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Community members sign petition to keep Science Library Hayleigh Colombo hcolombo@butler.edu Butler University’s Ruth Lilly Science Library has been humming with whispers in April, and it’s not because final exams are coming up. Nearly 700 Butler faculty members, students and staff have signed an online petition in support of keeping the library intact since the university released tentative plans to move the library materials across the quad to Irwin Library and renovate the existing Holcomb Building facility to become community space. “Programmatically, the Science Library doesn’t need to be in Holcomb,” according to the March 15 edition of the Campus Master Plan, which also stated that the Science Library occupies valuable community space. Butler senior and pharmacy student Katie Cich is a regular patron of the Science Library and is apprehensive about the plans for the move because of Irwin’s atmosphere. “I personally find [Irwin Library] distracting,” Cich said. “I think there’s ways around it, but I think it’s crowded now as it is without adding everyone that goes to [the Science Library].” Butler sophomore Lauren Pijut wrote on the petition’s Web site that the Science Library has a strict “unwritten silent code” and that “absolute silence is a given,” unlike Irwin.
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HITTING THE STACKS: A Butler student studies in the Ruth Lilly Science Library in preparation for final exams. Other petitioners on the site have said the current proximity of the Science Library to their classes is one of its main perks. “In between classes it’s a close place that I can drop in and study for a few minutes at a time,” Cich said. “That’s why science students like it.” However, it’s not just about the proximity of the library and the See LIBRARY Page 5
Spring Sports Spectacular 2010 Collegian photo by Rachel Senn
AIR GORDON: Butler University sophomore Gordon Hayward has not yet announced an agent for the 2010 NBA draft.
Steven Peek speek@butler.edu Butler sophomore and starting guard/forward Gordon Hayward announced his eligibility for the 2010 National Basketball Association’s draft Wednesday. He has elected not to hire an agent for now so his eligibility to continue playing NCAA basketball is intact until May 8 or until he hires an agent. Hayward averaged 15.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.68 steals per game during Butler’s 2009-2010 season. He played in all but one game, the final regular season conference game at Valparaiso. If Hayward maintains his eligibility and is signed, he would be the first player from Butler to play in the NBA. Butler graduate Billy Shepherd is the most recent Bulldog to have played professionally in the United States. Shepherd played for three teams in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1972 to 1975. Hayward would be the fourth player in school history to play professionally (excluding this season’s seniors playing for the Washington Generals for one day). Many experts project Hayward will be drafted somewhere between pick No. 10 and pick No. 20 in the first round.
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ROPED IN: Members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at Butler University participated in a Tug of War competition as part of the 2010 Spring Sports Spectacular last weekend. The annual event runs for 12 hours.
Students experience course evaluation change Olivia Ingle oingle@butler.edu
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GO PRO: Men’s basketball seniors Willie Veasley, Nick Rodgers and Avery Jukes played with the Washington Generals at Conseco Wednesday.
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As Butler University students conclude the academic year, they may find an end-of-the-semester ritual has changed. The university has ousted its usual form of student evaluations and instead embraced a new form created by The IDEA Center. According to theideacenter.org, the service is called the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction, and it “factors out extraneous circumstances, focuses on student learning of 12 specific objectives, and can be administered online or on paper.” Debra Lecklider, associate professor and associate dean of the College of Education, said the College of Education is the only college at Butler using the online form.
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“This is the first time for IDEA, but in the past we’ve had a good return rate electronically,” Lecklider said. “We’re hoping that it continues.” Bill Templeton, associate dean of careers and undergraduate programs for the College of Business (COB), said the COB tried online evaluations in the past. The response rate was good at first, but slowly declined. “I can tell you the reason we don’t do it [online evaluations] in the COB is when we did it online, our response rate dropped dramatically,” Templeton said. “Once the novelty wore off, the response rate went down.” The COB started piloting the IDEA evaluation forms last spring and has used them since. Templeton said the COB started using IDEA because they were using
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forms that only allowed students to write in comments, which didn’t provide good representation on feedback. He said in a class of 30 students, only five to six students were willing to write out comments. IDEA representatives presented to the COB last spring, and when the COB started piloting the forms, the representatives came back to campus in August to present to other campus representatives. “I provided some feedback on our [COB] experiences and other faculty members were able to listen to IDEA’s presentation,” Templeton said. He said the university thought there was some value in using one form across all of the colleges. With the IDEA form, faculty select
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Plans to make Butler’s Science Library into community space would eradicate a great study area.
The art program hosts its annual art show along with a “treasure hunt” of art around campus.
Butler softball is currently second in the Horizon League standings and is continuing a record-setting season.
