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Fong to deliver keynote speech at commencement A DECADE OF BUTLER UNIVERSITY KEYNOTE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Thomas Lofton ‘51

2010

Indianapolis-based lawyer

Reverend Sharon Watkins ‘75 President of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ

2009

Willis Kirk ‘56, M.M. ‘64 Jazz musician and composer

Mitch Daniels, Jr. Governor of Indiana

DANIELS

2008

Ross Edwin Barbour ‘51

Founding member of vocal quartet “The Four Freshmen”

Robert Lee Flanigan ‘48 Founding member of vocal quartet “The Four Freshmen”

SPEAKER IN THE HOUSE: Butler University President Bobby Fong will serve as the keynote speaker at the commencement ceremony in May. Some students were upset because they felt their opinions were not considered in the decision-making process. (Photo courtesy of Marc Allan)

Students upset about announcement, survey

BY ALLYSON DOBBERTEEN

times before.” adobbert@butler.edu | staff writer Senior art administration major Sydney Schulz agreed.

Some Butler University students are up in arms over the “I expected something inspiring and new,” she said. announcement that President Bobby Fong will be the keynote “We’ve heard what Fong has to say.” speaker at the commencement ceremony in May. Having Fong as a speaker takes away the opportunity for Fong took the invitation to give his final goodbye in front an exchange of new ideas and thoughts, senior elementary of more than 800 seniors and their families as an honor. education major Kim Spartz said.

“I’m complimented by having an op“The seniors have worked extremeportunity to be the speaker for this class,” ly hard over the last four years and deFong said. serve encouraging words from someSenior integrated communications one distinguished from outside of the major Julie Woodward said the news of ‘Butler Bubble’ who will bring refreshFong as commencement speaker came ing ideas and a plethora of experiences as a shock because he was not listed on a to the table,” she said. survey sent out to the senior class at the Spartz said she feels like Fong’s beginning of the year. keynote speech will take attention “We took a vote at the beginning of the away from the graduating class. year, and he was definitely not one of the “I feel personally offended that the choices,” she said. “Then, all of a suddecision was made for the students,” den, they decided without our opinion to she said. “This ceremony is for celhave Fong speak.” ebrating their accomplishments and A nominating committee took the senot to highlight the president’s deparnior survey into account but also created ture.”

Kim Spartz a list of potential speakers they wanted Even though Spartz is disappointed SENIOR, BUTLER UNIVERSITY with the decision to have Fong speak to invite.

“There was an awkwardness this year as the keynote speaker, she values him because it turned out that one of the nominees was myself,” as a university president.

Fong said. “But it is very hard to say no to an invitation to be “I feel that we are honored to have a very visible and a commencement speaker.” knowledgeable university president,” she said. “It is disapSenior chemistry major Sam Minnette said she wouldn’t pointing to see him move on to another university.” want to see anyone else as the keynote speaker.

Fong said he is honored to be the keynote speaker for an“I wouldn’t know whom else I would like to see up there other reason. talking to us,” she said. “He has earned the right.”

Fong will be awarded the honorary degree Doctor of HuWoodward said she has a different opinion. mane Letters from Butler at the May 14 ceremony, which will “I feel like whoever made the decision took the easy way take place in Hinkle Fieldhouse. out in deciding who our speaker is,” she said. “I understand “It’s a way for me, in a sense, to graduate with the graduatthat this is his last year, but I have heard him speak many ing class as I go out as well,” Fong said.

The seniors deserve encouraging words from outside the ‘Butler Bubble.’

Susan Solomon Nobel Peace Prize winning chemist

2007

Mark Kurlansky ‘70

International bestselling author of “Cod”

Eugene White Author, superintendent for Indianapolis Public Schools

Frank Levinson ‘75

WHITE

2006

Founder of Finisar, Forbes 400 Richest List member

James McBride Author, “The Color of Water,” “Miracle at St. Anna”

2005

Robert Funk ‘47

Biblical scholar, co-founder of the Jesus Seminar

2004

Janos Horvath

NATO delegate, economic consultant

HORVATH

Mari Evans

Poet, playwright and author of “I am a Black Woman”

2003

Reverend William James ‘39 Founder of the Trinity Methodist Church in Bronx, New York

2002

The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu TUTU

Human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Beatrice Berry

2001

Sociologist, lecturer and author of “Redemption Song”

Planned floodwall draws controversy from community

BY GRACE WALLACE gwallace@butler.edu | asst. news editor

The newest addition to Butler University’s Holcomb Gardens could be a six-foot high wall running through campus property.

An environmental assessment released Feb. 1 by the Louisville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls for building a floodwall along the Central Canal from Capitol Avenue to the north and west edge of campus that would range from one to six feet high.

The $12 million wall and levee, acting as a flood barrier, would be 8,200 feet long.

The newly proposed plan would leave Rocky Ripple as well as a portion of the university within the floodplain of the White River. This new plan of action has been met with much criticism from

Indianapolis residents, including the Rocky Ripple and Butler-Tarkington communities.

“It would be such an intrusive structure in the community,” Neil Bloede, president of the ButlerTarkington Neighborhood Association said. “In addition to aesthetic oppositions, we think it will irrevocably damage the environment of the canal’s green land.”

Another point of criticism is the lack of protection for the proposed stretch of the canal where the floodwall would cross over at Westfield, Bloede said.

“One point that’s been missed is that the proposed design would leave a large section of the canal to the floodway, which matters because Indy gets so much of their drinking water from the canal,” he said. “If this would happen,

the canal would either be eroded or destroyed or we would have to rebuild.”

Bloede said the community is trying to raise awareness among their residents through pamphlets, listserv e-mails and a neighborhood meeting attended by more than 300 people to present options and gain community opinions.

“I think that the Central Canal is a gem for the city of Indianapolis,” Bloede said. “We don’t have oceans, we don’t have mountains, but when people want to look to live in Indianapolis, the Central Canal and the towpath are the attractions and this wall will do a great deal of damage to the canal and to the people wanting to live near or walk along the canal.”

University administration has __________________see floodwall page 2

CONTROVERSIAL CONSTRUCTION: A proposed floodwall that has caused an uproar from the community would run through Butler University’s campus near the intramural fields.

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Broad Ripple parking prices to increase

BY SARA PRUZIN spruzin@butler.edu | asst. news editor

Indianapolis drivers will soon pay more and later into the evening for metered parking.

On March 28, rates will rise from 75 cents to $1 per hour in parts of downtown and in Broad Ripple.

Metered hours will run Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., starting the same day.

Currently, metered parking spaces are free on weekends and after 6 p.m.

The rise in rates comes as approximately 3,700 coin-operated meters are being replaced with modern electronic meters that accept credit and debit cards in addition to coins.

Lou Gerig, whose firm Sease, Gerig & Associates handles public relations for ParkIndy, said the rates are justified by the meter upgrades and inflation.

“The rates have not gone up in 35 years,” he said. “It will still be cheaper to park here than in most cities in the Midwest.”

Chicago meter rates are $1.50 to $5 an hour, Milwaukee rates average $1.50 per hour and St. Louis’ downtown rates are also $1 per hour. Meter rates in Columbus, Ohio, are somewhat lower than Indianapolis’ at 40 cents to $1 per hour.

PAYING TO PARK: New electronic meters in Broad Ripple and downtown will be able to accept payment with credit and debit cards. The prices in parking will go up from 75 cents to $1 per hour. (Photo courtesy of sxc.hu) The new meters and subsequent rate hikes come on the heels of the City-County Council’s approval of a lease deal last November.

Under the plan, the city leased all meters to Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services and two Indianapolis-based firms for an upfront payment of $20 million.

In return, the companies agreed to up-

grade the meters and pay a portion of the revenue to the city over a 50-year contract period. The revenue will be spent on infrastructural improvement projects and street resurfacing.

The final vote was 15-14, with dissenting councilors voting against it because they said it represents a sale of a traditionally public

Carroll to focus on communication as next SGA president

BY JILL MCCARTER jmccarte@butler.edu | news editor

After more than 36 hours of tallying votes and considering candidate violations, Student Government Association officials declared Al Carroll to serve as SGA president for the next academic year.

The sophomore from Titusville, Fla., was nervous when he received a phone call from current SGA president Chris Ring last Wednesday, just before 4 p.m.

“He was trying to make it funny,” Carroll said. “I was just not in the joking mood, so it made me even more nervous.”

After he found out, Carroll had to wait 30 minutes before he could actually tell anyone since SGA wanted to officially make the announcement during Wednesday’s assembly at 4:30 p.m.

“I kept thinking that it was going to be hard to not talk about it,” Carroll said. “How do I get from here to assembly without telling anybody? Every person that I saw was asking about it.”

After the announcement was made in assembly, Carroll started sending the message around to his parents, girlfriend and campaign manager before letting his other supporters know through Facebook and Twitter.

Carroll said that while it was his name on the ballot, the votes were for

the student body and the university.

“This whole time, all the pronouns I’ve been using have been ‘we,’” Carroll said. “I didn’t win the election. We did.

We got it.”

The wait to find out the results, Carroll said, was excruciatingly long.

“It was miserable,” he said. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever dealt with.

“You can’t really describe it.”

Advice and encouragement from his parents and girlfriend made the wait bearable.

“You’re doing these big things, but that shouldn’t define who you are,” Carroll’s mother, Glenda, told him Monday.

“This just shows you that you have this large following of people that love you regardless of the final result.”

Twenty-seven percent of Butler University’s student body voted in Monday’s election, down 6 percent from last year’s turn out.

In the 12 hours the polls were open, 1,076 votes were cast. To give some perspective on that number, there were 1,067 in this year’s freshman class.

Carroll attributes the low turnout to a lack of promotion and communication.

“There are more people that vote for Homecoming King and Queen than for SGA President,” Carroll said. “That’s not the way it should be at all.”

He suggested looking into ways to

International Dinner spotlights diversity ¡ Viva Mexico! draws in students, faculty, community

BY AJA CACAN acacan@butler.edu | staff writer

AL CARROLL fix the problem for elections in the future by leaving polls open or making the voting more accessible for students.

Looking forward, Carroll said he’s not done talking to people and getting to know the students and faculty on campus.

“It’s not a campaign anymore, it’s time for actions,” Carroll said. “You can’t change anything if you don’t know about it, so I want to keep the conversations going and find what people are talking about.”

Carroll said he doesn’t expect this title or victory to change him.

“I’m going to have to up my wardrobe and keep my hair cut, but this is not a defining moment by any means,” Carroll said. “There have been moments that have changed and morphed me into the person I am today, but this isn’t about me.

“This doesn’t change me. I’m the one that wants to make the changes.”

floodwall: PLANNED WALL SPLITS COMMUNITY OPINIONS, CAMPUS continued from page 1 also been involved in the decision-making process, working with the engineers to design a plan to best fit the university’s needs.

The Environmental Protection Agency stated the floodwall would be between 3 to 5 feet in height on campus and travel between the canal and the baseball field from 52nd Street to the “high ground” behind the HRC and Hinkle Fieldhouse.

According to the EPA, Butler will be the most affected area of the required 15-foot clearance of trees and vegetation for construction on each side of the floodwall.

