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  • Two colleges receive a makeover

    Two colleges receive a makeover

    “‘Pharmacy has always been an important legacy program, and we don’t want to diminish that, but we also want to be more inclusive and recognize that health professions [are] more about interprofessional teams.’”

  • OT: The gender of Butler’s intramural sports

    OT: The gender of Butler’s intramural sports

    “However, the liberal enforcement of gender requirements can threaten players’ comfort levels in a particular game considering the styles of play are very different across genders.”

  • Polar Plunge 2022

    Polar Plunge 2022

    Multimedia reporter Veronica Smith reports on this year’s Polar Plunge event put on by Butler Ambassadors for Special Olympics.

  • Clarifying the Butler-purchased insurance plan

    Clarifying the Butler-purchased insurance plan

    Each summer, students find emails in their inbox about the Butler-purchased insurance plan. Enrollment into the plan is automatic, and all but about 350 to 400 students choose to opt out of the plan before the August deadline rolls around. However, for many otherwise uninsured students and international students, waiving the insurance plan is not…

  • Therapist turnover creates challenge for Counseling and Consultation Services clients

    Therapist turnover creates challenge for Counseling and Consultation Services clients

    Counseling and Consultations Services provides free individual and group therapy for students, but therapists leave after a year.

  • Spring Sports raises over $3,500 for Special Olympics Indiana

    Spring Sports raises over $3,500 for Special Olympics Indiana

    Butler Ambassadors to Special Olympics put on their annual Spring Sports event, which lasts from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. in the Health and Recreation Center and Hinkle Fieldhouse.

  • Worsening flu season impacts Butler students

    Worsening flu season impacts Butler students

    Flu shot did not help in preventing students from contracting the disease.

  • FOR YOUR HEALTH: Surviving HRC rookies

    A fresh wave of reinforcements has entered the war on all body parts pudgy, portly and plump. To the dismay of many Health and Recreation Complex regulars, New Year’s intentions disrupt typical workout schedules. So what can year-round health nuts do to cope with these gym greenhorns? For those of you who can’t wait until…

  • New dietician brings healthy advice

    Photo by Heather Iwinski Butler University welcomed dietician Brooke Pearson to campus at the end of August, and she will be offering a variety of new nutrition services and seminars. “It’s been kind of a whirlwind start,” Pearson said. In a wellness survey, students named nutrition as the number one issue they wanted to receive…