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New editor to emphasize storytelling Paige Chapman pchapman@butler.edu Ever since she could remember, junior Arika Herron always dreamed of spending her entire life writing—especially writing children’s books. There was always a small problem. “I realized quickly that I’m not good with making things up,” Herron said. “I decided that I wanted to tell other people’s stories to the world.” Inspired by the well-known Cameron Crowe film “Almost Famous,” Herron decided in seventh grade that journalism was the career path for her. Nearly nine years later, Herron has been chosen by the journalism department’s selection committee as The Butler Collegian’s next editor in chief. The Elkhart, Ind., native’s venture into journalism officially began when she worked for the high school magazine, Genesis, during her senior year—covering the speech team beat. However, she said collegiate journalism was always in her game plan. “Before I came to Butler, it wasn’t even a question of whether or not I’d get involved, it was more of wondering when could I get started,” Herron said. “In journalism, you need the experience, you need the practice and you need the internships. “But, at the same time, I also love doing it.” Herron originally began her Collegian involvement as the staff astrologist the spring semester of her freshman year, a volunteer position she sought after all paid positions had been filled. It was her duty to write the weekly horoscopes. “I thought it would be a good way to get my foot in the door,” she said. And it was. Herron was selected for staff her sophomore year and served as assistant sports editor for two consecutive semesters. She also served as co-sports editor in the fall of her junior year before venturing out to the nation’s capital. Herron is currently a participant in Butler’s Washington D.C. Learning Program, where she is a full-time student and a fulltime intern with National Geographic Magazine’s research department. Keeping up with The Collegian week to week through Facebook and Twitter, Herron said her time away from the Butler Bubble has been particularly enlightening in discovering the presence a newspaper has in a college community. “I’m really interested in the role The Collegian fills in students’ lives,” Herron said. “It’s truly a unique platform, as there is really no other easy or good way to tell students what we tell them. “There’s an opportunity for us that even The Wall S treet Journal or The New York Times don’t have, since they cover lots of the same stories.” Herron said one of her main goals as editor in chief is to ensure that the paper remains relevant. “Being a part of The Collegian, you get to meet a lot of people, groups and organizations that you wouldn’t connect with
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IN CHARGE: Arika Herron, The Collegian’s new editor in chief, is currently interning at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, which she said has taught her the importance of fact checking content for accuracy. otherwise,” she said. “I want students to be able to feel they can come to us and get the stories that are important to them.” Herron said she feels her internship experiences have taught her important lessons about journalism that she will apply in her new role as editor in chief. In addition to her current internship at National Geographic, Herron also was a reporting intern at the Current in Carmel this past fall. Her responsibilities included writing a mixture of news and community features, as well as cover stories. One of her favorite assignments that sticks out in her mind was a cover story she wrote about paranormal investigators in nearby Fishers, Ind., for the Current’s Halloween issue. Herron said it was there where she not only learned to apply community-based journalism, but also learned to develop story coverage strategies—as it was her responsibility to develop contacts in the community and visual ideas to package stories. It is this type of approach she would like to bring to The Collegian. As for her time at National Geographic, Herron said she observed the lengths to which researchers go to achieve accuracy. She hopes to instill the importance of accuracy in her future staff by teaching them how to fact check and research.
“Their attention to detail and accuracy is where their reputation and following comes from,” Herron said. “This is something The Collegian can benefit from as well.” Herron said increasing The Collegian’s online presence and promoting journalistic growth in all staff members are two more of her personal goals. Though Herron knows there will be late nights and stressful situations down the road, she said she is looking forward to stepping into her new position and seeing what the future brings. After graduation, Herron is interested in applying to the Peace Corps. Her ultimate ambition is to pursue a career in international reporting. Though Herron said she originally fell in love with traveling following a high school trip to France, she said the importance of storytelling benefits all cultures. “In terms of social justice, journalism fulfills that role around the world in places where people can’t tell their own stories,” Herron said. “Journalists can facilitate the conversation and get other people to care. “We as journalists, even at The Collegian, have a unique opportunity to observe, tell people what they need to know, but also influence our surroundings.”