“The largest expanse of trees and shrubs is within Butler University property. The proposed floodwall route through this area would skirt the edge

of the treeline and then follow an existing path to high ground,” a release said. “Although disturbance would be minimized to the greatest extent possible, it is anticipated that some wildlife will be lost due to construction activities or movement of wildlife.”

Director of Maintenance Gerald Carlson said the best option for the university is for the engineers to reconsider a plan proposed in 1996, where a 2.5 mile floodwall would not travel directly through campus but would still provide protection.

“If [the new plan] is followed, the flood wall will be installed on campus. Some trees will need to be removed on the east side of Holcomb Gardens,” Carlson said. “If there is a major flood, Holcomb Gardens and the play

POTENTIAL PROBLEM: With the new floodwall, the intramural fields and Holcomb Gardens would flood in major rainfall. (Photo courtesy of sxc.hu)

asset to private companies. Some also said the city will lose revenue from the meters.

In a statement, Mayor Greg Ballard said the sale has little risk for the city and allows for needed meter modernization.

Workers have already begun installing the new meters downtown and will install others on portions of College Avenue, Guilford Avenue and Westfield Boulevard and on Broad Ripple Avenue from College Avenue to Winthrop Avenue over the next few weeks.

Alena Harrison, an employee at the Broad Ripple Starbucks, said she did not think the shop would suffer much because of increased parking prices, but she could see the higher rates causing problems for customers.

“I work in Broad Ripple, so I know where to park for free,” she said, “but I could see how it might be a pain [for customers].”

Ashley Martz, a manager at the Broad Ripple clothing store Pitaya, said the city needs to add more parking along with raising the rates.

She also said the rising meter rates probably will not hurt business, but the longer hours may impact employees at Pitaya and other businesses along Broad Ripple Avenue.

“Parking will be hard to come by for employees on evenings when they used to be able to park outside for free,” Martz said.

“It’s an inconvenience for them.”

fields will be flooded.”

Associate Professor of biological sciences and Center for Urban Ecology advisor Travis Ryan expressed his concern for the local campus wildlife, based upon the studies he has conducted over the last 10 years.

“In order to put the floodwall in that area, most of the vegetation that currently sits in that area will have to be removed,” he said. “This will cause a significant problem for the turtles that live in the Central Canal because the area in question is used by a large number of turtles for basking.

“When the wall is built, the turtles will most likely have to relocate to other places in the canal or perhaps move to the White River.”

Previous Vice President of Operations Mike Gardner said, in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, that the university hopes the previous flood damage reduction plan is revisited. He said it is the best option for the Butler community, as it would allow for utilization of land in the future.

“The original plan is, without question, the most beneficial to Butler University for the longterm,” he said.

Construction is planned to begin in late 2011 or early 2012.

YOURTURN Butler University students wishing to express concerns are encouraged to contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who will be recognizing an extended public comment period until April 4.

Send copies to Congressman André Carson and Mayor Greg Ballard.

Written Response: Wm. Michael Turner, CELRL-PM-P-E (Room 208), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 59, Louisville, KY 40201-0059 Email: michael.turner@usace. army.mil Phone: (502) 315-6900 Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association meeting: March 14 at 7 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Community Center at 40th and Illinois.

Butler University’s 21st Annual International Dinner brought students, faculty and community members to the Reilly Room on Saturday. Each year, the dinner features a different part of the world, and this year’s theme was ¡Viva Mexico!

The event is organized by the International Club Executive Board and was sponsored by Student Government Association and REACH. The event included food, music, games and prizes, as well as a guest speaker—2010 Butler graduate Josie Villanueva.

The Reilly Room was adorned with flags from around the world, and each table was decorated with sombreros filled with Mexican candy and sweets.

International Club President, senior psychology major JOSIE VILLANUEVA Brooke Moreland, said the club chose Mexico because of its relevance in American society.

“We recognize that there is a growing population of Mexican Americans in the community,” Moreland said. “The culture of Mexico is all around us in America.”

International Club Treasurer junior Allie Gardner said recent immigration legislation in Indiana makes Mexico a very current topic.

“Mexico has strong ties to the Indiana community right now,” Gardner, a political science and international studies major, said.

Because of officer changes, new officers were not able to begin planning the dinner until January.

“Normally, we would have started planning last semester,” Gardner said.

After an introduction by the International Club Executive Board, guests were served traditional Mexican dishes such as quesadillas, chiles rellenos, Spanish rice and sweet tortilla roll ups.

A mariachi band entertained the guests with Mexican music and took requests from the crowd.

The dinner also included a fundraising component, with all donations going to Project Medishare for Haiti.

The organization is a nonprofit working to bring sustainability and health care to Haitian communities.

Moreland said International Club decided to partner with Project Medishare because the organization had previously worked with Butler.

“We wanted to continue helping after the earthquake, and the familiarity of the organization was why we chose it,” Moreland said.

The night’s keynote speaker, Villanueva, is a first-generation Mexican American.

After graduating from Butler, she went on to work as a Public Policy Fellow for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington, D.C. Villanueva’s speech focused on what it means to be a Mexican American and her own experience growing up with undocumented parents.

“My perspective of what it means to be Hispanic in the United States is one that has been as difficult as it has been empowering and wonderful,” Villanueva said. “I have had many burdens, biases against my people and culture and financial and oppressive challenges.

“It has also been incredibly empowering precisely for the love and generosity that the Mexican culture embraces.”

She said education was the key to achieving the “American Dream” that so many Mexican immigrants strive for.

“This university taught me to maneuver through a world very different than my own,” Villanueva said.

Moreland said she thought Villanuvea was an appropriate speaker.

“I felt that Josie was the perfect representative of Mexican American culture because of her story,” she said.

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What it means to be a ‘woman of distinction’

BY ALLISON AMMERMULLER aammermu@butler.edu | staff writer

With nominations for this years Woman of Distinction Award due last week, last year’s recipients reflected on how the honor has impacted them.

Each year, the Woman of Distinction award is given to a student, a faculty member and a staff member in honor of Women’s History Month.

Butler defines a woman of distinction as an outstanding leader who has shown commitment and dedication to improving the Butler community. She is a woman who creates a vision and moves others towards that vision carrying herself with energy, integrity and love.

The student Woman of Distinction Award recipient last year was then-senior

Christina Lear. She graduated with a double major in English and Spanish and a gender studies minor. She is now a participant of Teach for America.

Lear’s goal on campus was for people to see the connection between sororities and feminism and embrace it.

“Professor Swenson showed the award to me,” Lear said. “He called me the master of cross-pollination.

“I was able to bring together people who had very different ideas, and with feminism in sororities, I made that connection where others couldn’t see it.”

Lear found role models in the other two women awarded, and many female faculty members and professors on Butler’s campus.

“Make things better wher-

ever you go,” Lear said.

“Whether it’s something little or a leadership role, you should always be active.

“If you do that, you’ll have strong ties with your community, and it will effect you in becoming being a better person and leader in your college.”

Last year’s faculty member Woman of Distinction Award recipient was Elise Edwards, the director of the anthropology program at Butler.

Growing up, her female role model was ethologist Jane Goodall. Her role models now are her mother, grandmother and many of the women who work here at Butler.

“This award means a lot,” Edwards said. “It’s an award given to you by your peers so

CHRISTINA LEAR

ELISE EDWARDS

BETH COUTURE

it’s by the most meaningful people who know you.

“I have so much respect for my peers and think that the majority of the women who work here are deserving of this award.”

Edwards said would not only tell women to look to their peers, but to look to themselves as well.

“I would encourage young women to both be confident about who they are and what they do, and to anticipate that things won’t be as equal in the outside world as they are here,” Edwards said. “Don’t be disheartened by it, and continue to not take no for an answer in whatever

they are fighting for.”

Last year’s staff member recipient of the Woman of Distinction Award was Beth Couture, the Butler women’s basketball head coach who recently battled breast cancer.

Couture found her inspiration in her mother and many of her college coaches.

“It was a great honor to be selected by your peers as one of the distinguished females on campus,” Couture said. “It truly inspires me to be a role model to young females.”

Being a coach of young women gives her many opportunities to be a great influence, and their over-

whelming success this year is a testament to that. They finished the regular season ranked second in the Horizon League.

“Chase your dreams,” Couture said. “Anything is possible as long as you are willing to work for it.”

This award has had an effect on her. She said it is extremely encouraging to all of those around her. “[A woman of distinction] is someone who stands up for what they believe and fights for a cause that is close to their heart,” she said. “A women who can handle adversity and help others handle adversity.”

Helen of Troy had many sides

BY BROOKE DEADY bdeady@butler.edu | staff writer

Helen of Troy may not have been who you thought she was.

Bettany Hughes, author, historian and broadcaster, was at Butler on Friday to present her lecture titled “Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore; How to Write the Biography of a Hole.”

Her book, “Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore,” has been translated into 12 languages and was made into a documentary.

Hughes said she needed to find out how to jigsaw together all the pieces of Helen’s story when she wrote this book.

It took Hughes 15 years to research and write it.

“It almost killed me, really,” she said, jokingly.

At one point during her research, she interviewed a group of Gypsies, and when she asked them if they knew of Homer and the Illiad or Achilles, no one in the group knew what she was talking about, but once she asked about Helen, they knew exactly. This is when it hit her. She was covering a woman known all around the world, for somewhat of the same reason.

Ellie Pochyly, a Butler freshman, said she noticed from this lecture that Helen of Troy is seen very differently in other cultures and

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VIEWS FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES: Bettany Hughes speaks about the ways people from different cultures viewed Helen of Troy. Some viewed her as a woman of power, while others viewed her as a whore. (Photo by Ryan Love) countries.

In a poem written by Sappho, Helen is a desired woman who is out of reach to everyone. She also writes that the Trojan War was not Helen’s fault, but Aphrodite’s instead.

Helen was a creature of power, and Hughes said this is why people respected her in the first place, not for her beauty like

everyone thinks. For 700 years, Spartan girls adored Helen.

In Troy, however, Helen is still referred to as “Helen the Destroyer.”

Sophomore Brittany Staten said she originally didn’t know a lot about Helen. She said she always thought Helen was supposed to be beautiful, but this lecture showed her that

it was really about her power.

Hughes points out that most men and some women only see Helen of Troy as a whore, someone who used men for their power. But really, she was the powerful one.

“We think of her as white, western and floozy,” Hughes said. “Men want to remember her as a whore.”

“Just lay off her,” she said.

Hughes described and had examples of portraits and depictions of Helen’s abduction and rape. Some portrayed Helen as willing to be taken by a man she had never seen before and others showed Helen struggling against the men taking her from her palace. “[Helen] took advantage of her power, and she didn’t know what she was doing to cause the war,” freshman Olivia Nelson said.

“She knew what men liked and wanted, and she used that to her advantage,” sophomore Brittany Spiller said.

Before this lecture, Pochyly said she thought Helen was just a pretty girl who took advantage of a city, but now she sees how truly important she is in different cultures and how she influenced the way men look at women as a whole.

“I really liked [Hughes],” Pochyly said.

“She came at her research with a sense of humor, and a willingness of all opinions of cultures.”

