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Founder’s day set to return University members reintroduce the day to recognize history JEFF STANICH JSTANICH@BUTLER.EDU

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Butler University is reintroducing Founder’s Day on Thursday to shed light on how the university was started. The event has not taken place since 1966.

Members Butler’s staff, including Vivian Deno, said they want to use this event to remind students of the values Butler was founded upon.

“We hope to give students a point of entry into our history,” Deno, associate history professor, said in a Jan. 22 Faculty Senate meeting.

Various activities will be held throughout the day, including a life-size cutout of Butler’s founder, Ovid Butler, being made available for students to take pictures with.

The day will also include a set of speeches to be read at Starbucks and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln to be unveiled in Irwin library.

Sally Childs-Helton, associate professor and see founders day page 4

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The Butler University staff wants to use Founder’s Day as a chance to teach students about Butler’s history and how its beginnings were so radical for the time period.

FOUNDER’S DAY TOMORROW 12:15 p.m., Irwin Library Unveiling of an archival print of “LINCOLN 200 YEARS,” the Abraham Lincoln portrait that hangs in the history department.

2 to 4 p.m., Starbucks Butler students will read several documents to show the historical context of Butler University’s founding.

6 p.m., Irwin Library Butler Libraries presents “I Lay My Stitches Down: An Evening with Children’s Book Illustrator Michele Wood.”

Wood is an Indianapolis-based illustrator.

Photo by Rafael Porto

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Jordan Hall renovations continue TARA MCELMURRY TMCELMUR@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

Just like the long lines in Starbucks, spotting Blue II at the HRC and unpredictable Indiana weather, scaffolding and construction crews have been the norm around campus, especially at Jordan Hall.

The current construction projects on Jordan Hall include repairing the entryway near the old post office location and the entryway by the College of Education.

Jerry Carlson, director of maintenance services, said the entryway project near the old post office started last June when some bulges were noticed around the entrance.

The crews have been working on tearing down the wall, putting in new mortar, relaying the stones and putting new limestone around that entry’s arches.

The other entryway project near the COE consists of

New data from Butler’s spring 2012 American College Health Association survey shows surprising information: Less than 50 percent of Butler students used contraception the last time they had sex.

The association surveyed 436 Butler students, all between 18 and 24 years of age, male and female, homosexual and heterosexual.

The actual wording of the question asked if students used any kind of contraception, including birth control and condoms, during the last time they participated in vaginal intercourse.

Only 48 percent of students answered “yes,” that they used a method of contraception. Of that 48 percent, 70 percent said they used a male condom.

In the survey, students could answer the question about contraception by saying that they

safer than not using a condom.

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Jordan Hall renovations continue on both sides of the building.

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similar repairs.

The repairs are addressing stones that have become loose due to mortar disintegration around them.

The post office entryway is set to be finished March 1. The budget for the project is approximately $700,000, Carlson said.

The university’s own five-person mason crew is working on the entrance near the COE, and that see jordan hall page 2

Students face housing crunch KELLY ROSTIN KROSTIN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The residence life department is starting the process of planning and organizing student housing for next school year.

On Jan. 25, residence life sent out a reminder email to students informing them the housing intention process will occur Feb. 14 to March 9.

Housing intentions are completed through students’ my.butler accounts.

Students declare online where they intend to live for the next school year.

Options, as stated in the email, include living on campus in residence halls, living in a Greek house, studying abroad, living

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with parents or leaving the university.

Butler has an on-campus housing policy, which requires all freshmen, sophomores and juniors to live on campus unless they live at home with a parent.

“Butler is a residential education university,” Doug Howell, associate director of residence life, said. “That’s what we want it to be. We believe in the benefits of living on campus.”

The intention process helps give residence life numbers and insight as to where students want to live and how many intend to live in housing units, Howell said. In this way, residence life knows how many see housing page 3

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JORDAN HALL: RESTORING A BUILDING ONE BRICK AT A TIME FROM PAGE ONE

funding comes from the operations budget.

Eventually, the plan is to relay the stones around the whole building, Carlson said.

Richard Michal, executive director of facilities, said he likes to think of Jordan Hall as the Golden Gate Bridge, which constantly has crews touching up the bridge’s paint.

Michal said the repairs are not structurally important as far as holding the building up, but weather wears on the stone walls.

When the mortar around the stones begin to break down, cracks conform and let moisture into the building, and cause bubbles in the paint and plaster on the walls.

Michal said the cracks in the walls are also what allow leaks when it rains. The stair towers in the building have covers on the ceilings to collect leakage.

“Those are the bane of my existence,” Michal said. “I want to get the whole building fixed so we can eliminate those and restore the building back to original beauty.”

Taking on that challenge has not been without its challenges.

Charles Truax, structures supervisor, said along with inclement weather conditions, the building itself can get in the way of renovation.

“It’s the scale of the size of the building,” Truax said. “You can’t work everywhere on the building at one time.

“We have to always make adjustments to be sensitive to the activities of the building. It can be quite noisy, which can disrupt classes.”

Truax said to be respectful of classes, the crews occasionally have to rearrange their schedules to work around class time.

The more than 80-year-old building will require more work, so Carlson said he hopes to have

We’re stewards of these resources, and it’s our responsibility to protect them.

RICHARD MICHAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES some deferred maintenance money identified so work can continue.

Jordan Hall has been under construction for more than 25 years, but Carlson said officials hopes this relaying of stones will be more of a permanent fix, rather than just touching up the walls at the mortar or joints between the stones.

The tuck-pointing, or touching up the mortar, was a quick fix to address leaks but only lasted four or five years, Truax said. The relaying of the stones should last closer to 20 years.

Next up for Jordan Hall is a fiveyear plan to address the building’s most vulnerable aspects, which include many of the entryways.

Specifically, the entryway just to the west of the post office entrance will be fixed next. Then, over the summer, crews will start working on the entrance near the president’s office.

Although crews are constantly doing preventative maintenance and it requires a lot of resource, Michal said it comes with the territory when dealing with historical landmarks like Jordan.

“It’s a blessing and a curse,” Michal said. “Our challenge is to recognize it as that. What great opportunity and what beautiful buildings to have. You can never rebuild those buildings or replace them.

“We’re stewards of these resources, and it’s our responsibility to protect them and to preserve them while also meeting the mission of the university to provide safe, comfortable environments for our students, faculty and staff.”

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New security provider to patrol private parties Greek houses turn to Securitas for improved security and safety at formal events MELISSA IANNUZZI

MIANNUZZ@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Officers from Securitas Security Services will patrol future registered fraternity parties.

Greek houses previously used off-duty Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers as security, but the presence of alcohol created too much of a risk, said Irene Stevens, dean of student life.

In response, Stevens became part of a committee with two other staff members and three students—including Brandon Smith, vice president of conduct for the Interfraternity Council— to choose a new security provider.

Registered parties at Greek houses have off-campus vendors providing alcohol to guests aged 21 and older.

“When alcohol is present, you want more security,” Smith said.

“It helps the fraternities stay out of trouble.”

The committee voted to use Securitas in the future on Friday, Smith said.

All registered Greek events are required to use the same security provider to make sure rules are consistently enforced.

This is also to ensure that Butler University Police Department and

Student Affairs have a definite contact in case of an emergency situation, said assistant police chief Bill Weber.

BUPD can’t guarantee that it will have enough officers to cover Greek events. However, the department works closely with security guards and encourages them to contact BUPD in case of an emergency. The guards do not have arrest powers.

“I don’t want any student or guest to be injured,” Weber said.

The committee invited eight to 10 companies to interview for the new security-provider position.

Most said no because of the liability concerns, Stevens said.

The decision came down to two companies: Securitas and Trinity Security.

“We were pleased with both companies that expressed interest,” Stevens said.

Securitas’ services cost $8 more than Trinity’s services would have, but the deciding factor for both Smith and Weber was that Securitas had one supervisor for each of its officers. If an issue arose, contacting one person would be easier than trying to figure out who was in charge that night, Weber said.

The guard will check guests’ IDs and will patrol around the party to ensure people aren’t participating in underage drinking or causing issues, Smith said.

“They’re extra eyes that are there to keep everybody safe,” Weber said.

When alcohol is present, you want more security. It helps keep fraternities out of trouble.

BRANDON SMITH IFC VP OF CONDUCT There is no contract or specified time period for Securitas’ services to be provided. Individual houses will create contracts with the company at the time of their events, Weber said.

