With more than 140 student organizations on campus to choose from, Butler University students may find a club they are involved in declared inactive at some point during their Butler careers. Julie Pakenham, associate director of the PuLSE Office, said the most common reason that clubs are declared inactive by the PuLSE Office is because…
BU College Democrats, political organizations denied SGA grants
Butler University’s College Democrats was denied a grant from the Student Government Association due to the organization’s political involvement. This has caused some people to question a long-standing policy in the SGA grants requirements and has led to confusion within many organizations. On Dec. 15, 2011, the SGA grants committee informed College Democrats that the…
Annual address covers college
The second annual State of the College of Education Address covered both internal unity and external partnerships Monday evening in the Reilly Room. The address is meant to update COE members about what is going on in the college. COE Dean Ena Shelley opened the address by discussing how all members of COE have a…
OPINION | Yes, we have a parking problem
Even in the midst of midterm- exam season, mumbled curses and nervous breakdowns on Butler University’s campus are likely to occur when someone has a parking drama.
OPINION | Diversity groups need fewer fund restrictions
As part of the Butler University Student Government Association’s Mardi Gras festivities, at least ten diversity groups made appearances. It may not have been entirely willing, however. SGA mandated that Asian Students Intercultural Demia, along with several others, participated in Mardi Gras in return for their grants. That participation carried a price tag: $200, if…
OPINION | SGA policy vetoes enrichment, political organizations
Butler University’s Student Government Association is actively limiting the ability of political groups on campus to educate the student population. The three main political groups—the Butler University College Democrats, the Butler University College Republicans and the Butler University Students for Liberty—should come together in an effort to change SGA’s policy so that SGA will fund…
OPINION | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Being as that I am so far away from Butler’s campus this semester, The Butler Collegian and Connection are the only two ways that I receive any news whatsoever regarding the happenings within the university. It is my great displeasure to share with you that I extremely disagree with the way you went about handling…
OPINION | Students should join feminist group celebrations of women
I’m Colleen Quilty, president of Demia, Butler University’s feminist and social justice organization. Tomorrow is the start of Women’s History Month, a whole 31 days dedicated to remembering and honoring women, their achievements and current issues they face. Demia is planning an eventful March culminating in a student production of Eve Ensler’s world-famous“Vagina Monologues” on…
Barista charm
Among the women making Butler University a unique and lively campus this semester is Cheristdel Bonds, a relatively recent addition to the campus Starbucks staff who serves the Butler community while developing her spirituality.
Spring Sing and fun in the sun
Butler students will raise their voices and whip out their swimsuits for this year’s beach-themed Spring Sing fundraiser. The two music fraternities on campus, the women’s fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota and the men’s fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, organize this yearly event. Junior French horn major and member of Sigma Alpha Iota Abbey Springer is…