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Butler tuition increases again

March Madness Spring snowstorm causes messy roads, but university ofﬁcials take many measures to keep campus safe and clean Story by Tara McElmurry, News Editor | Photo by Heather Iwinski, Asst. Photo Editor

Budget increase causes tuition raise by the same amount as past two years MARAIS JACON-DUFFY MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

nowy forecasts bring the anticipation of sleeping in, putting off homework and, of course, no class. Unfortunately for Butler University students, Monday’s 7.2-inch snowfall did not result in either a delay or snow day, which caused issues for some students. Sophomore Lynn Zeheralis is on crutches after getting foot surgery over Spring Break. She had to skip a couple of her classes because she was not able to get around campus. “The sidewalks weren’t shoveled that great,” Zeheralis said. “It was really difficult to get around.” She ended up having a friend drive her from the Alpha Chi Omega house to Jordan Hall. “I definitely think it would have helped if they had a delay so they could have had time to clean things up better,” Zeheralis said. “I managed though. It was a lot of last-minute emails at 7 a.m. to professors trying to rearrange things.” The president’s office, the director of public safety and the provost receive input from the Butler University Police Department and campus operations to decide if campus

sidewalks, streets and surrounding city streets are safe for transportation. “The number one priority is the safety of our students, faculty and staff,” Richard Michal, executive director of facilities, said in an email. The group monitors the weather during the afternoon, evening and night before a storm is supposed to hit. To monitor the weather, multiple sources are used. Reports from the National Weather Service, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and the Indianapolis Division of Homeland Security are all taken into account. Another way to help Butler decide what to do is talking to other institutions around Indianapolis, such as the University of Indianapolis and Marian University. Michal said if the weather does turn out to be bad like it was Monday morning, the grounds crew gets to work at 1 or 2 a.m. to start plowing internal streets and parking lots. At 5 a.m., the crews shift their focus to campus sidewalks and building entrances by plowing, hand-shoveling and spreading salt and see snow page 4

Butler will increase the cost of tuition and fees for the 2013-14 school year by 3.75 percent. Tuition will increase by 3.75 percent, room cost will increase by 3.75 percent and board will increase by 3.85 percent, according to a press release from by President Jim Danko. The university executive team proposed a budget increase in February to the Board of Trustees. Bruce Arick, vice president for ﬁnance and administration, said the budget creation process is essentially a market analysis where tuition and fees are compared to Butler’s competitor schools. “When we decide to raise tuition, we have to look at the schools that share the same applicants as Butler,” Arick said. Arick said Indiana University and Purdue University are the two schools with which Butler shares the most cross-applicants. Currently, Butler is listed ninth most expensive for cost on a list of 20 schools nationwide that share many applicants, Arick said. “We thought that keeping the tuition increase the same (as the 2012-13 increase) wouldn’t move us up or down signiﬁcantly on that list,” Arick said. A report by the U.S. Department of Education shows see tuition page 2

Big East move brings competition Butler men’s basketball will match up against top teams in next season’s move AUSTIN MONTEITH AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Butler will be joining one of the nation’s premier basketball conferences when it enters the Big East next season. Five teams from the new Big East, including the Butler men’s basketball team, were selected for this season’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Marquette (25-8, 14-4 in this season) has been a perennial contender in the Big East since departing Conference USA in 2005. The Golden Eagles have now made three consecutive Sweet 16 appearances after their 74-72 win against Butler Saturday. Before becoming a Big East member, Marquette won the 1977 National Championship as an independent. The team made a run to the Final Four in 2003, led by thencoach Tom Crean and current Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade. Other notable former Golden Eagles include Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews

and Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers. Georgetown (25-7, 14-4) was a founding member of the original Big East in 1979 and has since won the 1984 National Championship and appeared in four Final Fours. No. 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast stunned the No. 2 seed Hoyas 7868 in a second-round game Friday. How the loss will affect Georgetown’s star sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr. is unclear. Porter said he is undecided on whether he will enter the NBA draft. Notable former Hoyas include Hall of Fame center Patrick Ewing, former Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson and Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert. Villanova (20-14, 10-8) joined the Big East in 1980 and won the 1985 National Championship over conference rival Georgetown. The Wildcats have made one Final Four appearance since then and have appeared in eight of the past nine NCAA tournaments. No. 9 seed Villanova lost to No. 8 seed North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA tournament 78-71 Friday. Sophomore forward JayVaughn Pinkston led the Wildcats in scoring with an average of 13.1 points per see competition page 3

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Senior Rotnei Clarke breaks away with the ball during Butler’s game against Bucknell last Thursday. The team lost to Marquette Saturday.

Bulldogs end short of Sweet 16 COLIN LIKAS

CLIKAS@BUTLER.EDU MANAGING EDITOR

For the Butler men’s basketball team, the 2012-13 season ended against a team it beat at the buzzer during the Maui Invitational. Marquette overcame an eightpoint halftime disadvantage in the third round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament to win 74-72 and to advance to the Sweet 16. Junior guard Vander Blue scored a career-high 29 for the Golden Eagles. He scored 21 in Marquette’s November game against Butler.

“I think he’s a really good player (with) his speed as a separator,” Butler coach Brad Stevens said. Marquette senior guard Junior Cadougan said he felt the game was the epitome of Marquette basketball. “I feel like every game that we play, it’s going to be a grind-out, hard-boxing match from the start to the end,” Cadougan said. “We grind every day, and we come ready to play every game.” Senior guard Rotnei Clarke scored a team-high 24 points for the Bulldogs, but he was shut out over the ﬁnal 15 minutes of the contest.

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“Second half, me and (sophomore guard) Derrick Wilson did a great job of gearing him down and contesting his shots and trying to wear him out,” Cadougan said. Senior guard Trent Lockett and junior forward Jamil Wilson each contributed 13 points for Marquette. Senior center Andrew Smith was the only other Bulldog in double ﬁgures with 17 points. Saturday was the ﬁnal game in a Butler uniform for Clarke, Smith and fellow seniors Chase Stigall and Emerson Kampen. Marquette will face Miami in the Sweet 16 Thursday evening.

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New event security group hired KELLY ROSTIN

KROSTIN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Photo by Rafael Porto

If transportation legislation passes, these buses may become a more familiar sight for students.

IndyConnect discusses routes to beneﬁt Butler students JEFF STANICH JSTANICH@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR Indy Connect hosted a public information session on March 18 regarding plans for mass transit in central Indiana. This meeting highlighted the Red Line that will either include a bus or light-rail route running north from Greenwood through downtown Indianapolis and ending in Carmel. This line is the closest route to Butler University and would allow students to access said locations without a car. Ehren Bingaman, Indiana transit advocate, spoke at the meeting and said the Indy Connect team has conducted about 250 meetings and collected more than 10,000 comments regarding mass transit in central Indiana. He also said the most recent transit plan was adopted in December 2010. “I want to make sure we understand this is a work in progress,” Bingaman said. “It is obviously not in place yet.” Bingaman also said in his presentation that the plan would take place over 10 years and cost about $1.3 billion, which would be funded by a 0.3 percent tax increase. The cost would cover $950 million in construction and $350 million in new vehicles. The new vehicles would be

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either hybrid buses or light rail, and they would be equipped with WiFi, bike racks and benches. This session was held to poll the public on two alternative Red Line routes, one running north from downtown on College Avenue, and the other taking College to 62nd Street before continuing north on Keystone Avenue. Butler prefers the latter route because it is the closest route to campus for student use. For this reason, the Student Government Association funded a bus to take up to 50 students to the event to support the line that would run closest to Butler. SGA also offered the incentive of $5 Starbucks gift cards to anyone who attended. Only two people went to the meeting with the SGA bus—an SGA representative and executive director of facilities, Rich Michal. With Butler having low representative numbers, the audience with a 60 to 40 percent vote favored the north route that runs further from Butler. “We were hoping for more students to come,” Michal said. “Hopefully next time.” Freshman Zach Gorge said he grew up right outside Broad Ripple, so he has seen the need for mass transit. However, he said he wouldn’t use the system often since he owns a car.

“There has always been a need from Fishers to downtown Indianapolis, but the cost of the infrastructure would be a lot on taxes,” Gorge said. “I will be ﬁne with my car.” Freshman Stephanie Hanagan said without a car, she would use mass transit to reach Indianapolis. “I would use (mass transit) to access downtown more than I would go north,” Hanagan said. “The city is hard to get to without a car.” The Indy Connect team will use the poll results from the session to make plans moving forward. Another meeting was hosted last night at Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis, focusing on the opinions of college students. With these meetings and research, the team looks to evaluate three main aspects of the transit system: routes, vehicles and the stations. No move will be made until the Indiana Senate votes whether to approve the legislation for the transit. If the legislation passes, individual counties will have the opportunity to vote. Marion and Hamilton counties plan on voting in early 2014. The Indy Connect team will review the data it has collected and have a new plan out by next fall.