Conservationist listens to elephants

BY GRACE WALLACE

gwallace@butler.edu | asst. news editor

Katy Payne came to Butler University Monday night to share her work with her organization, the Elephant Listening Project. Her speech was the second installment of the semester in the J. James Woods Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics series.

Payne opened her lecture by explaining that the idea of conservation has changed drastically with scientific and naturalist development in recent years.

“Conservation was not a household word,” she said. “We didn’t know the value of nature goes beyond the value of resources that people should consume.

“I don’t remember hearing that we should think and act globally until I was in the my thirties.”

Payne got her start in the scientific field studying evolving songs of the humpback whale. She shifted her focus to elephants in 1984, when she and two colleagues discovered infrasonic, sounds below human audibility level, calling in elephants.

Payne traveled to Africa where she spent 15 years studying the relationship between elephant vocalization and population or behavior.

She mainly worked with the African Forest elephants—one of the three species of elephants that very little is known about due to their habitation in the dense forests of Africa.

“Things have changed a great deal when you listen to conservationists talk about their field today—they’re afraid,” she said. “This is a heavy burden because it takes work on everybody’s part to think and act globally.

“I felt my work with elephant vocalizations could be my contribution to the cause of maintaining our species.”

Payne said one of their main goals was to discover if there could be a relationship between the rates of elephant calling and population numbers.

If so, this would allow the researchers to better determine the population of African Forest elephants, which is currently believed to be anywhere from 22,000 to more than 200,000.

“This [infrasonic calling] had the potential to be a long distance communication system,” she said.

LISTENING CAREFULLY: Katy Payne talks with audience members after her speech about her work with elephant conservation. She discovered infrasonic calling from the animals, which she used to track them. (Photo by Ryan Love) “We realized sound and the understanding of their communicative abilities is so remarkably important to help us to better determine the population sizes.”

Prior to their research, the most utilized way to determine the population size was by counting the piles of elephant dung and estimating from those numbers, Payne said. With the eight autonomous recording units she and her team set up in trees throughout the forests, they were able to obtain data of vocalizations for a three month period of time. Payne said a large part of their research was devoted to determining if particular meanings are reflected in call structures.

Payne founded the Elephant Listening Project in 1996 and served as the leader of the project until her retirement in 2006, though she still remains active within the group. Her organization works in different sites in Africa to continue the studies and interpretations of elephant vocalizations.

Payne said the impact of her work was brought to light about a decade ago, when she was involved

in digging up the bones of one mastodon and one mammoth about 50 miles from where she grew up in upstate New York.

She said the bones had yet to be fossilized and she realized it was only 1,400 years ago that these animals went extinct.

“It brought to light how unique and how fortunate my experience has been to actually live with the lineage of these magnificent animals,” Payne said. “It wasn’t long ago that we had mammoths here—this knowledge exemplifies what the object of conservation is in our world today. Elephants are a symbol of the wildness of all of nature undisturbed by humans.”

“The information presented at the lecture was very informative and interesting because she was talking from first hand experience,” junior Bryn Masson said. “She obviously had great interest in the subject matter, which also translated when she gave the lecture to show that it wasn’t just about the conservation of a faraway species—it was a personal message.”

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011

Two new political groups join campus

BY SARA PRUZIN

spruzin@butler.edu | asst. news editor

There are two new political groups on campus—one focused on human rights and the other on libertarianism.

Amnesty International Butler’s chapter of Amnesty International recently returned to campus after a short hiatus.

Amnesty International is an organization that focuses on human rights around the world—a mission that includes working with political prisoners, ensuring fair trials and punishments and promoting equality and justice.

Matt Kasper, a junior political science and international studies major, said the group’s leadership is trying to build attention for the group by basing its efforts on members’ particular interests.

“If you’re really passionate about one thing, let’s take that and focus on that,” Kasper said.

The group works closely with Books for Peace and the yet-to-be recognized Butler Peace and Justice group. Kasper said the Amnes-

ty International chapter will join these groups for Peace Week from April 18-22 and bring in speakers and host panels next year.

Kasper said the group will be a “low commitment” organization, where people can come and watch a documentary or discuss an issue to learn more about it.

Josh Slusher, a junior political science major, said the goal for this semester is to recruit people to keep the organization thriving.

It has been recognized and then made inactive before and almost became unrecognized again.

“On Butler’s campus, it’s really easy to start an organization, but it’s just as easy and can take just as long to die essentially,” Slusher said.

Slusher said he sees Amnesty International as different from other political organizations in that it has many facets and focuses on creating awareness and action. “[College Republicans and College Democrats] are more politically focused organizations with specific agendas, whereas we’re more

about advocacy,” Slusher said. icans for Liberty, but chose StuKasper said people will be more dents for Liberty because it focuses drawn to the group now because more on educating people about of current events around the world libertarianism than campaigning. that involve hu“I wanted this man rights. group to focus “With what more on evangehas been going lism almost with on in other places libertarian beliefs,” Schramm like Libya, students want to said. learn about these While libertaritypes of things,” anism can encomKasper said. pass some Tea Students for Party beliefs, its Liberty underlying focus Dan Schramm, is more on lima junior actuarial ited government science and ecoand expansive innomics major, dividual rights. said he looked Josh AckerDan Schramm into forming a JUNIOR, BUTLER UNIVERSITY mann, a senior chapter of Stuphysician assisdents for Liberty tant major, said when he realized there were no or- the group distributed quizzes to ganizations at Butler that fit his fis- help people determine whether or cally conservative, socially liberal not they are libertarian based on issues and fundamental beliefs. beliefs.

“We pull from the fiscal conHe researched groups like College Libertarians and Young Amer- servative views of the republicans

We want to draw people who don’t feel like they fit in with the Democrat and Republican parties.

with the personal liberties that most democrats seem to agree with,” Ackermann said.

Schramm said many people on campus would consider themselves libertarians if they were clear on what it means. He wants to reach out to those who affiliate themselves with either political party.

“We want to draw people who don’t feel like they fit in with the Democrat and Republican parties, who would give you the Democrat answer on a lot of social issues and probably a more Republican answer on fiscal issues,” he said.

The group has started small, focusing on raising awareness about issues and building a group.

Schramm said he hopes to make a greater push at Block Party in the fall, bring in speakers and become more active during the election season.

Ackermann said he hopes the group raises the party’s visibility.

“We want to show people there is a third option,” Ackermann said.

“And it is a viable option.”

Band director receives recognition

BY KATE SIEGFRIED

ksiegfri@butler.edu | staff writer

THE GREAT DEBATERS: Members of the Speech and Debate team competed during public forum debates Saturday. Team members will participate in individual events this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Janis Crawford)

Speech team places fourth

BY KATE SIEGFRIED ksiegfri@butler.edu | staff writer

On Saturday, the Butler University Speech and Debate Team members sophomore Andrew Wray and junior Nick Stock battled through the first College Public Forum National Tournament and finished fourth in the nation.

The topic up for debate was, “Resolved: That the United States should no longer be the policeman of the world.”

They received the topic about two weeks in advance, and immediately began preparing, both individually and as a team.

Stock, an international business and finance major, never debated in public forum format before this year and was more familiar with parliamentary debate.

The team had already participated in five public forum debates throughout

the school year though.

Debate team coach Janis Crawford explained that public forum debating is more popular in high schools and relatively new to colleges, but hopefully it will continue to grow in popularity.

Public forum debating requires each two-person team to create cases that both affirm and negate the topic.

The side they debate is determined by a coin toss.

“Because you have to adjust to what the other team says, public forum is a more realistic type of debate,” Crawford said.

While participants do prepare an introduction speech ahead of time, they must adjust their argument, especially during “crossfire,” when the teams ask each other questions to attempt to reveal a weakness in argument.

“I was really surprised by

the caliber of the competition,” Stock said.

Eight teams participated in the tournament, which consisted of four rounds and was held in the Fairbanks Center for Communication.

“It was an honor to host the first College Public Forum national debate,” Wray, a sophomore communication studies, political science and history major, said.

Coaches, community members and Butler faculty judged the tournament, and William Neher, dean of the College of Communication, helped to judge the final round.

Crawford pointed out that a major difference between public forum and other styles of debate is that anyone can judge public forum.

This weekend, members of the Speech and Debate Team will be participating in individual events.

Robert Grechesky’s said he credits his students for playing a large role in his successful career and recent awards and recognitions.

The Butler University Director of Bands and Professor of music recently won two awards. He was selected as the Indiana Music Educators Association University Teacher of the Year, along with winning the James B. Calvert Lifetime Achievement in Music Award from the Indiana Wind Symphony.

The association’s selection process begins with nominations, and Grechesky said he was honored and humbled when he read a few of the nomination letters sent in by his current students, former students and fellow colleagues.

“Grechesky cares about his students and sets a great example of work ethic, Angelo Anton, who is earning a master’s of music in instrumental conducting, said.

“He is a great conductor and musician, deserving of any and all accolades he receives,” Anton said.

Grechesky has been teaching at Butler for 38 years.

When Grechesky came to Butler in 1973, he began as the director of marching band and jazz ensemble, before leading concert band.

“I hope I have transmitted passion to my students, but having such good students has made it easier, and downright pleasant,” Gre-

chesky said.

Grechesky is also a conductor, musician, scholar and researcher of music.

He has written for many different music outlets, including two of his own books on band repertoire.

Grechesky received the award from the association at the convention Jan. 21 and 22. He will receive the award from the Indiana Wind Symphony at their concert May 21 at the Carmel Palladium, where Grechesky will also conduct a performance of Aaron Copland’s prestigious piece, “Emblems.”

Grechesky says this is an honor he is looking forward to.

To be selected for the James B. Calvert Lifetime Achievement in Music Award, a nomination must be submitted to a committee made up of Indiana teachers, conductors and musicians. Eventually, the wind symphony votes for a winner. “[The Indiana Wind Symphony is recognizing Grechesky for] his long involvement with Butler University and the significant work he’s done there, and also his work with the Indianapolis Youth Wind Ensemble and the Indianapolis Brass Choir,” Charles Conrad, the wind symphony’s music director, said in a press release.

Grechesky said he has been blessed to have music in so many facets of his life.

“Once you do it,” he said, “you can’t get it out of your blood.”

MUSIC EDUCATOR: Music professor Robert Grechesky was honored by the Indiana Music Educators Association and will be recognized by the Indiana Wind Symphony in May. (Photo courtesey of Robert Grechesky)

Smart phones usher in security concerns MCT Chances are you lock your door when you leave home, don’t leave the keys in the ignition when you run into the 7-Eleven for milk and have at least some kind of security software on your computer.

But what about your smart phone?

For many people, a phone these days is a mobile office crammed with valuable contacts, a digital wallet from which you buy songs on iTunes or shoes on Amazon, and a portal to your online bank account.

Rather than locking the phones like bank vaults, most smart phone owners treat their devices with as much concern as they do Monopoly money.

According to a survey by data security provider Symantec, 54 percent of smart phone users do not have a password lock on their phones when they turn them on or wake them from sleep mode.

“I think there’s definitely an awareness gap right now,” Mark Kanok, group product manager for the Norton mobile division at Symantec, said.

