Photo courtesy of pexels.com NATALIE KINNEY | STAFF REPORTER | nkinney@butler.edu This is the latest installment of our Bulldog of Butler series, which is a short interview with someone to get to know more about them. We hope to highlight more and more people on this campus. Search Bulldogs of Butler to read more stories about your fellow Dawgs.…
Butler graduate Brandon Gaudin is in the game
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR | ganschue@butler.edu The Madden NFL video game has featured famous football personas like namesake John Madden, Al Michaels, Gus Johnson and Jim Nantz. Butler graduate Brandon Gaudin ‘06 joined this prestigious group for the latest edition: Madden NFL 17. The game itself hit stores on Aug. 23, but on…
Butler athletes find creative ways to maneuver around campus
JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu Butler students usually travel on foot, in cars or on bikes. But more than a few Bulldogs found an alternative method of transportation. Their vehicle of choice is an emerging trend in Butler’s athlete circles—a Razor scooter. The scooters became in vogue on Butler’s campus a few years…
NCAA rule change makes recruiting #social
COLLIN PERRY | STAFF REPORTER | ccperry@butler.edu A recent NCAA social media rule allows coaches and their staff to like and retweet recruits. Prior to Aug. 1, it was a violation. The NCAA had seen this act as promoting a school’s recruitment of an athlete. The NCAA made this change because “under the current legislation,…
Student employment opportunities open with new restaurants
JESSICA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | jelee2@butler.edu The once-vacant areas in the parking garage on Sunset Avenue are slowly being occupied by businesses. Those businesses are looking for student employees. Walking into Scotty’s Dawghouse, there are bleachers for customers to sit. Above these bleachers hangs Butler Blue II’s original jersey, framed with a picture of…
Irwin under construction
JACKSON BORMAN | STAFF REPORTER | jborman@butler.edu The Irwin Library, surrounded by yellow caution tape, was quiet over the holiday weekend. Construction crews have been working to restore the building’s roof and stairs. The lobby of the library has been under construction since last Thursday. Crews of construction workers have assembled, scaffolding where the beams will…
Women’s soccer player Halle Stelbasky returns after multiple knee surgeries
SAVANNAH BOETTCHER| STAFF REPORTER | sboettch@butler.edu Three and a half years ago during a high school soccer game, Halle Stelbasky tore the tendons in her knee — the ACL, MCL, PCL and meniscus. Shortly after the injury, current Butler sophomore Stelbasky met with Butler women’s soccer co-head coach Tari St. John to discuss her athletic…
Women’s lacrosse added after Title IX investigation
DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu The combination of financial fortune and Title IX made the women’s lacrosse team a reality. From the time Butler athletics announced the addition of women’s lacrosse last October, the team gained a locker room, uniforms, a turf field, a coaching staff and 33 players. The evolution might seem…
Importance of the first woman candidate of a major party
Illustration by Jessica Lee. MARIA RAPISARDA | ASST. OPINION EDITOR | mrapisar@butler.edu A joke was made when Sen. Bernie Sanders was still in the running that no matter who was elected as president, a milestone would be reached. If Sanders was elected, we would have the first Jewish president. If Hillary Clinton was elected, we…
More gender inclusive restrooms on campus
BRITTANY BLUTHARDT | STAFF REPORTER | BBLUTHAR@BUTLER.EDU More gender inclusive restrooms will be installed around Butler University’s campus this year. Last fall, the first gender inclusive restroom was placed in the Health and Recreation Complex. Rich Michal, executive director of the Facilities Office of Service Center Operations, said he believes Butler University will add more…