Securitas is one of the largest security companies in the United States, said Lynne Glovka, Securitas director of marketing communications.

It has approximately 100,000 employees and sites in every state.

“We have hundreds of university and school sites across the country,” Glovka said.

Officers take varying online training courses based on the area in which they will be working.

They take a one-hour class about alcohol and abuse, which is another reason Securitas stood out to Smith.

After the decision is run by Levester Johnson, vice president of student affairs, and Ben Hunter, executive director of public safety, Securitas will be available for the Greek houses to use in three to four weeks, Stevens said.

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Photo courtesy of Janis Crawford

Marcus Ha\rvey poses with the awards he and other member’s of Butler University’s speech team won at an Ohio University tournament.

Butler speech team wins big ALLISON HALL AAHALL1@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

Speech team members Marcus Harvey and Ciara Williams had a very succesful tournament at Ohio University, winning six trophies.

Harvey took third in dramatic interpretation, fourth in afterdinner speaking—a speech which is both humorous and persuasive— and fourth in poetry.

“I think we did pretty well,” Harvey said.

Harvey joined the speech team to become a better arguer and to be able to think on his feet. Now, he said he has taken on more the role of an actor than an arguer.

Along with these awards, Harvey also placed as third-best speaker in the tournament.

Ciara Williams placed fourth in dramatic interpretation and second

I was very proud of them. They did a really good job and worked really hard.

JANIS CRAWFORD TEAM ADVISER

in program oral interpretation.

Williams said she feels blessed to have received every trophy that the team won and thinks the trophies represent the work the team has put forth the entire year.

Williams started in speech when she went to Butler’s block party her sophomore year and thought it seemed interesting. She was involved in different activities but said she found her niche on the

speech team.

In the duo category, Williams and Harvey worked together and placed third.

Ten other schools competed in the tournament, and Butler placed third in the small-school entry.

“I was very proud of them,” said Janis Crawford, communication instructor and team adviser. “They did a really good job and worked really hard, and they are both very talented students.”

Crawford has been the forensics director for 13 years and said she likes helping the students become better communicators on a oneto-one basis as opposed to in a classroom setting.

The speech team has 10 students while the debate team has four.

Speech and debate will attend the state competition on Feb. 16 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

spots to designate in each housing unit.

As the largest freshman class in the university’s history moves out of the first-year residence halls, residence life is working to see where upcoming sophomores and juniors will fit within Greek housing, Residential College, the Christian Theological Seminary apartments, Apartment Village and University Terrace.

“This year’s freshman class is larger, but the sophomore class is smaller,” Howell said. “We’ve actually been rather fortunate with that combination going into next year because both grades will be required to live on campus.”

The record-breaking freshman class of 1,111 students is almost 200 students larger than the class before it.

Along with the larger size came larger numbers for Greek life recruitment, with pledge class sizes much larger than in years past.

This, Howell said, plays a major factor in housing since sophomores aren’t allowed to live in AV and juniors typically don’t live in ResCo. “We’re at a different place (as a university),” Becky Druetzler, director of Greek life, said. “We have more students at Butler than we have had previously, so everybody has to start thinking a little bit differently.”

Druetzler said the larger pledge class sizes might be an abrupt change for groups with facilities that, in the past, could accommodate everyone who wanted to live there.

Druetzler said she doesn’t view Greek live-outs as detrimental but rather as different than what some groups are used to.

“Even within the Greek community, we have differentsized facilities, so different groups

BECKY DRUETZLER DIRECTOR OF GREEK LIFE have been doing different things all along,” Druetzler said.

Freshman Lauren Hook is new to the Greek community this semester and said she sees living in a Greek house as a good way to always be surrounded by friends.

“Living out you are (surrounded) as well, but you are less connected with your house and everything going on inside of it,” Hook said. “I think it’s possible to make your live-out experience just as enjoyable, but I think it would take a lot more effort.

Either way, your house will make you feel included.”

Even with this change, Howell said there is no housing crisis for next year. Everyone will have a place to live.

“It’s really about where everyone is going to go,” Howell said. “It’s not that we’re not going to have room. We’re going to have room.”

After students complete their housing intentions, they will receive their random number for the housing lottery after Spring Break, which determines the order students will sign up for housing.

Upcoming juniors will sign up for housing on March 25, and upcoming sophomores will sign up on March 27 in the Reilly Room.

Looking to the future, Howell said the administration is having discussions about what the next residence hall will be and how class sizes will be controlled until the university builds that hall.

“I think we’re probably in for more change,” Druetzler said.

“Everyone is kind of in the same boat, so we’ll just have to figure it out together.”

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librarian, said most students do not know the radical beginning the university had.

“It was unheard of for a school to accept both students of all gender and all race,” Childs-Helton said. “That is what we want to show students.”

Childs-Helton said the school needs a reminder of its values following the article written by Ryan Lovelace last year for The College Fix. “The university needs to embrace our founder’s values of diversity and inclusivity more seriously and in a more proactive way,” Childs-Helton said. “I don’t think people today can appreciate how radical of an act the founding of this school was.”

Deno stated the same reasoning as ChildsHelton for the reboot of Founder’s Day during the Faculty Senate meeting.

“This emerged out of the crisis last semester,” Deno said. “We failed to message our own identity to the students.”

The event at Starbucks will include readings of parts of letters and speeches, such as the Emancipation Proclamation, a speech by Frederick Douglass and several other speeches by Butler opposing slavery and supporting equal rights.

Lawrence Lad, associate management professor, said in the same Faculty Senate

SEX: RISK FOR STD IS REAL AT BUTLER

FROM PAGE ONE had never had vaginal intercourse.

Therefore, students who had not had sex did not account for the percent of students who did not use condoms.

Sarah Barnes Diaz, health education and outreach programs coordinator, said Student Health Services and the university have been trying to get this information out to students and find out why condom usage is so low on Butler’s campus.

“I have a hard time believing that access is an issue,” Diaz said. “Butler sells condoms at the convenience store in the Apartment Village, in vending machines in C-Club and we give them out in the (Health and Recreation Complex).”

Diaz has a large bucket of banana-flavored condoms in her office. At Student Health Services, every room—including the waiting room—has a variety of vanilla, chocolate and plain condoms and lubricants.

Dr. Maria Fletcher, physician at Student Health Services, said the new flavored condoms are somewhat of an encouragement.

“It’s a different way of viewing condom use,” Fletcher said. “It makes it seem less awkward and more fun, different and exciting. And people are definitely picking them up.”

Fletcher said over the last few years Student Health Services has made major changes to the way it approaches sexual health and contraception.

“We don’t want to look like we’re endorsing sex,” Fletcher said, “so we aren’t putting condoms in every bathroom or just throwing them out to people. What we are doing is keeping a steady balance between keeping condoms and contraception very available to students with a chance to breach a conversation at the same time.”

Fletcher said in every instance that students obtain free condoms, they will receive some kind of sexual health education or consultation.

“If you approach an issue casually, it will be dealt with casually,” Fletcher said. “We are continuing to make condom use and contraceptive use, STD and STI testing, all of that, an intentional decision for students, not a casual one.”

A common student excuse for not using condoms is that sexually transmitted diseases and infections are not very prevalent at Butler.

One female Butler student found out she contracted a sexually transmitted infection on Butler’s campus. After having sex only once, she contracted genital herpes.

“The threat to contract an STD or STI is very real, even at Butler,” she said. “There are so many different kinds that spread in different ways, and some you don’t even know that you have them until a breakout, like with genital herpes. They’re annoying, uncomfortable and not always treatable. Not only are they physically painful, but they can cause you to feel terrible mentally as well.”

She described the pain and discomfort that resulted from the infection and said an STD or STI is something that she “wouldn’t ever wish upon her worst enemy.”

She said she wanted students, especially females, to know that condoms are just as important to use as birth control.

“It’s not just the risk of getting pregnant that is out there,” she said. “It’s all the infections and diseases that go along with it.”

“Pregnancy can cause you to have to drop out of school, change serious plans and other

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We want to provide talking points about the value of our roots. It is a great thing for the issues this country and university are facing.

LAWRENCE LAD MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR meeting, he hopes this will provide students a glimpse into what the time of the university’s founding was like.

“We want to provide talking points about the value of our roots,” Lad said. “It is a great thing for the issues this country and university are facing.”