“Just a few years ago, your phone was a phone. Then the iPhone comes out and people are downloading apps. People are now starting to ask the questions about, ‘How is this

going to affect my privacy, what happens if I lose it,’ things like that,” he said.

On top of the dangers of your phone being lost or stolen, there are also a growing number of malicious apps designed to steal data from it or rack up huge texting bills.

Last week, Google pulled several dozen free apps from its Android market that had been stuffed with damaging code.

Symantec estimated that the apps were downloaded anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000 times in a four-day period before they were pulled.

John Thode, vice president and general manager of the mobility product group for Dell Inc., said many smart phone users don’t realize the value of their device until it’s gone.

“The reality is that, yeah, whenever you lose your phone or your phone breaks, there’s an instant panic that comes around,” he said. “‘Holy smokes, where are my contacts?

How do I get back my whole life?’”

That concern is magnified when an employer starts giving out smart phones to its workers or lets those workers connect their personal devices to the corporate network.

Much of the security advice for individual smart phone users and corporate managers overlaps: Only install trusted apps on your phone.

Use Web-based programs that let you remotely track or

delete all of the data on your smart phone if it gets lost.

Don’t conduct financial transactions over public or unfamiliar Wi-Fi networks, where your data can flow through a hacker’s router.

Employers can also take additional steps such as letting employees only install apps from a pre-approved list.

Another option is keeping valuable corporate data only accessible online, rather than letting individual users download it to their phones.

Phone makers and software developers are pushing out some of these tools to smart phone users.

Apple, for example, offers free software on the iPhone and iPad that lets users remotely set up a password lock if the device gets lost or stolen, track it geographically or even wipe all the data from the machine as a last resort.

Norton Mobile Security for Android devices includes a malware scanner that is designed to catch crooked apps before they bite you.

Even with technological protection, user awareness can go a long way.

Simple games and screen saver apps, for example, shouldn’t be asking for permission to access your text messages. If they do, you’re probably better off canceling the installation.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011

SPORTS THE BUTLER COLLEGIAN

Third time’s a charm

Win earns team automatic NCAA berth

BY LANCE RINKER lrinker@butler.edu | asst. sports editor

The Butler men’s basketball team won its seventh Horizon League tournament championship, a conference record, with a 59-44 victory over the Milwaukee Panthers Tuesday night to secure an automatic NCAA tournament berth.

The win was the Bulldogs’ first against the Panthers in three meetings this season and was Butler’s 30th conference tournament victory, also a league record.

Sharp shooting helped give the Bulldogs (23-9, 15-5 HL) an early advantage. Two minutes into the game, junior guard Shelvin Mack connected on a 3-pointer. Howard followed suit by draining a pair of 3-pointers to give the Bulldogs a 15-6 lead with 15:07 remaining.

Butler held the Panthers (19-13, 14-6 HL) without a field goal for nearly eight minutes. In that time, the Bulldogs were able to build a 23-8 lead on 50 percent shooting.

But then Milwaukee senior guard Tone Boyle hit a momentum-shifting 3-pointer with just more than seven minutes remaining in the half. The shot cut Milwaukee’s deficit to 12 points, 25-13.

Four minutes later, Boyle hit another 3-pointer to put the Panthers within 10.

The teams battled back and forth the rest of the half, with the Bulldogs taking a 33-20 lead into the locker room.

The Panthers got off to a quick start in the second half with junior forward Tony Meier connecting on back-to-back 3-pointers, sparking an 11-0 Milwaukee run that cut Butler’s lead to four.

Up 42-37, Butler would then score six unanswered points, capped by a Matt Howard fast break dunk, to take a 48-39 lead.

“We never made that next play,”

Milwaukee head coach Rob Jeter said.

A Shelvin Mack 3-pointer with 5:21 remaining gave Butler its largest lead of the second half, 54-40.

Closing defense then allowed the Bulldogs to cruise to a 59-44 victory.

“It starts with us being able to get stops and that propels us,” Howard said.

“I thought we defended the way we like to defend,” Butler head coach Brad Stevens added.”

Howard, who was named the tournament MVP, finished the game with 18 points, leading all scorers.

Mack and Vanzant joined him on the All-Tournament first team.

“I think we were moving the ball well,” Howard said. “When you move the ball well, you’re going to break down the best teams.”

In the conference semifinals, senior guard Shawn Vanzant scored a season-high 18 points all in the second half to lead the Bulldogs to a 7668 victory over Cleveland State on Saturday in Milwaukee. Butler never trailed in the contest.

Amidst the early foul trouble, the Bulldogs committed seven turnovers in the first eight minutes of play. Despite shooting 57 percent during that stretch, Butler found itself tied at 13 with 11:30 remaining in the first half.

A turning point came at the 10:48 mark when senior forward Matt Howard drained a 3-pointer, giving Butler a 16-13 lead and sparking a 9-2 Butler run.

On the last possession of the half, junior guard Ronald Nored penetrated the Viking defense and nailed a 15-footer to send Butler into the locker room with a 41-35 lead.

Vanzant came up big in the second half for Butler, which found itself clinging to a 60-58 lead with five minutes remaining in the game.

In a 50-second stretch, Vanzant knocked down two 3-pointers, extending the Bulldogs lead to eight

PRICELESS: Senior forward Matt Howard was named the Horizon League tournament’s MVP for 32 points, 13 rebounds and four assists in two games. (Photo by John Fetcho) and causing the Butler faithful who made the trip north to rise to their feet.

“The most important of Shawn’s shots was the three when Cleveland State had cut it to a two-point game,” Stevens said. “Most college players won’t make that shot. It was a gut check shot.”

Despite 14 points from senior guard Norris Cole in the final 11 minutes, Cleveland State would never get closer than four points. Cole led

Tennis starts new streak

Soccer’s Cardona headed to PSU

BY STEVEN PEEK speek@butler.edu | sports editor

Butler University sophomore Julian Cardona, a forward on the men’s soccer team, will transfer to Penn State University next fall to play soccer as a Nittany Lion.

“I have enjoyed my experiences and time at Butler,” Cardona said. “But I am also very excited for the new and different set of opportunities that lie ahead of me.”

Cardona, a native of Omaha, Neb., started 19 of the Bulldogs 20 games last season.

With 15 shots on goal, Cardona scored four goals, two of which were gamewinners.

He scored the final goal in a 4-0 victory versus IPFW on Sept. 1, 2010, and the only goal in a 1-0 win against Oakland on Sept. 18, 2010.

In 2009, his rookie season, he was named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year. He was the first to do so for Butler men’s soccer.

“I will miss the fantastic relationships that I have created here,” Cardona said.

“But I’m looking forward to the future possibilities.”

all scorers with 24 points. A Vikings win would have marked the 100th coaching victory for head coach Gary Waters at Cleveland State.

Vanzant sunk three free throws in the final minute to seal the 76-68 win for Butler.

Howard, who finished with 14 points and eight rebounds, was one of four Bulldogs, along with Vanzant, to score in double figures. Mack scored 15 and Smith added 12 points and eight rebounds.

BY BILLY KLIMCZAK bklimcza@butler.edu | sports staff writer

JULIAN CARDONA The Penn State men’s soccer team was 14-8-1 last season. They finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten at 2-3-1.

The Nittany Lions, after receiving a first-round bye in the NCAA tournament, defeated Old Dominion, 4-1, in the second round and lost at Maryland, 1-0, in the third round.

After DePaul ended the Butler women’s tennis team’s five-match winning streak, the Bulldogs started a new one by outlasting Ball State.

Butler (6-4) saved itself from losing two road matches by defeating the Cardinals, 7-0.

The Bulldogs’ sweep of the Cardinals (6-7) came in straight sets in all but one match.

“I believe that our ability to come back after a loss and sweep a team definitely shows how strong we are,” senior Gabriela Bobrowski said. “Down the road, when we’re playing for a league championship or a postseason bid, it’s going to take this kind of effort.”

Butler head coach Jason Suscha took only six team members to Ball State, causing each to play a singles match and a doubles match.

Each of the six athletes left the contest with a victory in singles and doubles action.

Senior Natali Jaimes captured a win at No. 1 singles and later came back to win at No. 3 doubles alongside freshman Caroline Hedrick.

Hedrick made quick

work of freshman Kristel Sanders, topping her, 6-4, 6-0, in No. 2 singles.

Freshmen Stephanie McLoughlin and Gabrielle Rubenstein teamed up to grab an 8-6 victory at No. 1 doubles against junior Dena Boulieris and senior Georgina Thomson.

The other Butler doubles win came in an 8-5 Bobrowski-Farmer victory.

The day before, the Bulldogs stumbled early as the Blue Demons (8-6) stayed undefeated at home in a 6-1 win.

“DePaul’s a very tough team,” Suscha said. “They did a good job of showing us where we are right now.”

In singles play, DePaul gathered straight-set wins in all but one match.

Rubenstein was able to capture the Bulldogs’ lone win, defeating Salkovic, 1-6, 7-5, 1-0.

“It was a little disappointing to lose after winning five straight,” Bobrowski said. “But DePaul is a good team and it’s good for us to face teams of their caliber.”

Back on the winning path, the Bulldogs host the Broncos of Western Michigan on Saturday at 11 a.m.

They will then host the University of Houston the following afternoon.

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Davies suspended for sex

BY STEVEN PEEK

speek@butler.edu | sports editor

Brigham Y o u n g starting sophomore forward Brandon Davies was suspended by his school for the remainder of the 2010-11 college basketball season.

While academic shortcomings and intra-squad fights are not uncommon reasons for temporary suspensions during the college basketball season, the reason for Davies’ suspension is unique to BYU and perhaps alien to the rest of the collegiate athletics landscape.

Davies was suspended for having consensual sex with his girlfriend, Danica Mendivil, who is a freshman volleyball player at Arizona State University.

Although it may seem appalling to the rest of the country, this suspension is not completely out of character. Before attending BYU, each student is required to sign an honor code, which prohibits, among other things, sex outside of marriage.

To me, the punishment was too harsh and did not fit the “crime.”

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SATURDAY WOMEN’S TENNIS vs. Western Michigan 11 a.m.

SUNDAY SOFTBALL vs. Colgate 11 a.m. vs. Manhattan 3 p.m.

BASEBALL at Minnesota-Duluth 1:30 p.m. at Mt. Marty 5 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS vs. Houston 2 p.m.

MONDAY SOFTBALL vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 9 a.m. vs. St. Peter’s 1 p.m.

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Individuals set personal bests at Notre Dame

BY COLIN LIKAS clikas@butler.edu | asst. sports editor

GAU-SOME: Senior Kris Gauson set a new personal best time in the mile Saturday. (Photo from Butler Sports)

The Alex Wilson Invitational was a meet full of personal records for four members of Butler’s men’s and women’s track teams.

Senior Kris Gauson, sophomores Craig Jordan and Kirsty Legg and freshman Ross Clarke competed in the Notre Dame-hosted invitational, which was a last-chance qualifier for the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Gauson, Jordan and Clarke competed in the men’s one-mile run, while Legg ran in the same event for the women.

The automatic qualifying time in the men’s mile was 3:59.00. Anyone who ran that time or faster moved on to the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Jordan was placed in the first of three heats. His time of 4:07.79 was good enough for third place in his section and a 13th-place finish overall.

