MATTHEW FLECKENSTEIN | STAFF REPORTER In order to make all students feel included on campus, the Health and Recreation Complex has made its restrooms gender inclusive. Keith Magnus, director of counseling and consultations services, said making students feel comfortable is a top priority. “The purpose is for all students to feel included, welcome, celebrated,” Magnus…
BUPD testing body cameras
MATTHEW VANTRYON | EDITOR IN CHIEF The Butler University Police Department announced at the beginning of September that it would be testing a variety of body cameras over the next several months. The department hopes the body cameras will result in an increased amount of protection and transparency. Ben Hunter, Butler’s chief of police, said…
SGA switches from assembly structure to senate structure
BLAKELY HEATON AND MATTHEW DEL BUSTO / STAFF REPORTERS Why the switch? The Student Government Association will transition from an assembly structure to a senate structure this year. Student government president Katelyn Sussli identified two main flaws in the previous assembly structure. “One (flaw) was that there was an inconsistency in who was…
Theta Twist raises funds for a good cause
SARAH THUET | CULTURE REPORTER Wikimedia Commons photo Butler Greek Life has officially kicked off their first semester events. Freshmen, and other interested students, are now able to sign up for recruitment, which consequently begins the season of philanthropy events for all of the houses. Several weeks ago, Kappa Alpha Theta had their first event.…
Block Party popular, but do students stick with it?
GABBY MOLINE | CULTURE REPORTER Photo by Michael Brown — Block Party is just one of the many opportunities for students to get involved during Welcome Week Every year, on an evening before school begins, Block Party shows off a multitude of Butler’s clubs and organizations. Block Party is the first opportunity for new students…
An Open Letter to CCOM Dean Gary Edgerton and President Jim Danko from Bill Watts
Bill Watts, Butler Senate parliamentarian and chair of sociology and criminology, submitted the following letter for publication. An Open Letter to Dean Gary Edgerton and President Jim Danko, I write to express my concern about the dismissal of Loni Smith McKown, the faculty advisor to the Collegian, and the national attention this has brought the…
Replacing a Legend
ERIC ROBINSON | SPORTS CO-EDITOR After former associate athletic director Jim McGrath retired after 34 years at the helm, the Butler athletics department didn’t even have to go outside of Indianapolis to find his successor, John Dedman. After growing up in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, John Dedman graduated from Butler in 2003 and worked under McGrath as…
Is Karma A Bitch?
HAYLEY ROSS | STAFF COLUMNIST Let’s be real. All of you reading this have done something in your lifetime that you probably shouldn’t have. Whether it was something small, like taking money from your brother’s piggy bank, or something a bit bigger like cheating on your significant other, the fear of what is to come…
Marc Allan assumes role of Collegian interim adviser
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, Sept. 10, 2015 — Loni McKown will no longer be The Butler Collegian’s adviser, after serving five years in that role. The university’s news manager Marc Allan will serve as interim adviser until a permanent replacement can be found. The change in advisement does not affect the status of the Collegian’s mission or operations.…