How does Butler stack up? | The cost of tuition, room and board and fees at private four-year institutions

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that over the last ﬁve years tuition has increased by 4.6 percent in the 2011-12 school year. Danko said in an email press release last Tuesday that a decision was made among administrators based on a balance between “the concerns of students and families about the rising costs of higher education and the need for Butler to maintain an exceptional learning environment that delivers upon its promises.” Danko’s email also highlighted that 85 percent of Butler’s operating budget is paid for by tuition and fees. Sophomore Nikki Risselmann said the increase in tuition is concerning to her and her family. “It stressed me out to read that email,” Risselmann said. “I’m already paying so much for tuition, and it’s

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unsettling to think that it will most likely keep increasing for the rest of the time I’m here.” The 2013-2014 budget also includes $2.2 million more for scholarships and grants for students. A large part of the operating budget is scholarship money, so an ARICK: Budget is marked increase in scholarship money is a side effect of a budget for more campus increase, Arick said. improvements. In addition, the budget has also earmarked $1.5 million for renovations in some classrooms, laboratories and Irwin Library. “We would like to create more soft spaces for students,” Arick said, “and also to update classroom spaces.”

Butler University has reached a deal with Securitas, which will work security at large-scale events where alcohol is served on campus. Sally Click, dean of student services, said Butler enforced a hiatus on Greek or large-scale events due to the lack of a security company able to cover the alcoholrelated risk. In years past, student groups could hire off-duty security from Marion County law enforcement to work as the required security at their events. Last summer, Marion County decided it no longer wanted to work these types of events. The decision was not due to any incident but made in terms of general liability, said Becky Druetzler, director of Greek life. Now that Securitas is willing to provide services, groups can register their events and request to serve alcohol if they so choose. Groups must be approved before they serve alcohol and follow certain criteria as listed in the student handbook. If a group requests to serve alcohol, stipulations include presence of security, approval at least two weeks in advance, good standing of the group and no alcohol purchases made with university funds. “For the most part, it deals with how to manage our risk to provide fun and safe activities for everybody that ﬁt within the parameters of the law and university policies,” Click said. Along with risk management, Click said the task force wants to work on educating students on alcohol policy and the consequences for breaking it. “Our primary concern is that students are making healthy choices and choices that will allow them to be healthy and successful Butler students,” said Sarah Barnes Diaz, health education and outreach programs coordinator. Throughout the year, Diaz said

Our primary concern is that students are making healthy choices... that will allow them to be healthy and successful. SARAH BARNES DIAZ HEALTH EDUCATION COORDINATOR a lot of conversation about the alcohol policy goes on to make sure students are educated on the topic. New this year, incoming students must complete an online educational module before they come to campus. Named My Student Body, the class educates incoming students on alcohol, drugs and sexual assault. Diaz said this helps make sure every student comes in with baseline knowledge of those critical issues and how they relate to Butler’s policies. The task force is recommending taking out the pages in the handbook refering to the rule of requesting to have an event. Even if taken out of the handbook, the rule will still remain in the policy. “We just need the essential things that everybody needs to know (in the handbook), then link to it for people that are party planners,” Click said. Druetzler said the committee that chose this company—which included herself, fraternity leadership, Assistant Police Chief Bill Weber and Dean of Student Life Irene Stevens—is professional and will work well with students while being proactive if issues occur at events. The company has not been used yet because no event this semester has required its services.

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Photo courtesy of Andrea Baker

The Help Heal Haiti group is seen with some of the Beauchamp community, from left to right: Aaron Harrison, Andrea Baker, Laura Anderson, Alex Snyder, Amanda Rasch, Julie Kolnik, Sam Doebler, Britta McArthur and Abby Dye.

Help Heal Haiti group spends Spring Break giving back ALLISON HALL

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Photos courtesy of Andrea Baker

Andrea Baker with nine-year-old Roseguelin, with whom she spent a lot of time.

A young Haitian boy pictured here through barbed-wire fence, showing the poor environment in which the children are raised.

Some Butler University students spent Spring Break in Haiti strengthening their relationship with its people. Nine Butler students, part of Butler’s Help Heal Haiti chapter, spent their week with orphans, at a disability center and in clinics and schools in Haiti. The group spent time in SaintLouis-du-Nord and the village of Beauchamp. In Beauchamp, rain is scarce, and water is limited. Besides building a stronger relationship with the people, the group’s focus was on the water situation. Junior Amanda Rasch said the group walked two hours to a well with some of Beauchamp’s children. One of the pumps was broken, making the walk four miles rather than two. “It’s just amazing to see how blessed we are, and it really opens up our minds,” Rasch said. The fundraising the group has done on campus has gone toward purchasing materials to repair the well. “It was pretty cool because when

we got there, the people were so happy,” Rasch said. “They thanked us, and they were singing and dancing and so happy.” Rasch’s favorite part of the week was making strong relationships with kids and connecting with the people. Sophomore Lauren Anderson said her favorite day was going into Beauchamp with a translator and hearing people’s life stories. “They were just so open about their daily struggles and their life stories, which was just an amazing opportunity,” Anderson said. Anderson said another favorite part of her week was the program “Meals on Heels,” which supplied buckets of food to people. “It was so eye opening to see how people rely on each other because they really do not have anything else, any material resources or material belongings,”Anderson said. “Their entire society and their entire lives are just built around the relationships that they make with each other.” Sophomore Andrea Baker said she made a special connection with an orphan named Roseguelin. “She stayed attached to me the entire trip at all times, no matter

how many kids were around,” Baker said. “She would even just be holding onto my pinky if it was stretched across. She just had to be connected to me at all times.” Even though the two had a language barrier, they were inseparable throughout the week and shared a heartfelt goodbye. “The night I knew I had to say goodbye, I knew I was going to be emotional,” Baker said. “I didn’t want her to see me cry, and I knelt down to just give her a hug because, again, we couldn’t even communicate. “When I knelt down and she knew I was telling her goodbye, she just bawled, and, I mean, I lost it because it was so hard, because she was an orphan, so she doesn’t have a family. And I knew that that was a common thing in her life. People would come, but they would leave.” The group was started by junior Aaron Harrison, who wanted to build relationships with Beauchamp’s people. In the future, the group hopes to keep investing in the relationship with the people of Haiti and hopes to keep making the trip every Spring Break.

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MBA program ranked 67th GERRALD VAZQUEZ GVAZQUEZ@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR U.S. News & World Report ranked Butler University’s part-time Master of Business Administration program as the 67th-best graduate school in the nation in its 2014 edition. This ranking is a two-step rise from the program’s former highest ranking of 69th. “There’s increased awareness of Butler in general, as well as increased awareness of the quality of our programs,” College of Business Dean Chuck Williams said. Williams said the rank increase comes from the increasing prominence of the program’s heavy emphasis on experiential education. Being a part-time graduate program, the MBA program focuses on cultivating students from within the workplace and fosters the ideal of hands-on experience. “Throughout the program, students are involved in many ‘Real Life, Real Business’ applications,” said Roberto Curci, associate dean of research and graduate programs. “We work with many businesses in the local community to connect our programs to the reality in the marketplace.” A core focus of the MBA program is the development of leadership skills that prepare students for high-responsibility, post-graduate jobs. Williams said while skills such as marketing and ﬁnancing are important foci of the program, the college’s main goal is to train leaders. “We’ve linked what’s going on in our curriculum to focus on leadership,” Williams said. “An MBA is a leadership degree. You get an MBA, then someone’s going to hire you and put you in charge.” Williams said much of the

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ice melt. Michal said special attention is paid to residence and dining halls, especially facilities with disabled students. Between 5 and 5:30 a.m., the grounds crew supervisor decides whether the facilities crew will be able to have the sidewalks safely

SGA assembly will vote on president’s appointees for VP positions today MELISSA IANNUZZI MIANNUZZ@BUTLER.EDU

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College of Business Dean Chuck Williams is working to elevate the program even further.