Jordan’s time also topped his 2010 personal record in the indoor mile by nearly 15 seconds.

Gauson and Clarke ran two of the 12 spots in the third heat, the fastest of the three.

“I was thinking about running conservatively, in the middle of the pack,” Gauson

said. “I knew there would be a pacemaker that would keep us under four-minute pace.”

Clarke stuck with the lead group until the last lap of the race, while Gauson stayed towards the middle of the pack.

“I wanted to try and stay with the leaders as long as possible,” Clarke said. “I just tried to stay focused even though it hurt.”

Coming into the last turn and after moving up to fifth, Gauson blew past Princeton senior Mark Amirault and Notre Dame sophomore J.P. Malette to capture a thirdplace finish. His time of 3:59.74 was a personal record and put him under four minutes in the mile for the first time in his career.

“It’s a big relief,” Gauson said. “It’s great to get it off my back.”

Clarke earned a sixth-place finish in the event with a time of 4:02.81. It was a personal best for Clarke, who was the only freshman to finish in the top 10 of the men’s mile.

Virginia Tech sophomore Michael Hammond edged out Iowa sophomore Jeff Thode for the victory in the mile.

Gauson’s time gave him the 19th fastest indoor mile in Division I men’s track. Despite only 16 runners being able to move on to the Indoor Championships, Gauson was still holding out hope for a callback.

Luck was not on Gauson’s side, however, as he did not receive the chance to compete in the Indoor Championships.

His time at the Alex Wilson Invite was seven-tenths of a second slower than the time of the 16th seeded runner for the Indoor Championships.

Legg was the only female athlete from Butler competing in the invitational. She finished the women’s mile in fourth-place with a time of 4:40.25, a new personal record.

Legg also finished with the fastest time of all non-Big Ten athletes in the event.

“I was hoping to run the automatic qualifying time,” Legg said. “It made me hungry for more and made me want to achieve more than I already have.”

Penn State junior Caitlin Lane captured first place with a time of 4:38.37.

Legg, like Gauson, was on the bubble and hoping to qualify for the championship race, but did not get a callback for the event. Her time was less than half a second slower than the 16th seeded runner for the Indoor Championships.

The next meet for the Bulldogs will be the Rose Hulman Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind., March 19, which will be followed by the Stanford Invitational March 25.

Softball struggles in Nashville

BY MATT RHINESMITH mrhinesma@butler.edu | sports staff writer

The Butler softball team’s performance at the plate during last weekend’s Lady Bison Classic was much like the weather—cold.

The Bulldogs (2-5) scored five runs and hit 12-for-70 (.171) as a team during the three-day tournament, hosted by Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.

The Bulldogs played three games: two on Friday against host Lipscomb and Appalachian State and one on Sunday against Eastern Illinois.

After a six-hour bus ride that started at 4 a.m., Butler ran right on to the field to play Lipscomb and lost 2-0.

Junior infielder Lauren McNulty had the Bulldogs’ only hit of the game. “[Lipscomb sophomore pitcher Whitney] Kiihnl had a great game,” McNulty said.

“We swung at balls we shouldn’t have and we just didn’t have a good game plan.”

Kiihnl pitched all seven innings, striking out 14 batters en route to her sixth win of the season.

However, the Butler defense held the Bison lineup to just two runs, something that junior catcher Mallory Winters said she was pleased with.

“They got great pitching from Kiihnl, but I thought our defense was outstanding,” Winters said.

The game versus Appalachian State later in the day was a much better showing for the Bulldogs.

Senior Jennifer Chasteen pitched a complete game and allowed six hits in a 5-0 Butler victory.

Senior lead-off hitter and outfielder Erin Jackson scored two runs, and McNulty had

three RBIs on two hits.

“I thought we had really good pitching and timely hitting from the entire lineup,” McNulty said. “It was a much better showing than the first game.”

Winters echoed McNulty’s comments.

“I just thought our game plan was a lot better than the first game,” she said. “We just need to keep working on the little things and keep getting better.”

After having the day off on Saturday because of weather, the women were back on the field Sunday for their final game of the weekend against Eastern Illinois.

The Bulldogs have split games with EIU the last two years, but fell this season, 2-1, after a good pitching performance from EIU freshman Stephanie Maday.

“We got in a hole early and couldn’t dig ourselves out of it,” Butler head coach Scott Hall said. “We need to re-tool our thinking a little bit at the plate.”

Maday held the Bulldogs to four hits and pitched all seven innings. Butler freshman pitcher Leah Bry took the loss, giving up four runs in less than two innings of work.

The Bulldogs will look to rebound Sunday, when they start a 10-game schedule at the Rebel Games in Florida during spring break.

“We went undefeated down there last year, and we should go undefeated again,” McNulty said.

Hall said his team will need to be disciplined, yet aggressive at the plate to win more games.

“Last weekend, we swung at pitches we shouldn’t have and let good pitches go right past us,” Hall said. “We need to figure out what we can swing at and start making plays.”

Women’s basketball grabs No. 2 seed

BY MATT RHINESMITH mrhinesm@butler.edu | sports staff writer

In the last regular season game for the Bulldogs, senior guards Brittany Bowen and Alyssa Pittman assured a victory and the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League tournament.

Bowen was named to the All-Horizon League second team, her first time receiving the honor.

“Brittany has had a great career at Butler,” head coach Beth Couture said. “She has been a big part of our success the last four years.”

Pittman, the new Horizon League’s Sixth player of the year, lived up to the award by scoring 18 points for the Bulldogs in their 58-47 win against Valparaiso. Bowen added all 16 of her points in the second half.

Butler’s win gave them a second-place finish in the league for the third consecutive year.

Senior forward Chloe Hamilton only played 22 minutes due to lingering effects from a concussion, but scored seven points.

Hamilton was, however, named a teammate of Bowen on the All-Horizon League second team, also her first time receiving the honor.

“For Chloe to be named all-league is an honor related directly to her work ethic and the effort she plays with every night,” Couture said. “Chloe has improved as much as any player I’ve ever coached.

“For her to receive this honor is definitely deserving.”

With Hamilton not 100 percent and Bowen in firsthalf foul trouble, Valparaiso kept the game close throughout the first half.

However, Bowen came back strong in the second half to spark a totally different game.

“Bri really stepped up,” Couture said. “I knew if we were in the game in the first half with her not in there, we’d be okay.

“She was big in the second half, and then we made stops and made key shots to pick up the win.”

Valparaiso held an 18-17 lead with 6:48 left in the first half when sophomore center Becca Bornhorst hit a 3-point shot to take the lead. Butler held the lead, 25-20, just before halftime, but Valparaiso freshman center Stefanie Lang converted a three-point play to make the score 25-23 at the intermission.

Valparaiso hit two 3-point shots to start the second half strong, but Butler proved to be too much for them to handle down the stretch.

Butler will play the winner of the No. 10 Valparaiso-No. 7 Detroit game in the quarterfinal round today at 7 p.m. in Hinkle Fieldhouse.

TWO WORLDS COLLIDE: Butler baseball’s head coach Steve Farley (left) shakes hands with visiting baseball player and coach Benji Kleiner from Germany. (Photo from Butler Sports Information)

German coach visits Butler baseball

BY COLIN LIKAS clikas@butler.edu | asst. sports editor

For Benji Kleiner, it all started during a field trip in his home country, Germany.

A classmate brought a baseball bat along on the trip. Kleiner, who was 11 at the time, decided to join his classmates in a pickup game of baseball on a nearby field.

“We just decided to try it,” Kleiner said.

“We knew some of the rules and we were just trying to smack the ball over a fence.”

This is where Kleiner discovered his passion for baseball.

A resident of Berlin, Germany, Kleiner, now 33, has been an honorary member of the Butler baseball team for the past week thanks to the Envoy Program.

The program gave Butler head coach Steve Farley the opportunity to visit Europe a couple years ago to talk to Europeans about baseball in the United States.

“It’s been fun,” Farley said. “I was invited to Europe to put on clinics and I made connections.”

Farley was notified last month that Butler would get to host a foreign exchange coach.

Butler was the only Division I school picked and was one of three schools nationwide to get the opportunity.

This isn’t Kleiner’s first trip to the United States. At age 14, he played little league baseball in North Carolina, and, at age 17, he played baseball in Mississippi thanks to

HONORED: Benji Kleiner throws the first pitch at yesterday’s game. (Photo from Butler Sports)

a different exchange program.

Kleiner has been quick to notice the differences between baseball in America and Germany during his three visits overseas.

“The first thing is that baseball is really part of the American culture,” Kleiner said.

“You go to college and you see the tradition and it gives you a really good insight into American culture.

“There is a lot more going with baseball here than in Germany.”

This is evident when looking at the league Kleiner plays and manages in.

There are five different leagues in which German teams can compete, based on how well they perform. Kleiner’s squad moved up to the top league at the end of the season last year after winning the second-best league.

“There are 16 teams per league,” Kleiner said. “The winner of the first [top] league is named the German champion.

“Getting last place in a league gets you demoted one league.”

Although there is a major difference in league systems between Germany and the United States, many other aspects of the game match up between the countries.

The German baseball leagues use wooden bats, have an American baseball diamond and dugout setup and play doubleheaders.

The similarities end there, however.

“We only play doubleheaders,” Kleiner said. “We only play on Saturdays too.”

The play of the average German baseball player also contrasts sharply with that of the average American baseball player.

“A lot of the kids at Butler would be star players in Germany,” Kleiner said.

Being that German baseball is not as developed as it is in the United States, Kleiner came overseas in hopes of learning about various different facets of American collegiate baseball, including coaching and player commitment.

“I’ve learned how coaches work with each other and with the medical staff and how players balance grades and baseball,” Kleiner said. “I’ve also learned how coaches of different sports interact and how a college helps baseball players get jobs after they graduate.”

In the end, Kleiner said he’ll remember one aspect of his experience more than the others.

“I met some great people,” Kleiner said.

“Hopefully I’ll stay in touch with them.”

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overtime: DAVIES’ PUNISHMENT, WHILE UNDERSTANDABLE, TOO HARSH continued from page 5 the remainder of the season. A suspension throughout the remainder of the regular season and during the Mountain West Conference tournament would have been more reasonable.

BYU, located in Provo, Utah, is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the church of the Mormon religion. It is for that reason that the mandatory student honor code mirrors many Mormon values.

The BYU honor code requires participating regularly in church services, observing dress and grooming standards, using clean language, abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, tea, caffeine and prohibits substance abuse.

The first two items of the honor code are the most important to the university: honesty and living a chaste and virtuous life.

Davies was suspended, as he should have been, for violating the honor code.

But he should have been suspended for a few games, perhaps until the NCAA tournament began, because he was honest with BYU authorities when they inquired about his private affairs.

Shouldn’t Davies have been granted some leniency for breaking only one aspect of the honor code, when he easily could have lied and broken a second? I think so.

Davies was not found to have been having one-night stands or selling drugs or speaking out against the Mormon religion.

Perhaps it’s just my judgment, but isn’t lying to your church about sex with your girlfriend far worse than the actual act itself?

