Autumn on Butler University’s campus. Photo from Flickr. CARISSA MARQUARDT | OPINION EDITOR | cfmarqua@butler.edu It may not feel like it, but it is official: fall has arrived. This time last year I was becoming an icicle at a renaissance fair, red-nosed and numb-fingered thanks to a relentless sprinkle of frozen rain. This time last…
Roll a Spare in Fountain Square | Out on the Town
EMMA EDICK | STAFF REPORTER Transport to another era on your next trip to Fountain Square with a game of duckpin bowling. The game was supposedly born in Baltimore, Maryland, in the spring of 1900 at a place called Diamond Alleys. Two members of the original Baltimore Orioles minor league club were owners of the…
High rates of heroin use reported
Heroin use is on the rise among college-aged people in the Indianapolis area. According to Butler University Police Department Detective Bruce Allee, heroin is present on Butler’s campus but less than state school campuses. “The scary thing about heroin is that an experienced addict can appear to be functioning,” Allee said. “They will graduate college…
Men’s basketball: Team finishes preseason 2-0
The Butler men’s basketball team will begin its regular season Saturday against Elon at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The game is scheduled to tip off at 2 p.m. The contest is one of the opening games of the Maui Invitational. Elon went 9-9 in the Southern Conference last season and 15-16 overall, finishing second in the North…
STAFF EDITORIAL | Butler students should explore Indy
Indianapolis is the 12th largest city in the United States. However, looking at how often Butler students take time to explore the city, one would never know. Students should embrace the many cultural opportunities set before them, courtesy of the city of Indianapolis. Instead, students seem to have isolated themselves to campus and Broad Ripple.…
VIDEO | Butler community takes plunge for Special Olympics
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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…
OPINION | Celebrity basketball game could have been slam dunk
The poorly- planned game could have raised more for charity. Hopefully, Indianapolis can host a Super Bowl again in the near future so the Gridiron Celebrity Hoops XIV charitable basketball game can do a better job of getting its act together. The Saturday event as a whole came off as if half of it was…
Students sing with Madonna
Did you see any familiar faces during the Super Bowl Halftime show on Sunday? Besides Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Cee Lo Green, M.I.A. and the boys from LMFAO, of course. About 20 students from the Jordan College of Fine Arts were a part of the 200-voice choir that accompanied the “Queen of Pop.” The choir also…
Welcome back, Jimmy
Once Jimmy Fallon saw Butler University’s flash mob YouTube video, he said he couldn’t wait to visit during his week-long visit to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl. Before delivering a hilarious two-hour show on Sunday, Fallon sat down with The Collegian to discuss bulldogs, Steak ‘n Shake and traveling with his show for the very…