The day will begin at 12:15 p.m. in the library with the unveiling of an archival pigmented print, or extensive copy, of “LINCOLN 200 YEARS,” which is an original painting that already hangs in the history department. The painting was donated by Greg Silver, who will speak at the event.

The final event of the day is “I Lay My Stitches Down: An Evening with Children’s Book Illustrator Michele Wood.” Wood will discuss her most recent work at 6 p.m.

The Founder’s Day recognition ceremony will take place at the women’s basketball game against Rhode Island at 7 p.m.

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BUTLER JUNIOR things. But STDs and STIs can cause physical and mental damage to you and everyone else around you.”

Fletcher said people diagnosed with an STD or STI, especially women, typically feel betrayed and emotionally distraught.

Diaz said the likelihood for sexually transmitted infection is as likely on Butler’s campus as anywhere else.

“We know that today’s college kids live in a hookup culture, and this data supports that,” Diaz said. “But if students are having sex, we want them to know what precautions they can take to protect themselves from exposure to infections and pregnancy and how to go about taking said precautions.”

Fletcher said she has seen a number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases and infections on campus. Gonorrhea, chlamydia, HPV and herpes have all been or still are present on Butler’s campus. Others may have been present but not found or treated on campus.

“Girls will tell me, ‘But I haven’t been with anyone else, and neither has he,’” Fletcher said. “The naiveté is sad, and sometimes, people change a lot as a result of finding out they have an STD. In some cases, it isn’t, but in most, STDs are totally preventable, and that’s the most heartbreaking and angering part.”

The HRC holds “Get Yourself Tested Tuesdays,” where students can receive free, confidential STD testing.

Diaz said one goal of Butler’s health department is to reduce the negative stigma of testing on campus.

“The misconception is that testing is painful, expensive and embarrassing, and that’s certainly not the case,” Diaz said. “It’s not only for dirty people.”

Student groups like Greek Educators, Advocates and Resources and Peers Advocating Wellness for Students hold information sessions and events for students to discuss topics concerning student health and wellness on campus.

PAWS will be pairing with the Butler residence life department for the “That’s What She Said” program on Monday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in JH141. Fletcher will be in attendance to answer questions students have submitted about sex and sexual health.

Also, students can win “sex swag,” Diaz said.

Diaz said women should be prepared to protect themselves as well.

“It’s typically assumed that men will bring the condoms,” Diaz said, “but it doesn’t hurt for women to have some on hand.

Contraceptives are not just for protecting against pregnancy. Women should be sure to actively protect themselves from infections as well.”

Diaz said she believes the discomfort of discussions about protection and contraception between new partners may contribute to low usage figures.

“We know that it’s a difficult conversation to have, especially the first time,” Diaz said.

“It’s up to each pair to know when and how to have that conversation. Just go easy on it.

It may be a brief moment of awkwardness and anxiety, but it is a much smarter decision in the long run.”

Photo courtesy of Derrick Rogan

Freshman Derrick Rogan (right) works as a youth activities coordinator with IMPD.

IN THE COMMUNITY Butler freshman reaches out in the community to change the way children perceive police officers WILL JONES WPJONES@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Derrick Rogan saw a problem in his community. Rogan noticed his neighbors viewed police officers as enemies rather than people trying to help. Rather than idly sitting by, Rogan set out to make a change.

A Butler freshman studying criminology, sociology and Spanish, Rogan became involved with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, where he serves as a youth activities coordinator.

Rogan is working to implement a new program designed to change the perspective of children grades four through six going to school in high-homicide-rate areas. The program brings police officers to schools to

play sports with the children.

Rogan said he hopes the program will reduce the negative connotation children in such areas associate with police officers.

“What I want for the parents is to see kids interacting with the police in a positive way,” Rogan said.

This is done by organizing games of soccer and chess with police officers and having teachers serving as athletic coaches.

Sergeant Keith Minch, an IMPD officer, said he believes Rogan’s program will be successful for multiple reasons. It gives kids a chance to have a positive role model in their lives, keeps them off the street and offers a different outlook on police officers.

Rogan goes to schools three times a week to talk with students and organize activities.

He is currently looking for volunteers to go join him and help. Rogan says Butler students can benefit from working with students, especially education majors or students interested in case studies. Students who would like to get involved can contact Rogan at drogan@butler.edu.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

BULLDOGS MAKING MARKS IN A-10 MARISSA JOHNSON MKJOHNSO@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

After tonight’s men’s basketball game against St. Bonaventure, Butler will officially be halfway through its inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The Bulldogs currently sit in second place in the A-10 standings, with an overall record of 18-4 and a conference record of 5-2.

The two conference losses have come against La Salle on a last-second shot at the end of regulation on Jan. 23 and against Saint Louis on Jan. 31.

Virginia Commonwealth sits at the top of the conference standings with a conference record of 6-2.

Just one game in the loss column separates the top nine teams in the A-10 standings. Only the top 12 go on to the A-10 tournament in March.

The A-10 currently has 10 teams in the top 100 of the RPI, according to RPIRatings.com, second most of any league behind the Big East (13).

Butler is ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press Top 25. That marks the eighth consecutive week for Butler in the Top 25.

The A-10 has six other teams that have received votes in the AP, ESPN and USA Today Coaches Polls.

Saint Joseph’s, Saint Louis, Temple and Xavier have all gotten votes in both polls. La Salle and VCU both received votes in last week’s polls.

Butler’s current seniors are 51-8 in Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs have five of their final nine contests on their home court.

BUTLER PLAYERS TO WATCH Rotnei Clarke—The senior guard leads his team in scoring, averaging 17.1 points per game.

He has scored in double figures 15

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percent free throw shooting by Kellen Dunham. days in Associated Press’ top 15.

times this season.

Clarke is one of 50 players named in the Atlanta Tipoff Club 2012-13 Naismith Early Season Watch List.

Khyle Marshall—The junior forward averages 10.2 points per game, one of five Butler players averaging double figures in scoring.

Marshall also averages five rebounds per game, third best on the team.

Butler is 12-0 this season when Marshall scores in double-figures.

Roosevelt Jones—The sophomore forward has averaged 10.6 points per game on the season, including 13.3 points over the last 10 games.

Jones leads the Bulldogs in rebounds with 5.5 per game.

He also leads the team in assists with 3.6 per game.

Andrew Smith—The senior center is the only active collegiate player to have played in two national championship games.

He is the second-leading scorer for Butler, averaging 11.5 points per game.

Smith became the 34th Butler player to score 1,000 career points during the recent win against Rhode Island.

Kellen Dunham—The freshman guard is averaging 10.6 points per game and 12.4 in Hinkle.

He leads the A-10 and ranks fourth in the NCAA Division I in free throws, shooting at 92.1 percent.

Alex Barlow—The sophomore guard has started in 15 games for the Bulldogs this season.

He is leading his team with more than one steal per game.

Erik Fromm—the junior guard is averaging 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

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Junior forward Khyle Marshall (right) is averaging 10.2 points this season, helping his team to its current No. 14 national ranking.

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record in Hinkle Fieldhouse.

3-pointers made by Rotnei Clarke. He is the second in A-10. percent field goal shooting. BU is second in the conference.

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Number of minutes played by Taylor Schippers. blocked shots per game. BU is first in A-10.

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record for BU’s last 13 games. points per game from Daress McClung, third in A-10 average assists per game. BU is fourth in A-10.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Team sitting in top half of conference MARISSA JOHNSON MKJOHNSO@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

The women’s basketball team is six games into its conference season and is currently sitting in sixth place in the Atlantic 10 conference standings.

The Bulldogs have an overall record of 13-8, including 4-2 in conference.

The two losses have come to No. 17 Dayton on Jan. 12 and St. Joseph’s on Jan. 30.

The team is 6-3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season and has four more home games before the A-10 tournament starts in March.

Only the top 12 teams will compete for the A-10 title.

Photo by Jaclyn McConnell

Sopohomore guard Taylor Schippers is a transfer from Oklahoma State and is the team’s second leading scorer.

ON

DECK BUTLER SPORTS THIS WEEK

BUTLER PLAYERS TO WATCH Daress McClung-the junior forward

leads her team with 16.9 points per game, which is the third best in the A-10.

She averages 9.8 rebounds per game, fourth in the A-10, and leads the conference with 2.8 blocked shots per game.