I think this is a case where BYU’s prin-

ciples were too harshly enforced upon a young man who has publicly admitted his guilt for what occurred and even apologized to his teammates for letting them down.

BYU officials should have practiced the most important quality of any religion or faith—forgiveness.

The season-long suspension of Davies will undoubtedly affect the Cougars NCAA

seeding. He was the team’s leading rebounder—6.2 per game—and was averaging 11.1 points per game.

BYU was No. 3 in the nation when Davies was suspended. They lost by 18 at home the following night versus an unranked New Mexico team.

That loss dropped BYU to No. 8 this week.

Davies and BYU have reminded us re-

ligious diversity and lifestyle are still very real in this country, and that diversity has its place at BYU, which still places principle above basketball prominence.

I respect that position, especially since it’s not all that far off from Butler’s. However, BYU should have given more weight to the positive aspects of the situation—Davies’ honesty—and handed down a lighter suspension.

NOT UP HERE: BYU sophomore forward Brandon Davies (right) was the team’s leading rebounder and one of the team’s top scorers before being suspended for the remainder of the season. Davies broke the school’s honor code by having premarital sex with his girlfriend. (Photo from MCT)

Baseball trumps Taylor

BY COLIN LIKAS clikas@butler.edu | asst. sports editor

The Butler baseball team scored early and often against Taylor on Tuesday in the team’s final contest before a sevengame trip to Florida.

The Bulldogs (4-4) scored six runs in the first three innings and put the game away with seven more in the eighth inning, as they toppled the Trojans (2-4), 16-5.

Butler received RBIs from 11 different players and racked up 19 hits against its opponent.

Junior rightfielder Michael Hoscheit went 3-for-6 with two RBIs and three runs scored and freshman center fielder Marcos Calderon went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and a stolen base.

The eighth inning saw all nine Butler hitters come to the plate at least once. With one out and two runners on base, sophomore center fielder Andrew Eckhardt drove home the Bulldogs’ first run of the frame with a double.

Then, with two outs and after Hoscheit scored on a wild pitch, junior shortstop Griffin Richeson drove home Eckhardt to put Butler up, 12-5. Two batters later, sophomore second baseman Bob Akin singled home another run.

Freshman infielder Patrick Guinane put the Bulldogs up 14-5 by driving a single up the middle on the first pitch of his first collegiate at-bat.

Freshman first baseman Zach Sizemore capped the scoring with a two-run single, giving Butler the 16-5 advantage by which they eventually won.

Butler’s 16 runs and 19 hits were a season high for the squad. The Bulldogs’ previous top offensive output was 10 runs and 16 hits against South Carolina-Upstate.

Another noteworthy offensive accomplishment was turned in by senior catcher Michael Letzter, who picked up his second home run in as many games in the first inning.

Senior pitcher Dom Silvestri was the top hurler for the Bulldogs, going four innings in relief and giving up one run on two hits while striking out six.

On Sunday, the Bulldogs faced off against Oakland in what was supposed to be the second of two weekend doubleheaders. Butler recovered from a big loss in the first game to defeat the Golden Grizzlies (1-4) by a 3-0 margin in game two.

It was the first shutout posted by the Bulldogs this season.

Senior pitcher Jared Wagoner and sophomore pitcher Jared

SWEET RELIEF: Senior Dom Silvestri pitches during one of his four innings of work out of the bullpen against Taylor on Tuesday. Silvestri, one of three pitchers used by Butler in the game, allowed one run on two hits and recorded six strikeouts in the 16-5 victory over the Trojans. (Photo by Steven Peek) Earle gave up a combined five hits over the nine scoreless innings, with Earle pitching two hitless frames.

“It was good to hang a couple zeros on the board,” Wagoner said. “The defense played well and we got a couple big hits.”

Butler scored all of its runs off one swing in the sixth inning.

Richeson led off the inning with a single, which was followed by another single from senior third baseman Grant Fillipitch.

Then, Letzter cracked a three-run home run to give the Bulldogs all of the runs they would need.

“Practice has been way more intense this year,” Letzter said of his strong start. “The workouts have intensified and getting after it as a whole has helped.”

Head coach Steve Farley has been pleased with the performances of many of his hitters so far this season.

“The hitters are doing well, especially the top three in every

batting order,” Farley said. “Fillipitch is on fire, hitting line drives everywhere, and Waggoner and Letzter have been doing well too.”

The victory also marked Butler’s first errorless game of the season.

In game one of the doubleheader, what was a close contest turned ugly late, as Butler dropped a 15-3 decision, giving the Golden Grizzlies their first win of the season.

The first of the two scheduled doubleheaders against Oakland was cancelled due to inclement weather.

The Bulldogs will start a series of seven games during a seven-day trip to Winter Haven, Fla., on Sunday when they face Minnesota-Duluth and Mount Marty.

“We need to keep doing what we’re doing,” Farley said. “If we score five or six runs per game, we think we can win.

“When we don’t beat ourselves, we have a good chance.”

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011

TRUE LIFE: I’M A JAVA JAMS WINNER Behind the Music with Lauren King and Katie Pederson

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Indy rock band hits the road I-Exist’s journey to international recognition

BY CAITLIN O’ROURKE corourke@butler.edu | a&e editor

Favorite song: KP: “The Cave,” by Mumford & Sons.

LK: “White Balloons,” by Sick Puppies Favorite musician: KP: Jon Foreman LK: Imogen Heap Favorite lyrics that you have written: KP: “Even in my most impractical of reveries, my dreams know their limits; you lead me to a standstill as the cutoff line.”

LK: “I’ve been living underground in tunnels, dug by you with your manipulative shovels.”

Musical influence: KP: The Fray, Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson.

LK: Evanescence, Missy Higgins How you first started performing: KP: In high school my friends and I would sign up to do talent shows, and I also sang in church with my family and friends. My senior year I did an independent study for composition, and so that gave me more of an opportunity to perform since it was a requirement.

LK: High School choir and talent shows.

Favorite performance from Java Jams (your own or someone else’s): KP: I loved Matthew’s zebra song!

LK: Taylor Neita’s Free Willy Theme Song Anywhere we can find your music?: KP: Not currently, but Lauren and I will be recording some things with BRIC soon.

LK: I have a new EP, “Battlescars,” which is available for download on iTunes and Amazon. You can also find me on Facebook (Lauren King Music) and YouTube (newbeginning212).

First reaction to winning Java Jams: KP: Shock and pure excitement!

LK: AH!!! So excited, I think Katie and I are still in shock!

How you feel about performing with the Audition: KP: About the same, I’m crazy excited, but also super nervous!

LK: It should be so much fun!

I just can’t wait to meet the band. Also, I’ve never performed outside, which I think will be really cool!

On Friday, I-Exist heads out on a nine-day, nine-city tour in guitarist Buddy Jackson’s sister’s Ford Expedition. They’ll venture from Barrington, Ill., all the way to Atkins, Ariz., live on bread and water —almost literally—and don’t expect much bathing time.

“I’m kind of freaking out,” Brian Lenington, I-Exist’s lead singer, said.

The band—featuring Butler senior percussion major Cameron Bailey on drums, Jackson, Lenington and Jon Bolotte on bass—hopes to capitalize on the buzz it generated with its 2009 debut album “Within Imagination.”

The single from that disc, “Fire Fly,” made it onto the “Saw 3D” soundtrack.

“We have fans in Russia now,” Lenington said, the disbelief faint but still noticeable.

Jackson describes I-Exist’s style as “modern ambient rock,” while Lenington said the band mixes heavy alternative rock with “really cool new age-esque stuff.”

“Fire Fly” and “Pass Out” are pretty hardcore, but songs like “Particle” and “Out of Body” explore the band’s gentler side without going soft. Their potential is evident.

The dedication of the band, however, is what sticks out the most. Determined to go on tour, they finally decided to commit and head out.

“All the promotion and booking and everything has been done by us,” Bailey said. “We’ve been tracking people down, looking up cities and Google-ing like crazy .”

“We’ve probably sent out about 1,000 e-mails [to different venues

HEADIN’ OUT: I-Exist, an Indianapolis-based rock band, is heading out on the road for a nine-day, nine-city tour. Their debut album, “Within Imagination,” generated serious buzz after their song “Fire Fly” was featured on the soundtrack for “Saw 3D.” (Photo courtesy of I-Exist) around the country],” Lenington added.

That dedication is also what pushed them into the “Saw” movie as well. They had a friend interning at Sony who managed to hook them up with the right people. Eventually, they talked to someone who said he could get them on the soundtrack.

“It’s one of those things you never believe is going to happen until it actually does,” Lenington said.

They said they pushed hard and did everything Sony asked to make sure the song went on the album. The best thing, they said, was the “validation” being on the album gave them, and that it pushed them on the international scene in a way they never could have accomplished by

themselves.

The band’s camaraderie is as strong as its dedication.

They poke fun at each other, practically complete each other’s sentences and already have an established group order.

Lenington is the clear spokesman, answering most questions or adding to what others say. Bolotte, although not available for the interview, is known as the “grandfather” of the group—jokingly—because not only is he the oldest, but they all admit they look to him for the bigger decisions because he’s been in the business longer and played with a couple other bands.

“Grandfather Johnny and Baby Cameron,” Jackson joked.

Bailey is the only one still in college.

They’ll need that camraderie to survive in the ever-changing music world, but they’re confident that they’re in their moment after their success with “Saw” and the hope they have for their upcoming tour.

“There’s no reason we couldn’t be one of the biggest modern rock bands,” Lenington said. “We’re a good band in a good city in a great place right now.”

“I mean, we’ve been together for four years, but we’re still a young band,” he continued. “It’s just a reality. In my opinion, bands like Tool didn’t put their best stuff out until they were in their 40s.

“We still have a long way to go.”

Junior creates Butler-based blog Mark McCarthy pokes fun at Butler life

BY BRIAN WANBAUGH bwanbaug@butler.edu | asst. a&e editor

Let’s face it, there are quite a few things around Butler that are joke-worthy, whether it be random interactions with strangers or people you know, goings-on in on-campus housing or something a professor might do or say.

If something like this happens to you, you might tell a friend and be done with it.

When these things happen to junior digital media productions major Mark McCarthy, he tells the whole campus. Or least he plans to.

McCarthy created the website thebostonbros.com— a blog with entries from bloggers at Butler, University of Michigan and Penn State University. The Butler chapter is the highlight of the site.

He posts entries about everyday events on campus, but with quips that are truly funny.

“I got the idea two weeks ago after I texted my brother something,” McCarthy said. “He said I should have a blog, so I made it.”

The Boston Bros is everything you would expect from a college blog.

“It’s basically a conglomeration of everything I’m interested in,” McCarthy said.

Sections highlight the “Bars of the Weekend,” “Bro of the Week,” “Sports,” and different chapters for the other universities.

“The Butler page is the one that has completely blown up,” McCarthy said. “There is just so much to say about Butler. I didn’t expect to update it daily, but so much demand for it has made me [update] it.”

Much of the material is from McCarthy’s everyday interactions, but a little twist is sometimes added for comedic flavor.

“About 95 percent of the material are my personal experiences, but clearly some stuff is exaggerated,” McCarthy said. “The 5 percent adds the punch line.”

