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  • Butler collaborates with IPS: COE students to complete on-site training

    Butler University has teamed up with the Indianapolis Public School System (IPS) to open the new Reggio Magnet School in 2011. Butler will play a role in the Reggio Magnet School through the College of Education (COE). Education majors will train on-site at the school. COE Dean Ena Shelley, along with IPS Superintendent Eugene White…

  • Don’t let ‘Takers’ take your hard-earned cash

    Three aspects make heist movies great:  intensity, production quality and the ability to suspend disbelief. “Takers” hardly makes the grade in those categories and is by far one of the worst movies I’ve seen this year. It is a typical revenge/heist gone wrong story. A professional crew of bank robbers just completed their annual job.…

  • AmeriCorps awards grant to student volunteers

    Butler University’s Center for Citizenship and Community (CCC) has been awarded an $11,320 AmeriCorps grant to help facilitate community service among Butler students. “It’s a little bit odd, because we haven’t really received money,” Dr. Donald Braid, director of the CCC, said. “We have received the possibility of education stipends, so students who complete 300…

  • Faculty-in-residence combine work and family

    Butler University offers a unique experience for faculty members to live with students in the dorms through a program faculty-in-residence. It also creates a very unusual situation for the families of faculty-in-residence. After talking to Deb Lecklider and Meredith Beilfuss, both faculty-in-residence, Catherine Pangan was convinced that the faculty-in-residence program would be an incredible experience.…

  • Plans in place to refurbish campus lawn

    For returning students, the lawn in front of Schwitzer Hall might look a little bit naked. Eight trees were removed along Hampton Drive on the south side of Butler University’s campus over the summer. Mike Gardner, vice president for operations, said plans to reline the road with new trees have been in place for years.…

  • Following the life of water: Center for Urban Ecology gets $257,000 grant

    The sound of rain dripping from the gutter isn’t unfamiliar to residents of the area, which experienced the third wettest June on record. But where does the rain go after it falls? Butler University’s Center for Urban Ecology (CUE) plans to solve this mystery with the development of its project titled ‘Following the Life of…

  • Butler tests PrintSmart program

    This year, the Butler University PrintSmart program put into effect a paper allocation project to raise awareness about how much paper is wasted by students on campus on a daily basis. The idea for this program developed because Butler was, until now, one of the few schools without a paper accounting program. “The idea has…

  • BUPD increases security for Welcome Week

    The Butler University Police Department (BUPD) ramped up their night patrols during the first two weekends of school. The freshman class, the largest incoming class in Butler’s history, is part of the reason Chief of Police Ben Hunter said he thought a bigger task force was necessary. “One of the things we wanted to do…

  • Fitness tests challenge fall athletes

    Sophomore goalie Jon Dawson wasn’t shy when discussing how difficult the team’s preseason fitness test is when he said, “The fitness test that we do as a team is the hardest fitness test I have ever done.” Dawson and I spoke about the fitness test the whole team needs to complete prior to the season.…