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  • 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…

  • Student businesses bring condoms, soaps, music to campus

    Expect your pockets to feel a little lighter, Butler. The Real Business Experience  projects have firmly established themselves on campus. RBE is a program for sophomore business students. Students form teams, think up a business idea and then attempt to market it to the campus community or wider, depending on the product. Businesses this year…