program’s success stems from the experience and professionalism of MBA professors. “Our faculty comes from top institutions where Ph.D. students are trained,” Williams said. “Twothirds of them have work experience. They’re not (from the) ‘ivory tower.’ They’ve lived in the real world.” The MBA program is looking at expanding to adopt new courses, offering a greater variety of opportunities in hopes of garnering higher-caliber students and an even greater reputation. “The quality of the students attending our programs has increased in the past several years,” Curci said. “Our programming is

very appreciated in the marketplace because we do a good job combining theory and application. We expect that more students will be interested in the program in the future.” Already offering complementing courses that foster broader world business perspectives, the program is also looking to specialize further speciﬁc course offerings and even take the program virtual. “We are working to develop some new graduate programs that are likely to be more specialized,” Curci said. “We are also in the process of evaluating our potential for us to offer graduate programs online.” Butler’s program is the top-ranked private school MBA program in the state. Williams said the desired future of Butler’s MBA program will be to bring the Indianapolis business experience to a world stage, producing preeminent business people to lead future markets. “We’re trying to become a worldclass business school,” he said. “For every city the size of Indianapolis, you can say, ‘Wow, there’s a great business school there.’ Here in Indianapolis, that business school is going to be Butler’s College of Business.”

cleared for 8 a.m. classes. If not, a notiﬁcation of delay or cancellation will be sent out to campus via email by 5:30 a.m. Ben Hunter, executive director of public safety, said there was no delay Monday or Tuesday because the snow was only wet and slushy, not icy, which is usually a cause of delay. Hunter said the university is in the process of evaluating and revising the adverse weather policy. For the last three major storm warnings, the university has

sent out a message to campus in advance, stating the decision to close or delay will be made at 5:30 the next morning. Hunter said along with being more aggressive about keeping campus informed, a checklist will be added. The checklist will ensure all campus events and departments are taken into consideration when deciding to delay or not. To stay updated on future storm warnings, follow @DawgAlert and @BUpoliceChief on Twitter.

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Today, Student Government Association will complete the process of appointing a new executive board for next school year. The SGA president-elect nominates four of the six vice presidential positions, which will be voted on by the SGA assembly later today. President-elect Craig Fisher reviewed the applications and interviewed candidates to understand their motivations, qualiﬁcations and aspirations. “I think we’re putting together a really good team for the students next year,” he said. In choosing a new executive board, Fisher said he looked for general leadership experience on the applicants’ respective boards and diversity of candidates. “SGA is going to be successful if those boards are successful,” Fisher said. “It’s about lots of small changes that, together, will make a big change for students.” As a group, every board has talked about improving communication, not only between the boards themselves but also between the entire student body, Fisher said. Students are really starting to see SGA’s presence on campus, and he hopes that trend continues in the upcoming school year. “Public relations is going to be the most exciting area to improve upon for this year,” Fisher said. Junior Ellen Larson is the nominee for vice president of public relations after serving on the board for two years. As a strategic communications major, Larson said she knows how to utilize the skills she’s learned from her classes and from being in charge of SGA’s social media outlets. One of the biggest lessons she said she has learned is students are more responsive to interactive forms of social media. “Getting feedback from students is a really good thing, so we’re planning events we think students want,” Larson said. SGA reaches different groups of students through its events, she said. Acknowledging that communication issues will always happen, Larson said she hopes she can avoid them as much as possible so students can take advantage of programs SGA offers. “I applied for the position because I think we have great members on the board who have awesome ideas, and I want to inspire them to dream bigger,” Larson said. If approved by the SGA Assembly, junior Camryn Walton will be in charge of most of those events as the vice president of programming. Walton has served on the program board since her freshman year. Her goals for the year include unifying all of SGA’s different boards, maintaining the Program Board’s positive image while branding events more and reevaluating the sub-committees in order to make the most of the board’s budget. “It’s a big time commitment, and I’m willing to make that time commitment,” Walton said. “I love Program Board so much that I’ll make it one of my top priorities.” Junior Brandon Williams is the nominee for vice president of diversity programs. His main goal is to attract a wider variety of people to different REACH events, he said. He wants to start evaluating events from last year to ﬁgure out what was or wasn’t successful and why. “Diversity is kind of a tense topic,” he said. This year, Williams said he hopes to sponsor more discussion

about diversity. After Delta Tau Delta’s controversial lip sync, he said he wishes more of a discussion had occurred about why the event happened in the first place. He also said he plans to fight for better recognition of REACH within the executive board. “A big part of diversity is being accepting and being able to listen to some of the issues that some of the students may have on campus,” Williams said. Sophomore Kara Blakley is the nominee for vice president of operations. She has spent most of her career in school as part of student government. “When I came here on campus, I knew I wanted to be involved in SGA,” she said. Operations focuses on the way the assembly runs each week, along with the SGA shuttle bus and the winter block party. This year, Blakley’s main goal is to incorporate more technological aspects into assembly. “I’d love for people to know that I was a person who loves SGA, that loves helping people and listening to their ideas,” she said. Last week, the assembly also voted on the vice presidents of administration and finance. Freshman Chad Pingel won over a junior for a spot on next year’s executive committee as the vice president of finance. “There was a certain stigma that goes along with being a freshman because you’re seen as someone who can’t really make a change or a positive impact,” Pingel said. This year, Pingel has worked with the grants committee and served as the freshman class treasurer. Most of Pingel’s goals are related to improving the budget and the process for organizational grants. Currently, organizations email the board with grant requests, but Pingel wants to change the process so a standard form is available on the SGA website. The $35,000 organizational and events budget in place for this year was emptied by the end of February, Pingel said. He will push for next year’s budget to increase the amount of money for grants by 30 to 40 percent. “A lot of the work will be done before next year actually happens,” he said. Sophomores Kate Carrol and Austin Del Priore will have a runoff election for vice president of administration during today’s assembly. The vice president of administration leads the Council on Presidential Affairs, which addresses students’ and faculty’s concerns on campus. “CPA has been doing a great job of making us work more efficiently internally,” Carrol said. “Externally we don’t have a presence on campus. “The first thing I would do is sit down with the four candidates and work with the ideas they have,” Carrol said. Carrol’s main goal, if elected, would be making sure Butler students and faculty members know how to handle concerns they have on campus. Del Priore said he would like to see the formation of general committees involving both CPA members and students in the upcoming year. “CPA is a unique opportunity to this campus,” Del Priore said. “It’s an administration that’s willing to be student-centered and focused. It’s a really cool outlet to make an impact here at Butler.” One of the biggest challenges facing CPA this upcoming year is the competition many ideas that take years to see through or that sometimes aren’t realistic, Del Priore said. “The most difficult thing is to always stay focused and driven, not to become disappointed or discouraged,” he said.

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Radio analysts bring color to games ADAM WINAY

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Traveling with the team to every Butler men’s basketball game are two men who do not play for the Bulldogs. But they are just as important to the team and especially to Butler’s fans. Play-by-play voice Brandon Gaudin and color analyst Nick Gardner have called Butler’s men’s basketball games on Indianapolis’s ESPN 1070 The Fan as a duo for the last three seasons. Gaudin is a Butler graduate. As a student, he doublemajored in political science and communications. He also doubleminored in sports broadcasting and business. Gaudin said he knew what he wanted to do for a career long before he attended Butler. “I realized that I probably would not be good enough to play baseball professionally,” Gaudin said. “So I started to listen to the announcers and realized that maybe announcing would be an opportunity to always be around the game of baseball.” During his four years at Butler, Gaudin ﬁlled his time with classes, broadcasting experience and internships. Gaudin interned for the Texas Rangers’ radio network and for ESPN in New York City. “My motto was to get good grades,” Gaudin said. “But beyond

grades, I would see what I could put on my resume besides my GPA, and that was by getting experience not only on campus but (also) through internships and networking.” Gardner is also a Butler alum. He graduated in 2004 with a degree in integrated communications specializing in public relations and advertising. Gardner also played basketball at Butler. He competed in the sport during high school and was looking to continue through college “I was not highly-recruited coming out of high school,” Gardner said. Gardner said he had some opportunities to play at the NCAA Division III level but wanted to continue playing basketball at the highest level possible. “It was either ‘I’m not going to play’ or ‘I was going to try to play for a scholarship,’” Gardner said. Gardner came to Butler as a walk-on forward for the men’s basketball team during the 2000-01 season. In his senior year, he earned a full scholarship. Gardner’s and Gaudin’s paths to broadcasting Butler basketball were different. Gardner did not go straight into the broadcasting industry. After graduation, he went to work for his family’s bakery supply company. Two years later, he was offered a position on the Butler men’s basketball radio broadcast team.

Men’s basketball color analyst Nick Gardner looks on during warm-ups before Butler’s game in the ﬁrst round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.