McClung ranks in the top 10 in eight categories in the A-10 and has twice been named A-10 player of the week.

Taylor Schippers—The sophomore guard is the team’s second leading scorer, averaging 14.1 points in more than 34 minutes per game.

She ranks seventh in the A-10 for assists with more than four per game and leads the team with 4.2 per game.

Schippers has made 35 3-point field goals this season, the most on the team and 10th most in the A-10.

Liz Stratman—The sophomore center

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Women’s tennis at Ball State 2 p.m.

Softball vs. Eastern Michigan at Georgia Tech 1 p.m.

Women’s tennis vs. Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky 5 p.m.

Men’s basketball at George Washington 2 p.m.

Softball vs. Missouri State at Georgia Tech 11 a.m.

Women’s tennis at Eastern Kentucky 9 a.m.

Women’s basketball at George Washington 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball vs. Rhode Island 7 p.m.

Softball at Georgia Tech 5 p.m.

MONDAY

No events scheduled

Up next for the Bulldogs: Butler vs. Rhode Island, Feb. 7 at Hinkle Fieldhouse with tipoff set for 7 p.m.

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is the third Butler player averaging double figures in scoring with 12.1 points per game.

She has only played in 12 games this season but averages 6.8 rebounds per game.

Amanda Raker—The sophomore forward averages 5.5 points, but is shooting 60 percent from the field.

She also averages 4.7 rebounds per game for the Bulldogs.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

No events scheduled

Women’s tennis vs.

Xavier 3 p.m.

Men’s basketball vs.

Charlotte 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball at Charlotte 7 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 MEN’S BASKETBALL

Butler faces defending A-10 champ St. Bonaventure tonight The Butler men’s basketball team hosts St. Bonaventure tonight at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

The Bonnies have an overall record of 10-10 and are 3-4 in Atlantic 10 Conference play.

St. Bonaventure won last year’s A-10 tournament, earning a berth in the NCAA tournament.

The Bonnies lost to Florida State 66-63 in the first round of the national tournament.

On Saturday evening, Butler beat Rhode Island 75-68 in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,000 at Hinkle.

The Bulldogs (18-4, 5-2) were led by senior guard Rotnei Clarke’s game-high 23 points.

The Rams (6-14, 1-6) pulled out to an early lead that held for the

majority of the first half.

The Rams’ lead eventually began to evaporate, and a Clarke 3-pointer tied the game at 28 with 5:03 remaining in the first half.

Butler went on an 18-3 run in the first six minutes of the second half to grab a 48-35 advantage, the largest lead of the game for either team.

The Rams began to catch up late, creeping to within four points with 1:45 remaining in the game.

Butler had a 72-68 lead with 27 seconds remaining when Clarke was fouled. He made one of two foul shots to put the game away for the Bulldogs.

TEAM Rhode Island Butler

RHODE ISLAND AT BUTLER, FEB. 2 1st 2nd 32 36 30 45

TENNIS

Men’s and women’s split matches

The Butler men’s tennis team will be taking a threematch win streak into its contest with Iowa on Saturday.

The Bulldogs earned a 6-1 victory over ASA College last Friday.

The Bulldogs won the doubles point before going on to win five of six singles matches.

Sophomore Sam O’Neill won in straight sets at No. 4 singles for Butler.

Sophomores Pulok Bhattacharya, Tommy Marx, Billy Weldon and freshman Brandon Woods each won single matches in three sets.

Junior forward Erik Fromm did not play and was not in attendance after his father, Len, died of cancer Saturday morning.

A moment of silence was observed before the game in memory of Len Fromm.

“I think what you learn is you don’t spend a lot of time on basketball,” coach Brad Stevens said of playing after learning of Len Fromm’s passing. “This is what happened. What can you do to be a supportive person?

“Let’s try to make each other proud with our effort even though it’s hard to really focus on that task.”

Final 68 75

Photo by Heather Iwinski

Junior forward Khyle Marshall (23) finished with 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting in Butler’s win over Rhode Island last Saturday.

SWIMMING

TRACK AND FIELD

Bhattacharya and Weldon lead the team in singles wins with 10 apiece.

Weldon and sophomore Austin Woldmoe are leading the team in doubles with a 12-7 record.

The Bulldogs are now 4-3 on the season.

The match this weekend will take place at Iowa, starting at 3 p.m.

The Butler women’s tennis team lost at Illinois State 7-1 on Saturday.

Senior Brittany Farmer picked up a win in the No. 3 singles match.

The Bulldogs (1-4) play at Ball State tomorrow at 2 p.m.

-Marissa Johnson

Team competes at Notre Dame

The Butler men’s and women’s track and field teams participated in the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame last weekend.

Junior Craig Jordan had the best individual performance for the Bulldogs.

Jordan finished third in the men’s 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:26.31.

Grzegorz Kalinowski of Eastern Michigan and Scott Leitch of Western Ontario finished first and second, respectively.

Senior Lauren McKillop had the best performance for the Butler women, finishing fourth in the women’s

5,000-meter run with a time of 16:40.60.

Sophomore Tom Curr placed ninth in the men’s Meyo Mile with a time of 4:05.35.

Senior Kirsty Legg finished 11th in the women’s Meyo Mile in a time of 4:58.56.

Junior Alex Berry came in fourth in the men’s 500-meter run with a time of 1:04.80, breaking his own school record set last year.

Butler will be sending several athletes to the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., this weekend.

The rest of the team will participate in the Hoosier Hills meet in Bloomington.

-Austin Monteith

Old conference foe defeated

The Butler swim team defeated Valparaiso 103-89 Saturday afternoon.

“I think the meet went pretty well,” freshman Allie Dvorchak said. “We finished the meet stronger than we have in the past.”

“I was impressed on how our ladies performed with getting the win,” coach Maurice Stewart said.

Stewart said he was especially impressed with how the team fought back after a 16- point deficit going into the second half of the meet.

“This was the first time in awhile that we did much

better and raced much better as the meet went on,” Stewart said. “This meet, they started out fairly strong but got much better as the meet went on.”

The 200 medley relay of junior Lauren Lambrecht, sophomore Lauren Scotti, freshman Amanda Wagner, and freshman Serena Daley placed third (1:57:23) to open the meet.

Scotti had a strong meet, finishing third (26:50) in the 50 freestyle and first (2:14:15) in the 200 backstroke.

Sophomore Caitlin Weichelt placed second (2:04:06) in the 200 freestyle and second (5:26:64) in the 500 freestyle.

-Peter Brown

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AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU ASST SPORTS EDITOR

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013

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FOR YOUR HEALTH

Clarke gives testimony Sunday BETH WERGE & MARKO TOMICH COLLEGIAN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTERS

Former Butler guard Ron Nored shared his testimony of faith to roughly 100 attendees at a Converge church service last year.

This year, it’s Rotnei Clarke’s turn -- with the possibility of an audience more than double the size of Nored’s.

On Feb. 10, Clarke will give his testimonial in the Johnson Room of Robertson Hall at an event Converge has been working on since last October.

Austin Weaver, Converge president, said in an email the idea is to give as many students as possible the chance to hear Clarke speak.

The event will also provide refreshments, including a meetand-greet session with Clarke and a photographer to take pictures of attendees.

“The point of having Rotnei Clarke come share his testimony is to possibly reach students that are looking for something more,” Weaver said. “Rotnei Clarke is a

professed Christian, and he wants to share his story of what God means to him in his everyday life.”

Weaver said Clarke “instantly agreed” to speak at the service.

“Anytime I have the chance to speak about the Good News and the Gospel and what I’m about, I take it,” Clarke said. “A lot of people just see what we’re doing on the court. They don’t get to see the heart of the athletes, how they are off the court or field.

“I think it’s important for us to be good examples. So there wasn’t any hesitation for me.”

Converge arrived on Butler’s campus just last year.

Clarke will be attending for the first time this Sunday. But Weaver said he hopes after this event, more students will realize this is an on-campus option for church.

Converge is a nondenominational Christian church service held in the Johnson Room every Sunday at 4pm. There is a worship leader, as well as a pastor who delivers the day’s message.

The invitation list has grown from 200 to over 1,000 since the

event was created last week. At press time, the event’s Facebook page had 1,073 invited, with 226 people confirmed and 76 undecided.

