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SGA elections still undecided Staff Report collegian@butler.edu The elections for class officers and Student Government Association (SGA) president took place Monday, but campaigning violations are delaying release of the results.

Sophomore Anna Roueche, chair of the Election Oversight Committee, said the names of the winners should be released in the Butler Connection e-mail on Thursday.

“We’re waiting to resolve all of those issues before we make any sort of announcement,” Roueche said.

Roueche did not specify which elections were affected, but she said that more than one person committed a violation.

Issues of campaign violations occurred earlier in the process, Roueche said, but they were resolved.

The candidates for SGA president are Kiely Keesler and Christopher Ring, both Butler University sophomores.

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Jay Howard hired as LAS dean Olivia Ingle oingle@butler.edu

A new dean has been selected to represent Butler’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS).

Jay Howard, currently a sociology professor and head of the Division of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC), will start his Butler career June 1.

Howard holds a master of arts in sociology and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Notre Dame, along with a bachelor of arts from Indiana University-South Bend.

He has experience as an interim vice chancellor and dean, and also experience as assistant dean for budget and planning at IUPUC. “I am excited and humbled at being entrusted with the opportunity to help lead Butler’s LAS,” Howard said. “It is a tremendous opportunity to build on the strong foundation already in place.”

He said the arts and sciences are a central core for any institution, and Butler strives to appropriately value the arts and sciences along with many other professional programs.

Howard already established a close tie with Butler when his daughter, Amalia, currently a junior theater major, decided to attend the university.

“I entrusted my daughter, one of the three most important people in the world to me (along with my wife and son) to Butler,” Howard said. “And the people of Butler have delivered on their promise.”

He said he is most excited about the people who make up the college, describing them as outstanding teachers, outstanding scholars, as well as faculty dedicated to creating civic engagement and service learning opportunities for students.

When he first arrives at Butler, he said he will first and foremost need to spend some time listening and getting to know the campus culture and its people.

“LAS has a tremendous number of strengths,” Howard said. “The key for me will be to help align those strengths with the goals of the university and help facilitate excellence in each of the programs offered by the College. My job is to figure out how administration can best help faculty help students.”

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jamie Comstock said Howard will first need to get settled in, get to know his colleagues, and find a grounding of strengths and how to improve on them.

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Faculty expresses concern at forum Emily Newell & Caitlin O’Rourke enewell@butler.edu; corourke@butler.edu The debate about whether a College of Communication proposal will truly benefit Butler University continued among faculty and staff at an open forum on the proposal Monday evening.

Professors Kenneth Creech and Ann Savage of media arts, Nancy Whitmore of journalism and William Neher of communication studies all presented the proposal and answered questions from the faculty and staff.

Four students also spoke about why the college would benefit their marketability in the real world as journalism majors.

Creech said Butler is simply “behind the times.” The schools that Butler compares itself with, including Drake University, Elon University and Ithaca College, have all already converged in this way with some sort of specific communication college.

He then showed the basic proposal for the college, comprised of six new programs coming from the three departments and also discussed the budget.

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Potential deans for JCFA present Segways anticipated to save BUPD money SPRING SING 2010: Spring Sing, benefiting two of Butler University’s music fraternities, featured musical performance numbers from all campus sororities, fraternities and residence halls Saturday night. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Lambda Chi Alpha were named the winners.

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Hayleigh Colombo hcolombo@butler.edu After more than seven months of the Butler University community making fun of Butler University Police Department (BUPD) officers patrolling on two brand new Segways, the joke’s over.

BUPD anticipates saving a considerable amount of money in their fuel costs before the year is finished and the savings might be in the thousands.

Throughout the 2009-10 academic year, BUPD has spent $10,995 so far on gasoline that fuels one electric patrolling vehicle, six patrol cars and two Segways.

At the same point during the 2007-08 school year, BUPD had spent $12,441—at this point last year they had spent $19,672, according to figures from their business office.

That’s more than a $1,400 savings from the 2007-08 fuel cost and a little more than a $9,000 savings from last year.

Ben Hunter, chief of police, said the sharp increase in the 2008-09 budget is attributed to the spike in gasoline prices.

Hunter said although he anticipates a large savings from the Segways, which were purchased inside the existing BUPD budget, he doesn’t believe the 2008-09 data should be taken quite as seriously as the 2007-08 data because of the ballooning of gasoline prices.

Hunter is now requiring the sergeant in charge of the BUPD fleet to keep a record of monthly mileage statistics in order to better calculate the actual amount of money saved in the future regardless of dramatic increases or decreases in gas prices.

Although Hunter said he would have a better idea of the exact amount of money that was saved on fuel during this academic year as it comes to a close, he is looking forward to seeing how the Segways have affected the budget.

Hunter purchased the two police Segways prior to the beginning of the

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Check out www.thebutlercollegian.com to see footage of BUPD Chief of Police Ben Hunter talk about the BUPD Police Segways. fall semester, which cost BUPD about $6,000 each.

Sine then, Hunter said he has reduced the amount of miles that his police fleet has traveled in their cars.

The collective amount of miles that the Segways have patrolled campus is more than 800 miles despite the fact that police officers are currently not using the Segways because of adverse weather and wet terrain.

“That’s 800 miles less in a car,” Hunter said. “My ultimate goal is sustainability and to continue to reduce the fuel budget.”

Hunter said he expects officers to get back on the Segways as soon as the ground is dry enough, probably around the middle or end of March.

During the 2007-08 academic year, BUPD spent $25,166 on fuel; in the 2008-09 academic year, they spent $28,615.

An Education Crisis

Inside Butler Theater

A new report by the College Board reveals the stark scholastic realities facing minority males.

Butler theater students perform Chekov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” this weekend.

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The Jordan College of Fine Arts (JCFA) presented two more candidates for the position of dean of the college this week.

Mario Pelusi, director of the School of Music and professor of composition and theory at Illinois Wesleyan University, answered questions for students and faculty in an open forum Thursday and Friday.

“I’ve always been passionate about the arts,” Pelusi said “I consider myself an arts advocate.”

Pelusi said his many roles include composer, conductor, theorist, teacher and administrator. Although he is director of the School of Music, he is still teaching a class every semester.

He described his management style as teamwork-based.

“Most of us think of ourselves as autonomous,” Pelusi said. “But at the same time it’s isolating. We need to learn about other departments and promote to them about what the arts do.”

Pelusi said one of his strengths is leading by example.

He volunteered to teach a gateway class after his colleagues turned down the call.

“I survived, and I actually enjoyed it,” he said. “It got other colleagues on board. As a result, students on campus knew who the music faculty were.”

He spoke about his vision for the college, including hopes to add a Master of Fine Arts program.

“I think it would be marvelous to have graduate programs in theater and dance,” he said.

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Finishing Strong Men’s basketball dominated the second half in their ESPNU BracketBuster game versus Siena.

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Museum planned at Hinkle Haitian author visits Butler after quake Anne Carpenter accarpen@butler.edu Construction is already underway for the new Hinkle Fieldhouse Museum.

Athletic department officials said the goal is to have the interactive display up and running by mid-March.

“Our goal was to have it in and finished by the time the NCAA Men’s Final Four came to town at the end of March,” Barry Collier, Butler University athletic director, said.

Collier said that during the time of the Final Four, many basketball coaches, teams and fans will come through Hinkle.

“Hinkle is a very famous facility, we get a pilgrimage up here even without a museum,” Collier said. “So we wanted to try and help people actually see what was here.”

Michael Freeman, associate athletic director in external operations, said the museum will feature five display panels—two on each side of a larger middle display.

“Each panel will have a piece of Hinkle history,” Freeman said. “One will be dedicated to Tony Hinkle, one will be focused on the success of Butler basketball, another for the movie ‘Hoosiers’ and one just for the history of Hinkle.”

The 1986 film “Hoosiers” filmed scenes of the Indiana High School State Championship basketball game at Hinkle.

The museum display will take up an entire wall of the southwest corner of the main level concourse.

The background of the display is a mural of old pictures. Two screens will play video, and an arching display case in the middle will be built to look like the Hinkle roof.

Freeman said the mural has already been put in place and admired.

“The wall mural was installed last week,” Freeman said. “It got quite a few looks from fans at the Siena game on Saturday.”

Freeman said a majority of the video will feature a 2006 documentary made about Hinkle.

“Along with the videos, we have memorabilia from past events,” Freeman said. “We have old basketballs, old nets and one of the pictures on display goes back to 1928.”

Collier said museum will draw atten-

tion to Hinkle’s history.

“Hinkle Fieldhouse is a national historic landmark,” Collier said. “The whole purpose is to tell the story of Hinkle Fieldhouse.”

Up until now, there has only been an informational brochure describing Hinkle’s history, Collier said.

“This [museum] has been a missing piece that is now a part of folks being able to learn about Hinkle Fieldhouse.”

Freeman said the process began months ago when a Butler graduate wanted to help Hinkle display its history. After the idea was presented, many companies pitched their ideas for the new display.

“After talking to a number of companies about how we might be able to do it, we made the decision in the fall to put the display in the west concourse of Hinkle Fieldhouse,” Freeman said.

The display’s main focus is to illustrate Hinkle’s colorful 82-year history.

However, the display has been designed so it can be updated in the future.

“We have the ability to showcase different memorabilia throughout the year,” Freeman said.

Sophomore Caroline Johnson said the new display will add a sense of nostalgia to Butler.

“I think the display will please current fans and add to the history of the fieldhouse,” Johnson said.

Collier said the museum is open to everyone, and all audiences will be able to appreciate the new museum.

“Hinkle is an open building,” Collier said. “We get visitors to Hinkle Fieldhouse almost every day of the year.

“In the past, when people came and saw the inside of the arena and wanted to know a little bit more about it, there really was not a place for them to see more until now.”

Johnson said that even though she is not an avid follower of basketball, she is still excited to see all of the old memorabilia and pictures.

“I am interested in seeing artifacts from over the years and how Butler sports have changed,” Johnson said.

Freeman said the new museum will only add to Hinkle and make the arena more memorable for visitors.

“It will be a great addition to Hinkle Fieldhouse,” Freeman said.

Olivia Ingle oingle@butler.edu “God can give, but he doesn’t know how to share equally,” Haitian author Edwidge Danticat said, describing her life experiences. “Some people get a lot, and some get very little.”