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Dancer named ‘Employee of the Year’ Tara McElmurry tmcelmur@butler.edu Teaching 150 students, coordinating three different afterschool dance programs, and pulling together an end of the semester collaborative performance is what earned a Butler student the student employee of the year recognition. “I didn’t really think I’d win,” Hope England said. “I just thought that it was a big honor to be nominated.” The student employee of the year program is coordinated by Internship and Career Services, the National Student Employment Association and the Midwest Association Student Employment Administrators. This is the 16th year the program has been in place. “It’s a recognition program for us to all say our appreciation to the students and what they offer to us through their work on campus,” Jane Clarke, coordinator of on campus employment, said. Clarke said there are approximately 900 students at any given time working across campus in all the different areas including the labs, libraries, HRC and many other places. England holds three jobs on campus. She works as a pilates instructor at the HRC, a residence assistant at the Apartment Village and is the dance coordinator for the Butler Community Arts School (BCAS), the position for which Butler gave her recognition. The BCAS is an arts education and outreach program, reaching out to more than 1,000 children around the Indianapolis community. Approximately 70 percent of the children are minority students and receive financial aid to attend the music and dance lessons. “I coordinate several different classes around the Indy community, different classes for underprivileged youth,” England said. “At the end of
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EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR: Senior Hope England holds three jobs on campus, including her position at BCAS where she participates in an outreach dance program for local children. each semester there’s a collaborative performance. I have to make arrangements for all of that to happen.” The dance classes are taught by Butler students as after school programs at the Martin Luther King Center, Crystal House Academy and IPS 70, as well as a middle school program taught during the school day that England teaches herself. She said she works off of her laptop sending out a lot of e-mails coordinating and keeping everything on track. “I have to keep track of my own hours, and it’s whenever I have time to do it,” England said. “There’s a lot more work involved at the end of the semester as we’re getting ready for the performance because we have to make fliers
that go home, make programs and get decorations. It’s just a lot of logistics that go into that. So there’s a lot more time that’s put in then.” England started teaching the dance classes her sophomore year. The dance coordinator was going to graduate and the BCAS was looking for a replacement, she said. “They were interviewing teachers who would take over, and I think I might have been the only arts administration major,” England said. “So they thought it was the best fit for me because I have the best administrative skills for it.” She said that she likes the logistic work of organizing the programs and making the fliers for the performance. However, she said she really has a passion for teaching kids.
“I really enjoy working with kids,” England said. “It’s great to see how much they grow during the semester and the year. “I think the collaborative performance would definitely be the best part because you get to see the progress and just how the kids have grown.” Karen Thickstun, director of the BCAS and England’s supervisor, said that she can see England’s passion for kids in her work. “[Hope has] a desire to work with children and an intuitive ability to know how to engage them; a passion for dance and for sharing its joy with others,” Thickstun said. Thickstun said that England’s award is not only an accomplishment for England herself, but also for the BCAS. “The award is an outstanding recognition of her work ethic, creativity and dedication to community outreach,” Thickstun said. “Dance is her passion and this shows in her teaching. The award affirms that community outreach employment is as important and as high quality as other types of student employment.” Two other student employees from the BCAS have attained this recognition. Shannon Crow was a violin teacher when she won the award in 2007, and Chelsea Koenig was a dance teacher who received it in 2008. Ever since the BCAS started in 2002, Thickstun said this kind of recognition is helping the school grow further because many people don’t know what BCAS is yet. “I think this shows that our Butler students are highly qualified to excel in any job and have contributed greatly to the growth of BCAS,” Thickstun said. After graduation, England will be attending graduate school at Miami University of Ohio for student affairs of higher education, and she said she hopes to keep dance involved in her life in some way.
Jukes Foundation for Kids to host Indianapolis fundraising event Anne Carpenter acarpente@butler.edu Avery Jukes is more than a forward for our beloved basketball team. He is also the founder of a children’s organization. Inspired by a trip to Uganda and with a little help from Ambassadors for Children (AFC), a local non-profit, Jukes founded the Jukes Foundation for Kids. The organization strives to improve the quality of life for children in the United States and Uganda by collecting educational resources, clothing and funds to distribute to those less fortunate. The foundation will be holding its second annual “Champions for Children Fundraiser,” at the NCAA Hall of Champions Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. Jukes and the foundation hope to raise enough money at the event to give out 10 to 15 scholarships. “I’d like to raise $20,000,” Jukes said. “It takes about $800 to send a child in Uganda to school.” The fundraiser will have many speakers including Chris Denari, the play-by-play announcer for the Pacers and voice of Butler basketball. Jukes will also speak. To raise
funds, the event will feature a silent auction and special VIP tickets for a meet and greet with the Butler basketball team and coaches. For Jukes, the desire to help those less fortunate came from a trip to Uganda with Butler’s chapter of AFC in the summer of 2008. He met a Ugandan boy named Ambrose, with whom he tries to keep in contact with via Skype. “When I met him he was working basically 24 hours a day,” Jukes said. “He would do security at night and go to school or work during the day. He had to drop out of secondary school so that he could work.” In a country where 57 percent of children will complete primary school, Jukes wanted to do something to help. “The kids work long, hard hours and the free education available is not very good at all,” Jukes said. Not only does the foundation strive to help those in need abroad, it is reaching those in the local Indianapolis community as well. “I do a lot of public speaking,” Jukes said. “I visit schools and talk about athletic scholarships and opportunities for higher education, as well as play with the kids.” Jukes said one of the most reward-