Butler junior Ari Kasle is one of those confirmed to attend the event. Kasle said he’s never been to any of the Converge events -he’s just going to support Clarke, whom he met during Clarke’s first semester at Butler. The two have become friends, with Kasle even helping Clarke around after his ankle surgery last year.

Kasle is Jewish, so he doesn’t believe the same things Clarke does.

“Rotnei’s a devout Christian,” Kasle said, “but at the same time, Photo by Heather Iwinski he’s really open to other religions Senior guard Rotnei Clarke will speak at too. He’s never tried to convert Converge’s church service Sunday. me or anything like that.

“Faith is a huge part of his life, but he’s not the kind of guy that’s opportunities I get with the going to force his beliefs on you, platform I have,” he said. “I don’t preaching all the time.” want to pressure anyone to go, Clarke said his message is but if they want to go, great. If meant to make an impact on not, that’s also their decision.

“But reaching out to people peoples’ lives, particularly by and giving people hope -- that’s using basketball as a podium.

“I’m just trying to use the why I play.”

Baseball improves facilities KYLE BEERY KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler baseball team is about to open its season and it will be the last go for 10 seniors.

In addition to gearing up for their last collegiate season, they are making sure those after them will have great facilities as they move forward.

“We talk about it all the time,” senior catcher Radley Haddad said. “Each class coming through Butler University is getting the best.”

Haddad said the facilities continue to improve because of the fundraising efforts put forth by the team each year.

These improvements have been happening for the last five years, Haddad said.

“We have one of the better facilities in Indiana at this point now,” Haddad said, “compared to a high school field or worse before I got here.”

Before the 2012 season, the team raised between $100,000 and $120,000, coach Steve Farley said.

That money was used for new dugouts, a new brick wall behind home plate, new backstop netting, a new patio seating area and new walkways, among other things.

“In order to get better as a team, we need better facilities,” senior first baseman Jimmy Risi said.

Risi said the team’s biggest effort comes from letter writing.

Each player sends a letter and a flyer to 10 family members or friends asking for donations, and over the past few years that has been working well.

Farley did not have exact numbers for this year’s effort, but the biggest addition will be a new

Collegian File Photo

The Butler baseball team has made improvements to its facilities going into its first season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. outfield fence and batter’s eye.

A navy blue fence will replace the old royal blue fence. The batter’s eye helps hitters see the ball better and will feature banners and Butler logos, Farley said.

“The old daycare center that’s out there in center field at Butler is kind of distracting,” Farley said.

“The roof is kind of light colored, so we will cover it up.”

Farley said it would make the ballpark more attractive.

“I think it will give the ballpark a homier and closed feel,” Farley said.

The team opens its inaugural

Atlantic 10 season next weekend with a non-conference series at Georgia State.

“I think we are all really excited for the switch to the Atlantic 10,” Risi said. “Coach Farley says it could be the toughest season we’ve ever had, but we’ve been working a lot harder in the weight room over the offseason than last year.”

The Bulldogs finished 22-34 overall last year and 10-20 in their final season in the Horizon League.

The A-10 is considered to be a step up in the competition, as writers have predicted Butler to

finish 14th in the 15-team league.

“The scouting report is, be ready every weekend because everybody can beat you, and you can beat everyone too,” Farley said.

The predicted top four teams are Saint Louis, Rhode Island, VCU and Charlotte.

With the recent renovations, Farley expects Butler’s facilities to be around the middle to upper half of those at A-10 schools.

The Bulldogs play 10 road games before opening a threegame series at home against IPFW on March 8.

Diet drinks increase waist and appetite LUKE SHAW

Anyone who’s made a pit stop at McDonald’s has heard it before: “I’ll take two Big Macs, a large fry, a 10-piece chicken nugget, oh, and a diet Coke. I’m trying to watch my weight.”

This acceptance of the diet drink as the be-all-end-all solution to weight loss couldn’t be further from the truth.

In reality, the diet drink is a nutritional wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Diet soda’s claim to fame is its zero-calorie energy load.

However, researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Science Health Center San Antonio found this lack of calories may cause diet-drinkers to consume more calories in the long run.

When your taste buds recognize sweetness, they send a signal to your brain to prepare for the energy rush and calorie load traditionally accompanied with sweet things like sugar and other saccharides.

When drinks with artificial sweeteners activate these sensors, they don’t deliver the energy your body is craving.

Consequently, your body’s appetite increases, causing diet drinkers to be hungrier and consume more food and calories with their drinks.

The study also found a correlation between a love for diet drinks and a larger waistline. Researchers tracked the waistlines of elderly diet soda drinkers and non-diet drinkers for nine-and-a-half years, adjusting for age, disabilities and other variables during each measurement interval.

At the end of the study, the figures were huge.

Occasional users experienced a 70-percent greater increase than non-users, and frequent users who said they drank two or more cans of diet soda a day saw a 500-percent greater increase in waistline size.

Researchers concluded avoiding diet drinks is your best option.

“Data from this and other prospective studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners as healthy alternatives may be ill-advised,” Helen P. Hazuda, professor and chief of the division of Clinical Epidemiology in the School of Medicine said in a press release covering the study.

“They may be free of calories but not of consequences.”

Peal fighting cancer BEN SIECK & JOHN YELEY BSIECK@BUTLER.EDU & JYELEY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTERS

Strength and conditioning coach Jim Peal has a reputation among Butler faculty for successfully and efficiently shaping players for each of the school’s 19 athletic programs for the the past decade.

When Peal announced last Tuesday he had been diagnosed with colon cancer, the response was immediate.

An outpouring of support from the Butler community and those around him followed.

A Facebook page bearing the slogan “I Have Coach Peal’s Back” has already amassed over 1,000 supporters, and plans have begun to take shape for a fundraising plan in his honor.

The page’s creator, former Butler football player Peter Xander, is

planning to have T-shirts available soon. The T-shirts will say “I Have Coach Peal’s Back” on the front. The phrase “Nothing Wrong with Being Strong,” a popular saying of Peal’s, will be on the back.

Freshman football player Jimmy Cook has only known Peal for a short time but said his impact on the team has been tremendous.

“I was shocked, but I know he is a strong guy, and he can definitely pull through it,” Cook said.

Peal hasn’t let his battle with cancer get in the way of his work. Cook said he still remains active with the team.

“He’s totally involved,” Cook said.

We lift four days a week, and he’s there every day, on our backs, making sure we get everything done.”

Currently, wristbands stating “Pealstrong” are on sale for $5 each,

with the accrued funds going to Peal or the charity of his choice.

A message posted by his wife, Susan, said she was blown away by the amount of support by those here and in the surrounding area.

“Neither Jim or I are ones for much attention, but Jim is seeing how much he means to so many people,” she said. “It is so appreciated and getting him through this. This is a wonderful community of support.”

Peal has been with the Butler athletics program since 2003, and was officially named head strength and conditioning coach in 2005.

Peal underwent a successful surgery Monday and is scheduled to be released from the hospital Friday. From there he will continue his recovery at home.

There is no immediate timetable for his return.

Photo by Jaclyn McConnell

Head strength and conditioning coach Jim Peal announced he was diagnosed with colon cancer last week.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013

ARTS, ETC.

PAGE 8

The Butler dance department presents:

The Midwinter Dance Festival

Butler professors and dancers are coming together to produce multiple new pieces later this month.

MALLORY DUNCAN MSDUNCAN@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. ASST. EDITOR Different styles, music and costumes can be brought together by one essential element: dance.

All these components will mesh and be put on display to encompass the tradition of the Midwinter Dance Festival at Butler University.

The middle of three major Butler dance department productions, the festival is a “mixed-bill production,” meaning there are a number of different pieces versus one large ballet performance.

“Midwinter allows us to produce original work by the faculty,” said Larry Attaway, Butler’s dance department chair and Butler Ballet’s executive director. “They are world premieres, although we don’t call them that.

But that’s what they are.”

Five pieces will debut in this year’s festival.

The show will open with dance professor Stephan Laurent-Faesi bringing to life Mozart’s music in “Paris Symphony.”

Attaway said the piece has a welcoming emotional appeal, fitting for the festival’s first number.

The emotion is part of the inspiration Laurent-Faesi used in creating the piece.

“Most of my inspiration comes from the music itself,” Laurent-Faesi said. “Mozart’s mother died very shortly after the premiere of the symphony, and sadly, my mother passed away as well right as I finished the piece. I dedicated the second movement to my mother.”

