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  • Multicultural enrollment below US average

    After dropping more than 1 percent in a year, multicultural student enrollment at Butler University is one-third the national rate at other private, four-year, not-for-profit institutions. Multicultural students—African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans and other non-Caucasian students—make up 11.3 percent of Butler’s population, down from 12.4 percent last year. On average, multicultural students made up 31.9 percent…

  • BUPD will begin using social networking to reach students

    Word gets out faster than ever on Facebook and Twitter. Soon Butler University emergency alerts will, too. Next semester expects students, faculty and staff to have the option of receiving official Butler notifications on the popular social media websites. “It’s the age we live in,” said Andrew Ryan, assistant chief of police at Butler University…

  • Shuttle service leaves AV residents feeling left behind

    Students are raising concerns that the Student Government Association shuttle bus that runs on the weekends from campus to Broad Ripple and Glendale is failing to stop at the pick up point located at the Apartment Village. Senior Audra Winger said she and her friends were left waiting outside of AV on multiple occasions for…

  • 24 hours proves enough time to create a symphony

    A person can do a lot in one rotation of the Earth. Eight student composers and four performers from Butler University’s Jordan College of Fine Arts chose to use 24 hours between Friday and Saturday preparing for the semi-annual 24 Hour Concert, which returned again this semester after a year absent from campus. The goal:…

  • Danko hopes new ideas, programs create bond, accessibility with students

    This afternoon, there will be a new Butler University president sitting at Starbucks waiting to talk to students. President Jim Danko will have his first “Chat with the President” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. today at Starbucks. Danko said he is making an effort to try to interact with and be accessible to students on campus. “I…

  • University donors, alumni, guests add to list of drivers looking for a spot on campus

    Butler University students, faculty and staff might be 1,412 permits short of feeling like they have ample parking, but they’re not the only ones on campus trying to find a spot. Dozens of donors, alumni and visitors drive to Butler each day, and the departments that bring them said it’s a struggle to make their…

  • Living with strangers could be the best decision incoming Butler freshmen make

    The idea of roommates is a strange one, especially in college. Students are asked to move out of their childhood homes, move into what essentially is a boarding house and live with another person—sometimes, a complete stranger. Cohabitation is tricky; naturally there are different types of roommates: the quiet one, the angry one, the one…

  • Canceling Geneva Stunts is no big loss

    Butler University won’t be seeing Geneva Stunts for the first time in 92 years, and it’s not such a bad thing. While it is sad to lose such a long-standing tradition, we at The Butler Collegian support the organizer’s decision to cancel Geneva Stunts. The event was canceled this year due to diminishing profits and…

  • Student bumps head during Frisbee practice

    The Big Dawg Freshmen intramural ultimate Frisbee team started their first practice of the year with a bang—on Daniel Brenzel’s head. During an hour of lighthearted play Monday afternoon, freshman Jose Aguilar passed the disc to Brenzel, who dove straight into the metal BU structure on the campus mall, causing an abrasion on his head,…