BUPD

  • Policy causes confusion: BUPD and excise police cause tension among students

    Students are uncertain about  the new safety changes that Butler University has put into place for this school year. “The culmination of new changes to policy, an alcohol task force, public excise police and a few high-profile cases are all coming together in a sort of perfect storm, which is causing the tension and fear…

  • Sanctions change for violations

    Published Sept. 5, 2012 Sanctions and penalties resulting from alcohol violations are now in the spotlight, with Butler University changing how it handles alcohol consumption and problem drinking by its students. Fines have been replaced with community restoration activities, which will allow students to work toward decreasing the negative effects of alcohol consumption on campus,…

  • Spotlight on sexual assault

    Sept. 5, 2012 “Butler University is certainly not immune to sexual assault. It happens more than people think.” Sexual assault often goes unreported, leaving the victim to deal with the effects, the perpetrator free with no repercussions and universities looking to adjust programs and judicial systems to deal with the crime. Butler University, officials said,…

  • Summer theft targets bikes

    Butler University Police Department’s crime log showed 16 thefts reported on campus between June and August. BUPD staff said this was actually a fairly quiet summer. Locations of thefts varied from residence halls to academic buildings. One item accounted for over half of the total summer thefts—bikes. Bikes and small electronics are the most common…

  • Officer Chalmers | The man behind the tickets

    The feeling of dread elicited by a tiny green slip of paper on the windshield of a car is familiar to many Butler University students with cars on campus.

  • Danko adds staff to presidential suite

    Butler University President Jim Danko created a new position in his office and filled vacancies in two others, he announced in an April 2 memo. The university now has an executive assistant to the Board of Trustees, a role filled by Carol Wroblewski.  Wroblewski is a former associate provost at Butler.  She will communicate with…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Student issues must come first

    Published April 10, 2012 OUR POINT THIS WEEK: Hiring unnecessary staff while vital positions are being cut is not the way to help Butler students succeed | VOTE: 27-0-4 A core curriculum program  $400,000 in the red. Four percent increases in tuition. Recent controversies whirling around campus seem to be following the tone of money,…

  • Assault case reported

    The Butler University Police Department is investigating a woman’s allegation that she may have been drugged while at a Dec. 2 party at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. The woman, whose name was not released by police upon her request, first made the allegation to BUPD March 8.  She is not certain her drink…

  • Endowment part of discussion at president’s town hall

    Economic and spatial growth were on the minds of students and vice presidents at Butler University President Jim Danko’s town hall meeting on Monday night, where about 20 students asked questions and voiced concerns to university administrators. Danko, along with Vice Presidents Bruce Arick, Levester Johnson, Gerald  Carlson and Chief of Staff and Executive Director…