Danticat was scheduled to speak Jan. 13, but the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti postponed her visit. Poet Lucille Clifton was scheduled to speak on Monday, but passed away a week earlier.

Danticat is the author of Breath, Eyes and Mem ory, which was an Oprah Book Club selection.

“I am here in light of celebration and sadness,” Danticat said.

David Anderson, a graduate student in writing, introduced Danticat as an intimidating, but inspirational, woman.

He described Danticat, a native of Haiti, as a reflection of Haiti and its potential.

Danticat proceeded into a discussion about Haiti, specifically how she moved to the United States when she was 12 years old.

She said that the post-earthquake conditions in her home country were inevitable given the poverty.

“It was a natural disaster,” Danticat said, “but one that has been in the making for a long time.”

Haiti had put into place land policies that had driven 3 million Haitians from the countryside into a city with a capacity for 200,000.

She said her cousin died in the earthquake when her childhood home collapsed on top of him, making the situation so much more real for her. She knew then that she had to return to her home country.

She said one thing that she learned from the earthquake is a sense of unity and passion in the light of tragedy.

“Another great lesson that I learned is that even people going through an unimaginable thing can still find strength to think about other people,” she said.

She said that going back to Haiti after the earthquake made her feel numb, especially when she began to count her losses.

When Danticat began to write after the tragedy, she said all she wanted to convey was a sense of loss.

“Going through the city was eerie,” she said. “I didn’t recognize the city that I had grown up in, and it made me not even recognize myself.”

She said what was most striking and unforgettable was how much life was out in the open.

“The tragedy will soon be incorporated into people’s lives,” she said.

She described grieving as an important process after tragedy.

“All these single things that people cling to when grieving are important,” Danticat said. “A lot of people still have not had this opportunity to grieve with the symbolic assurances that I have had.”

Danticat is looking into the future of Haiti and how to make sure long-term measures are being taken to help the country.

Collegian photo by Maria Porter

HOPE FOR HAITI: Haitian author Edwidge Danticat spoke Monday about the recent earthquake.

“We have to try to support organizations that have been on the ground before the tragedy and that will remain on the ground afterwards,” Danticat said. “They are the ones that will still be there when the media is gone.”

It was a night to honor lives lost in Haiti and also to celebrate Clifton’s life.

“Honor is not in not acting because we’re afraid, nor is there honor in acting when you are not afraid,” professor of English Chris Forhan said, quoting Clifton.

“But acting when you are afraid, that is where the honor is.”

He said to remember Clifton’s spirit, a spirit of the power of word, to unite those who would otherwise be strangers.

Danticat read a few of Clifton’s works along with her own as a way to honor her life and her work.

How to Help Haiti Text “Haiti” to 90999 A $10 donation will be charged to your cell phone bill. www.unicef.org www.redcross.org Donations can also be made in the Volunteer Center in Atherton Union

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“The census? I don’t know anything about the census,” freshman Alex Davis said. “All I know is that now that I’m 18, I have to be responsible and fill one out.”

This feeling of uncertainty seems to be present as students hear about the census campaign sponsored by the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).

Anna McDonnell, a sophomore resident advisor in Ross Hall, said that the students in her unit had mixed feelings about the census.

“Some things just aren’t repeatable,” said McDonnell. “Some people thought that the government was going to come and find them. Some people were confused. Some people thought they were going to fail.”

PRSSA’s campaign is to end the myths and fallacies behind the upcoming 2010 census and to encourage students across campus to take part in the census.

“We want to raise awareness about the census and inform people of the purpose, reason and importance of the census,” senior PRSSA member Jessica Ciccarello said.

Evan Strange, president of Butler’s PRSSA chapter, said that one of the biggest obstacles has been letting students know about the census.

“None of us have ever taken a census before,” Strange said. “When we did a little bit of research, we found out that very few people actually knew there was a census being taken.”

The campaign is part of the Bateman Competition, a competition

for PRSSA chapters from around the country.

“Here at Butler, we have five PRSSA members working on this project,” Ciccarello said. “We’re doing all the public relations work for an organization or a cause, and this year, the cause is the census.”

The census, Strange said, determines where more than $400 billion will be directed.

“There’s a lot of money at stake,” Strange said. “Your 10 minutes can decide if some of that money goes to your neighborhood. It goes to things like public transportation, impoverished areas and even determines your representation in [U.S.] Congress.”

Ciccarello said that the census is important because it is a direct representation of the citizens.

“By showing how many people live in an area, they know how many people would be affected by the money designated or not designated to an area,” Ciccarello said. “And since the census is only taken every 10 years, it will affect that area for the next 10 years.”

To answer the questions that students like Davis and McDonnell have, Strange and Ciccarello said that the census is not difficult for anyone.

“It’s basically just to get a head count,” Ciccarello said. “It asks you how many people are living in your household and some demographics questions. It’s nothing personal at all.”

This year’s census is shorter than those in previous years.

“It’s really simple. I think a lot of the time, people thought that it would take so long and it would just be really tedious,” Strange said. “It’s

only 10 questions, so it’s a lot less scary than it had been in the past.”

The census form is completely anonymous, and the only people who touch the form are the people filling it out and the census worker, Strange said.

“President Obama could go directly to a census worker and ask for your information, and he will absolutely not be allowed to get it,” Ciccarello said.

PRSSA has teamed up with Butler University Police Department (BUPD) and residential life to push the campaign forward.

Today and tomorrow, BUPD has decided to turn off the meters next to Atherton Union to take the opportunity to pass out census information.

“It’s been really good to have people helping us out,” Strange said.

“The census is a huge deal and we need to get the information out there.”

Students living in residential halls will receive their information in their mailboxes. Students living in Greek houses will receive their information through the house, while students living off campus will have their information sent to their houses.

Ciccarello said everyone has to take the census, but it’s up to them if they would like to send it through the mail or have census workers come to them.

“Our goal is to save the census workers a trip and just have everyone go ahead and fill it out and send it.

We’re making it easy on students,” Strange said.

For more information on the census, go to www.2010.census.gov.

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Didn’t have time to watch or read the news this week? Not to worry—the news editors of The Butler Collegian have compiled a list of the top five things we think readers should know this week.

Short, sweet and to the point, whether you’re too busy with your classes to pick up a paper or you’re glued to “The Bachelor,” here are the tidbits we think you need to know to impress your friends and professors this week.

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Jo bs i n the co untry ’s heartl and: Even though the United States is still in a recession, agriculture and energy industries in the heartland of the country are starting to bounce back. According to abcnews.go.com, there’s real opportunity to find work because farming and mining are the strongest part of the economy.

S ubmari nes no w wo man-fri endl y : Women are no longer excluded from serving on U.S. Navy submarines, according to abcnews.go.com. Women will gradually be phased onto submarine crews and the first to serve will be officers.

New s peci es o f di no s aur fo und: Accruing to AP News, an undiscovered species of dinosaur was found in sandstone at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. The bones are from a type of sauropod, a long-necked, plant-eater believed to be the largest animal to ever live.

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Disadvantages and competition lie in the auto-advance degrees Tara McElmurry tmcelmur@butler.edu Sophomore Kelsey Vonderheide came to Butler University to pursue her degree as a physician’s assistant (PA), but will she be one of the select few selected for the program?

Butler’s professional PA program is very selective in their admissions process, as only about 50 students are admitted into the program.

Pre-PA students find out if they are a part of that number in about a month.

“I would say it’s very stressful,” Vonderheide said. “Just for one keeping your GPA as high as you can because that’s a major factor in whether or not you get in. It’s also stressful in that 858 people applied and 50 will get in, so it’s a huge stress level trying to figure out what you’re going to do if you don’t get in.”

Butler’s PA program is unique in that it admits students to a professional program after only two years of undergraduate studies.

“The educational process is very much linked to what medical schools would be like,” John Lucich, director of the PA program, said. “The admissions process reflects that as well.

“The process is truncated in the sense that the people that are applying to our program apply to it during their sophomore year.

“Other than that, it’s the same [as applying to medical school]. It’s still a competitive

process.”

Student admittance is based on a point system: 0-15. The average points an admitted student gets is around 9. The higher the GPA is, the more points are received. The student with medical experience gets more points. Those two categories determine who gets an interview, and following the interview, the students are ranked.

Lucich said the number of people applying for the program grows by about 200 applications every year. This year, they are approaching 900 applications for only 50 empty spots.

Unlike the pharmacy program where the majority of the professional students came from Butler, 70 percent of the professional phase PA program students are not undergraduate students from Butler.

“People from all over the world apply to the PA professional program,” Lucich said. “They judge them all on their own merits because they’re all dumped into the same pool of applicants.”

The pre-PA students do not have an autoadvance program like the pre-pharmacy students.

“An important point is that when students are in the auto-advance program, they are not competing against each other,” Bruce Clayton, the associate dean of the pharmacy college, said.

“There’s not a set number of seats that are available. If they meet the criteria for automatic advancement, every one of them is automatical-

ly advanced.”

Seventy-five percent of the professional-phase pharmacy students currently in the program were automatically advanced. Only 5 percent of prePA students go on to the professional phase.

Lucich said that a PA is one of the fastest growing professions in the country right now.

So, why only accept such a low percentage of applicants?

“The bottom line is our rate-limiting step is not job opportunities; it’s experiential education, Lucich said. “There’s only so many places people can go to actually get the experience: emergency rooms and clinics and so forth.”

“We’re smack dab in the middle of a city that has the second- largest medical school in the country.

“So, lots of clinicians are going to be spending their time educating medical students. So, there’s always competition for rotation spots.”

Lucich said because there are such limited spots, they have to take the best.

“I feel really bad for people who could do this work, but couldn’t get in because they just weren’t as highly ranked as somebody else,” Lucich said “Then again, to get the best people and to have the program be as successful as it has been, you can’t argue with that either.

“You always have to have a backup plan.”

A backup plan, or two, is what Vonderheide is considering.

Vonderheide said she has two plans of action if she does not make it into the professional phase.

She may stay at Butler and change her major to biology or chemistry and then reapply next year.

Or, she has also considered transferring schools and getting her bachelor’s degree there. After getting her bachelor’s degree somewhere else, she could come back to Butler and reapply.

Although Vonderheide said she understands that the process is competitive in order to get the best people, there are some things she would change.

