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  • Volleyball’s win streak snapped at five

    After running its winning streak to five matches with a 3-0 win over the UIC Flames on Saturday, the Butler volleyball team ended its run with a 3-0 loss while visiting the Cleveland State Vikings last night. The Bulldogs’ (9-7, 4-1 HL) matchup against the Vikings (13-1, 4-1 HL) was the start of a tough…

  • Horizon League honors junior Bulldog defender

    Junior defender Matt Hedges was named the Horizon League Men’s Soccer Co-Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 20. The Bulldogs, now ranked 12th by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, were led by Hedges’ outstanding performances in Wisconsin against Green Bay and Milwaukee, helping him earn the title. Hedges collected game-winning…

  • First-half penalty kick nets loss for women’s soccer at home

    Women’s soccer will look to bounce back at Green Bay on Friday after enduring a tough loss against Valparaiso at the Butler Bowl last Sunday. Valparaiso senior midfielder Casey Pedersen guided a penalty kick into the back of the net in the 38th minute to provide the Crusaders (5-5-3, 1-2 HL) with the 1-0 advantage…

  • JCFA receives $210,000 grant

    Watch out theatre world—Butler University is bringing an international flavor to Indianapolis. The Christel DeHaan Family Foundation recently gave a $210,000 grant to the Jordan College of Fine Arts theatre program and the Butler Community Arts School. William Fisher, theatre department chair, said the department will use their four-year $140,000 portion to establish the Visiting…

  • Butler ranked 15th cleanest shaven in recent Schick study

    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.…