Do you ever find yourself thinking someone with different political beliefs from your own is evil? Columnist Douglas Roche explains why he feels that is problematic.
Butler is getting more expensive
Douglas Roche III weighs in on the tuition and housing increase for the 2017 – 2018 academic year with the help of several other students.
Campus smoking: is there a resolution?
Columnist Douglas Roche discusses the many viewpoints of smoking on college campuses.
Fall to-do list
Columnist creates a to-do list for Butler students and Indianapolis residents this fall. See what you can check off this season!
Prescription for homesickness
Whether you live near or far, homesickness is inevitable for first years. It happens to everyone at some point regardless of where you go and affects everyone differently. However, students can conquer homesickness during this adjustment period.
The perks of being a smallflower
Illustration by Gabbie Evans. DOUGLAS ROCHE III | OPINION COLUMNIST | droche@butler.edu Not too big. Not too small. Just right. I think Goldilocks would have said that about Butler. It is marketed and seen by pretty much everyone as a smaller school, but it has a big feel to it. Everybody has their preference…
Why social media has morphed into an approval-seeker of others
Butler student checks her Snapchat. Photo by Michael Brown. DOUGLAS ROCHE III | OPINION COLUMNIST | droche@butler.edu The internet drives society today. There is no other way around it. It is our generation’s invention of the light bulb. I would love to be able to go back to 1990 just before the World Wide Web…
Why Brock Turner’s release after half a six-month sentence is wrong
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons DOUGLAS ROCHE III | OPINION COLUMNIST | droche@butler.edu On June 2, Stanford rapist Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in Santa Clara county jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious 22 year-old female behind a dumpster at a party on Jan. 18. On Sept. 2, Turner was released early for…
What I’ve learned after my first two weeks at Butler
Illustration by Maria Rapisarda. DOUGLAS ROCHE III | OPINION COLUMNIST | droche@butler.edu On Aug. 20, I moved into Ross Hall and began the next chapter in my life: college. While that was only two weeks ago, it feels more like two days. It seems it was just yesterday I hugged my mom and dad goodbye…
Firsy day of college: The first of many firsts
First day of high school vs. first day of college. Illustration by Maria Rapisarda. DOUGLAS ROCHE III | OPINION COLUMNIST | droche@butler.edu Last Wednesday was the first day of school for Butler students, but for first-year students, it was monumental—it was their first day of college. It was the first of many firsts for…