“I have to say that I don’t think it’s a great process in that so few get in compared to the number that apply, but I’m not really sure what they could do to change it,” Vonderheide said.

She said that while she knows they try to make the process as fast as possible because it’s only a five-year program, it would be helpful if some classes like anatomy and physiology and cell biology had a lab. Classes without labs don’t transfer to other schools.

“So, in that way it’s kind of a disadvantage if you don’t get in,” she said. “That would be one thing that would be nice to be changed, but I don’t know if that would be possible and still be able to finish in five years.”

Right now, Vonderheide said the most stressful thing she’s dealing with is the interview portion of the admittance process coming up on March 6.

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BUPD Beat Feb. 15 2:03 p.m. – BUPD An officer took a report of a welfare check.

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“He really understands how important it is for strong liberal arts at Butler,” Comstock said. “He also understands that there are majors in liberal arts.”

Howard already has an idea of some issues that he wants to address within the college.

“I have the impression that many people in the college feel somewhat undervalued,” Howard said. “I hope to build a culture of appreciation where people’s efforts are recognized and valued because I think there are a tremendous number of outstanding people in the college doing great things.”

He said part of his job as dean is to be a cheerleader for the college and to tell its story both inside and outside the university, while striving to ensure that every program is characterized by the level of excellence expected of everyone at Butler University.

“Howard has very strong leadership

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NEW DEAN: Jay Howard presented to Butler University faculty and students in early February. Howard was hired to be LAS’ new dean this past Thursday. skills and really high energy and inno-

vation,” Comstock said. “We are very

excited because of his high energy and his being a very optimistic person.”

Howard describes himself as a hardworking and dedicated person who will devote energy and commitment to Butler.

“I would say that I strive to be a person of integrity,” Howard said. “I want to communicate in a straightforward manner, because I prefer to deal with issues in an open forthright manner rather than letting them brew under the surface.”

Comstock said everyone is looking forward to Howard being at Butler.

Howard said the people at Butler have made him feel wanted and appreciated and he’s very grateful for that affirmation.

“The many outstanding, dedicated people I met in the [hiring] process helped me decide that this role was the right one for me,” Howard said.

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Collegian photo by Rachel Senn

OPEN FORUM: Butler University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jamie Comstock and Butler faculty listen as journalism and media arts students present testimonies.

While all members of the forum generally agreed that there absolutely had to be a convergence, the prospect of bringing in another college was not appealing to most.

“The question is whether a col-

lege is really the best idea,” Geoffrey Hoops, a professor in the chemistry department, said. “Any department that creates a good case could now technically create its own college. We’re dissecting the liberal arts.”

Jamie Comstock, provost and vice president for academic affairs, also attended the open forum in support of the college.

She explained that departments go through external reviews every five years. Last year, during the

journalism department’s review, the external reviewers highly recommended taking this step.

She also presented the numbers, showing how much the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) would lose if the College of Communication was formed. While LAS now has 43 percent of the majors at Butler, it would drop to 38 percent. LAS faculty members would drop from 46 to 40 percent.

Hoops said the number argument was “particularly scary.”

“Think about the dissection: are we prepared to take LAS apart?” he said.

Associate History Professor Scott Swanson said his main concern was that the college will compose a “new set of walls” for LAS. “What we need is the walls between our departments [media arts, journalism and communications] to come down,” Savage said.

Despite Comstock’s insistence that the new college would not add any new costs, attention often came back to having to add another dean and his or her salary to the university.

“We already have six vice presidents,” Thomas Dolan, professor of biological sciences, said. “I’m

afraid this is increased administrative positions when we don’t need it. I just don’t see the advantage.”

Mostly, other departments of Butler had questions and comments, but a few professors directly affected by the merger presented their ideas. Most notable was that of the journalism department’s Kwadwo Anokwa.

“I’m saddened by some of the pronouncements I have heard,” he said. “Our own colleagues in LAS have said they will not support us.

“I come from a broadcast background, but I have not been able to teach in my own area because of the separation in our departments.

“This is a bad marriage [between LAS and journalism], and because of it, our children are suffering.”

He added that he felt the faculty was “not listening,” because at the four meetings about the college, it has been “the same argument.”

Margaret Brabant, professor of political science, said that although she understood Anokwa’s metaphor, the faculty and staff needed to consider “the entire Butler family” that is right now suffering from compressed salaries and underpaid staff while

still in difficult economic times.

While many had their complaints about forming a new college, Margaretha Geertsema, professor of journalism, said that she noticed no one was giving new options.

“Where do we go?” she said.

“Journalism doesn’t want to go over to JCFA, media arts doesn’t want to come to LAS, and no one wants to form divisions in LAS. If you don’t want a new college, help us think of something else then.”

Nothing was clearly decided at the forum.

There are still four more Faculty Senate meetings left in the year, and Jeanne VanTyle, chair of the senate, said that the proposal will hopefully come forward for a vote before the end of the year.

Whitmore said one last comment to the crowd as the forum ended.

“Students have four years here.

We don’t have time to revisit this in another year. We’re cheating people right now.

“It breaks my heart to think that people would get caught up in politics or hurt feelings and take away opportunities from our students.”

JCFA: Butler community hears aspirations of JCFA dean candidates at presentations Continued from Page One

Collegian photo by Rachel Senn

MARIO PELUSI: Dean candidate Pelusi presented this year about how he envisions to change JCFA if he is hired.

Pelusi received his Ph.D. and his master’s of fine arts in music composition from Princeton University.

Professor of music theory and history James Mulholland asked Pelusi what he will do differently in the position.

“You would be the seventh dean I’ll have to train,” Mulholland said. “It’s like different conductors playing the same music.”

Pelusi said he wants to come to Butler because he admires the connections the college has with the community, but that he

wants to raise the profile of the college and the university.

“I’m 150 miles away and I never hear about Butler,” Pelusi said. “There must be ways to get the word out.”

None of Pelusi’s past positions have required him to do fundraising, but he said he has volunteered to make it part of his job.

“Raising money is all about personal connections and making them feel good about what they’re doing,” Pelusi said.

“There are so many people in our culture who have a love and fascination for the arts.”

The second candidate, the third to visit campus overall, was Kristine Burns, associate dean of cultural affairs and community relations for the College of Architecture and the Arts at Florida International University.

Burns received her undergraduate degree in music education from Miami of Ohio, so she said she is excited for the opportunity to return to the Midwest.

Burns described her background as technical and interdisciplinary. She put together a department for music technology, creating two degrees in the field.

Her other roles include president of the Society for ElectroAcoustic Music in the United States and former president of the International Alliance for Women in Music.

Burns said her vision for JCFA includes increasing corporate sponsorship. At FIU she convinced Mercedes-Benz to sponsor the school’s theater department for a whole season.

She said she envisioned her role as dean to do whatever it takes to make sure faculty could do their jobs.

“I can take care of the external work,” she said.

Burns also worked to make the dean’s office at FIU more

Collegian photo by Rachel Senn

KRISTINE BURNS: Candidate Burns plans to increase corporate sponsorship if she is hired as dean of JCFA. transparent by starting a weekly e-mail newsletter full of updates from the college to alumni and members of the community.

“Often I think the dean’s office works incognito,” Burns said.

“That’s why we started the weekly updates. People don’t really know what goes on in the dean’s office, whether they want to or not.”

JCFA will present a final dean candidate, the date for which has not yet been set.

Your first stop for what’s going on at and around Butler

- J. James Woods Lecture: Lawrence Krauss Reilly Room 7:30 p.m.

- Butl er Percussi on Ensembl e Hinkle Fieldhouse 7 p.m.

- Program Board Presents Java Jams Round 2 Reilly Room 7 p.m.

-“The Cherry Orchard” Lilly Hall 168 8 pm. $5 for students

- Weekend Movi e: “Preci ous” Jordan Hall 141 8 p.m.

- JCFA Juni or Reci tal Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall 5 p.m.

- Weekend Movi e: “Preci ous” Jordan Hall 141 8 p.m.

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- “That’s What S he S ai d” S exual Heal th Panel JH141 7 p.m.

- Legacy Leadershi p Program: S uccessful l y Leadi ng S tudent Organi zati ons Atherton Union 111 7 p.m.

Endorsement Fallout Students and staff react to the The Butler Collegian’s SGA candidate endorsement.

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Plagiarism Punishment Are current plagiarism policies justified?

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SGA feeds cycle of indifference OUR POINT THIS WEEK: Unless SGA begins to represent student interests, then student apathy regarding the association will have few reasons to change.

A story entitled “SGA candidate debate draws 35 students” ran on the front page of this publication last week. We at The Butler Collegian find this level of student participation disturbing.

However, we do not think students are entirely to blame.

The Butler University Student Government Association (SGA) itself must be held accountable, and it seems to us SGA is giving students little reason to be concerned with its affairs.

First, let’s be clear about how low student participation actually is. As the headline suggests, there were in fact 35 students in attendance at the SGA debate.

As last week’s story pointed out, 35 students is less than 1 percent of Butler’s student population. This statistic speaks for itself.

Even worse, this sort of nonexistent turnout appears to be an emerging norm. As sophomore Anna Roueche, chair of the Election Oversight Committee, told us, this year’s 1 percent attendance rate is quite similar to that of events preceding last year’s election.

A final indicator of poor participation was provided by this year’s candidates for SGA president. In their platforms and interviews, both

Kiely Keesler and Christopher Ring suggested something needed to be done to bring life back to SGA. Keesler, in particular, stressed that SGA assembly was in desperate need of revitalization—implying apathy has not only taken hold of the student body but also of SGA representatives themselves.

The majority of Butler students have little concern for SGA’s affairs.

Although it would be easy to simply condemn students for their apathy, we believe doing so creates the risk of missing a much more important point. It is not clear to us that Butler students are entirely unjustified in their disregard for SGA. The reason is simple; SGA, in its current form, does little to address the issues that matter most to students.

We mean things like tuition, fees and curriculum—university policies that have a real impact on students’ finances, education and job prospects.

While we enjoy SGA’s concerts and programming, such things are drastically different from those that could bring real benefits to student welfare. Even SGA’s most admirable efforts—

such as Respecting, Achieving and Embracing Community Harmony (REACH) and the Council on Presidential Affairs—are little more than attempts to reconcile student interests with existing structures. They are vessels for communication with the administration.

Another model of student government exists, and it is not pie in the sky. In fact, one need look no further than the University of California’s System (UC), one of the largest of its kind in the United States.