ing aspects of the foundation is seeing the changes it makes in other people’s lives, both abroad and at home. “It’s always good when I am at a school to see the kids happy,” Jukes said. “When I talk to them, I know that not all of them will listen, but some will and that’s what is important.” Stately Hayes, the director of the event, said the community has been key. They have been donating items for the auction and volunteering to help run the event, which been in the works since mid-January. “We have been working so hard,” Hayes said. “We have been so well received by the community.” Despite all the Final Four madness, Hayes said Jukes had his hands in all aspects of the preparation process. “Even though Avery has been so busy, he has been completely hands on in everything,” Hayes said. “He does everything you can imagine. It is hard to imagine how he juggles it all.” Hayes said many people have been involved in helping plan and organize the event. The NCCA donated the hall, and Make a Scene Marketing Group helped with organizing and public relations. Also, Butler University’s
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MENTOR: During summer 2008, Jukes took a trip to Uganda, where he met Ambrose, a Ugandan boy who he still stays in contact with today. chapter of Ambassadors for Children has helped to make the night happen. Hayes said this event is all about making people listen, and Hayes said with all of the recent publicity, he said the night is sure to be a success. “I think it will be a huge event,”
Hayes said. “It will be bigger than anyone could have anticipated and we’re ready for it.” Student tickets are $20, which include the cost of the meet and greet. They can be bought online at jukesfoundationforkids.org.
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Group empowers women Jill McCarter jmccarte@butler.edu
“So many times people just throw money at a problem and rarely do we question where the money is going and who it is helping,” Natalie Angell, co-founder and executive director for Shanti Uganda said in a speech at Butler University April 14th. Angell discussed the importance of nonfor-profit organizations during her Butler visit. She founded her organization, Shanti Uganda, in 2007. Angell, a Vancouver native, found herself struggling after attending York University in Ontario, Canada. “I just remember looking around and deciding that I didn’t like the way things were being done and I wanted it changed,” Angell said. Shanti Uganda is an organization for women in Uganda who have been diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. “Those women are the women who are struggling the most,” Angell said. “We have to help. It’s necessary.” The organization has built an eco-friendly birthing house that provides a safe and sterile place for women to give birth. “Childbirth is the number one killer of women in Uganda,” Angell said. “It’s a frightening and startling statistic, but it’s sadly true.” The mission of Shanti Uganda is to “strive for a world where communities honor their traditional wisdom and knowledge and join together in unity to create peace and healing.” Angell said the mission is representative of the very things in which she believes. “I believe that in entrusting women from the community—the women who have passed down this knowledge and these traditions—we’re bringing together everyone in the community,” Angell said. The organization is comprised of 28 women who assist in the birthing center and make jewelry and dresses. “It’s empowering the women from the ground up,” Angell said. “It gives them a source of income, which so often is something that Ugandan women don’t get a chance to do for themselves.” Angell said HIV and AIDS are quickly spreading across the nation of Uganda partly because of the war that has been taking place in the nation since the early 1980s. “With wartime comes rape, and that’s often something that gets overlooked,” Angell said. “With rape comes HIV and children with no fathers. With HIV comes dying mothers. And then we have orphans who are left in the care of their grandmothers.” The civil war in Uganda was something
that in fact encouraged Angell to start her organization there. “The situation in Uganda is a worldwide catastrophe, but we don’t talk about it,” Angell said. Angell said it’s difficult to start a nonfor-profit and people aspiring to start their own must keep their heads up. “You have to trust your intuition because it can create struggles like nothing else and problems like you’ve never faced,” Angell said. “It’s up to you to keep going.” Angell said her biggest obstacle in building the organization to charity status was overcoming financial hardships. “I remember there were so many times where I was just ready to quit, because I really felt like I wouldn’t be able to do it, but we ended up making it through the hardships,” Angell said. “I just had to tell myself that I have to work through this. It’s just a hard time.” She said non-for-profits have given her the pride and joy she had been seeking. “Often, when I’m about to give up, I look at the women and I’m encouraged,” Angell said. “Seeing them gives me some-
thing to keep working for.” The goal of the organization is simple: to provide a safe space for women in the community to come together and socialize. Angell said some of the most basic necessities for birthing houses weren’t present before the organization was built. “There weren’t any gloves,” Angell said. “In a country where HIV is everywhere, there were no gloves where these women were giving birth.” Angell said her goal is to keep providing things like gloves and sterile razors to the birthing center, in hopes of decreasing the spread of HIV. Angell said she often gets asked why the organization puts such a focus on the women of Uganda and no one else. “When we support the women, we are really supporting everyone,” Angell said. “Everyone in the community benefits when the women are happy.” On starting the organization in Uganda, Angell said it was partly due to a goal she had when she was a child. “My childhood goal was to have an orphanage in Africa. This is like living my dream,” Angell said. “Now look at me.”
