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  • Volleyball: Team gets first conference win

    The Butler volleyball team is preparing to take on its next conference opponent, Saint Louis, after going 1-1 on the weekend and earning its first-ever Atlantic 10 conference win. The Billikens (5-13, 0-4) are coming off a 15-12 record last year and a loss in the second round of the A-10 tournament to Xavier. Saint…

  • Men’s soccer: Bulldogs look forward to Ohio State

    The Butler Men’s soccer team will begin a stretch of three consecutive matches in Ohio with a non-conference game at Ohio State tonight. Since 1998, the Bulldogs and Buckeyes have played eight games with the Buckeyes leading the series with six wins and two losses against Butler. The two teams last met at Jesse Owens…

  • Cross Country: places 16th at Notre Dame

    The Butler men’s and women’s cross country teams sent full squads to the 57th Annual Notre Dame Invitational this past weekend – or at least, they were supposed to. The entirety of the nationally-ranked women’s team (No. 21) was scratched from the meet, in hopes of both keeping legs fresh and avoiding additional injuries, and…

  • Football: Bulldogs move to 2-0 in conference play

    Butler will play for a trophy next Saturday after upending rival Dayton 21-11 Saturday afternoon. Junior running back Trae Heeter led the Bulldogs with 159 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The Bulldogs (3-2, 2-0) remain undefeated in Pioneer League play with the win. Butler has won three of four in the lifetime series with Dayton.…

  • Butler welcomes newest Hall of Fame inductees

    On Saturday night, Butler inducted seven new members into its Athletic Hall of Fame. The inductees were Clyde McEntire, Norman “Norm” Ellenberger, Lynn Schreiber Wallace, Charles “Chuck” Orban, Beth Christiansen Hutson, Fraser Thompson and James “Jim” McGrath. “It’s a tremendous honor,” McGrath said. “To be recognized for doing your job is almost beyond the scope…

  • Football team downs rival Flyers

    The Butler football team upended rival Dayton 21-11 Saturday afternoon behind 159 yards and two touchdowns from running back Trae Heeter. The Bulldogs (3-2 overall) remained undefeated at 2-0 in Pioneer League play. Butler has won three of four in the series with Dayton. “From day one I was here, I always knew we’d be…

  • Atherton looks to provide quality

    Many students at Butler University frequent the Atherton Union Marketplace and may know little about the food they are putting in their mouths. Atherton offers food to students every day, but where does this food come from? How is it prepared? How can students find nutrition information on the food? Ed Campbell, manager at Atherton…

  • Softball: team completing fall season

    Softball is typically a spring sport, but the Butler softball team is more than halfway through its fall season. Butler’s official season is still in the spring, but the team is using a short, eight-game fall season to take stock of the newcomers and figure out individuals’ technique and skill levels. “We’re looking to gauge…

  • CCOM dean plans for future

    The College of Communications, Butler University’s newest college, will move forward with its newly-appointed dean Gary Edgeton watching over the process. “Numerous things (drew me to Butler),” Edgerton said. “It’s unique that an institution has a college of communication, and it’s doubly unique because most of the institutions that have them have been around for…