Under the umbrella of the UC Student Association, UC students and student governments participate in “advocacy and direct action organizing” for sweeping issues affecting the health and financial welfare of students. It is not a model of passive communication, but rather of intense and concerted action for important issues.

The contrast with Butler’s current student government could not be starker.

Until SGA starts advocating for student interests, it shouldn’t expect the attention of its constituents. Most will continue to not care about its leadership. And 99 percent will keep staying home.

The staff’s view: 29 agreed, 0 disagreed, 3 neutral

Educational crisis among minority males demands attention Caleb Hamman chamman@butler.edu Late last month, the College Board held a briefing on Capitol Hill. The organization appeared before the U.S. Congress to present the findings of its recent report, “The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color.”

The report is an attempt to better understand the educational challenges faced by those of particular races and a certain gender. In other words, it is an analysis of the scholastic horror story that is too often a reality for minority males.

Although the College Board’s findings offer no revelations, its methodology make it worthy of attention. Not merely an exercise in impersonal number crunching, the report is an equally qualitative study. Its conclusions are based on the testimonies of more than 60 leaders from the “African-American, Latino, Asian American/Pacific Islanders and Native American communities.”

The unique perspectives and experiences of these individuals were captured in four seminars called Dialogue Days. The sessions were divided according to the four participating minority groups. The thoughts expressed were quoted anonymously in the report, and they were categorized so as to offer distinct sets of

conclusions.

The College Board divided the study into three parts: a data analysis of the “crisis,” an interpretation of the trends by the participants of Dialogue Days and a list of suggestions about ways to improve the situation.

In my judgment, the College Board has done an excellent job. It has captured real voices and made a sobering case that cannot fail to impress upon its readers a systematic injustice. Finally, the proposal is holistic and achievable. They are dependent not on the machinery of an undemocratic political system but rather on the efforts of community leaders and concerned citizens.

The data that serves as the report’s foundation illustrate the crisis well.

The point of departure is the long understood finding that white students are more likely to graduate high school and earn college degrees than their minority counterparts. Asians are one of few exceptions.

Tragically, this racial dichotomy comes as little surprise. However, the subsequent gender analysis offers data that contradicts longstanding assumptions.

While education was long a domain restricted to men, women now outperform their male counterparts universally. This is the case for both minority groups and the white population.

For example, black and Hispanic women are nearly 10 percent more likely to complete high school than black and Hispanic men. A similar difference exists in the attainment of college degrees. Here, the numbers are 8 percent and 7 percent

respectively.

Thus minority males are the group hardest hit in the competition for education.

They are on the losing end of both racial and gendered trends.

The final point of the empirical study is that this is everybody’s problem. Even for those who don’t perceive an injustice (or for those who just don’t care), there remain considerable economic ramifications to consider.

This is because the fastest growing population groups in the United States are those with the lowest levels of academic achievement. Thus even the callous must take heed, for the economic competitiveness of their piggy bank is at stake.

Having diagramed the crisis, the College Board asked those familiar with it to share their interpretations at Dialogue Days.

Here is a sample of what participants said: “We have 50,000 juveniles going to jail every year in Florida, 73 percent of them black males, while just 23,000 African American males graduate from Florida high schools. Those kids on the ‘pipeline to prison’ find their status elsewhere, outside the schools.”

“Sociocultural pressures among Latinos and other minority males are high. There’s the stigma of ‘acting white.’ Bullying and forms of social control within groups is common. The gang culture and the attraction of gangs are powerful in many communities.”

“Southeast Asian peoples are in very stressed communities. We experience very high rates of juvenile delinquency … very

high rates of teenage pregnancy … and a lot of unemployment and crime.

Gambling addiction among our young men doesn’t receive the attention it should, but it’s a big problem.”

“Kids are coming to our Tribal Colleges with a lot of problems. They have issues with drugs … with methamphetamine … with poverty. And yet our society is building sports palaces instead of schools and libraries.”

From these brief excerpts, the power of this study emerges immediately. By including a diversity of voices, the College Board attempted to understand the large amount of complexity behind its data. It also allowed divided communities to interact with one another and find common ground.

The latter point was evident nowhere more than in the proposal of prescriptions.

While the study acknowledged the systematic nature of the crisis, it did not suggest minority communities should wait around for institutional reforms.

Quite the contrary, participants produced a list of needs that could be acted on immediately. These included items like mentoring and community schools. Successful initiatives—such as the Harlem Children’s Zone, the Puente Project, the Asian Pacific Fund and Tribal Colleges—were listed as models for future developments.

Although the U.S. Congress was briefed, it seems all too likely communities will have to do the heavy lifting themselves. But, plans like these are steps in the right direction.

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Punitive approach to plagiarism outdated Mary Beth Sekela msekela@butler.edu Plagiarism. From the time of our entrance into the wide world of scholastics, the term and its repercussions have been hammered into our heads. Students are told each year, from first grade to college graduation, that not only is the act of plagiarism severely harmful to our personal integrity, but that it is also the most evil of professional and academic infractions.

Today, many are beginning to question the validity of this approach to plagiarism. We are entering into muddy waters, and some are realizing that perhaps the act is not quite the atrocity we have traditionally believed it to be.

Plagiarism is generally defined as the act of claiming another’s language or ideas as one’s own. It is considered an offense not only against the original author, but also against audiences as well.

Unfortunately, the defenses against an accusation of plagiarism, both in the academic and professional settings, are limited and precarious at best.

Ignorance is often cited as an excuse, as is the concept of fair use.

But these justifications are subject to broad interpretation. Ignorance is often completely disregarded, while fair use, which allows the limited use of copyright material without requiring permission from the rights holders, is so ambiguous that it can be rendered nearly inconsequential.

Susan Sutherlin, instructor of English and director of peer tutoring at Butler University, said that despite the ambiguity of plagiarism regulations, she appreciates their necessity, as a professional writer.

“My words are my work product,” Sutherlin said. “I don’t make furniture or paint or manufacture a product. I’m very protective of those words.”

The cases in which plagiarism, even unintentional plagiarism, are forgiven are few and far between, especially between professional authors and journalists. Just last week The New York Times reporter

Zachery Kouwe resigned due to evidence of plagiarism in several of his articles, despite the fact he maintained ignorance of his actions.

Kouwe’s plagiarism was evidently unintentional and caused no serious harm to the parties involved. Yet, the writer was compelled to give up his position. And this is certainly not the first time such an event has occurred.

As evident through Kouwe’s experience, the traditional stance against plagiarism and the public criticism often following the act are extremely damaging to a writer’s reputation. Unfortunately it appears that oftentimes, the corporate need for good repute plays a larger role in the response to plagiarism than does the accused writer’s defense.

In academics, the response to plagiarism is often just as disciplinary as in the professional world. Sutherlin said that in the scholastic setting, professors rely on the integrity of information and that they prize creativity in their students.

“Plagiarism is against [students’] self-interest,” she said. “The university doesn’t expect them to be full-blown scholars but their perspectives are unique. It’s not as if they don’t have anything to bring to the table.”

However, students are often caught in the same trap as Kouwe.

Their unintentional plagiarism is generally viewed as an egregious crime and is often disciplined as such.

Matt Hyslop, a sophomore recording industry major at Butler, said that he was put on the record for a breech of academic integrity due to a small citation mistake in a paper for his first year seminar class.

He received a failing grade on the paper, despite the fact that his plagiarism was entirely unintentional.

“It was more or less disappointing,” Hyslop said. “It was such a simple mistake. But unfortunately, university policy states that you have to fail if you plagiarize, even if your paper was good to begin with.”

Sutherlin said that actions such as these are the responsibility of any university. She said that universities are ultimately accountable for crafting a plagiarism policy that coincides with copyright law.

However, this policy is not in the hands of the students or facul-

Benefits surround vegetarian diet Caitlin O’Rourke corourke@butler.edu Meat has become a staple of the American diet. Burgers and hot dogs are part of the classic “All-American” food group, and a breakfast is considered lacking without some type of meat. A nice night out often means a steak dinner at an elegant restaurant. Most important of all, meat provides easy access to protein and iron.

However by continuing this diet, meat eaters are producing greenhouse gases and wasting 4,000 gallons of water a day. They are also making themselves more prone to diabetes, heart disease, certain types of cancer and obesity.

Vegetarianism has clearly become the healthiest option for our diet and our polluted earth.

In a world where there is constant worry about loss of natural resources and the elimination of our ozone, not eating meat (or even not eating as much meat) could reduce a significant amount of those worries.

According to a recent U.N. report, the meat industry produces more greenhouse gases than all SUVs, cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world combined.

Of all the raw material and fossil fuels in the world, one-third is used to raise animals for food. As for water conservation, 4,000 gallons of water are used for a meat-based diet daily. A vegetarian diet, in contrast, only uses about 300 gallons.

In addition, the 2006 Stern Review from Britain reported that farmed ruminant animals are believed to be responsible for up to a quarter of “man-made” methane emissions worldwide.

According to the Vegetarian Society of the U.K., the worldwide production of meat has quadrupled within the past 50 years. On average, there are about three farmed animals for every human.

Because of the greater burden to produce more meat, more intensive farming occurs and results in deforestation, inefficient land use and an overall pollution of the water, air and land.

Along with helping the environment, a vegetarian diet is known to improve health as well. Recent research has indicated that vegetarians appear more “health conscious” than nonvegetarians. Vegetarian diets have also been used to help treat arthritis and diabetes.

Also, the vegetarian diet forces us to experiment with more interesting and foreign foods, instead of stopping by a McDonald’s every night. Though Big Mac may be the most “convenient” way to eat dinner on the run, a student may want to stop and think about where and how that meat got to that particular burger.

It may not even be as difficult to stay vegetarian, because many restaurants have started including vegetarian options in their menu.

For example, right here in Broad Ripple, the Brewpub has a vegetarian shepherd’s pie and sloppy joe. At the Three Sisters Café, it’s hard to find a dish with meat in it. Even Qdoba offers two types of vegetarian burritos.

Some people understand those consequences but still wonder how a diet can remain intact without meat. The two main concerns are iron and protein intake.

Even people who do eat meat don’t realize that about 85 percent of their iron comes from vegetarian sources, including leafy green vegetables, dried fruit, bran and baked beans.

