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  • Administration working to improve rentention rates

    The retention rates at Butler University have been consistent over the years, but the university is looking to bring them closer to 100 percent. Right now, Butler’s average retention from first to second year is 88 percent. “If you don’t retain students there, they won’t be there for their junior year,” Associate Provost Mary Macmanus…

  • Danko to tour U.S., spread executive decision

    Butler University President Jim Danko will embark on an inaugural tour to connect with alumni and promote the university. Danko will make stops in New York, Florida, the Midwest and the West Coast. The trip kicks off with a visit to the Indiana Historical Society on Feb. 15. “I expect it will be an excellent…

  • CARTOON | Farewell, students and have a nice break

  • OPINION | Students should learn, not just pass

    For me, high school was a time when my extracurricular activities outweighed my school work. I’d put my time into my school work at school, but my hours outside of school were spent playing sports, participating in various school clubs and spending time with family and friends. I really didn’t have to sit down and…

  • OPINION | BUPD’s new K-9 challenges fame of Butler Blue II

    Heads up  Blue II.  The Butler University community welcomed a mixed labrador named Marcus right before the fall semester finished. Marcus is part of the new K-9 unit in the Butler University Police Department, and although I love Blue II, I am excited to see Marcus around campus hounding down criminals. As bold as this…

  • Welcome To the Party: The Colts aren’t playing, but that’s no reason not to enjoy the Super Bowl

    Indianapolis is about to become the United States’ biggest all-ages playground. This week and next, expect the city to explode with parties, zip-lining, celebrities, concerts and sheer excitement. As usual, Butler University students are right in the midst of it all, volunteering for events like the NFL Players’ Party or working at the NFL Experience.…

  • Fallon returns for pre-Super Bowl performance

    Over the past few weeks, Butler University  students’ Twitter and Facebook feeds have been covered with Jimmy Fallon tweets and messages. Now, the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” host is making a special visit to campus during his stint here at Hilbert Circle Theatre, but the social media campaign may not have been  the sole…

  • Music festival celebrates electronic sounds

    Since before the dawn of computers, man has expanded the capabilities of electricity and technology in music, seeking to express beauty and reality as potently as through the traditional symphony, poem or fresco. The Electronic Music Festival at Butler University celebrates the accomplishments of electronic music­—a genre born of software, circuits and wires. The pieces…

  • Artist portrays transgendered experience

    Rebecca Kling has been called the starter of uncomfortable conversations, but the calm, collected tone of her voice suggests a presence that is anything but awkward.  Her story is one of change, acceptance and discovery. Kling is a person who is transgendered, meaning she was born a biological male  and now lives her life as…