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  • The Butler University Unofficial Parent & Student Page: Navigating student benefits and over-parenting

    The Butler University Unofficial Parent & Student Page: Navigating student benefits and over-parenting

    From easing move-in day anxieties to accusations of “helicopter parenting,” the unofficial parent Facebook group remains a hot topic of discussion.

  • Social media predictions: spring break vol. 2

    Social media predictions: spring break vol. 2

    Assistant culture editor Doug Roche III gives you a forecast of the content that will most likely make up your social media feeds over spring break, again.

  • Collegiate stereotypes of social media users

    Collegiate stereotypes of social media users

    Are you the Instagram Model, Facebook Oversharer, or more of an Aesthetician? Find out as columnist Madeleine Lucchetti explores the stereotypical users of social media.

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Respectfully Agree TO Disagree

    Last week’s election and the entire year’s campaign cycle absorbed people’s interest people across the nation. A tidal wave of posts took over social media outlets. Voters and non-voters alike took to message boards, walls and Twitter feeds to air their unfiltered opinions. Some veered into disrespectful, uncivil speech. While freedom of speech is a…

  • OPINION | Don’t let Indy pride stop after Super Bowl weekend

    Students should still be active in community, even without national spotlight on Indianapolis. The recent Super Bowl madness is giving the rest of the nation a chance to learn what the Butler University community has known since 1855: Indianapolis is a super city, and that fact has nothing to do with a visit from Jimmy…

  • 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…

  • The Earth Project brings eco-friendly events to campus all year

    This year, Butler University is looking to planet Earth to stimulate academic conversations throughout its colleges. The Earth Project, run by a committee of faculty and staff through the provost’s office, is designed to support cross-campus collaborative activities and promote collegiality among the faculty, staff, and students. “I think it’s interesting that although the themes…

  • OPINION | Documentary represents real women and ads’ flaws

    Advertising attacks women with constant images that demean, objectify and subordinate them. That’s the premise of “Miss Representation,” a documentary showing this week on campus. I hope to see a packed house and not just with women. According to the organization’s website, “the film…exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and…

  • OPINION | Students need to embrace civil discourse

    Persuasion, yelling and calling into question the moral character of an opponent are all interesting and predictable components of a modern argument, especially one between young adults. In the hustle and bustle of college, it seems that students are losing the perspective that comes with civil discourse. Instead of arguing from a logical standpoint and…