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  • Gender Equity Movement holds panel with local nonprofit

    Gender Equity Movement holds panel with local nonprofit

    “People might not think to wonder if you have pads or tampons, if you can afford your prescriptions or if you’re doing this on your own. I think that it touches a lot more people than we realize,’ Whitmer said.”

  • Studying abroad: Fear vs. fact

    Studying abroad: Fear vs. fact

    While it can be scary to practice in the field, most foreigners would be happy to assist those who make an honest effort to communicate.

  • The pros and cons of the Butler Bubble

    The pros and cons of the Butler Bubble

    Assistant opinion editor Austin Klawitter explores the idea of the Butler Bubble and its effects on the student community.

  • VIDEO | Men’s tennis

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  • Students pursue off-campus summer studies

    Butler University students who want to crack open their textbooks this summer outside of the Butler Bubble may have to jump through a few extra hoops in order to get credit. Getting transfer credit for courses requires approval from the department head, the dean of the college or the core administrator and the student’s adviser…

  • OPINION | Service learning should serve more

    Butler University incorporates service learning—volunteer work—into several courses. Frankly, Bulldogs should be even more involved in the community, and the university should incentivize them. I’ve heard faculty and students complain about the confines of the Butler Bubble, of being trapped in a world unrelated to Indianapolis. My advice? Go out and volunteer around the city.…

  • OPINION | Mandatory volunteering doesn’t help

    Baby-sitting small children sounds like fun for some people. I am not one of those people. I am all for helping the world. My version of helping the world though is not making sure that all the students at a community center have their afternoon snacks and play nicely on the playground. Through the university’s…

  • OPINION | Commencement speakers deserve a stipend

    College graduation is a big deal. It’s a huge deal. It’s a deal big enough that schools like Stanford University, Harvard University and the College of William and Mary have had commencement speakers such as Steve Jobs, J.K Rowling and Jon Stewart. While Butler University is not Harvard or Stanford, it is unacceptable that the…

  • Limited access to athletic facilities for all students disarming, inconvenient

    Tennis, anyone? If you aren’t a member of the Butler University tennis club, the men’s or women’s teams or tennis for enrollment credit, then you most likely won’t be enjoying a game of tennis today. Butler has succeeded in making some of its best sports facilities nearly inaccessible to students who aren’t athletes. If students…