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game and is second on the team in rebounding and assists. Notable former Villanova players include Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry and Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Arizin. St. John’s (17-16, 8-10) was also a founding member of the Big East, and the program owns the seventh-most victories in NCAA Division I basketball history. The Red Storm have made 17 NCAA Tournament appearances since joining the conference in the 1979-80 season and advanced to the 1985 Final Four. Notable former St. John’s players include Hall of Famer Chris Mullin, Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace and Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson. Providence (18-14, 9-9) was an establishing member of the Big East in 1979. The Friars have appeared in seven NCAA tournaments since joining the conference,

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Photos by Gerrald Vazquez

Butler play-by-play voice Brandon Gaudin (right) has been with Butler radio since 2010. Butler was looking for a new basketball radio team after Chris Denari, its former play-by-play voice for 17 years, took the job as the play-by-play man for the Indiana Pacers on FOX Sports Indiana. Butler hired Joe Gentry, director of corporate sponsorships and manager of radio and television, to do the play-by-play and Gardner as the color analyst. “It just fell onto my lap,” Gardner said. “I think it was former Butler head coach Todd Lickliter who recommended me to the radio broadcast.” “We were looking for somebody with basketball knowledge and someone who knew our system,” Gentry said. “To have a former player like Nick was the best of all possible scenarios.” Gardner is in his seventh season as color analyst for Butler basketball. Unlike Gardner, Gaudin immediately began in the broadcast industry after graduation. Gaudin took a job doing play-byplay for the Salt Lake City Bees, the minor league affiliate for the Los Angeles Angels. At the same time, he also served as a talent producer for ESPN. Later, Gaudin teamed up with Erik Sorenson, former MSNBC president, and Robert Grossman, former Larry King Live senior producer, in 2007 to form MediaOne Management Group in New York. Two years later, Gaudin returned to the radio broadcast booth at the University of Evansville. Gaudin took over as Evansville athletics’ main play-by-play voice. “At Evansville, I had to wear all hats,” Gaudin said. “I taught students broadcasting and called baseball, basketball and soccer.” During Butler’s run to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship in 2010, Gaudin said he heard there was a job opportunity as Butler’s play-byplay voice. “When I heard the job was open, I jumped all over it,” Gaudin said. “I called right away and started interviewing. A couple months later the job, fortunately, became mine.” “Gaudin was the best candidate we had in the field,” Gentry said. “He had the whole package we were looking for, and he was our first choice.” Gaudin and Gardner arrive at each game prepared to broadcast

including a trip to the 1987 Final Four when they were coached by current Louisville coach Rick Pitino. Current Florida coach Billy Donovan was the leading scorer for that 1987 squad. Other notable former Providence players include Hall of Fame player and coach Lenny Wilkens and former Georgetown coach John Thompson, Jr. Seton Hall (15-18, 3-15) has also been in the Big East since the founding of the conference. The Pirates have made nine NCAA tournament appearances, including ﬁnishing runner-up in the 1989 tournament when they lost to Michigan 80-79 in overtime. Notable former Pirates include P.J. Carlesimo, interim coach of the Brooklyn Nets, and Milwaukee Bucks center Samuel Dalembert. DePaul (11-21, 2-16) has been a member of the Big East since 2005 after leaving Conference USA along with Marquette. The Blue Demons last appeared in the NCAA tournament in 2004. Hall of Fame center George Mikan and former Detroit Pistons forward Mark Aguirre won national player of the year awards for DePaul.

live. Both said they spend hours studying footage of Butler and the opponent before going live. “One of the biggest parts of playby-play is memorizing the other team’s players and what they look like,” Gaudin said. “I’ll make a spreadsheet with everyone’s name and statistics.” Gaudin and Gardner attend some of Butler’s practices during the week and the team’s shootaround before each game to get a better understanding of the Bulldogs’ play. “I really like to have a good idea what Butler is going to do to attack their opponent,” Gardner said. “It is my job as the analyst to try and help everybody understand what is going on the floor.” Gaudin and Gardner have shown strong chemistry with one another during their time as a duo. Gaudin and Gardner said their chemistry makes the broadcasts easy to do. “Nick is very easy to work with,” Gaudin said. “I think Nick ranks right up there with one of the best analysts on radio that I have heard. He sure takes a lot of pressure off my shoulders.” “(Gaudin) makes it real easy on me,” Gardner said. “He’s a fantastic play-by-play guy. I think he does a great job of describing not only the action but the atmosphere with which the game is surrounded.” Mark Minner, studio host for 1070 The Fan during Butler basketball games, said each game is lively and exciting to listen to because both are fans of the sport and Butler. “They have a passion for the game,” Minner said. “If you listen to a game called by Nick and Brandon, it is hard not to get excited.” Though Gaudin and Gardner are fans of Butler basketball, they are still capable of conducting an unbiased broadcast. “Obviously, they are working for Butler,” Minner said. “At the same point and time, they are able to do it in a very neutral way. They call the game as it should be.” Minner said Gardner bleeds Butler blue, and Gardner said he is always a Butler fan first. “To get to know the team on a personal level makes calling the game much more exiting,” Gardner said. “Just trying to give fans a small window into the team is the most fulfilling part of broadcasting.”

Creighton (28-8, 13-5) is leaving the Missouri Valley to join the Big East. The No. 7 seed Bluejays lost to No. 2 seed Duke 66-50 in the third round of the NCAA tournament Sunday. Creighton has advanced to the round of 32 in the past two NCAA tournaments. Junior forward Doug McDermott ﬁnished second in Division I in scoring this season, averaging 23.1 points per game. The two-time All-American has not yet decided if he will forgo his senior year to enter the NBA draft or return for one more season. Other notable former Bluejays include Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, former NBA coach Paul Silas and Atlanta Hawks forward Kyle Korver. Xavier (17-14, 9-7) is leaving the A-10 to join the Big East. The Musketeers have appeared in 11 of the last 13 NCAA tournaments, highlighted by berths in the Elite Eight in 2004 and 2008. The team has also made it to at least the Sweet 16 in four of the past six seasons. Notable former Xavier players include former Heat and Celtics forward James Posey and Pacers forward David West.

With Butler University’s intention to join the new Big East official, people both inside and outside the Butler community have begun speculating how it will affect the men’s basketball team. Less immediate attention has been placed on how the change could affect Butler’s 17 other athletic teams. Based on recent history, those teams could experience varying levels of success in their first Big East seasons. Butler’s athletic programs stepped up to the plate, and many had or are still having successful seasons in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Butler men’s soccer coach Paul Snape had his team in the hunt for an A-10 tournament berth on the final day of the season. Snape said Butler’s time in the A-10 helped his team prepare for “elite” competition in the new Big East. “The boys have to make sure they’re ready to go,” Snape said. “Nothing less than 100 percent is going to win us a game. “If you lack focus or make a mistake, (Big East teams) punish you because they’re just quicker, stronger and faster than what you’ve played against before.” Snape’s squad will have to face the national runner-up team from Georgetown and national semifinalist Creighton on a regular basis next season. St. John’s men’s soccer team was the national runner-up in 2003 as well. “Long term, I think (the move) is fantastic,” Snape said. “But in the short term, we’ve got a few challenges we’ve got to deal with, and (we have to) make sure we’re fully prepared for playing in one of the elite conferences in the country.” In women’s soccer, the new Big East will harbor the top two seeds from the most recent Big East conference tournament. Butler’s men’s and women’s cross country teams have been national players in recent years. The women’s team made the NCAA final meet in 2012 by placing fourth in its regional meet. Matt Roe, coach for both of Butler’s cross country teams, said his teams always aim to be competitive on a national level, but winning a conference championship will be harder for his teams than ever before. “If you know anything about the Big East on the track and in cross country, you know it’s arguably the toughest conference in the country,” Roe said. “Obviously, the bar is even higher than it had been in the Atlantic 10 and the Horizon League.” Women’s cross country in the new Big East will be especially competitive. Villanova University took home the women’s national title in 2009, and Georgetown’s squad took the title the following two seasons. Providence College fielded the national runner-up in 2012. “Ultimately, our goal is to compete against these teams, as it has been for a long time,” Roe said. The Butler volleyball team reeled off five consecutive wins to close its only A-10 season and earn the No. 6 seed in the A-10 tournament. But coach Sharon Clark said the team’s inclusion in the Big East is a big competitive step from both the Horizon League and the A-10. “We’ve got several programs see teams page 7

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 BASEBALL

Bulldogs sweep VCU in A-10 opener KYLE BEERY KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

