The Butler University Web site states Butler has made top rankings in the U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review. The university can add another, somewhat different, ranking to its list of accomplishments. Butler is ranked as 15th cleanest shaven school out of 60 other colleges and universities, according to research done by the…
Campus alert system federally mandated
Throughout the year, Butler University faculty, staff and students receive a sprinkling of “timely warnings” and emergency alert notifications regarding crime and other safety related events on campus. After a string of thefts hit Butler’s campus in the early morning hours of Sept. 15, Butler University Police Department released a “timely warning” at 7:16 a.m.,…
Speaker, JCFA honor German composer
The importance of composer Robert Schumann was discussed as Butler University’s Leadership Through the Arts Forum began Sept. 29 at the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall. Music historian, author and professor of music at Duke University Larry Todd was the keynote speaker. Schumann, a German composer who lived from 1810 until 1856, changed the world of music…
‘Lunch crunch’ puts university dining services in bind
Butler University Dining Services has made efforts to adjust to the larger student body on campus. Students who eat at Residential College’s Dining Room might have noticed changes in the number of seats available during the lunch hours. Food Service Director Stacy Puck said dining services has added 70 addtional chairs to accomodate the large…
STAFF EDITORIAL | Cooperation key to solving crime
It seems the “Butler Bubble” could be starting to burst. But is this skewed perception, or reality? This year has been fraught with stories of thefts, break-ins and suspicious persons, leading the staff at The Butler Collegian to question not only our safety, but how much Butler University Police Department is doing to protect us.…
The real value of a Butler education
Over the summer, my father asked me to consider the value of my education. I responded quickly with a simple answer—tuition and how it affected my finances. I constantly repeated how important it was for me to attend school, but it was not until afterwards that I actually comprehended what he was asking me to…
Women’s soccer grabs conference opener
The Butler women’s soccer team opened its conference season with a win on Sunday. The Bulldogs (3-7) began their Horizon League campaign against Wright State. Friday’s match against Oakland University was the last game before the start of conference play. Coming off two tough losses in Oregon, head coach Tari St. John said she was…
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet continues writers series
“He thinks like a scholar [and] writes like a jazz musician,” Doug Mannual, part of the Masters of Fine Arts program, said as he introduced visiting writer, Yusef Komuyakaa, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Krannert Room of Clowes Memorial Hall. Komunyakaa read several poems for Butler University students, faculty and members of the…
Students readjust after studying abroad
With over 110 study abroad programs offered, Butler University students have plenty of opportunities to step outside of the “Butler Bubble” and the Indianapolis community and experience a different culture. For some, the readjustment to Butler can be difficult. Senior Calli Duggins spent the fall semester of her junior year studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain.…
Arts, sciences spotlighted in Butler lecture series
Along with the Visiting Writers Series and the Center for and Faith and Vocation Series, Butler brings even more diversity to the 2010- 11 lineup by including the Arts Lecture Series and the Woods Lecture Series. In this issue, we spotlight the last two of the four lecture series. The Leadership through the Arts Lecture…