I cannot imagine what you must be feeling right now. I am almost finished with my sophomore year, and I am panicking about the fact that college is halfway over for me. The looming threat of leaving college behind and starting the real world hangs over me,…
The truth about college
EMILY ZALEWSKI | GUEST COLUMNIST College is… College is taking an 8 a.m. first semester, because I started class at 7:30 in high school, so this should be no biggie, right? College is dreading the words “group project.” College is making VooDoo dolls of the people in your group. College is buying a textbook for…
Death at the stake
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | OPINION COLUMNIST Before a Massachusetts jury Saturday, lawyers conceded that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the then 19-year-old and his brother planted bombs, killing three people and injuring almost 270 more during the 2013 Boston Marathon. Of the 30 counts brought against Tsarnaev, 17 of them are considered death penalty offenses. To be frank, I…
Like a rolling stone
PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST Last November “Rolling Stone” magazine published an article entitled “A Rape on Campus.” The article described a vicious gang rape that took place on the University of Virginia’s campus as part of an initiation rite during a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party. The account was extremely detailed, right down to…
Don’t believe me? Just watch.
CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | OPINION COLUMNIST You can pre-order the game-changing Apple Watch starting April 10. Apple recommends ordering online to avoid the chaos of its stores on product release days — at 3:01 a.m. for the Butler community. Apple advertises the watch as luxurious and personal: “You’ll feel a gentle tap with each incoming message.”…
IMA changes admission
ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION COLUMNIST Just living 40 minutes from downtown Indianapolis, I had heard of the Indianapolis Museum of Art before. And I had always intended to visit at some point. I love museums. I love culture, and art, and experiencing new things—especially free things. Up until April 7, the IMA offered free admission…
Happy with life
HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST Do you ever just stop and think about how lucky you are to be alive? I know a lot of you probably answered no. It does seem weird to just stop and think about yourself—what you have and what you have accomplished—and how great you have it. Sometimes it is…
Sexy is more than a dress size
MORGAN LEGEL | OPINION EDITOR What size is considered plus size? There have been a lot of articles about “plus size” models written as of late. We need to set some things straight right now. The average American woman wears a size 14. Plus-size models start at size eight. Therefore, most “plus-size” models are still…