The Butler baseball team opened its first and only season in the Atlantic 10 Conference with a sweep of VCU. The Bulldogs (11-10, 3-0 A-10) won their first A-10 game on Friday 6-4. On Saturday, Butler won the first game of a double-header 4-3 and the second game 7-4, completing a sweep of the Rams (12-8, 0-3). Butler didn’t trail the entire weekend. Senior infielder Lucas Calderon led the way at the plate over the weekend for the Bulldogs, going 6-for-11 with six RBIs. Sophomore Michael Fries went 6-for-15 with two RBIs. On Friday, sophomore starter Eric Stout got the win on the mound. Senior

Kyle Kramp improved his pitching record to 4-0 in game one of Saturday’s twin bill, while senior Billy Laing improved to 1-1 in game two. Senior CLASS Award nominee Chase Byerly picked up three straight saves, pushing his total to four on the season. Byerly was named co-Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week for the rare feat. “It’s pretty rare that a pitcher even has the opportunity to save three games in a conference series,” Byerly said. “But my arm felt great, and we kept scoring runs, and I got that opportunity. “It was the best pitching weekend of my life.” Weather ended up causing a delay in the team’s flight back to Indy. Its flight Sunday night was delayed, and 28 players were forced to take five

separate flights throughout the day Monday. The last five players arrived in Indianapolis around midnight. Butler coach Steve Farley said he is happy with his team’s performance against the preseason conference favorite. “I’m proud of our guys for winning three games in a Double-A ballpark against a good team,” Farley said. The series was played at The Diamond, home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, an Atlanta Braves affiliate. Snow postponed yesterday’s home game against Wabash. The Bulldogs travel to St. Bonaventure (5-11, 0-3) Friday to continue conference play. The Bulldogs have yet to play a home game this season.

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Toledo in WNIT The Butler women’s basketball team is out of post-season play with its loss to Toledo in the ﬁrst round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Bulldogs made postseason appearances in four of the past ﬁve years. Butler’s last postseason win was in 2009 when it defeated Duquesne in the

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first round of the WNIT. The Rockets shot just under 43 percent from the floor in their 63-49 win over the Bulldogs. Butler shot almost 43 percent from behind the arc, going 9-of-21 from 3-point range. An 11-3 run put Toledo up 55-42, and the Bulldogs could not overcome the deficit. Butler ends its season with a overall record of 17-14 after going 8-6 in its lone season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. -Marko Tomich

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Photo by Rachel Opperman A Butler baseball player practices at the Butler Bowl. The Bulldogs swept VCU in a three-game series in Richmond, Va.

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Bulldogs loses to UIC 4-1 The Butler women’s tennis team lost to the University of Illinois-Chicago 4-1 on Senior Day at the Butler Bubble Sunday. The match was the ﬁnal home appearance for seniors Brittany Farmer and Clare Cornelius.

The Bulldogs won Saturday’s match at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 7-0. Butler swept all its singles matches, with junior Caroline Hedrick winning the No. 1 singles match 6-1, 6-1. The team also swept its doubles matches. Butler’s regular season ﬁnale is at Saint Louis April 13. -Austin Monteith

UIC vs. BUTLER, MARCH 24 SINGLES No. 1: Hedrick (BU) def. Craig (UIC) 6-3, 6-2 No. 3: Sharples (UIC) def. Farmer (BU) 6-1, 6-3 DOUBLES No. 2: Kuvakina/Hahn (UIC) def. McLoughlin/Adami (BU) 8-2

SOFTBALL

Team sweeps St. Bonaventure Two swings helped the Butler softball team sweep St. Bonaventure last weekend to start its conference season. Butler (10-12, 2-0) trailed in the first game before coming back to defeat the Bonnies 2-1 on senior first baseman Devin Dearing’s first home run of the season. Senior pitcher Jenny Esparza got the win on the

mound, allowing three hits and zero walks. In the second game of the doubleheader, Butler fell behind again early before sophomore inﬁelder Kristen Boros hit a grand slam to give the Bulldogs the lead and eventual 6-3 win. It was Butler’s eighth win in its last nine games. Today’s game against Eastern Illinois was canceled. The Bulldogs will be back in action at Dayton tomorrow at 3 p.m. -Marissa Johnson

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BASEBALL

Senior nominated for award KYLE BEERY

KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Butler senior pitcher Chase Byerly is in the running for the Lowes’ Senior CLASS Award. The award is an acronym for “Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School.” Candidates must be NCAA Division I seniors and qualify in the four C’s: community, classroom, character and competition. Byerly is one of 30 finalists. He is among three finalists from the Atlantic 10 Conference, including Charlotte infielder Shane Basen and Rhode Island utility man Mike Le Bel. The Senior CLASS Award was founded in 2001 in a partnership between Premiere Sports Management and Lowes’. The award is given to athletes in 10 different sports. Byerly’s nomination follows three straight nominations for Butler basketball players. Senior Andrew Smith is a nominee for this year’s basketball award, which will be announced during the Final Four in Atlanta. Ronald Nored was nominated last year for the Bulldogs, and Matt Howard the year

before. No Bulldog has ever won the award, but Byerly believes he has a good shot of doing so this year. “I’m a really competitive guy, so I think I have a pretty good shot at it,” Byerly said. “I’ve done pretty well this season so far.” Building off last season when he set the school’s single-season saves record with 10, Byerly is already off to a hot start. His ERA is 2.55 and he has with 16 strikeouts. Byerly completed a rare feat, picking up three saves in a single series last weekend at Virginia Commonwealth University, pushing his season total to four. Off the field, Byerly impresses in other ways. He has a 3.98 GPA as a business and finance double major. Smith, also a business major, said he knows Byerly well and that he is a hard worker. “I know he works extremely hard,” Smith said. “He’s a very talented individual on and off the field.” On top of doing well in class, Byerly interned at Eli Lilly last summer and Smith said he always shows dedication.

“He’s one of the hardestworking people I know,” Smith said. “He’s always top of the class, he’s a great presenter, he’s a great speaker. Byerly said it is tough to be involved on campus while being on the baseball team, but he does make an effort. “It’s tough to hold a leadership position with any organization on campus, but I am involved,” Byerly said. Byerly is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is also part of the Dawg Pound and various honor societies on campus. Butler baseball coach Steve Farley said Byerly has made large strides evolving from a walk-on to a leader. “He started as a walk-on and took on that role,” Farley said. “Now he’s possibly one of the best relief pitchers in the nation.” Farley had Byerly convert to a side-arm release early on in his career, which has made him tough to hit. Farley said he thinks Byerly is deserving of the nomination. “Chase is one of the best guys I’ve ever coached,” Farley said. “He’s like another coach in the dugout. Everything is well deserved.”

Photo courtesy of Chase Byerly

Senior relief pitcher Chase Byerly has been nominated for the Lowes’ Senior CLASS Award. He is the second Butler athlete to be named a ﬁnalist this year.

TEAMS: PREPARING FOR CHANGES

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Graves lands new gig MARISSA JOHNSON MKJOHNSO@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

After 17 years in the Butler men’s basketball program, Associate Head Coach Matthew Graves is leaving to become the head coach at University of South Alabama. “At South Alabama, I think you are looking at a position that right now is one of the top jobs in the Sun Belt (Conference) with everything from resources to location to facilities,” Graves said in a press release. “What I found throughout this process is that the people are tremendous, much like those I’ve worked with at Butler University.” South Alabama’s Director of Athletics Joel Erdmann made the announcement Monday at a press conference. “The pool of ﬁnalists was ﬁlled with top-notch basketball coaches and basketball minds,” Erdmann said in a press release. “As the process transpired, it became very clear that the right man for the job was Matthew Graves.”

Graves played for Butler from 1993 to 1998. He was the leading scorer for the Bulldogs during the 1996-97 season and helped take the team to the NCAA Tournament for the ﬁrst time in 35 years. After graduation, Graves started as an assistant coach at North Central and Ben Davis High Schools in Indianapolis before joining the Bulldog staff as coordinator of men’s basketball operations in 2001. Graves became an assistant coach at Butler in 2003 under former coach Todd Lickliter and was later promoted to associate head coach in 2010. “I could not be more thrilled for both Matthew and South Alabama,” Butler coach Brad Stevens said in a press release. “He is a terriﬁc person and coach, who will undoubtedly bring great credit to the university.” While on the Butler staff, Graves was listed No. 2 on CollegeInsider. com’s ranking of the top 25 midmajor assistants in 2009. The previous South Alabama

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GRAVES: New head coach at the University of South Alabama

coach, Ronnie Arrow, retired in December as the winningest coach in the Sun Belt Conference. Associate head coach Jeff Price served as an interim coach the rest of the season, ﬁnishing 17-13. Graves left for South Alabama after Butler’s loss to Marquette in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. “It was a tough decision, but at the end of the day the thing that made it an easier decision was the people involved,” Graves said in an interview with al.com. “There were tears saying goodbye to people. But at the same time, it’s a new chapter, and I’m excited to call South Alabama home now.”