ResCo is often the butt of many jokes on Boston Bros, but McCarthy said he does like it there.

“Those are my most popular jokes,” he said. “I play off of some stereotypes [of the building] but its just funny.”

While McCarthy has been busy creating and updating the site, people like junior strategic communication major Ashley Breitenbach have helped get the word out around campus.

“I spread the word through word of mouth and also sent the link via Facebook to people I thought would be interested in the content and humor of the blog,” Breitenbach said.

Breitenbach said she also can’t help but notice how popular the blog has become over just a few weeks.

“Everyday I hear someone new that speaks about the blog and it only seems to be catching on,” Breitenbach said.

McCarthy hopes to one day parlay this into a possible career.

If that doesn’t happen though, he seems to be having a great time with it.

“I can’t look beyond one day,” McCarthy said.

“I have a constant fear of running out of jokes but I always amaze myself when I come up with another post. This is the least sophisticated writing I’ve done but this is the most fun I’ve had writing.”

McCarthy’s ultimate goal is to be recognized and possibly be hired from this, but he also sees it as just “a fun site for Butler.”

He is already being recognized around campus and will be more often if the site continues to grow in popularity.

Breitenbach said she is not surprised by the sites popularity either.

“As if Facebook, Twitter and Stumbleupon aren’t enough to help students procrastinate their school work, I think BostonBros will soon be added to the list,” Breitenbach said.

Mark McCarthy OUR FAVORITE BRO QUOTES:

“All the doors in Resco look the same, be careful not to try to force yourself into somebody else’s room at 4 a.m.”

“I just went to lunch at Resco. I went for some tater tots and the dude behind the counter yells ‘Save some for everyone else man! We’re gonna have a Resco Potato Famine!’”

“Those BUPD segways are faster than you think... stairs are your friend.”

“Who is this man who spends his weekend nights driving inebriated college students to and fro? Who endures a constant onslaught of ‘Are we there yets?’ and ‘I need to pee!’s’” [about the “Drunk Bus” driver] “I’m assuming this is the work of the same guy who forwarded all the Final Four tickets before any one had a chance and drunk drove through the ‘Butler University’ sign on the mall.” [on who is behind the ResCo false fire alarms]

The Butler Arts and Entertainment Calendar 9 “Are There More of You?” LH168 8 p.m.

10 “Are There More of You?” LH168 8 p.m.

11 No events scheduled

12 “Ghost Bird” movie showing GH108 7 p.m.

(Refreshments at 6 p.m.)

13 No events scheduled

14 Spring Break

15 Spring Break

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Jordan Jazz keeps it smooth for annual concert

BY CAITLIN O’ROURKE corourke@butler.edu | a&e editor

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t’s time for campus to get a little more swank-ified.

The Butler University Jordan Jazz will hold its annual “Sweet Jazz” concert at the end of the month. They are switching up locations and promising a relaxing night with some fa-

vorite pop standards and newer hits too.

“We’re making it a bit more intimate this year,” Michael Douce, the director of Jordan Jazz and adjunct music professor said.

The group’s first change is moving from the Reilly Room to the much cozier EidsonDuckwall Recital Hall.

In addition, fifth-year Arts Administration

SING, SING, SING : Jordan Jazz moves their annual concert, “Sweet Jazz”, to the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall to provide a more relaxed atmosphere. The night will continue in the Ford Salon. (Photo courtesy of Jordan Jazz.)

and Music Education major Blake Busch said they’re taking out the usual dancing and jazz band that accompanies the performance and making it just a show for Jordan Jazz, where people can come to “sit down and relax.”

“The audience will get to be in comfy chairs, we’ll be on a stage with lighting and the acoustics are out of this world [in EidsonDuckwall],” senior communications major Adrienne Scott said. “It’s really exciting to have the venue change.”

After the concert, the audience is invited to a reception in the Ford Salon. Besides hors d’oeuvres, a band will be playing music and the members of Jordan Jazz will be inviting the audience to talk to them about their performance or any upcoming performances.

Scott assures it will be a “relaxing environment.”

“Sweet Jazz” is the main on-campus concert for Jordan Jazz, as most of the group’s performances are elsewhere.

This year, “elsewhere” also includes Hong Kong. The group is traveling there for ten days over the summer to feature at the Hong Kong Institute of Education and host a workshop, led by director Tim Brimmer, a professor who is on sabbatical for the semester. Scott said the

group will get to perform for the participants and hopefully interact and form relationships with the other choirs in attendance.

Their first focus, however, is their upcoming concert, which Busch, Douce and Scott are all anxious for Butler students to attend.

“It’s absolutely afforable” Scott said. “Jazz is such a unique art, I really just think there’s no better way to be exposed to it than by your peers.”

Busch issued similar sentiments.

“It’s fun, and not very long or expensive,” he said. “It’s for a good cause as well.”

If that still doesn’t pull you in, Douce has one last offer to entice the Butler campus.

“We’re working on a version of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’” he said. “That’s going to sort of top off our performance.”

“Sweet Jazz” Concerts Presented by Jordan Jazz Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26 Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall $5 adults/ $3 students

HOME ON THE RANGO : Johnny Depp voices Rango, a self-conscious chameleon who stumbles upon the old-West style town of Dirt and becomes its new heroic sheriff. While helping the townsfolk find water in the desert, he ventures on a journey of self discovery with the help of Beans (Isla Fisher) , who is wary of Dirt’s mayor, voiced by Ned Beatty. Also, look for specific references to Hunter S. Thompson and Clint Eastwood. (Photo from MCT)

‘Rango’ pays homage to Westerns’ past

BY BRIAN WANBAUGH bwanbaug@butler.edu | asst. a&e editor

These days, animated films are always compared to those of Pixar. It’s just the way it is and probably always will be.

“Rango,” though, released by Paramount Pictures is just as good as those famous Pixar films. Maybe better, in fact.

Voiced by the likes of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Ned Beatty, “Rango” is the story of a shy, articulate chameleon (Depp) going through an existential crisis. In the beginning he has no name, but after an old armadillo points him west, he stumbles upon an old-West style town called Dirt. Here he realizes he can become anyone, so the chameleon takes on a new persona—Rango, short for Durango.

Now he is an outlaw, a man on the edge who killed seven men with one bullet and takes down the hawk who terrorizes the town. Rango becomes the hero he has always wanted to be. The mayor even names him the new sheriff. There are some who question this newcomer but others want this new hero’s help.

Among those who question him is Beans (Fisher), a poor farmer who always raises trouble in the town. The rest of the town wants Rango’s help.

The town of Dirt is running low on water and has only five days worth left until the reserve runs dry. There seems to be some odd happenings going on, however, because the mayor (Beatty), seems to have as much water as he desires.

The mayor also offers Rango some advice. “If you control the water, you control the town,” he says.

Rango takes that into account and sets off on a quest to help out Dirt. Rango and a posse of townsfolk, including Beans, head out to find the water the town so desperately needs.

One of the highlights of the film is the montage of desert shots on this voyage to find water. The sight of the posse riding along the setting desert sun or the millions of stars visible during the night time was truly breathtaking.

The animation was second to none.

Rango’s relationship with the townsfolk and Beans develops along the way, but it takes a back seat to the personal journey Rango makes. He becomes the confident hero he only pretended to be in the beginning of the film.

Toward the end, Rango meets the fabled “Spirit of the West,” a famous Spaghetti Western character who tells him to finish his journey and help those who need him.

“It’s not always about you,” the spirit said, “its about help-

ing out those who rely on you.”

“Rango” is one of the best animated films of the recent years. The animated desert and intense action shots are breathtaking. One scene in particular looked like a direct reenactment of the famous “Flight of the Valkyries” scene from “Apocyalpse Now.” Combine that with the plot and funny dialogue and you have one excellent film.

With homages to old Westerns and other famous films, this is a genuinely smart movie that happens to be animated. This is not an animated film just for kids, but one for any person who loves films.

RANGO | FILM REVIEW With Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Ned Beatty voicing characters, “Rango” is an animated homage to classic Westerns’ such as “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.” Visually stunning, “Rango” is an excellent post-Oscar film.

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

Fresh food delights at Monon

BY AJA CACAN acacan@butler.edu | staff writer

Monon Food Company is a small eclectic restaurant a short walk down the Monon Trail from the busy main strip of Broad Ripple. It offers a wide variety of different food selections and is open for lunch and dinner.

The restaurant itself is small, with most tables packed tightly together, resulting in a somewhat claustrophobic feel. There are also two dining areas, one with traditional tables and a smaller one with high tables and barstools.

This seating arrangement was slightly inconvenient, as the high top tables were much less comfortable and far too close to the entrance and waiting area.

The restaurant is small and can seem a little cramped during busy times, like Sunday brunch.

During brunch, the restaurant was full, with several groups waiting to be seated. The family-friendly atmosphere attracted many larger groups with small children and many of the guests seemed to be regulars.

One of the signature dishes is the Tim’s Chipotle Fish Taco, made with tilapia fillets, guacamole, salsa, cabbage and chipotle mayo.

It is a popular choice, as it could frequently be seen carried around on serving trays.

Its selection of locally brewed beers are also popular with its customers, along with the other nationally known brands.

Monon Food Company has several different menus, including a regular menu, taco menu, brunch menu, and beer and wine menu. Brunch is served Saturdays and Sundays between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The Brunch menu includes staples such as eggs, bacon, sausage, breakfast potatoes and French toast. Most entrees, both on the

brunch and regular menus, are less than $10.

The Village Platter is a traditional mix of eggs, a choice of sausage, bacon or steak, breakfast potatoes and an English muffin or toast.

The bacon is cooked to a perfect crisp, and the potatoes are fried with pepper and spices.

The eggs, while also good, had a slight maple flavor from the cooking equipment.

A very different dish, the Monon Granola Trio, is a generous helping of vanilla yogurt topped with granola and fresh fruit.

For the most part, the dish as a whole tasted great, despite the somewhat unequal distribution in the amounts of the ingredients.

The texture of the dried fruit in the granola also didn’t correspond well with the fresh fruit in the dish.

Monon Food Company serves food that is not only delicious, but healthy. Everything is cooked in extra-virgin olive oil, and the restaurant doesn’t use hydrogenated oils or own a deep fryer.

Monon Food Company is located at 65th St. and Cornell Ave. During the winter, their hours are: Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday; Sunday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

MONON FOOD CO. | RESTAURANT REVIEW

With a wide variety of food and locally brewed beers on the menu, Monon Food Co. is a good choice to get away from the main strip of Broad Ripple.

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

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

Details: TRU 6235 Guilford Ave. Indianapolis, IN 317-257-0777 www.trunightclub.com Distance from Butler: 8-minute drive Specials: Wednesday: penny beers, $3 Long Islands; No cover Friday and Saturdays Why We Love This Place: Congratulations, you have officially almost made it to spring break. Before you head home or to sunny Florida (or maybe even Mexico, you lucky thing), we think you owe yourself a night on the town. Sure, there are plenty of places to let loose on Broad Ripple’s strip, but we think you should go all out and treat yourself to a night of dancing at Tru Nightclub. Go crazy, you earned it. Especially all you pharmacy kids who just finished clusters.

