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Lee: Sports media may change some, but it won’t change me

DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu I hope the TV network will not mind if I refuse to wear heels. Should it matter? No. Will it? Yes. I see myself teetering treacherously towards a future as a heel-adorned sports reporter, and my career ending with unfortunate headlines: “ESPN Reporter Slips on Ice Covering NHL”…
From a Butler student to a TV producer

ASHLEY TOMASZEWSKI | STAFF REPORTER For many, becoming part of the television world is a childhood dream. Butler senior Emi Dammers has turned this dream into a reality. The process has been anything but easy, Dammers said. She has devoted countless hours of hard work to creating her own original TV series, How to Be Human.…
Women’s tennis loses to Bradley

DANA LEE | STAFF REPORTER | delee1@butler.edu The Butler University women’s tennis team fell to Bradley University at home on Feb. 6 with a final score of 6-1. The defeat puts the team’s season record to 0-6. Junior Kailey Eaton was the sole winner for the Bulldogs after gaining the upperhand at No. 3 singles.…
Black voices, black pride: School spirit

Illustration by Camille Bates CAMERON ALFORD | CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST “To handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.” Carter G. Woodson made this statement referencing the miseducation of black students in America in his…
Schwitzer Hall to be closed and torn down

ANNIE WEBER | NEWS EDITOR Several meeting dates discussing the future of Schwitzer Hall were announced in an email from Chief of Staff Benjamin Hunter Tuesday morning. The current residence hall for first-year women will be closed and decommissioned after this academic year. The Board of Trustees has approved a preliminary plan for a new…
Butler softball begins season in Alabama

GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER | ganschue@butler.edu Although the weather may not suggest it, the Butler University softball team will have their first game in less than a week. They won’t be playing in the Indianapolis winter, however. Auburn, Alabama is the first stop of their trip down south. Six-year head coach Scott Hall said…
Butler women’s basketball snaps seven game losing streak, defeats Providence

ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu The Butler University women’s basketball team snapped a seven game losing streak to defeat Providence College 65-50 and win their second game of 2016 on Feb. 7 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs’ other 2016 win also came against the Friars on their court Jan. 8. They now sit at…
Midwinter Dance Festival

GABBY MOLINE | STAFF REPORTER February 10 through 14, Butler’s dance company will perform their Midwinter Dance Festival, a combination of classical ballet and modern dance. The 2016 Midwinter Dance will showcase pieces from resident choreographers, such as Stephan Laurent and Susan McGuire, as well as guest choreographer Lesley Telford. Butler’s dance department, currently one…
Butler men’s basketball blows out St. John’s

MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team defeated St. John’s University on Feb. 6 with a score of 89-56. With the win, Butler improves to 16-7 overall and 5-6 in Big East play. St. John’s falls to 7-17 on the season and 0-11 in conference play. Roosevelt Jones led the…