As for protein, it can be found in beans, eggs and soy.

It is foolish to think that meat could be given up easily when it has been so thoroughly incorporated into the American diet. However, even attempting to eat less meat could make a huge difference for yourself and the earth.

After all, Socrates, Plato, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, George Bernard Shaw, Charlotte Bronte, Gandhi and Tolstoy were all vegetarians, and they obviously knew a thing or two.

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GREEN EATS:Vegetarian diets are healthy, and they save thousands of gallons of water per day.

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ty, but rather of intellectual property lawyers. It is precisely this deference to law and nonacademic professionals that worries me the most.

Educational institutions should not be compelled to adopt the legalist practices of the professional world, but should work primarily to educate and protect their students.

Intellectual property, which has become the primary plagiarism buzzword, has produced an entirely new set of problems for educational and professional establishments. Ownership of student property is currently in question in universities around the world, and many are struggling to determine whether work produced as a result of classroom activities is owned by the student or the university.

Personally, I think that this particular question is borderline ridiculous. If a student writes it, if it comes from a student’s brain, it should belong to that student. What difference does it make where the impetus comes from?

Helene Hegemann, 17-year-old author and finalist for the $20,000 prize of the Leipzig Book Fair, has recently made her own astounding claim about the nature of plagiarism. The young woman herself was accused of the act, but refused, unlike Kouwe, to show remorse.

She said that she considers her insertions of others’ works “remixing,” not plagiarism at all.

Her claim that, “There’s no such thing as originality anyway, just authenticity,” is one to which I can readily identify. Although I believe that acknowledgement of sources should be a prerequisite, I can find no fault with those who create their own unique collages out of others’ materials.

Our world is obviously not a Utopia. On the whole, people simply can not be trusted to acknowledge their use of others’ material.

So I accept, to a point, the necessity of copyright law and plagiarism regulations.

However, the ambiguous nature of these statutes leaves too much room for interpretation, and the extreme public and corporate responses to instances of plagiarism are generally unnecessary and extremely injurious. A reassessment of our views would be a healthy step in the right direction.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR S GA endorsement polarizes campus As a member of this year’s Election Oversight Committee (EOC), I can tell you that a main goal of the elections this year was to cut out student organizations’ endorsements and, thus, create a separate vote for every individual on campus.

This also led to our decision to ask The Butler Collegian NOT to endorse a presidential candidate this year. We feel very strongly that groupthink is not acceptable in something as critical as an election, leading to our ban of these endorsements.

Yes, I know that The Collegian is not technically a student organization and, as such, is not subject to the penalties of the EOC or Student Government Association. I also know that your argument for endorsing a candidate is the unabashed freedom of the press and assembly.

Please allow me to use my right to free speech in criticizing your decision to endorse an SGA Presidential candidate.

Let’s face it; students at Butler University are woefully uneducated about events that go on both on campus and around the world. This is a symptom of the “Butler Bubble,” ever increased by growing apathy which can be a large byproduct of the academic rigors of this institution. We are all to blame for this, and no one can ever truly know everything that is going on at one time, but that does not excuse our general lack of knowledge on current events.

While attendance at both the SGA Presidential Debate and Starbucks Forum were down this year, we still feel that students should not be swayed by an authority figure, in this case the school newspaper, telling them what to think or how to feel.

This makes your endorsement all the more reprehensible. You are the largest voice on our campus but certainly not the only one. Anyone who reads the opinion section can see what The Collegian really feels. While The Collegian believes each student should make up their own mind on each candidate, The Collegian is the allknowing authority that has a better perspective than most students in this article.

It is unacceptable to tell students that, firstly, their opinion is either right or wrong or, secondly, that one candidate is more qualified than the other in such a large forum.

In your attempt to tell voters how to think about this election, you grossly abused the power of free speech to deliver a polarizing message to campus. If I were the other candidate, I would feel embarrassed and cheated. A news agency should report, not endorse. This is where you erred majorly, and I demand a full apology on behalf of the entire student body.

Scooter Stein Sophomore Endorsement process suspicious Credibility is among the most important assets of a journalist. Giving readers or viewers ALL of the pertinent information about a topic in an unbiased manner is taught in freshman-level journalism classes. This is why The Butler Collegian’s decision to endorse Kiely Keesler for SGA President was ill-advised at best and suspicious at worst.

The newspaper did not inform its readers about the relationship between members of its editorial staff and Miss Keesler. At least two high-ranking members of the editorial staff, Editor in Chief Paige Chapman and Print Managing Editor Kelly Patrick, are sorority sisters of Miss Keesler’s.

This should have been disclosed to Collegian readers when the paper endorsed Miss Keesler.

Did this relationship affect the newspaper’s decision to endorse her? It is certainly a question worth asking and it is The Collegian’s responsibility to be open and forthright with its readers.

That clearly did not happen.

For the first time this semester, the number of people on the paper’s editorial staff who agreed and disagreed with the view was not included at the end of the editorial. Given the nature of the week’s editorial and the unreported count of the editorial staff members, it is a curious omission.

Scott Bridge Adjunct - Jordan College of Fine Arts Editors’ Note: Regarding last week's staff endorsement, the editorial board'’s vote was 6 for Keesler and 5 for Ring. Print Managing Editor Kelly Patrick did not vote. Editor in Chief Paige Chapman did vote. For more information on the voting procedures and criteria on the staff endorsement, go to http://bit.ly/bbBmPE.

Has the recession affected your plans for Spring Break?

By Ryan Murach

“No. I usually stay on campus and work. I plan on doing the same this year.”

“No it has not. My family does not go on vacation usually.”

Adam Weaver junior

Katherine Schranz sophomore

“Kind of.

Instead of staying at a hotel this year, I am staying with a friend at their place in Florida.”

Julia Cassel freshman

“I had to choose a more costefficient place to go.

I decided on Gatlinburg, Tenn., instead of Florida.”

Robert Koteff sophomore

“It has not affected my plans at all.

I am still going to Sandestin, Fla., with my friends.”

Lauren Pijut sophomore

A Twisted Mind Game Martin Scorsese’s thriller about a mental institution is sure to keep you guessing and keep you from sleeping.

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Playlist of the Week In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating African-American greats.

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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Theater students explore Chekhov’s work Caitlin O’Rourke corourke@butler.edu

Junior Kelli Johnson prances around the stage. Wearing a corset over her regular school clothes and big heels, she projects her lines clearly in the almost empty theater.

Students change on the side without modesty, and backpacks litter the front of the stage.

The scene progresses until the break, and the cast, almost in unison, silently settle themselves onstage.

Elaina Artemiev, assistant professor of theater, gets up from her front row seat to go to each student and provide direction and remarks, while the rest of the students laugh and joke quietly.

It’s a typical rehearsal for the cast of the “The Cherry Orchard,” as they prepare for their Wednesday premiere

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A RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE: Students rehearse one of first scenes in “The Cherry Orchard,” Chekhov’s final play about a family’s struggle. at the Black Box Theatre.

“This is the most fun I’ve had doing a show,” Patrick Thornton, a

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A TRAGIC COMEDY: Although intended to be a comedy, the cast said the play includes many tragic elements that Artemiev has helped them grasp.

senior arts administration major, said. “This has been such a great learning experience.”

“The Cherry Orchard” is Chekhov’s final play. Intended to be a comedy, there are certainly moments of tragedy as well.

The basic plot follows a Russian family who must sell their estate to pay the mortgage, but the entire cast, as well as Artemiev, insisted there is much more to the story than that.

“It’s really hard to summarize, but I think the best word to describe it would be struggle,” Jackie Vouga, a junior theater major and stage manager, said.

Thornton said he thinks the play will still be applicable to today’s audience because of the themes of losing homes and loved ones.

“The real tragedy of the play is not just losing their home,” Artemiev said. “They’re losing their roots and memories they’ve had there as well. I understand this aspect so well.

“Even though I’ve lived here six years, Moscow will always be my home. I get so happy when I walk down the streets there just because I am home.”

The cast said Artemiev’s Russian

heritage has helped the show immensely.

“She just has such a deep understanding of the play and Chehkov,” Matthew Van Oss, a junior theater major, said. “I looked at the script about four times and had no idea what was going on. She showed us that it’s not about the text, it’s what everyone feels underneath.”

Vouga said that Artemiev uses the Russian method, which focuses more on human action rather than the text.

Thornton said the cast didn’t start out with their scripts. Rather, they started doing improv to get into each character’s mind. Only then did the cast go back to their scripts to learn their lines.

He said it felt so natural once they did run-throughs, since they were all thinking like their characters.

However for others, it was a sometimes a tough task.

“I’m used to having my feelings react from the dialogue,” Jeff Irlbeck, a senior theater major, said. “It was difficult for me at times to learn how to do it this way instead.”

Artemiev explained that she wanted her students to realize that the more important part of the script was between the lines.

“I wanted them to try and find the character within their soul,” she said.

Once they had their lines and character figured out, the challenge was keeping a comedy realistic while staying true to the script, sophomore Daniel Barnes said.

Despite their challenges, the cast and crew have gotten along well.

“It’s really great, because since we’re a smaller department, I’ve worked with most of these people before,” Irlbeck said. “We all know and love each other already.”

Just as importantly, Van Oss said that the cast has truly been able to connect onstage which has created a true ensemble cast.

Although Artemiev said she wishes

Collegian photo by Maria Porter

DANCE FOR JOY: Johnson dances in a light-hearted scene. they had more time to rehearse, she is excited to share a native Russian author with Butler University and the community.

“He’s an amazing author,” she said.

“He manages to tell us a lot about ourselves.”

“The Cherry Orchard” Butler Theatre

Feb. 24-27 8 p.m.

Feb. 27-28 2 p.m.

Lilly Hall Studio Theatre 168 Tickets: $5

New TV seasons promise to provide high entertainment The A&E Staff collegian@butler.edu It’s that time of year. Butler University students no longer have the opportunity to slack off on our homework and enjoy our favorite shows as they take midseason breaks. Never fear, it will be only a short time until students are reunited with favorites such as “Glee” and “Gossip Girl.”

The A&E staff was too impatient to wait, so we figured the next best thing would be to give students teasers about the shows we’re most excited to see return to the small screen.

