Butler University’s Student Disability Services and Learning Resource Center both expanded this fall to better accommodate the rising number of students requiring additional academic services. Student Disability Services Butler’s number of students with disabilities rose from 160 students in fall 2007 to approximately 230 at the start of this year—representing about 5 percent of the…
Collegian staff honored with four national awards
The Collegian won four national awards at the Associated Collegiate Press conference in Florida last week, including the highest award given to student publications: the Pacemaker. The Collegian’s editor-in-chief Hayleigh Colombo and adviser Loni McKown attended the conference in Orlando, Fla., from Oct. 26-30 where they accepted the award. The Pacemaker Award honors those who…
Seat not saved
Colin Likas | Sports Editor | clikas@butler.edu Art Levin, a retired journalism professor, has been viewing Butler men’s basketball games from the same seat in Hinkle Fieldhouse for 25 years. But he won’t be back this year. Prior to this season, Levin said he was told he would need to increase his donation to Butler…
CCOM dean candidate withdraws name
One of three final dean candidates for Butler University’s College of Communication took his name out of the running on Friday, leaving the search committee to decide how to conduct the rest of the search. Alan Stavitsky, associate dean at the University of Oregon, withdrew his application after receiving an offer from a different university,…
Students, financial aid office react to debt plan
President Barack Obama’s recently announced student loan relief plan has Butler University students hoping for change—the kind that doesn’t involve an increase in tuition prices and loan interest rates. More than 80 percent of Butler students receive financial aid, and each year the university awards more than $3.8 million to help meet this need. Even…
Service-learning classes fulfill core community requirements
Changes in Butler University’s core curriculum sparked an increase in the number of service-learning courses offered to students as they start to enroll for the spring 2012 semester. More than 30 of Butler’s courses offered for the spring 2012 semester have service-learning components. The core curriculum now includes a service-learning requirement for any sophomores, freshmen…
OPINION | Flooding deserves more attention
It is one thing to have water in fountains and ponds. It is an entirely different thing to have to walk through standing water to get to class when it rains. A couple weeks ago, I woke up, looked outside and opted for skinny jeans and rainboots, only to walk outside, step in a puddle…
OPINION | Students need to embrace civil discourse
Persuasion, yelling and calling into question the moral character of an opponent are all interesting and predictable components of a modern argument, especially one between young adults. In the hustle and bustle of college, it seems that students are losing the perspective that comes with civil discourse. Instead of arguing from a logical standpoint and…
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…
Dance students explore Indian culture
Butler Theater’s new production of an ancient Sanskrit farce, “The Priest and the Prostitute,” premieres Thursday in Lilly Hall. Director Kunju Vasudevan’s vision of the 1,400-year-old play drums up more than just a provocative title. The Christel DeHaan Visiting International Theatre Artist is teaching and directing at Butler University this fall, along with Bhasi Puligara,…