BY RYAN LOVELACE | Managing Editor #96479074 / gettyimages.com Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary have moved at “light speed” to launch The Desmond Tutu Center while expressing no concerns about the project or the leadership of the Rev. Allan Boesak. Boesak, a former anti-apartheid activist and politician in South Africa, arrived in Indianapolis in fall…
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COLIN LIKAS | Editor-in-Chief The Butler Collegian is struggling financially—along with other school newspapers and the nation’s newspaper industry—and is searching for new business models and revenue streams. Changes in technology and the recent recession have resulted in advertising revenue falling from a high of $42,000 seven years ago to a new low of less…
Assessing the value of student journalism
BY MALLORY DUNCAN | ASST. ARTS, ETC. EDITOR The Butler Collegian has been publishing since 1886. The impact it—and other student newspapers—can have on their respective college and university campuses can be far reaching. “College papers are essential because not only do they just help the students learn how to do journalism but they help…
Joint Butler University-Christian Theological Seminary Center announced
BY KEVIN VOGEL | ARTS, ETC. EDITOR BREAKING NEWS Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary will be partnering to operate a center for “leadership development in social justice and reconciliation, international relationships and interreligious bridge-building.” The center was announced tonight before a speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu—for whom the new center is named—by Christian Theological…
Butler announces addition of parking lot, changes to permits
Butler University has implemented a plan to immediately solve a part of the parking problem on campus. In a letter to the Butler community, Ben Hunter, chief of staff, revealed a new parking lot and the reconfiguring of current lots to allow for more parking. The new lot will be known as “I Lot” and…
Danko, Big East officials positive about Butler’s move
In March 2012, the Butler community was wondering if the school would move to the Atlantic 10 Conference and, if so, when it would occur. Butler officials did not keep students, faculty, staff and other supporters waiting long when another opportunity to change athletic conferences came about this year. Butler President James Danko announced Butler’s…
Danko announces $5 million fund for ideas
SEE DANKO’S FULL INAUGURAL ADDRESS President Jim Danko announced that Butler University will develop a $5 million fund for innovative ideas and creative thinking during his Nov. 12 inaugural address at Clowes Memorial Hall. “I have heard many wonderful, creative ideas from Butler community members over the past 100 days,” Danko said. “It is this…