Dance professor Cynthia Pratt’s “First Light” is next on the bill. The piece relies heavily on group work that is thematically dark with a grounded earthy feel.

Collaboration between visiting assistant dance professor Michael Johnson and music professor James Mulholland brought about the next piece, “Fair Thee Well Love.” It is a lyrical, serene piece that features only female dancers.

Associate dance professor Derek Reid revisits his original work, “Rituals Inside the Lavender Mist,” next, with American composer Steve Reich’s music providing very rhythmic and fast dancing.

Junior dance major Christina Presti said the music in “Rituals” heavily consists of drums and doesn’t have a melody.

“We have to be counting the entire piece,” Presti said. “There are small changes in the music that you can go off of, but you have to know your counts, and from that you can create the flow of music.”

To open the second act, dance professor Marek Cholewa presents a section of his “Dance of the Amazons”—a representation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”—with Mendelssohn’s traditional music at the helm of the piece.

He will later take the full-length piece to Missouri to be performed by the St. Louis Ballet.

To close the festival, the Butler dance department will perform a guest piece that is the focus of the concert.

At each festival, a licensed work that is taught by a hired choreographer is always included, although it is not always performed at the festival’s conclusion.

This year, the ballet will be presenting Paul Taylor’s “Sacre du Printemps.” This year marks the 100th anniversary of the original “Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky.

In previous years, the ballet has featured works by George Balanchine and Antony Tudor.

The ballet is different from some of the

Photos by Heather Iwinski

Students rehearse Professor Cynthia Pratt’s “First Light” in costumes that illustrate the piece’s earthy feel. festival’s previous guest pieces. It is a black comedy that is very tongue-in-cheek.

Taylor’s take on “Rite of Spring” follows a storyline that has everything from a stolen baby to a ballet company in rehearsal to a detective.

“The idea to bring in the Paul Taylor version came from the upcoming first-ever Butler arts festival,” Attaway said. “The festival has a theme of revolution. It made great sense to me to put forth the ‘Rite of Spring’ in the revolutionary category.”

The Butler Ballet is able to present Taylor’s piece because it holds a secret weapon in associate dance professor Susan McGuire.

McGuire was Taylor’s assistant for a number of years, so she is able to effectively teach the challenging piece to the dancers.

One of those dancers, junior dance major

In “Sacre du Printemps” students learned the choreography through a video and then portrayed the movement in their own way.

Emotion is shown through body language and facial expressions in “Sacre du Printemps,” the 23-minute conclusion of the festival.

Ashleigh Chuang, said participants learned the piece from a video and will recreate it for themselves.

“This piece will test audience members,” Chuang said. “Some people will hate it, and some people will like it. It will keep people intrigued, whether you’re into modern (dance) or not.”

The entire performance may test audiences in that it’s not a typical ballet performance. There are no ballet outfits, nor is there one large ballet performance. Many types of dance aside from ballet are also featured.

“It’s not classical,” Chuang said. “It’s funky.”

The Butler Ballet will present the Midwinter Dance Festival on Feb. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. at Clowes Memorial Hall.

Most of my inspiration comes from the music itself. Mozart’s mother died very shortly after the premiere of the symphony, and sadly, my mother passed away as well right as I finished the piece. I dedicated the second movement to my mother.

STEPHAN LAURENT-FAESI DANCE PROFESSOR

Students portray multiple characters in the intricate plot of “Sacre du Printemps.”

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Meet the Colonel from Capital City KEVIN VOGEL KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. EDITOR

Can you tell me about how you came to be involved with Butler University?

In December, the School of Music announced that its next director of bands would be Col. Michael J. Colburn of the United States Marine Band.

He will begin serving upon the retirement of the current director, Robert Grechesky, after the spring 2014 semester.

This week The Butler Collegian spoke with Colburn over the phone from his office in Washington, D.C. The Butler Collegian: Can you tell us about your life before the Marine Band and where you grew up?

Col. Michael Colburn: Sure. I’m from St. Albans, Vt., which is a small town way up north in the state, almost to the Canadian border.

My father was a high school band director. In fact, he was my high school band director, and he was very influential in my decision to start playing the euphonium.

Now, I always thought he perhaps had an ulterior motive because he never had enough euphonium players. I always kind of suspected that he had other goals in mind when he started me on that horn, but I started in fifth grade.

And while I enjoyed playing other instruments, I really fell in love with the euphonium.

As I made my way through high school and started achieving more and more success on the euphonium, I started realizing that, possibly, this was a career path for me.

So I started college at the Crane School of Music in upstate New York. I transferred to Arizona State University as a junior to study with Dan Perantoni out there.

I studied at Arizona State for three years. I took my first audition in December of 1986, was lucky enough to win a position with the Marine Band and started playing here in June of 1987.

The Marine Band has taken you all over the world. Is there an experience that particularly stands out to you from your years with the band?

Well, in terms of traveling, I would say the experience that stands out the most is a trip we took to the then-Soviet Union back in 1991. We were there for three weeks as part of an exchange program.

We had a few days in some

Photos courtesy of the U.S. Marine Band

of the major cities, and it was really just an amazing cultural experience. Not only did we have opportunities to play concerts in halls and for audiences that we never would have imagined, but the chance to go there and spend time with people of that culture, to collaborate on this international language of music was fantastic.

There were many myths that they had been told about Americans that we were able to dispel, and we ended up having a fantastic cultural exchange. It’s one that will always stand out in my memory.

As director of the Marine Band, you are in an interesting position with the president. Have there been any interactions with a president that were particularly interesting to you?

Well, I’ve had the great pleasure of meeting all the presidents that I have served—with the exception of Ronald Reagan—and I’ve had some interesting personal encounters, especially with Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama.

One of the first and still one of the stand-out memories for me was back in 1996. I was leading the orchestra in the Grand Foyer of the White House for a social event, and I felt a tug on my elbow.

I turned around, expecting to

find the chief usher or one of the staff, and it was President Clinton himself. We were performing Ralph Vaughan William’s English Folk Song suite, and he said “Oh, this is one of my favorite pieces of music. Now, this movement is ‘Seventeenth Come Sunday’ but the next movement is ‘My Bonny Boy,’ I think. And in the band version the oboe has the solo, but in the orchestra version, is it the violin?”

He just had all these questions and comments about the music that he couldn’t have played for more than 30 years.

He contemplated a career in music before he decided to go into politics, and it really amazed me how much he remembered about this music all these years later and how much that music meant to him.

So that’s really a great reminder for me that you have to be careful when you’re playing at the White House—or any place, really— when you think you’re just playing background music and you assume that no one is paying attention to you, because you never know who is listening or how closely they may be listening.

Well, I’ve been aware of the program at Butler for many years.

I’ve known Dr. Grechesky through our mutual membership in organizations like the College Band Directors National Association and, more recently, the American Bandmasters Association.

I also know Dr. Dan Bolin quite well. Dan’s been a friend of the Marine Band for many, many years and was close with Col. Dale Harpham, who was one of my predecessors as director of the Marine Band.

2014 will mark my 10th anniversary as director, and I really feel like that is a sufficient amount of time. For the health of the organization, it’s best if no director really stays for too long.

Dr. Bolin and I talked about the possibility of coming to Butler, and I came out and did a residency on campus for about a week where I allowed the students and faculty to get a sense of what I had to offer.

Dr. Bolin also wanted to make sure that I had a good sense of the school and the program.

I’ll tell you, it was really love at first sight. It’s a wonderful program.

I was so impressed with the quality of the students and the talent and attitude of the faculty. It seems like a very collaborative environment.

Dean (Ronald) Caltabiano really impresses me as someone who has great vision for growing this program.

Not to mention that it’s a beautiful campus and neighborhood. My wife and I were both really taken with the beauty of the architecture and design on the campus, and the whole Butler-Tarkington neighborhood seems like a really nice environment.

What things about the band program are you hoping to build upon, and what, if anything, do you plan to change?

Well, I don’t really see that there’s much that needs to change. As I’ve said before, I’ve been good friends with Dr. Grechesky for many years and have great respect for his musicianship and his teaching.

I mean, he is just such a kind and generous and musical person.

I can’t imagine how anyone could have a better experience than playing in one of his ensembles.

I just want to see the program continue to grow and prosper.

