Butler Collegian

  • Importance of the first woman candidate of a major party

    Importance of the first woman candidate of a major party

    Illustration by Jessica Lee. MARIA RAPISARDA | ASST. OPINION EDITOR | mrapisar@butler.edu A joke was made when Sen. Bernie Sanders was still in the running that no matter who was elected as president, a milestone would be reached. If Sanders was elected, we would have the first Jewish president. If Hillary Clinton was elected, we…

  • Nine or 19? Being a college kid is being a kid all over again

    KATHLEEN BERRY | OPINION COLUMNIST | keberry@butler.edu Sitting cafeteria-style during meals, eating ice cream on the daily, sleeping in bunk beds, stopping to pet every dog you see and using a bike as your primary mode of transportation may all seem like activities lost to the same years spent on a set of monkey bars.…

  • Why college students should be excited for a new governor in Indiana

    MADI MCGUIRE | OPINION COLUMNIST | mjmcguir@butler.edu This election season has been hectic, to say the least, and seems to be the topic of many college students’ conversations. The presidential election is certainly important, but Indiana residents have even more with which to concern themselves. Gov. Mike Pence accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination. This…

  • RED INK

    COLIN LIKAS | Editor-in-Chief The Butler Collegian is struggling financially­—along with other school newspapers and the nation’s newspaper industry—and is searching for new business models and revenue streams. Changes in technology and the recent recession have resulted in advertising revenue falling from a high of $42,000 seven years ago to a new low of less…

  • OPINION | Lessons learned in controversy

    The Butler Collegian deeply regrets  a blog post written by one of our staff members and the anguish it has caused members of the Butler University community. The Collegian strives to hold itself to the highest journalistic standards to act as a professional newsroom. We feel the weight of that responsibility now more than ever.…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | A Keller Choice For President

    Four Student Government Association presidential candidates sat on Sunday in front of a metaphorical firing squad: the staff of The Butler Collegian.