S CRUBS Wednes day s , 8 p. m. ABC In its ninth season, Scrubs has survived negotiations with two networks and an uncertain future. The medical comedy is committed to its

Collegian photo from MCT

GLEEK FEST: The Golden Globe winner, “Glee,” returns to television April 13.

pop culture references, cheap, but fulfilling, laughs and a hilarious hodgepodge cast. The bittersweet stretch of Scrubs’ lifespan has introduced fresh faces and a new location but with many of the same old gimmicks. Though Zach Braff’s character JD is only an intermittent character, the show still has the comedic sass of Christopher Turk (Donald Faison) and Perry Cox (John C. McGinley). For those of us who love the laughs, the show is safe for now. Look for its return March 10.

MODERN FAMILY Wednes day s , 9 p. m. ABC This new mockumentary, recently nominated at the Golden Globes, has made its mark on television this year. The show revolves around three interrelated families through Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill), his son Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and his daughter Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen). The family is as diverse as it is loveable. The show is filled with endearing characters like Jay’s feisty bombshell Colombian wife Gloria (Sofía Vergara) and Mitchell’s partner Cam (Eric Stonestreet), a big softie with a heart of gold. The show has all of the elements of a funny family comedy with great writing and an excellent cast.

LAW & ORDER Mo nday s , 1 0 p. m. NBC Law and Order junkies, brace yourselves! The show returns March 1 with back-to-back shows that are double the mystery and hard-hitting cases. In its 20th season, the legal drama does not disappoint in rustling up new ways to fight crime in New York City. Luckily, we will have plenty of new shows to add to the rerun binges and marathons we all know and love.

GOS S IP GIRL Wednes day s , 9 p. m. The CW The CW’s teen drama “Gossip Girl” will return March 8, picking up where it left off circa-Thanksgiving Day: Serena is searching for her real father, Blair is continuing to help her boyfriend Chuck with power struggles, Jenny is dabbling in a dangerous lifestyle and Vanessa and Dan are working out a now-awkward friendship.

9 0 2 1 0 & MELROS E PLACE

Tues day s , 8 p. m. & 9 p. m. The CW ‘90s revivals “90210” and “Melrose Place” return to the spring 2010 TV schedule on their home the CW after a midseason break, this time trying to pick up viewers and popularity after slow starts. On “Melrose Place,” both Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Eggelsfield will leave the show. “90210” will be returning for a third season that will reprise the original “90210” roles of Rob Estes and Jennie Garth.

GLEE Tues day s , 9 p. m. Fo x Gleeks will be happy to know that the muchanticipated second half of season one of “Glee” will return to Fox April 13. Coming out of a highly successful debut fall season, questions will finally be answered: What will happen with Will Schuster and his wife? What will happen to Quinn’s baby? How will the school receive the club’s win at Sectionals? And will Finn and Rachel finally date? Just as exciting, guest star rumors have included Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Olivia Newton-John and the return of Kristin Chenoweth.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Fri day s , 8 p. m. DIRECTV’s “The 1 0 1 , ” NBC Critically acclaimed football drama “Friday Night Lights” will finally return to NBC, after seasons three and four were developed for DIRECTV’s 101 Channel after the 2008 Writer’s Strike halted production of the show for NBC. The Writer’s Guild-nominated show, returning April 30 to NBC, will continue to follow the fates of several characters who were left with life-changing decisions in the end of last season.

HOUS E Mo nday s , 8 p. m. Fo x With a tumultuous season so far consisting of character departures, ethical issues and the everconstant debate of whether House and Cuddy will get together, viewers should look forward to the March 8 return. There are rumors of Cameron returning for a bit of closure for the audience and we may get to meet one of Wilson’s ex-wives.

Collegian photo from MCT

THE END IS NEAR: The three-hour finale of “Lost” is scheduled for May 23.

THE OFFICE Thurs day s , 9 p. m. NBC The hour-long March 4 episode will be a delight to Jim and Pam fans. Entitled “The Delivery,” Pam will finally have her baby. The Andy and Erin storyline will also continue, hopefully resulting in a date.

LOS T Tues day s , 9 p. m. ABC Do “Lost” fans really need any more encouragement? The finale is a three-hour, two-part episode, scheduled to air May 23. We’re pretty sure “epic” is too weak of a word to use.

With so many shows to choose from, we understand that you may feel overwhelmed. This is why we’ve made Hulu our best friend. Because really, how would you be able to pick between “Glee” and “Lost”?

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These local spots in Indy have A&E’s stamp of approval—a new place featured each week!

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“Chains and Things” - B.B. King

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“Strange Fruit” - Billie Holiday

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“Wild is the Wind” - Nina Simone

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“Someone to Watch Over Me” - Ella Fitzgerald

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“At Last” - Etta James

details: 3000 N. Meridian St.

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“Empire State of Mind” - Jay-Z f/ Alicia Keys

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(317) 334-3322 Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission: $15.50

“Ordinary People” - John Legend

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“Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing” - Jackson 5

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“Shoop” - Salt-n-Pepa

The Ch ildren’s Museum

Distance from Butler: 10 minutes Special Events: Barbie: The Fashion Experience: Featured exhibit until the end of the month.

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“Hey Joe” - Jimi Hendrix

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“Blue in Green” - Miles Davis

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“Ain't No Mountain High Enough”- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

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“Respect” - Aretha Franklin

Why We Love This Place: Let’s face it, none of us really want to grow up. What better place to deny your adulthood than The Children’s Museum? Sure, you may get some weird looks walking around the place, but it’s definitely worth it to explore the new Barbie exhibit, look at real-life dinosaur fossils or see their 35-foot-long steam engine. So go ahead: Ride the carousel and gaze in wonder at their water clock and forget that organic chemistry quiz you have and the internship application you have to fill out. Be a kid for an hour or two. We promise we won’t tell.

Have an idea for our next Playlist of the Week?

Send submissions to corourke@butler.edu.

Want us to feature your favorite Indy spot? Send submissions to corourke@butler.edu.

‘Island’ takes viewers on thrill ride Josie Villanueva jvillanu@butler.edu

Director Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up once again in “Shutter Island,” a unique and twisted psychological thriller that successfully blurs the lines of sanity.

Based on Dennis Lehae’s best-selling novel, “Shutter Island” takes the audience into a cynically dark world where the audience, much like DiCaprio’s character, is constantly perplexed by what is real on this bleak island.

Set off the coast of Boston in 1954, the film opens with U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner Chuck (Mark Ruffalo) on a ferry approaching an island which is the home of Ashecliffe Hospital, a mental institution for the criminally insane.

The two men are investigating the escape of a dangerously psychotic woman, who has vanished into thin air.

“Shutter Island” MOVIE REVIEW Paramount Pictures Directed by: Martin Scorsese Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, and Michelle Williams Rated R Rating: 5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor

During the investigation, they meet Dr. Cawley (Sir Ben Kingsley). He’s a man committed to the art of psychoanalysis but is also shrouded in secrecy. It is evident that he knows something that Teddy, Chuck and the audience do not.

The film goes further than just the eerie exploration of Teddy’s case on this creepy island. It exposes underlying tensions that plague all of the characters.

The film takes place during the early years of the Cold War era, when hydrogen bombs and nuclear war were a constant threat.

Scorsese also uses remnants of post-World War II resentment against the Nazis. There is a mounting fear that some sort of wild Nazi human experimentation is taking place on Shutter Island, alluding to lobotomies and other radically invasive tests.

Teddy, a decorated war hero, exposes his underlying war trauma.

Throughout the film, the audience gets flashbacks to his days in the war and the atrocities that he witnessed there.

Another player in Teddy’s personal struggle with stability are the constant dreams, nightmares and memories of his wife Delores (Michelle Williams). She serves as a ghostly guide to the discovery of the island’s dark truth.

These flashbacks become another component in the movie that question the location of the line drawn between the rationally minded and the mentally disturbed.

“Shutter Island” is Scorsese and DiCaprio’s fourth movie together. The duo has no trouble creating outstanding films that break the mold in their genre.

This movie is definitely Scorsese’s bold attempt at creating a sinister thriller that will keep the audience questioning until the very end.

Not only is the film appropriately haunting, but it also has some pretty impressive visual scenes. There’s a bit of everything here. Whether it’s Teddy’s colorful nuanced dream sequences with

Collegian photo provided by MCT

A PERFECT DUO: Scorsese and DiCaprio pair up for the fourth time in a movie that blurs the lines of sanity.

Delores, the menacing mental patients or the horrifyingly gruesome Nazi death camp scenes, one thing is clear: Scorsese does not disappoint.

Eerie and ominous music are also central to the film. The music adds to the tense moments as Teddy and Chuck ride up toward the institution, as well as when they find clues on the island’s alarmingly unforgiving terrain.

Despite the brilliance and the mood that Scorsese has created, the film’s complex twists and turns are drawn out so that it is almost too much and too long to truly appreciate.

Though the movie is long, it is still an impressively suspenseful story that questions the psyche and pushes against the traditional bounds of reality. Finding out the truth in the movie is intensely fun, and well worth the wait.

Hot Chip explores a softer sound influenced by fatherhood Kellye Donnelly kdonnell@butler.edu Coming off their third studio album “Made in the Dark,” British electro-pop band Hot Chip recently released their fourth studio album, “One Life Stand.”

It includes songs “Take it In” and the title track, that, when played live, originally suggested that the album would be calmer and more mid-tempo than their previous albums.

“Thieves of the Night” opens the album with a pulsy build that eventually creates a dialedback version of their songs on “Made in the Dark.”

The next song, “Hand Me Down Your Love,” begins with a pop-infused piano beat with typical Hot Chip-style synths in the background.

Though the entire song is a repeat of the chorus and variations of the lyric “hand me down/your love,” it still screams potential single with its obvious toe-tapping beat.

Songs like “Take it In” and “I Feel Better” follow suit, in having in-your-face beats that belong either on a Spring Break playlist or blaring at the gym. The songs all have subtle beats thumping distantly in the background but soon become larger and harder to ignore.

Songs like these are obviously made to be singles, but are also a true sign that Hot Chip has indeed created a more mellow version of their past albums.

This creates a new kind of Hot Chip; one that is less focused on raging beats and more concerned with a lush overflow of proclaiming

love. This inspiration most likely comes from Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor’s fatherhood.

“One Life Stand” again has built-up beat, yet it creates a more frustrating song combined with haunting synths that are introduced between every verse and chorus, but could easily be included in the group of songs that can be singles of the album.