WOMEN’S GOLF

Team competes in MAAC JOHN YELEY JYELEY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Since beginning its inaugural and ﬁnal season with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the eight-member Butler women’s golf squad has proven capable of holding its own. Coming off a sweep at the Bulldog Florida Invitational in Jacksonville last week, senior Julia Porter said she is thoroughly impressed with what she’s seen this year. “The team does a great job of being intrinsically motivated,” Porter said. “I don’t often have to redirect them or ask them to focus. They know the goals for the season (winning the MAAC) and are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve them.” While coach Bill Mattingly hasn’t been informed of the Big East move details, he is setting his sights on the MAAC Championships starting April 26 in Orlando. “We are looking forward to competing in conference championship at the end of April,” he said. “Both Jenna Peters and Isabella Lambert are having excellent sophomore seasons, and senior Julia Porter has been an excellent senior leader on and off the course.” After a breakout season in which she possesses the teams’ lowest scoring average, Lambert is conﬁdent in her team’s ability to face tougher competition in the Big East next year. “I am excited for the new conference because even though I know it will be tougher and harder

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The women’s golf team has started its ﬁrst and only season in the MAAC.

competition,” Lambert said, “it will in turn make us push ourselves to rise to the occasion. I expect that the competition next year will be tough, but I know my team and I will be pushing ourselves to get to the next level and compete.”

throughout that are all going to be in the same conference that are top 100 programs (in the nation),” Clark said. “I think the Big East presents an opportunity for us to showcase our university and athletic program on a much higher level.” Clark’s team will compete against a Marquette squad that went 27-7 last season and a Creighton team that went 26-3 and made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Both of Butler’s track and ﬁeld teams will experience tough competition from Villanova, Georgetown and Providence. Butler will compete against ﬁve other teams in women’s swimming. Creighton, Marquette, St. John’s and DePaul do not have women’s swim programs. Creighton, St. John’s and Villanova sent their women’s basketball teams to the ongoing NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. As for spring sports, DePaul offers relatively strong men’s and women’s tennis teams. St. John’s had the highest-seeded men’s team of the Catholic 7 in the 2012 conference tournament schools, while DePaul had the strongestseeded women’s squad of the new Big East group. Butler’s men’s golf team will have good competition in the form of teams from Villanova, St. John’s and Georgetown. There are only six women’s golf teams in the new Big East, including Butler’s team. Seton Hall’s team was the best of those from all the new Big East schools in the 2012 conference tournament. Butler’s baseball and softball teams started their A-10 seasons a combined 5-0. The softball team will face decent competition in the Big East while the baseball team will have to deal with last season’s Big East conference champ St. John’s and an NCAA tournament team in Creighton. In the A-10, Butler’s teams travelled to new locations for inconference games. Snape said getting his team familiar with more new environments offered by the Big East will be a key to success. “What will change is making sure the boys understand the strengths and weaknesses of each conference and making sure they understand the environments,” Snape said.

“Our focus in these next four, five months is to gain as much information about the cities, about the colleges, about the facilities so we can educate our players on what to expect.” Snape said his team’s schedule and when the Bulldogs will be on the road is another concern. “We’re going to play up in the Northeast in October and early November, (which is) certainly different than if you played there at the end of September because of the weather,” Snape said. From a recruiting perspective, Snape, Roe and Clark all said the Big East move should benefit their teams. Clark said she is glad Butler is playing in Chicago and Milwaukee again, as many of her team’s players have come from the Chicagoland area. Roe said the move can be beneficial to Butler’s cross country and track and field teams outside the U.S. “Georgetown, Providence and Villanova are national brands in our sport,” Roe said, “and to be aligned with them is going to help us on a national and international recruiting page.” Snape said he hopes Butler’s move to the Big East can help it’s men’s soccer team recruit players who might otherwise consider more well-known conferences. “We can actually go further (while recruiting) and maybe hit the East Coast,” Snape said. “If we can (also) have a prominent image in (Chicago), maybe we can compete for players with the Big Ten. Maybe they’ll look and say, ‘Hey, I can go get a soccer experience playing at Butler in that Big East.’” Clark said many people may not realize how difficult it is for fall sports to turn around and prepare for a new conference in such a short period of time. “It’s almost April right now, so in four or five months we’re going to be doing a completely different thing than we just did for eight months, which for me is different than the last 13 years,” Clark said. Clark said she is also concerned about the level of funding her team has in comparison to some of the other teams the Bulldogs will be facing. However, she said her studentathletes are “resilient” and will “rise to the occasion” when preparing for another new conference. “Any coach, any player that’s truly a competitor wants to compete against the best all the time,” Clark said. “I’m very excited for where we’re headed.”

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THEATRE

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Senior Kerry Stauffer rehearses for her senior project “Trust Me,” a show which she wrote and will perform.

Play asks—Are your memories real, or have they merely come to be what you want to believe? LEA LEVY LLEVY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Butler University theatre majors come up with the ideas for their senior projects in a number of ways, some probably far different from others. For senior Kerry Stauffer, her inspiration struck while she was on a plane to New York more than a year ago. The resulting play, “Trust Me,” was written entirely by Stauffer, with some aid from her stage manager, sophomore Lizzie Stickney. “When (Stauffer) is unsure about something, she will ask me,” Stickney said. “She has done all the work. I am just a buffer that she can bounce ideas off of.” The event’s Facebook page promotes the project by posing two questions: “Are one’s memories real, or have they come to be what one wants to believe?” and “In the middle of an obstacle, how does one overcome the challenges and continue on with life?” According to the page, “the past and present merge into a beautiful mess of remembering and moving on” during the play. Stauffer said she has tirelessly worked on this project since she had the idea. “After a lot of time and work, we found a version that we liked and decided to stick with it,” Stauffer said. Searching her memories to ﬁgure out what is real and what is not, a girl tries to overcome a struggle in her life throughout the play. Stickney said working on this project is different than managing the stage in general because it is more hands on. The show’s one-woman aspect is also very unique. “It’s really different,” Stickney said. “It’s not just like sitting there and watching a play. There are so many digital and technical visual aspects. “It’s not just someone acting. It is a true story and told not only through Kerry, but (also) through movies.” Junior Kelsey Nylin painted an entire animated movie in watercolors for “Trust Me.” Stickney said this is just another reason why potential viewers should not anticipate seeing a “regular play” if they choose to see “Trust Me.” Nylin said she painted in large swooping strokes with black watercolor ink when creating the movie. “My inspiration as far as the style came from images of black and white artwork that Kerry sent me that featured looselyshaped ﬁgures and a very ‘sketch-like’ quality,” Nylin said. “It took around 26 hours to complete.” Nylin and Stauffer worked closely together to create Nylin’s visual representation of Stauffer’s dream. For many senior theatre majors, the senior project represents the culmination of everything they’ve done and is essentially the capstone of their college experience. “The Butler theatre department gives a well-rounded education, and part of that is the senior project,” Stickney said. Stauffer said she is very excited about the process and also is “excited to be done.” The play is free to spectators and will be performed in Lilly Hall 328. Preview performances are today at 10 p.m. and tomorrow at 9 p.m. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

LOOKING FOR MORE THEATRE? Kerry Stauffer’s “Trust Me” is the last senior project this semester, but be sure to check out the rest of the department’s season. Lunar Revolution 2.0 Inspired by revolutionary people and events from the early-20th century, the cast and director William Fisher conceived this piece about the nature of revolution and revolutionaries. April 12-21 (previews April 10-11) LH168 General admission $15 ($5 for previews) Senior citizens $10 ($5 for previews) Students $5 (free for previews with ID) Journeys, from “SEVEN” Students reprise their roles as real-life women leaders, performing monologues which delve into their characters’ life journeys. April 25 (program A) and 26 (program B) at 6 p.m. Schrott Center $15 general admission and $7.50 for students or seniors to see both programs

Photos by Rafael Porto, Illustration by Kevin Vogel

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INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE REVIEW

From left, Andrew Ahrens, David Anderson and Tyler Rollinson perform a scene from the Indiana Repertory Theatre production, “The Whipping Man.”

Photos courtesy of Zach Rosing

‘The Whipping Man’ explores equality IRT’s production is a commentary on race, equality in the United States. RYAN HALLQUIST RHALLQUI@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Andrew Ahrens plays Caleb DeLeon in IRT’s “The Whipping Man.”

DIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES

It is 1865. The American Civil War is ﬁnally over, and Lincoln bestows freedom to the slaves. Overnight, newfound freedom and equality sweep through the nation. Or at least that’s how it would seem. In the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of Matthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man,” issues of race, religion and social structure collide to challenge preconceived notions of freedom and equality. The play begins as Caleb DeLeon (Andrew Ahrens) returns home, injured from one of the ﬁnal bloody battles of the Civil War. Suffering infections and barely able to walk, he is cared for by his elderly former slave, Simon (David Anderson), who has remained at the war-torn DeLeon estate throughout the war, awaiting the family’s return. The two are joined by John (Tyler Rollinson), a young former slave of the DeLeons’ whose head is full of abolitionist literature,

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Maya Angelou visit postponed MALLORY DUNCAN MSDUNCAN@BUTLER.EDU ASST. ARTS ETC EDITOR Due to harsh weather conditions, Maya Angelou was not able to speak last night at Clowes Memorial Hall. Angelou was scheduled to speak as part of Butler University’s Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series. The announcement came Monday afternoon after a storm dropped heavy snow on an area stretching from Colorado to the East coast. Tickets will still be honored when the event is rescheduled in April. Angelou’s visit will help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the diversity series, which began in 1988. She was the series’ ﬁrst speaker. The rescheduled date has not

yet been determined, but Butler ofﬁcials said it will be announced online and through the Butler Connection. Angelou has many titles and occupations, including poet, author, actress and mother. Among her many titles, she has been called a global renaissance woman. “It may have come from the fact that I’ve lived in different parts of the world and I speak a few languages and things like that,” Angelou said in an interview with The Collegian. “I’ve done quite a few things in my 84 years.” The event was completely sold out. Ticketholders who cannot attend the new lecture date, they are encouraged to send their tickets back to their original purchase site. The returned tickets will be sold at 7:15 p.m. at Clowes the night of the event.

recorded sound is a gateway into the gloom and fatigue of the stage and enhances the overall mood of the show. The show’s many strengths and some weaknesses make it impossible to truly form one solid theme or message at the show’s conclusion. The show is a commentary on the choices we make and how we deal with the sometimes everlasting consequences. Caleb is plagued with the guilt of whipping his slaves, and the consequences of his actions are evident in John’s constant taunting remarks toward him, as well as the gruesome scars on Simon’s back. Similarly stated, the consequences of slavery and a civil war left a visible scar on America that is often painful for us to revisit. Audiences may feel overwhelmed by the many ideas this play presents, and as a result the true meaning of the show can become unclear. Still, provocative questions about the bounds of family and faith help “The Whipping Man” succeed in showing that the Civil War’s closing did not grant immediate equality to all. Rather, the war’s end was the beginning of a bumpy road to equality that is still unfolding today among people of all races and backgrounds.

STUDENT RECITALS

Forecast: Flurry of student recitals over next month KEVIN VOGEL KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. EDITOR

Maya Angelou will come to Butler at an undetermined date toward the end of April.

faith and a desire to settle a score between himself and Caleb. The play’s events show us that Simon and John are very different. The hardworking Simon righteously stays with Caleb and cares for the DeLeon estate and persuades John—who prefers a life of leisurely reading and looting— not to leave. Simon and John remain bound together, however, by their past enslavement and Jewish faith. One of the play’s ﬁrst ironies is the realization that the DeLeons, whose ancestors were Jewish slaves in Egypt, had slaves of their own. Traditional roles are shifted as the emancipated slaves are now in control and the former master is now helplessly wounded. The stark war-stricken set design by Erhard Rom is a constant reminder of the bleak, crippled state of the South and its inhabitants following the war. The unfolding drama provides exciting and, at times, humorous twists and turns as opinions about the morality and righteousness of each character are challenged. These twists and turns are not predictable and cliché. They are refreshingly unexpected. The music for “The Whipping Man” comes from an impressive original score by Gregg Cofﬁn. Using period instruments, the

Perhaps contrary to popular belief, the Jordan College of the Arts’ main musical output is not sweeping symphonies, rousing overtures for winds or even faculty recitals. Student recitals make up the largest percentage of the musical performances offered on campus. Upwards of 50 are scheduled for this semester alone. These performances, interestingly, are often overlooked by faculty, staff and even students inside JCA and across the university as a whole. The recitals represent countless hours of work by students ranging from freshmen to graduate students. These students major in such areas as music education and music performance, and some are student composers. Music ranging from centuriesold masterworks to pieces created earlier this month will be presented free of charge on campus. A sampling of upcoming recitals is featured to the right. The full schedule can be found at https://events.butler.edu/ MasterCalendar by checking “The Arts” and then selecting “View.” Most of the events take place in Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, located in Robertson Hall, though some take place in Lilly Hall.

Kari Krafft Violin Junior Tchaikovsky Concerto in D Friday, 5 p.m. Eidson-Duckwall

Jessica Robinson Oboe Junior Mozart, Britten and Vaughan Williams April 14, 2 p.m. Eidson-Duckwall

Nora Burke Voice Senior Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Eidson-Duckwall

Aliah Ajamoughli Cello Sophomore Beethoven Sonata No. 2 April 7, 11 a.m. Eidson-Duckwall

Alberto Mantovano Clarinet Junior Hindemith Sonata JeanJean Arabesques April 14, 5 p.m. Eidson-Duckwall

Elsie Johnson Piano Graduate student April 17, 5 p.m. Eidson-Duckwall

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OPINION Butler making large change too quickly When Butler ofﬁcials announced that the university would be among the newest members of the Big East, a general sense of jubilation quickly spread across the social media world. Administrators are hopeful that the move will give Butler a chance to reach a bigger national spotlight, some exposure to potential athletes and students and make our degree all the more valuable. While all of these sound great, perhaps Butler made the move too quickly. Decisions that will indeed impact the entire university should not be based in full off of the success of one athletic team. A degree from Butler will be valuable if the academics are up to par, not if the basketball team makes a showing in the tournament.

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The talk to move to the Big East only started a month before the announcement, according to Chief of Staff Ben Hunter, so one has to wonder if the decision was made too quickly. Realigning the university with a group of institutions unlike our own puts us at risk of encountering an identity crisis. We’re joining the likes of Villanova, Georgetown and Marquette—schools that boast enrollment twice as large as ours

and graduate programs that could make you forget Butler even offers graduate degrees. We are, as one Big East ofﬁcial said, the token non-Catholic school in the bunch. Geographically, we are separated from a majority of our fellow Big East schools. We hope that Butler administrators took the time to address these differences in identities when they decided to make the big move. Students have been coming to Butler for a very speciﬁc atmosphere. The small-school appeal is what draws students in. Big moves can mean even bigger changes for the university. We just hope the decision was made with the entire university in mind, not just the basketball team.

Nine Butler students went to Haiti over spring break through the organization Help Heal Haiti in order to make a deeper connection with the country for which they fundraise. This service trip is the kind of life-changing experience everyone should try to have. Being faced with the realities of life in a thirdworld country brings perspective to the problems we think we have in our own lives. The students who went on the trip focused on improving water access for citizens who have to walk miles just to bathe, cook and drink. In America, we can’t imagine what this would be like. We have access to water everywhere we look. We can hear about the challenges

MAGGIE MONSON

Haitians face, but it’s impossible to understand just how difﬁcult their lives are until we see them in person. This is why service trips are so valuable. The experience can help expand a student’s ideas about compassion for others. Help Heal Haiti is a great cause, and its members can now tell other Butler students exactly why they fundraise. According to the group’s page on Facebook, “Help Heal Haiti desires to expose both students and faculty alike to the reality of poverty, malnutrition, disaster and disease in Haiti and, more importantly, to challenge them to be a part of the movement to bring

With more students enrolling at Butler, housing costs should remain the same or decrease. As more students enroll at the university each year, residence halls are becoming more and more crowded. No residence halls are being constructed, which means more and more students are being crammed into an inadequate space. If Butler continues to admit record numbers of freshmen into the school, something is going to have to give. Ross and Schwitzer Halls are

no ﬁve-star hotels, so students should not be made to live in overcrowded conditions in an already less than desirable location. Simple math should tell administrators that if they ﬁt more people in the same amount of space, then the price should be less because it is dispersed between more people. Although the school opened up Christian Theological Seminary apartments this year, every year the freshman class is bigger than the previous year’s.