I am really excited about the challenge of recruiting. That’s

something that I’ve never done before. And I’m eager to get out into the high schools in Indiana and in the surrounding states to try to convince students that Butler is really a place where they can have a very positive musical experience and one that will really enable them to enjoy great success in music throughout their life.

And I think with the really talented faculty that I’ll be working with, it will make it very easy to make that argument.

How will your experiences in the Marine Band color your directorship here?

I’m hoping that my considerable experience with making music at the professional level will influence the way I do my job and hopefully the results that I can achieve with the students.

I’ve found in my experience conducting high school and college-level students that when I treat them as I treat members of the Marine Band—and that is with the greatest respect and consideration for keeping the whole collaborative process as positive as possible—I’m able to achieve really good results.

Do you have a musical philosophy that you’ve carried with you in your work?

In one word it would be that word “collaboration” again.

Because I began my career as a performer and played for nine years in this organization, when I picked up the baton and was conducting the same people that I had been playing with shoulder-toshoulder for those nine years, my feeling was, “I respect these people so much. I don’t feel like I need to dictate how the music needs to go.”

If you allow your players to realize they are contributing to this process, that they are collaborators, they’re going to approach it with an entirely different attitude, and I think they’re going to be more open-minded if you’re openminded as a conductor.

Anything else you’d like to add?

To reiterate, my wife and I are very excited about this move to Butler. We really look forward not just to having a new job but also kind of a new professional family.

That’s really the way we felt about the Marine Band for 27 years, that it has been part of our family, and we are looking forward to making Butler part of our family as well.

FOUNDER’S DAY

Illustrator returns to campus RYAN HALLQUIST RHALLQUI@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Children’s book illustrator Michele Wood will give a presentation at Butler University this week to help celebrate Founder’s Day. Founder’s Day marks the birthday of Ovid Butler, an Indianapolis native who was heavily involved with the university’s creation.

On Thursday, Wood will be speaking about her latest work—a collaboration with Cynthia Grady—titled “I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery.”

Written in poetry, the book is about the experiences of African American slaves.

The stories are brought to life through Wood’s elaborate quilt artwork.

“The poetry is a lot like a quilt,” Wood said. “There is depth, meaning and intricate parts.”

If Wood’s name sounds familiar, it may be because she has been on campus before.

A resident of the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood, Wood gave a presentation on her illustrations in the book “I See the Rhythm of Gospel” at Irwin Library last semester.

Wood’s artwork has impressed many viewers. Her illustrations for a similar book, “I See the Rhythm,” earned her the Coretta Scott King Award from the American Library Association.

“The illustrations are very rich and expressive, and that is what is so striking about them,” said Julie Miller, Butler’s

dean of libraries. “They seem so textured that you cannot believe it’s a flat page.”

The creation of Wood’s books is very unique as well.

Many are written in an unconventional, backward format. Instead of writers sending her manuscripts to inspire her art, she sends the authors her artwork to inspire their text.

While Wood’s presentation is open to all students and the Indianapolis community, Miller said students majoring in creative writing, art or education will find the program especially interesting.

“To be involved in a dialogue with someone successful is inspiring and educational,” said sophomore Tommy O’Rourke, a creative writing major.

Both students and faculty see the opportunity to hear Wood speak as beneficial.

“It’s great for students to have access to someone who is actually making her living as an artist,” Miller said.

Wood said she desires for her work to connect past and present generations.

“I want to educate children about how much African Americans have contributed to society and to the United States,” Wood said.

Across campus, Butler faculty members are excited for the event’s inclusion in the Founder’s Day celebration.

“It gives us greater understanding of the diversity of American history,” Miller said. “That’s what makes it a great program to have on Founder’s Day.” Wood’s presentation will be held Thursday at 6 p.m. in Irwin Library.

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Photo courtesy of Michele Wood

Illustrator and Butler-Tarkington resident Michele Wood, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, will be speaking at Irwin Library this week.

ON THE WEB What do you think of the Founder’s Day events? Did you attend any? If so, what stood out to you? What might you have changed?

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While the “Twilight” series may be over, “Warm Bodies” continues in the same mold, telling the forbidden love story between a human and a nonhuman.

Instead of a dreamy vampire, however, it’s a dreamy zombie (or dreamy compared to the rest of the undead).

“Warm Bodies,” rated PG-13, depicts the world years after the apocalypse.

The movie follows a maverick zombie named R—played by Nicholas Hoult—as he moans and shuffles from place to place, eating human flesh.

The movie continues with random conflict as the humans and zombies have to join forces to defeat the “bonies,” a type of superzombie whose body solely consists of a skeleton form.

The movie is confusing, ridiculous and altogether too much.

For staff reporter Ginny Spellman’s full review of “Warm Bodies,” visit www. thebutlercollegian.com.

OPINION

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Losing is an educational process. If the results are kept concealed, the losers cannot learn from their losses.

If candidates want to run next year, they cannot learn what they need to do to enhance their campaign if the numbers are kept secret.

SGA is stunting the growth of its own organization because it wants to protect people.

Most of the candidates are fine with releasing the results.

Unfortunately, the vote is not in the candidates hands. The vote is up to the entire assembly, which almost unanimously voted to not release detailed vote numbers.

Releasing the vote would give legitimacy to SGA and earn it more respect from students.

A large portion of the student body fails to vote in SGA elections. Supporters of keeping the vote a secret say that will send more people to vote.

Transparency by SGA would assure students their votes count.

to be responsible for representing the student body each year but the organization cannot even reveal by how many votes a candidate won or lost.

Students trust SGA with more than $750,000 every year, the least the association could do is tell students the election votes.

By concealing the result, SGA prohibits students from not knowing if the election is legitimate or just a popularity contest. The students results and the student’s money are what empower SGA. SGA owes it to the students to release the election results.

Respect the road Pedestrians and drivers need to be more wary of each other Road safety is a two-way street.

Pedestrians and drivers need to be more respectful and aware of each other on the streets.

Walkers are a little too comfortable crossing campus streets. Last week, I almost hit two pedestrians because they walked across the street without paying attention to oncoming traffic. One of them was on the phone and did not look up the entire time he was crossing the street.

If a driver happened to be distracted at that moment, the pedestrian could have been seriously injured or killed because of their disregard.

Nighttime drivers have to be especially cautious because walkers will just move into the street without regard to any oncoming traffic. Pedestrians act as though they are invincible.

Students walk down the middle of the street that runs behind Atherton and in front of Fairbanks with a sense of entitlement. Walkers could share the road and walk on the side, allowing traffic to pass.

Now that the weather has made driving conditions worse, pedestrians should be more

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cautious when they are on or around streets.

Safety and respect go both ways.

Everyday drivers roll through stop signs and fly through crosswalks like they are the only ones on the road. It seems like every time I slow down to drive around the bend in front of the HRC, I have someone riding my bumper because I am going too slow for them.

Now that we are in the thick of winter, drivers need to be extra cautious about pedestrians and other drivers.

By slowing down and abiding by the laws, drivers drastically reduce their chances of harming themselves or someone else.

Drivers need to remember that, if they hit someone, they will be held responsible if it is their fault or not.

It is in everyone’s best interest to respect others on the road.

Contact opinion editor Rhyan Henson at rhenson@butler.edu

No glove, no love To ensure safety, students need to use protection during intercourse While I am unable to speak for every student here at Butler University, I feel it is fair to say that an unplanned pregnancy would be detrimental to any student’s college education.

A recent survey, created by Student Health Services, shows an alarming number of Butler University students are not as careful as they should be during sexual intercourse.

Of the 436 Butler University students surveyed, 50.6 percent said they did not use any form of contraceptives the last time they had sex.

I find this number worrisome for two key reasons. First, as I mentioned, pregnancy is not something to take a chance with.

A baby makes school far more difficult if not impossible.

College tuition is expensive.

Having to drop out of school to raise a child, or even having to lighten your class load because of pregnancy, is a waste of the money you spent on an education.

Contraceptives cost far less money than a child and half of a college degree.

Additionally, of the students who did use a contraceptive the last time they had intercourse, 30 percent used a method other than condoms. While any method of protection is better than none, birth control alone will not protect you from STDs. Nineteen million new cases of STDs occur each year. Almost

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half of those cases occur in young people, ages 15-24, according to the Center for Disease Control.

This is a scary number to think about, and students should take notice. Of the surveyed students who did use a contraceptive the last time they had vaginal sex, 30 percent used a method other than male condoms.

While some venereal diseases can be cured, many are permanent.