“Brothers” is a slower-paced song, even in comparison to the new pace set on this record.

The song is a very focused ode to vocalist Joe Goddard’s siblings that wouldn’t seem out of place on a soundtrack for a war movie.

“Slush” is a ballad performance that opens with a confusing vocal exercise. It then turns into Taylor sweetly and finely singing a calm melody.

The next track, “Alley Cats,” continues the theme of pulsing melodies throughout the song but also includes an evolving melody and all three vocalists: Taylor, Goddard and Al Doyle.

They create a lump-in-your-throat moment when all three softly sing the line, “There is no pain / I don’t know.”

The soft-melody ballads are broken by “We Have Love,” a track that goes back to typically larger Hot Chip sound, yet continues on their soft-singing streak.

“Keep Quiet,” not surprisingly, goes back to the softer formation that has formed this album, while the closing track “Take It In” creates a rave sound with a haunting piano opener that creates an urgent and dreamy feeling.

Hot Chip fans will have to adapt to their calmer elements that do not include as many

heavy punches-to-the table beats.

Overall, Hot Chip creates a good album, even though it’s not the expected.

It does have salvation in songs similar to their third studio album “Made in the Dark.”

Unfortunately, those are the only songs that could be potential singles.

Although many fans may prefer the traditional Hot Chip, such as in “Over and Over” and “And I Was A Boy from School,” this album lets the band experiment with new types of music while still providing a few songs that will please their older fans.

“One Life Stand” CD REVIEW

Hot Chip EMI Records

Rating: 5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor

Collegian photo provided by flickr/redheadwalking

A SLOWER PACE: Hot Chip eases from their normal dance beats to a softer sound.

SPORTS

Continued Success The women’s tennis team sustained its winning ways this past week.

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‘Miracle on Ice’ On the eve of the 30-year anniversary of Team USA hockey’s win over the former Soviet Union, they upset Canada 5-3.

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Bulldogs extend win streak to 17 Sarah Black sablack1@butler.edu Butler men’s basketball continued the longest winning streak in the country and set a school record for consecutive victories by winning its ESPNU BracketBuster game versus Siena at Hinkle Fieldhouse Saturday.

The team first extended its win streak to 16 by beating UIC Wednesday. Junior Matt Howard led the Bulldogs (25-4, 17-0 HL) with 17 points against the Flames (7-

20, 2-14 HL).

Sophomores Ronald Nored and Gordon Hayward and senior Willie Veasley also posted double digits in scoring. Hayward had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

UIC junior Robo Kreps led the Flames with 15 points, including three shots from beyond the arc.

The Bulldogs trailed 14-15 midway through the first half. After a 9-0 run, they took the lead and didn’t look back.

The Bulldogs beat the Flames 73-55.

Collegian photo by Maria Porter

GOOD LOOK: Senior Avery Jukes started in the ESPNU BracketBuster game Saturday versus Siena. After the game, head coach Brad Stevens honored the seniors.

“Ninety-nine percent of the time, you don’t win games quickly,” head coach Brad Stevens said. “We’re not impatient.”

That game was Butler’s 16th consecutive win. But, Stevens said that the team doesn’t think about those numbers. “[The streak] is not something we’ve talked about,” he said. “Maybe we can sit and enjoy it a little bit in April or May, but now is not the time.”

Nored had a strong game-wide performance, scoring 16 points, along with four rebounds and four assists. But, Stevens said he was doing the job he was asked to do.

“I want them to always play their role to the best of their ability,” he said. “Nobody cares who the most celebrated player is.”

Their streak continued into the BracketBuster game as the Bulldogs faced Siena (22-6). Hinkle was a sea of white as fans tried to “white out” the Saints on senior day. There were more than 9,111 fans in attendance.

Seniors Avery Jukes and walk-on Nick Rodgers both started the game.

Senior Veasley, who has averaged 11.9 points per game, was unable to play due to a sprained knee he suffered against UIC. The Bulldogs were also forced to play much of the second half without Howard, who picked up his third and fourth fouls early in the second half.

But, these obstacles didn’t faze the Bulldogs.

“We stay together, no matter what happens on the court,” sophomore Shelvin Mack, who led the Bulldogs with 23 points, said.

Hayward added to the Bulldogs’ offense by picking up his fourth straight doubledouble, with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

“He’s as unheralded as anyone else in the country on getting rebounds,” Stevens said.

The Bulldogs were down 28-31 at the half, but they regained the lead early in the second with four points from Howard.

Junior Zach Hahn had back-to-back three-pointers to put the Bulldogs up 4738.

Golf posts top 10, 20 finishers Emily Newell enewell@butler.edu

Collegian photo by Rachel Senn

BEYOND THE ARC: Sophomore Shelvin Mack had 23 points versus Siena.

Siena junior Clarence Jackson led the Saints’ offense and was the game’s top scorer with 24 points.

The Bulldogs ended the game on a 7-2 run, beating the Saints 70-53.

Many opportunities lie ahead for the Bulldogs. The team has a chance to go 180 in the league and awaits its seed for the NCAA Tournament.

But, Hayward said that those aren’t the most important goals to him or the team.

“Next game; that’s our mentality,” he said. “We’re just out there playing basketball, we’ll let everyone else worry about [our seeding].”

The Bulldogs are on the road this week, playing Valparaiso in their final regular season game at 9 p.m. Friday.

From there, it’s on to the Horizon League Tournament. Butler’s first game will be in the semifinals March 6 at Hinkle.

Junior and captain Molly Fields led the Butler women’s golf team, placing eighth in a field of 33 at the Ann Rhoads Shootout in Calera, Ala., Monday.

Fields shot an opening round 79 and finished the tournament shooting 81 for a 36-hole total score of 160.

Also finishing in the top 20 at the tournament was sophomore Michele Nash, who shot the best single-round score for the Bulldogs with a 78 on Monday.

She shot an 86 in the opening round Sunday for a two-day total of 164 and an 11th place finish overall.

Sophomore Clare Cornelius also finished in the top 20 for Butler. She shot 165 and tied for 14th place overall.

As a team, the Bulldogs shot a two-day total of 658 and finished in a fourth-place tie with Jackson State.

Indiana State won the match, shooting a team total 636.

Junior Allison Lipps tied for 21st by shooting two consecutive rounds of 85 for a 36-hold total of 170.

Freshman Julia Porter finished off the tournament with a two-day total of 173 and a 26th place finish.

The Bulldogs will compete in Jacksonville, Fla. during Spring Break. They will compete in the North/South Collegiate Tournament March 8 and 9.

Senior Mullett sets record, runs sub-four minute mile at Husky Classic Megan Moles mmoles@butler.edu Senior Rob Mullett made Butler history Feb. 13 when he ran the mile in 3:59:37.

Mullett is the first Butler track athlete to break the four-minute mark in the mile, a standard in track world.

Subsequently, he was named the Horizon League Male Track Athlete of the Week.

Butler track and field team head coach Matt Roe was pleased with Mullett’s record.

“There are others on the team knocking on the door,” Roe said. “All in all we have a bunch of guys around the mark as well, so it’s a relief to finally get below four minutes.”

This also means a lot to Mullett, who sat out last season due to an injury.

“I haven’t run for almost two years, and it kind of hurt me that I wasn’t able to,” Mullett said. “To be the first to break four was something to work for and it made me very happy.”

Roe said that Mullett’s season being cut short was difficult to overcome.

“Last season Rob was in really good shape, so the injury was devastating,” he said. “But thankfully he was back at the end of the outdoor season.

“He finished strong, but he just missed qualifying for the national meet. This really means a lot to him.”

Mullet is now at the standard qualifying time for the NCAA Tournament.

“They take the top 16 qualifiers and Rob is sitting twelfth right now, so he should make it in,” Roe said.

Mullett recounted his history with running, including how he started in soccer in Brighton, U.K. “I started late for a runner,” he said.

“I started at age 14. Before that, I played soccer.

“I was recruited to run the mile at my school and that went well, so I joined a club back home and went for it.”

Mullett had been flirting with the mark during the past few weeks, running the mile in 4:01.

Roe said Mullett also ran the indoor 1,500-meter race at 3:44:06 which he said was the metric equivalent to a mile.

“He hasn’t been that far away,” Roe said, “but everything has to come together.”

Mullett attributed his success to the training he received here at Butler, which also helped make his decision in where to attend school.

“When I called the coach, I liked what he had to say and that was the difference in my decision,” Mullett said.

“Their training philosophies had a lot to do with it as well.”

Roe said he took the compliment as high praise.

“Here at Butler, we are a developmental program,” he said. “We strive to get each individual to develop their potential. Rob has a lot of potential post-college, hopefully he continues to pursue that.”

Mullett said he is looking ahead to running in the NCAA Tournament and will use this as a confidence booster.

“I’m really excited to have this record,” Mullett said. “Just getting there is going to help me, but this really has given me a lot of confidence.”

Mullett broke the previous school mark of 4:00.53, which was set by Scott Overall in 2006.

Mullett has one last competition before the Horizon League Championships Saturday and Sunday.

Collegian photo courtesy of Butler Sports

FLASH: Senior runner Rob Mullett now holds Butler’s mile record time.

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THURSDAY Women’s Swimming at Horizon League Tournament Chicago

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Women’s Swimming Women’s Swimming Men’s Tennis at Horizon League at Western Michigan at Horizon League Tournament Kalamazoo, Mich.

Tournament Chicago 11 a.m.

Chicago

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Women’s Basketball vs. Milwaukee 7 p.m.

Women’s Tennis at Dayton 2 p.m.

Men’s Tennis at Toledo 4 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at Valparaiso 9 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs. Green Bay 2 p.m.

2010 MEDAL COUNT (as of 9:12 p.m.)

USA: 26 (7G, 9S, 10B) GER: 23 (7G, 9S, 7B) NOR: 17 (6G, 5S, 6B)

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Bulldogs bulldoze Bearcats at Bubble Mike Ellis mellis@butler.edu

Collegian photo by Rachel Senn

SETUP: Senior Becky Jenkins prepares to return the ball during her match against Cincinnati at the Bubble Friday.

Junior Natali Jaimes never dropped serve en route to a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Cincinnati’s Lindsey Lonergan in No. 2 singles, as Butler defeated the Bearcats 4-3 at the Bubble Friday afternoon.