Rises in tuition do not mean students will be paying a whole lot more

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Close quarters should decrease housing costs RHYAN HENSON

JEREMY ALGATE

We are at the point now where we are at capacity. Some three-person rooms in Ross currently house four people. Those residents are paying a reduced rate, but the more people who use the bathrooms and facilities will certainly have an impact on the facilities’ wear and hygiene. If it only costs so much money to maintain residence halls, then the school should disperse this cost between however many students are living in them. If the school will not allow students to live comfortably, they should at least allow students to live at reduced rates.

hope and permanent solutions to a broken nation,” Service trips do exactly that. They expose students to challenges they might not otherwise experience. Bringing students to Haiti to serve its citizens is the Butler Way. The Butler Way “demands commitment, denies selfishness, accepts reality, yet seeks improvement every day while putting the team above self,” according to the Butler athletics website. Service trips fit every part of this mission statement perfectly. Butler should try to create more opportunities for these trips. These nine dedicated students did not get to tan on the beach or sleep in every day for Spring Break, but the service trip has a different kind of reward. They helped impoverished people and learned the value of selflessness.

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As more students enroll at Butler, housing costs should decrease

Tuition increase not that bad

Butler University recently announced its tuition will rise for the next academic year. An email stated that administration decided on a 3.75 percent increase from this year’s tuition. Nationally, tuition at four-year institutions rose by 4.5 percent for the 2011-12 school year. Forbes reports suggest Butler’s tuition has been managed similarly. This is the most recent year that data displaying national average increases is available. Since the financial crash in 2008, private university tuition rose slower than at public universities across the country. This trend was not enough to close the gap. Most private institutions are more expensive than public universities. Butler is no exception to this trend. The university is still more expensive to attend than the average public university. At Butler, however, tuition has risen faster than even the national average for the last several years. Reports have not confirmed how this year’s increase compares to the national scene. However, Butler also increased the amount of money going toward financial aid and grants by $15 million for the next academic year. This increase will actually cost the university more dollars than the increase in tuition alone will bring in if the student body remains the same size. This is a step in the right direction for Butler. Butler is not the only school with tuition on the rise. Rising tuition costs around the country worry some activists. Organizations like Project Student Debt and Strike Debt both argue that rising student debt puts at risk the lives we expected growing up. Unemployment and underemployment both are high. Some projections say this will remain the case until 2020. The long-term effects of this may be that higher education becomes more exclusive and that a bachelor’s degree becomes a liability instead of a blessing. Butler officials, by increasing financial aid at their university, are honoring the heritage of their founder. Ovid Butler founded this institution on the belief that those who society deems less valuable are still human and deserve the same opportunities and rights as everyone else. The administration has stated it wants to expand quite a bit in the coming years, both in the student body and facilities. At the same time, the university is making efforts to ease the burden on students. This is a trend to which Butler should commit.

Service trips help others Students spend Spring Break in ways other than partying or relaxing

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Picking the right location is the key to studying abroad For a more diverse experience, students should chose a central location

BREE STITT

Studying abroad is an opportunity not all college students get the chance to take. There are many opportunities offered at Butler University. The university offers programs in the summer and during both semesters. Students can learn about different cultures and actually be a resident in places like Paris, London or Rome. “It’s really fun to be a part of someone else’s culture,” junior Chloe Richardson said. “It felt like I was Scottish for four months.” Richardson studied abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the recent fall semester. She said it is a great feeling to adapt to another culture and a completely new lifestyle, including simple activities like walking to

class, buying groceries and taking the train. “It’s more of a relaxed lifestyle, and people are in not much of a hurry,” Richardson said. Students get to adapt to a new way of eating as well because, over in Europe, residents do not exactly cook their meat. But the food tastes just as good, if not better. When visiting my friends abroad in Paris over Spring Break, I had the chance to travel to Barcelona. “I got to see a lot of Western Europe, but Barcelona was deﬁnitely my favorite city compared to Paris or Rome,” said, senior Emily VanTyle. Who studied abroad in Alcala de Henares, Spain. She described Rome and Paris as

kind of dirty cities. “They were very crowded and not as vibrant, and there is always a lot of people trying to sell you whatever they can ﬁnd,” she said. Studying abroad in Europe, students can visit multiple places, whereas in some other countries, students would not get this opportunity. “You can take a bus or a train to London, and it can be a quick trip,” Richardson said. “But if you are in a place like Australia, you wouldn’t be able to afford to see other places. I didn’t just get to experience Scotland but all of these other cultures too.” I got a taste of the study abroad life, and I’m so thankful I had the opportunity. I know my friends are having the time of their lives in places they will never forget. Studying abroad gives students the chance to represent Butler in completely different ways. The experiences abroad are what change a student’s life, and the memories make the experience so unique that it is hard to explain to others. “One of the best times I had,

we took a bus to the end of the longest street and walked the whole distance back with a bottle of wine,” senior Kevin Wolf said. He studied abroad in Grenoble, France. He said another cool experience was going to a fort at the top of a hill, where it overlooked the city provided a breathtaking view. “It was neat to see the different cultures and go out to different restaurants to try new foods,” Wolf said. He said where he stayed, there was a lot of Italian and Arabic influence, but exploring the city was definitely unique in its own way. “Skiing in the Alps is definitely the top of the list of my favorite things, but I was also able to visit Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland, Hungary and Austria,” Wolf said. Europe is a great place to study abroad because the traveling is cheap. “I got to see 15 different countries,” said junior Karina Hamamouche, who studied in Chambery, France. “While I was

there, I was able to go to Algeria in North Africa.” She said that Algeria is not a typical country people normally visit while studying abroad, but it was a personal experience because it is where her father is from, and she got to meet her family for the first time. She said she would recommend France, Spain or England to those looking to study abroad.. Leaving the country is a great way to enhance foreign language skills and become fluent. “In foreign countries, they start foreign languages really early, so it’s easy to find someone that speaks another language,” Hamamouche said. The art and architecture are definitely must-sees. To see paintings and buildings that are hundreds of years old is extraordinary enough. Studying abroad is a great way to experience many different cultures. It is a way to live a new lifestyle. Contact columnist Bree Stitt at bstitt@butler.edu.

LESSONS FROM ABROAD

A LITTLE AUD Religion not a high priority in Europe by Audrey Meyer | Collegian Cartoonist | ameyer@butler.edu

DONALD PERIN

Religion is a major difference between America and Europe As I sit in the lobby of my hostel, I can see the coverage of the new Pope being shown on the TV. I’m also reading endless tweets about the Pope, people asking, “Who will it be?” and “I hope it’s so-and-so.” Perhaps it’s because I’ve been in a Protestant country for the last week-and-a-half (the Netherlands), but I have not seen any great interest in who the new Pope will be. Nor have I seen any great signs of religious devotion through my travels in Europe. Europe was, for centuries, the stronghold of Christianity. Now however, Americans generalize Europeans as godless and faithless. According to the Eurobarometer Poll 2010, which polled citizens of all the European Union member states, 51 percent of EU citizens believe there is a God. That deﬁnitely is a drastic difference to the 92 percent of

Americans who believe in God, according to a Gallup poll taken in 2011. Despite this, Europeans still seem to care about religion. Perhaps it’s because of their culture and history, which is rooted in religion. I’ve seen more Catholic cathedrals and basilicas in the last month-and-a-half than I will likely ever see again. They are grand, massive, awe-inspiring and jawdropping, and they are all very well kept. I hate to generalize Europeans, but from my observations thus far, Europeans mostly seem to follow sets of ideals as their “religion,” one being the idea of “meritocracy.” If you work hard and you’re good at what you do good things will come to you, and you’ll

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Daniel Lange Junior Chemistry

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“What do you think about Butler moving to the Big East?”

“I don’t follow basketball much. I’m just confused by why it’s changing so much. I feel like we had good competition this year.”

deserve what you get. Europeans value hard workers no matter what they do. The second ideal is the European religion of football (soccer). Football here is the religion. In Barcelona, the matchup between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid was akin to a holy war between good and evil. A European’s football club is like his or her denomination of the religion of football. If you ever ﬁnd yourself in a European bar with rowdy fans cheering, keep silent. You don’t want to say the wrong thing or cheer for the wrong club. In all, I don’t think 49 percent of Europeans not believing in God makes them a damned group. People here are just like people in America. There are kind people, caring people, passionate people and loving people. There are also cruel people, harsh people, unforgiving people and all-around jerks. Human nature is the same everywhere, with slight variances that we call “culture.”

“I think it’ll be good for publicity and earning money for the school. If anything, it’s making our degree more valuable.”

Julia Harris Junior Sociology

“I think it’s a great opportunity, and we’ll become better known across the country.”

Shelby Seibring, Junior Journalism and strategic communication

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