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

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OUR POINT THIS WEEK: President Fong speaking at commencement is simply over kill. We want a more unique speaker for our seniors. | VOTE: 25-0

Fong too close for keynote address Early in December 2010, Butler students learned—via a Butler Connection e-mail—that outgoing university President Bobby Fong would serve as the keynote speaker for commencement in May. While we at The Butler Collegian are not opposed to Fong addressing the audience as one of the speakers, we are confused as to why he is the keynote speaker for the event.

Perhaps this wouldn’t bother us so much if the keynote speaker for University of Notre Dame’s graduating ceremonies wasn’t U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates or the famous music composer Quincy Jones hadn’t spoken at Indiana University’s commencement in 2010.

Other universities in Indiana have reached out to diverse and prominent individuals to serve as inspirational speakers to the classes they bid farewell to—why can’t Butler?

It isn’t that we don’t like Fong, but he is such a common fixture on campus that his serving as keynote speaker is almost overkill.

Once a week throughout his presidency, President Fong has held “open forums” in Starbucks within Atherton Union. During these forums, students can approach Fong to discuss any issue on campus that they have grievances with or just to get an exclusive preview into future plans for the university.

Although these forums are a wonderful idea, they have made Fong exceedingly accessible and for this reason, he is not a foreign keynote speaker to the graduating class.

Over the years, Butler University has hosted speakers such as Colin Powell, President George H.W. Bush, President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeline Albright. All of these speakers prove that Butler University has the ability to attract prominent speakers. Why can’t we get speakers like this for our graduation?

Generally, commencement speakers at the collegiate level are celebrities within their specific fields.

They include influential persons who have

The university should give more consideration to the opinions of graduating students.

served as keynote commencement speakers in the past, such as former Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, who spoke at universities around the nation.

A big theme behind college graduation is the transition into the working world. Therefore, many universities bring in highly accomplished and influential keynote speakers to inspire and excite graduates.

The fact that Butler is sticking to Fong as our keynote speaker signifies a lack of creative effort.

The university should also give more consideration to the opinions of its graduating students.

This is their last big college experience, therefore it should be more memorable than hearing another personalized speech from their university’s president.

Earlier this academic year, seniors were sent an e-mail asking who they would prefer as a keynote speaker. Fong was never on the original list, so how did the university end up selecting him?

All Butler students are aware of the “Butler Bubble” effect that can take hold after several weeks on campus. The fact that the university selected our own president to serve as keynote speaker is the epitome of this “bubble.”

While we appreciate all that President Fong has done for our university, we wish that we could have a more diverse individual to bid farewell to our seniors.

Let the Libyan People Decide

BY JEREMY ALGATE jalgate@butler.edu | staff writer

In Benghazi’s city square, a banner 15 feet tall reads, in English: “No foreign intervention. Libyan people can manage it alone.”

Initial reports state that Libyan government thugs and mercenaries have massacred nearly 1,000 protesters. It’s probably going to get worse.

How can we stand by and let more people die when we could prevent it? Simple: we respect the democratic ideals and sovereignty of these protesters—after all, that’s what we’re trying to protect.

You’d think that the Libyan people were using every interview to beg for air support after hearing senators on both side of the aisle this week.

Yet, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., have implied the Obama administration’s response is too hesitant and too soft.

The two senators are calling for a Libyan No-Fly Zone. The purpose of this plan is to restrict flight over the North African nation so that “Gadhafi can’t be attacking his own people from the air or flying in more mercenaries,” Lieberman said.

Before we try to help, let’s review three major power shifts in the Middle East in the last decade. Egypt is well on the way to establishing a government for and by the people,

ANOTHER UPRISING: For weeks, Libyan citizens have been protesting the regime of President Moammar Gadhafi. There have been propositions from both sides of the aisle in the United States as to how to address the problem. (Photo from MCT) without military support. Afghanistan and Iraq are drowning in corruption and civil war.

Don’t get me wrong: Gadhafi needs to be stopped.

His regime has used political violence for just over four decades, but the No-Fly Zone is not even close to an ideal solution. Under what circumstances would U.S. planes shoot down Libyan craft? Would they only go after marked military planes?

What about civilian planes carrying mercenaries? What about civilian casualties caused by downed aircraft—and taking out Libya’s anti-

air defenses?

Some sponsors of the idea—Lieberman included—want to arm the populace on the ground as well. I for one am hesitant to start handing out guns to a group whose only common goal we can be sure of is getting rid of Gadhafi.

The U.S. has tried arming groups with similar goals before—Batista in the 1960s, the Taliban and the Iranian Shah in the 1970s; all three of them used violence to stay in power.

All pessimism aside, the real issue here is whether or not we have the moral duty that Lieberman and Mc-

Cain suppose calls for action. If we are compelled to foster democracy in countries, whether or not the locals want it, what becomes of Saudi Arabia—a monarchy that the populace hates and that the U.S. has supported for years?

In the late 18th century, our nation called for foreign support against the British in our own revolution.

Without other countries respecting our wishes. We might never have become independent. We should respect this legacy by honoring the wishes of the newest attempted democracy.

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The problem with Planned Parenthood

BY SAM HYER shyer@butler.edu | asst. opinion editor

A few weeks ago, Indiana Congressman Mike Pence offered an amendment that would cut the organization Planned Parenthood from all public funding.

The “Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act” has more than 100 co-sponsors and has been referred to the House Subcommittee on

Health.

I am in full support of Congressman Pence’s bill and feel that it is time to address the gross overfunding that Planned Parenthood receives from the American taxpayer.

Since its creation in 1917, Planned Parenthood has been a resource for women to receive assistance with things such as contraception, screening for cancers, pregnancy tests and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. They also have a heavy focus in sexual education and vasectomies.

I think that programs like this are necessary in society and Planned Parenthood does a service to women in providing these resources.

However, Planned Parenthood is synonymous with abortions.

For this reason, I feel that federal funding should be curbed, even if “Title X” appropriations cannot be used to perform abortions.

In 2009, Planned Parenthood performed 332,287 abortions, according to their most recent report.

That is 332,287 lives that were taken and never given the opportunity to come into this world. Personally, I believe that life begins at conception and abortion is taking away a human life.

That aside, this column is seeking to bring to light the fact that Planned Parenthood performs nearly one-quarter of this nation’s abortions and federal funding is indirectly aiding in this effort.

By giving the organization roughly $360 million in American taxpayer dollars, funds are freed up in other areas of Planned Parenthood, allowing for a focus on abortions as opposed to other ways of dealing with pregnancy.

Undercover sting operations have shown that individuals employed by Planned Parenthood have a tendency of promoting abortion as the only option for people dealing with pregnancy, a very sad situation, in my eyes.

According to foxnews.com, a pro-life organization called

A QUESTIONABLE BUSINESS: Cecil Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, received a salary of over $300,000 last year. The nonprofit organization has recorded record profits as well, begging the question of whether or not federal subsidies are necessary. (Photo from MCT) Live Action sent a young man and woman into a New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic and disguised them as a pimp and a prostitute.

The man posed as someone seeking to get an abortion for the girl he was with. He even stated that he was in “sex work”, giving the appearance that he was part of an organization that employs underage girls for sex.

Not only did the manger of the Planned Parenthood clinic encourage the girl to seek an abortion, she went even further to explain how the couple could avoid exposing the girl as an underage rape victim.

The Planned Parenthood employee broke New Jersey State Law and federal laws by assisting the sex trafficker in his trade and by aiding someone who uses underage minors

for profits.

Personally, I am horrified that an organization like this, who would employ people such as that, receives American tax dollars.

Also, Planned Parenthood has seen record profits in the past few years, which means the issue of federal funding should be addressed, especially at a time when the United States is facing obscene deficits.

For 2008-09, Planned Parenthood reported profits of $1.1 billion. As a “nonprofit” organization, Planned Parenthood is a tax-exempt organization as well.

I do not think that taxpayer dollars should be going toward an organization that performs something as morally divisive as abortion.

Pence, Republicans wrongly attempt to defund Planned Parenthood

BY LEXIE SMITH

lhsmith@butler.edu | opinion editor

On Feb. 18, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to strip all Title X funding to Planned Parenthood locations. This lack of funding means a lack of contraceptives, cervical cancer screenings and HIV tests.

While some would argue that stripping Planned Parenthood of funding is a good idea, I disagree.

Planned Parenthood is a respectable organization that provides responsible options for sexually active men and women who need it. Defunding Planned Parenthood is detrimental to people, especially women, across the United States.

Rep. Mike Pence. R-Ind., was a major proponent of defunding Planned Parenthood, under the false pretense that taxpayers are paying for abortions that the organization provides.

Currently, Planned Parenthood allots none of the funding it receives to abortion procedures.

Although Planned Parenthood did receive a large chunk of Title X money, “$349.6 million in 2008 Fiscal Year,” according to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Annual Report, they are explicitly forbidden to use that money to fund abortions.

In my eyes, this is an attack on women across the country. Abortions are part of health care for females.

“If current rates continue, it is estimated that 35 percent of all women of reproductive age in America today will have had an abortion by the time they reach the age of 45,” according to the National Abortion Federation.

The fact that Republicans are pushing their agenda upon women is despicable and unnerving.

Why is a male majority making decisions about what women decide to do with their

FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT: Indiana Representative Mike Pence (R), introduced the bill in the House to strip Planned Parenthood al all the Title X funding under the false pretense that the organization uses these funds to perform abortions. This bill will be detrimental to women and the country if it is passed. (Photo from MCT) own bodies? I think this ultimately boils down to an issue of control.

Why don’t we worry about our foreign policy, our ongoing war or floundering economy instead of cutting funding for women’s reproductive healthcare?

This new legislation is preposterous.

Many argue that abortion is dangerous and causes deadly complications for the women who choose to undergo it.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, “The risk of abortion complications is minimal: fewer than 0.3 percent of abortion patients experience a complication that requires hospitalization.”

PawPrints

BY RYAN LOVE

“Myself.”

Lisa Deegan senior

The only time that women suffered severe complications due to abortion was when it was illegal and they were forced to visit “back-alley” abortionists who used unclean methods on their patients.

In addition, Planned Parenthood provides safe outlets for all types of women’s health services, and family planning education.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, “In 2006, publicly funded family planning services helped women avoid 1.94 million unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 860,000 unintended births and 810,000 abortions.”

Planned Parenthood is not just an organi-

zation that provides abortions.

They provide birth control, pelvic exams, cervical cancer screenings, HIV tests and simple advice to scared or underprivileged women who need it. I would hate to see what the world turn to if we decide to outlaw Planned Parenthood locations around the nation.

Overall, I hope we can save Planned Parenthood and continue to educate and assist all women with their healthcare needs and questions.

The answer to anti-abortionists is not ending all helpful outlets for women around the nation.

Who would you like to see as the keynote speaker at your commencement?

“Chuck Norris. I would like to see him wheel kick the microphone.”

Garett Griffith

junior

“Tony Dungy would be awesome. He is a great speaker and well-traveled.”

“A professor from Butler like last year’s speaker, Chad Bauman.

Who else could know us better?”

Collin Bowman senior

Cecilia Miyares

junior