Though Jaimes made a strong case to be the third consecutive Bulldog selected as Horizon League Player of the Week (Gabriella Bobrowski, Feb. 8; Molly Casperson, Feb. 15), she said that thought didn’t even enter her mind as she stepped onto the court.

“I just went out there and tried to play my game,” she said. “I figured it would be a tough match, but I felt like I was able to take [Lonergan] out of her game.”

Jaimes played a quality first set behind solid serving, but raised her game to another level in the second by eliminating unforced errors.

“I started chipping my return at the end of the first set, and she seemed to struggle with that,” she said. “In the second set, I was just hitting the ball and seeing what happens.”

Butler head coach Jason Suscha said he was pleased with Jaimes’ performance.

“It’s good to see Natali getting to the place where she needs to be,” Suscha said. “We need her to play well if we’re going to have success in conference.”

Freshman Brittany Farmer and sophomore Cam Thompson also continued their strong singles play with straight sets victories in No. 5 and No. 6 singles respectively.

However, junior Gabriella Bobrowski and senior Becky Jenkins were both unable to hold one set leads and lost long three-setters.

Bobrowski’s No. 1 singles match lasted nearly three hours and was last to finish—even though the No. 5 and 6 singles matches started more than an hour later.

Senior Molly Casperson fell 6-2, 6-4 to Safiyya Ismail in No. 3

singles.

But, the doubles teams of Casperson and Jenkins and Jaimes and Thompson won their matches convincingly, thereby securing the doubles point and ultimately a 4-3 victory for the Bulldogs.

Suscha said his team’s effort needs to be more consistent if they hope to win conference.

“We had some issues today that we need to correct,” he said. “Some of our girls have a tendency to give off negative energy when they’re not playing well. Tennis is a tricky sport. You can’t bench your players.

“It’s not like basketball, where if Brad Stevens is upset with the way Gordon Hayward is playing, he can just sit him for a half and send the team a message.”

Butler had a much more difficult time at Miami (Ohio), falling 7-0 on Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldog women won just one of 25 games in three doubles matches, and Bobrowski and Jaimes combined to win only two games in No. 1 and 2 singles.

Casperson played a tighter match at No. 3 singles, but was defeated 63, 6-4 by the Redhawks’ Megan Martzolf.

Cam Thompson, who moved up to play No. 5 singles, hung tough for a set against Miami’s Britney Larson, but was outplayed considerably in the second set and lost 7-5, 6-1.

“It was a tough loss, but a lot of positive can come out of each match,” Casperson said. “Miami’s tennis program has continued to get stronger and had a very deep lineup.”

Despite Jenkins’ 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 4 singles, Butler lost 6-1 to Xavier on Tuesday afternoon at the Western Tennis and Fitness Center in Cincinnati.

Bobrowski fell 6-2, 6-3 to the Musketeers’ Katie Pleiman at No. 1 singles, and Jaimes lost 6-3, 7-6 to Tifanie Treece at No. 2 singles.

The Bulldogs were Xavier’s sixth consecutive victim.

Butler will hit the road to play Dayton at 2 p.m. Friday.

Women’s basketball continues win streak at Detroit, Wright State Megan Moles mmoles@butler.edu Two tough road wins kept the Bulldogs perfect for the month of February.

Butler (18-7, 11-3 HL) first took on league-leading Detroit (14-12, 12-3 HL) Thursday and used a 17-2 run at the end of the game to come out with a 72-62 victory.

Head coach Beth Couture said her team never gave up.

“We fought hard,” Couture said. “We kept our composure to win.”

Senior Melanie Thornton led the Bulldogs with a double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds. She also added two steals and two blocks.

Detroit led by five points with four minutes left in the game, but the Bulldogs pulled to a 62-59 lead with only two minutes left in the game.

Sophomore Devin Brierly hit a three while Thornton and senior Susan Lester made a basket to give the Bulldogs the lead with just 36 seconds remaining.

Detroit point guard Jalesa Jones was stripped by senior Alyssa Pittman, and Brierly and Thornton each sealed the game with a set of free throws. Butler and Detroit swapped leads during the first half, with Butler leading by as much as eight points.

Detroit led with seconds left on the clock before halftime when Pittman took a charge to return the ball to Butler’s possession. Pittman then hit a three

at the buzzer to send Butler into halftime up 33-31.

The Bulldogs started the second half dominating for the first 10 minutes before Jones and Brigid Mulroy took the lead back to Detroit and forced Butler to call a time-out. The Bulldogs went on to score five straight points to regain the lead and eventually win.

Couture said she was proud of the team’s streak.

“It feels good, we want to be good down the stretch here as we get into postseason play.”

Mulroy led Detroit with 22 points, 18 of which came from behind the three-point arc. Jones added 17 points and seven assists.

Butler junior Chloe Hamilton gave the Bulldogs 14 points, and Brierly scored a season-high 12 points.

Detroit retains a half-game lead in conference standings, while Butler and Green Bay are tied for second.

The Bulldogs have now defeated the Titans both times during conference play.

Couture said that even with a good win, the Bulldogs can still work on their game.

“We need to work on defense and our rebounding,” she said. “If we do that and keep our offense up, we’ll be hard to beat.”

The Bulldogs fought hard to pull out a win against Wright State (9-16, 5-10 HL) Saturday. This was the third come-from-behind win, as the Bulldogs won 5148 in overtime.

Butler turned the ball over 27 times, but Wright State had 32 turnovers. Senior Susan Lester led the team with 11 points. Junior Terra Burns added 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

Wright State led from the beginning of the game until junior Brittany Bowen pulled the Bulldogs within one point with 3:28 left to play. With less than two minutes remaining, Pittman made a free throw to tie things up.

A three-pointer by Molly Fox gave the lead back to the Raiders. Lester funneled the ball to Thornton for a layup with 15 seconds to go. Wright State missed the shot during the final possession of regulation, and the game went to overtime.

By scoring 11 to Wright State’s eight, Butler came out the winner in the game. Wright State missed a three at the end of the game that would have secured them the victory.

Couture said that the wins are still important, no matter how hard they are to come by.

“Anytime you can win, it builds our confidence,” she said.

The free throws made the difference in the game, as Butler shot 27 out of 43 and Wright State had 8 of 10. Butler trailed 22-15 at the half and had 18 turnovers during that time.

Despite the team’s success, Couture looks on to the next game.

“We have four more games,” she said, “And we’re tied for first in the loss column, but we need to take it one game at a time.”

Couture needs one more win to tie Linda Mason's (1976-84) school record of 124 wins.

Butler’s next game is against Milwaukee Thursday at 7 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

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TOP NOTCH: Senior Melanie Thornton was the leading scorer in Saturday’ s game.

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‘Miracle on Ice’ echoes for U.S. in 2010 Steven Peek speek@butler.edu

Team USA men’s hockey defeated the Canadian national team, 5-3, Sunday evening in a group stage game of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Americans were able to defeat a heavily favored team on its home ice because of tenacious and unrelenting play, which was exemplified by Ryan Kesler’s empty-net goal with less than one minute to play.

U.S. goaltender Ryan Miller saved 42 of 45 shots hurled at him.

“It’s probably one of the biggest games I’ve ever played,” Miller said to USA Today. “When things happened, we responded.”

Defenseman Brian Rafalski had two goals, one of which occurred just 41 seconds into the game.

“We know we can beat anybody now,” Rafalski said.

The win was Team USA hockey’s first win against Canada (ranked

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REUNITED: 1980 team captain Mike Eruzione celebrates with teammates after lighting the 2006 Olympic torch.

No. 1 in the world) in Olympic hockey in 50 years.

Accordingly, the win should now be considered one of the greatest Winter Olympic moments in U.S. sports history.

Still, there is one American Winter Olympics moment that is undeniably the greatest of them all.

During the 1980 Lake Placid Games, Team USA men’s hockey defeated the Soviet Union in the semifinals, 4-3.

The win did not clinch the gold medal, though the team would eventually do just that in the finals against Finland. However, the victory against the Soviets was far more important than leaving Lake Placid with gold.

The win is known as “The Miracle on Ice,” and the 2010 win against Canada, paralleling that victory in many ways, came just one day prior to its 30th anniversary.

There are many factors that made “The Miracle” an actual miracle in the eyes of Americans.

The American team was a collection of college age players. The Soviet team was composed of much older, professional hockey players.

The Americans were led by two former Boston University players, goaltender Jim Craig and right wing Mike Eruzione (the captain). The Soviets were led by two of the world’s best players, goaltender Vladislav Tretiak and right wing Boris Mikhailov (also the captain).

Though the United States won the gold medal in the 1960 Winter Games, the Soviets had won hockey gold in the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics. During those four Winter Games, the Soviet squad was 27-1-1. Furthermore, they had outscored their opposition 175-44 and had outscored the United States 28-7.

On Feb. 9, 1980, the two squads played an exhibition game. The Soviets won 10-3.

Perhaps the only two advantages the Americans had in 1980 were that they were playing on their home ice with fan support present, and that they had so much attitude, or moxie, that they were willing to challenge the world’s best team.

And the Soviet Union was not solely the world’s best, but they were also a political rival of the United States.

The Cold War began in 1947 as part of the aftermath of World War II. Since that time, everything from boycotts to threats of nuclear war forced the world’s two most powerful countries into opposite corners.

For this reason, the Soviet Union nearly did not compete in the Lake Placid Games.

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, which caused President Jimmy Carter to threaten a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics, a threat he eventually followed through on.

The Soviets considered returning the favor by not competing in the Winter Games but chose to play nonetheless, possibly due to pride or

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BUDDIES: Ryan Kesler gets a celebratory hug from Zach Parise after scoring an empty-net goal to seal the U.S. victory. trying to prove superiority.

For the game to even have been played was a miracle. The result of that miracle was a boost to Americans, regardless of their interest in sports. The U.S. win was a lift to a nation under the pressures of a failing economy and a spark for all in the country to press forward.

Americans today should take comfort in Team USA hockey’s win, as well as the successes of all other American athletes competing in the 2010 Vancouver Games. Now is a time to rally around successes, regardless of venue or stature.

When Americans think of major events in recent history, they tend to focus on catastrophies. Americans know where they were and what they were doing when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

The same holds true for 9/11.

But one positive event that Americans can remember with equally vivid detail is “The Miracle on Ice,” which was truly one of sports’ and the United States’ greatest moments.

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