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  • Danko’s State of The University addressed Big East, construction, sexual assault, among others

    By: Marais Jacon-Duffy Editor-in-Chief University President James Danko highlighted progress made and progress yet to be made in his State of the University address this morning. He discussed issues such as sexual assault, Butler’s move to the Big East, new facilities and construction on campus, changes in administrative positions and also addressed an article published in…

  • Track and Field earns honors at Big East Championships

    The Butler men’s and women’s track and field teams capped their inaugural season in the Big East with fifth place finishes at the conference meet this weekend. Butler placed in 10 events overall. Senior Kirsty Legg took first place in the 1500-meter event, setting a school record with a time of 4:16.72. Legg set the…

  • Baseball opens Big East play with win over Seton Hall

    BY: JOE HASENSTAB | Staff Reporter Butler (12-6, 1-0) baseball opened Big East play with a 6-1 victory over the Seton Hall Pirates (20-6, 0-1) on Friday afternoon. Senior Gunner Johnson started the game for the Bulldogs and threw seven innings of shutout ball. Junior catcher Will Amador had an RBI single in the first…

  • Fall sports still competitive in Big East

    Butler’s first fall sports season in the Big East Conference is coming to a close. Fans may have wondered going into the new league how the athletic program would handle its competition. Would the other schools the Bulldogs now compete with be too much for Butler teams to contend with? The answer for the fall…

  • Butler falls in Big East tournament

    BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s soccer team’s season came to an end  Tuesday night, as the Bulldogs suffered a 3-2 loss in the Big East Tournament to the St. John’s Red Storm. The game-winning St. John’s goal came in the 65th minute from freshman forward Miranda Haraughty. Haraughty received the ball 25…

  • Bulldogs debut team in front of national audience

    By Ari Kasle – Staff Reporter Butler basketball fans got a sneak preview of their team on Friday night. The new-look Bulldogs took the court as part of Fox Sports 1’s Big East Tip-Off. As part of the program, each of the ten Big East schools held simultaneous scrimmage games, which were televised on the…

  • Val Ackerman named new Big East commissioner

    The new Big East introduced former WNBA president Val Ackerman as the conference’s first commissioner Wednesday. The hiring came after a three-month search conducted by the conference’s 10 school presidents. Ackerman worked alongside NBA commissioner David Stern before being named the first president of the WNBA in 1996. The University of Virginia graduate also served…

  • Television deal made move worthwhile

    The offer of conference membership from Big East officials to Butler University was no surprise to Butler officials. In his first interview with The Collegian since the conference switch, President Jim Danko said university officials assessed a second possible move when deciding to move to the Atlantic 10 Conference. The move to the A-10 did…

  • Funding Butler’s future

    On the heels of multiple million-dollar donations, Butler University President Jim Danko is eager to continue fundraising. He is still in the process of finalizing a strategic plan for the university, one that “energizes the academic side of Butler,” Danko said. Gifts to the university have helped move the plan along. One of the largest…