The consequences range from discomfort to death.

These problems can easily be prevented.

Talking to a partner about contraceptives can be an awkward conversation, but it is necessary.

College campuses are often considered to have a “hookup culture,” Sarah Diaz, health educator at Student Health Services said. In this environment, talking about contraceptives might not be an easy but its necessary.

Student Health Services offers condoms and support for students’ regarding their sexual health.

Unplanned pregnancy and STDs can happen to anyone who isn’t safe. Butler students should take advantage of these resources.

Don’t be afraid to talk to your partner about sexual health. This is a serious issue Your health should be your first priority.

Contact columnist Maggie Monson at mmonson@butler.edu

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013

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Remember Butler’s history Take the time to look at Butler’s history during Founder’s Day

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On Feb. 7, Butler University will celebrate its history and founder.

The university has a long history worthy of pride.

But as members of a community, we should take time to learn all of our history.

No current or living individual has responsibility for the actions of people in the past.

At the same time through, if we want to call our institution Butler University, we need to take

ownership of what that means.

Ovid Butler founded the university as an abolitionist institution.

This was before anti-slavery was very popular, even in the north.

When the Klu Klux Klan gained local influence, the university

decided to play it safe.

From 1927 to 1947, Butler admitted only 10 black students each year.

Officials felt it would be dangerous to have people of color on campus. At least, that is how they justified it.

Many white moderates throughout our nation’s history gave similar justifications.

The Civil Rights Movement, according to people such as Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, was pushing too far, too fast.

Many other people agreed and argued that incremental progress was the safest path.

But the legacy of people like Ovid

Butler was not founded in careful consideration of the sensitivities of racists.

Butler was also the second university in the nation to admit women.

Again, Butler was leading by example.

And once again, this was not at a time when it was politically convenient.

Gertrude Mahorney graduated from Butler in 1887 as the first woman of color to do so and went on to become a teacher in Indianapolis.

If we want to truly honor Ovid Butler’s memory and the university as a whole, we need to focus on the right parts.

Butler’s history is one of commitment to what is morally right, not to what is acceptable or convenient.

And we must also remember that not even the university itself has kept that promise at its core.

We should learn from that mistake.

And every member of this community should try to live up to the best of our past with its darker moments in mind.

This advice applies to more than just students or universities.

Contact columnist Jeremy Algate at jalgate@butler.edu.

Students want rides SGA should provide shuttle service for AV and UT students Students joke about a possible student shuttle during the wintertime that could take them to class.

“I think it’s a great idea,” junior pharmacy student Brooke Maag said. “Especially days like these, it would be nice. It could run like every 10 minutes or something.”

Money is the issue, since the Student Government Association only receives a certain amount of funds to spend on transportation per year.

“I think it is something people would really like, but costs stand in the way above all,” SGA President Mike Keller said.

He said the transportation budget is about $50,000 a year for the shuttle service already provided

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by SGA on the weekends.

Maag said she thought transportation would be a great investment of tuition money because students are always complaining about the walk to class.

Since, the shuttle service is an expensive idea, the parking services could consider an extra parking pass.

Apartment Village residents could purchase passes for the bus.

The purchase of these passes could generate money for the school.

Contact columnist Bree Stitt at bstitt@butler.edu.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Photo by Donald Perin

A Barcelona sunset.

LESSONS FROM ABROAD

Studying overseas provides sights seldom seen Take the road less traveled: you may find something unique On my GALA group’s last day in Barcelona, we were free to do whatever we wanted.

Some went to the beach. Some got caught up on laundry and readings for classes and others went off around the city.

It was melancholy that this was our last day in the hustle, bustle and warmth of Barcelona, so I decided that the time was right to get lost in a part of the city we had not seen yet.

Getting lost in a foreign city may be a daunting idea, but I believe that it is one of the best things any tourist can do to get a true feel for a city.

On that last day my friends Matt and Erik and I decided that we wanted to revisit a famous park, called Park Güell to watch the sun set over the mountains.

We took the subway north towards the closest station to the park and walked off in what we believed to be the general direction of the park.

Twenty minutes later, we were no closer to the park than when we started even though we had been following signs pointing to

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the park. The area we were in was more suburban than any part of Barcelona we had been in up to that point. It was nice not to have to deal with the crazy crowds and traffic.

Walking through this neighborhood, I spotted a flight of stone steps leading up a hill. Since we did not seem to be getting any closer to Park Güell, the three of us decided to take the stairs. Unsure of where they were leading, we stumbled up the rocky path that turned from stone to dirt and scattered rocks.

At one point, we were startled when a young man followed us up the path. Since we were completely alone on the hill, we were nervous that the individual might try to rob us.

The path finally ended at the crest of the hill, and all my worries about the man following us vanished. From the top of that hill, we had a complete 360-degree view of Barcelona, the mountains surrounding the city and the

Mediterranean Sea. At that point, I had seen some breathtaking views of Barcelona, but nothing compared this one. It was around six in the afternoon, a time known as the “Golden Hour,” when the sun was setting.

The entire city was drenched in a rusty light as the sun set over the mountains to the west, and the sea glistened in the distance.

The man who had followed us up the mountain turned out to be a very nice guy, a Colombian foreign exchange student who took our picture for us. Just goes to show what we get for judging somebody before we get to know them.

What I got most out of climbing that hill and finding that view was that I was seeing what few other tourists had likely seen. That hilltop was not on the tourism maps. The path up the hill was not marked, and there were only a handful of locals there ,enjoying the view. This is why it is such a valuable experience to get lost in a foreign city. I know with certainty that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and that the memories I made that day will stay with me my whole life.

Perin is participating in the GALA Program in Europe this semester Contact columnis Joe Perin at dperin@ butler.edu

As an avid reader of The Collegian, I’ve read many articles that have been put out within the two-and-a-half years I’ve been here.

After reading not only last Wednesday’s opinion article about carrying concealed weapons. but also the previous Wednesday’s article about the police not allowing conceal-carried weapons on campus no matter what the law is, I am disgusted by The Collegian’s support and reporting that Butler will be a gun-free zone.

I can understand the points made in the article, but the fact still remains, if you look at the last three major tragedies or even further back in history of domestic attacks, gun-free zones are the places where these people attack.

The reason is obvious because people who want to kill other people want to kill as many people as possible. And where is the best place for them to accomplish this?

Areas that they know don’t have guns. And with this conceal-carry law getting passed in Indiana for students to have guns, the only schools that students won’t have guns will be the schools at the most risk.

Coming from the Chicago suburbs, I have heard of the many crimes in Chicago. Last year, Chicago eclipsed 500 homicides.

As someone who is better informed might see, Chicago and the rest of Illinois, is the only state to not have a conceal carry law at all. Although after this record year of murder, lawmakers are finally getting pushed into allowing a conceal-carry law, it still proves a point.

A point that is, illegal guns will be where legal guns are not

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allowed. Making our school and reporting that it will be a gunfree zone is a set up for tragedy. It might not happen this year, maybe not the year after, but eventually.

And every school thinks it won’t happen to them, but when the rest of the schools in Indiana allow their students to conceal-carry weapons after proper training, background checks and multiple practice shooting sessions.

The schools that are left over in not letting their students allow this will be the schools in the most danger.

I’m not allowed to have a gun on campus obviously, but as a PA that is in one of the bigger classes I have. While we are in class some of our teachers were or still are part of the army, and God forbid something happens, I’d hope that they have a gun somewhere close by to save some of the 60 students that would be stuck in our classroom, Even though they are not “allowed to”. Because honestly the cops, as we’ve seen in the past 32 domestic attacks, have only stopped five shooters before they kill themselves.

—John Janis Class of 2015 My Butler Friends, Thanks to everyone that came by to wish me well! Thanks too for all the cards and emails! It was a very emotional time for me!

There is no better place than Butler University and the wonderful faculty, staff and students! Thanks to all for the past 24 years!

-Judy Chapman College of Business

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A Peek Inside the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts

Event audiences will be welcomed by bright red carpets and an open, airy lobby when the center opens this spring.

Find out more about the center in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue.

The view of the Schrott Center from the catwalks.

The Schrott Center is expected to open in March.

Photos by Rafael Porto

The soundboard and lightboards have been installed, and the pieces are coming into place at the Schrott Center.

The center will seat about 450 audience members. The Jordan College of the Arts will use the facility.