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A NEW FUTURE: Angell stands with members of the Shanti Uganda women’s group this past winter at the groundbreaking ceremony for the birthing house.
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Heat remains on in classrooms despite weather Grace Wallace gwallace@butler.edu Unseasonal high temperatures have caused complications when it comes to controlling the climate of academic classrooms and campus buildings. As stated in a message from the Butler Connection last week, the campus buildings are unable to compensate for the differing warm and cool temperatures. This forces employees with this dilemma: either turn the heat off for the summer so the cooling systems can be activated, or leave the heat on until cooler temperatures are no longer predicted. The message reads: ‘While we understand that the current temperatures are unseasonably high, the weekend forecast is for highs in the 50s. We cannot operate both the heating systems and cooling systems simultaneously, so with the cold temp[erature] forecasted, we must leave the heating systems operational. We regret the inconvenience this causes and we appreciate your patience. Thank you.’ Students said something needs to be done to compensate for the unseasonal warmth affecting the classroom habitat. “The 80-degree temperatures in classrooms definitely had an impact on the academic experience last week,” sophomore Josh Ruff said. Ruff said the temperatures caused distractions within his classrooms for both himself and his professors. “At least a couple of times I had class dismissed early,” Ruff said. “And I really was less able to pay sufficient attention while in class because of the high temperatures.” Junior Brett Reardon said he agreed the classroom environment was affecting both his and his peers’ academic performance. “It makes me more tired, especially if it’s a longer class period,” Reardon said. “Classes seem a little more lethargic than before.” In response to the Butler Connection message, Reardon said he would rather see the buildings with cooler temperatures in case the temperatures dropped as forecasted. “I think the heat should be off for sure, whether they turn on the A/C is up to [the university],” he said. “It would be nice if the rooms were a little cooler than what they have been. Plus it’s always easier to add layers if you’re cool than take off layers if you’re too hot.” English professor Lee Garver said the temperature crisis affects classroom and teaching effectiveness, especially if weather conditions prohibit classes from being held outdoors. “If the room is too warm, particularly in the afternoon, students tend to be sleepy,” Garver said. “It’s hard to keep the students’ attention if the weather outdoors isn’t sunny, and it’s hard to take to class outside [to compensate for the classroom heat].” Garver said though the classroom temperature is distracting, he realizes there is not much for the university to do in order to fix the problem. He said he would love to see the university buy a new heating and cooling system, but is aware this might not be a viable option economically. “The economic cost [of buying a new heating/cooling system] is probably prohibitive enough that, for only a week or two a year, it is not economically feasible,” Garver said. “Still, I hate the heat.”
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hesitation of studying at Irwin that is concerning about the plan, according to Assistant Professor of Psychology Mandy Gingerich Hege’s post on the Web site. “Maintaining the Science Library as a separate location provides evidence that Butler is dedicated to the sciences,” Hege wrote in her post. “If it were being renovated to become a new and improved Science Library, I think many more students and faculty would be in favor of such upheaval.” Hege, Pijut and Cich have all signed the petition. Cich said that she would favor making an addition to Irwin Library as a possible solution, which is something the Campus Master Plan suggests as a long-term solution to the problem. In the draft, it stated that an estimated additional 10,000 to 15,000 square feet were needed to meet the facility’s needs. The additional space would come in the form of an addition to the south side of the facility as well as a renovation that would upgrade the building structurally and create expanded seating and group study areas. As of press time, Vice President of Operations Mike Collegian photo by Hayleigh Colombo Gardner was unavailable for comment as to whether HEAVEN IN HOLCOMB: Nearly 700 faculty members, students and staff have signed a petition in the potential move to Irwin would affect the library’s hopes of keeping the Science Library contents within the second and third floors of the Holcomb building. current staff, including Science Librarian Barbara Howes. The proposal was included in a revision of the uni- Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jamie The plan stated that this is a mid-term goal for the versity’s new Campus Master Plan, which is headed Comstock and Vice President of Finance Bruce Arick. university. However, there is no approximate date set by a Master Planning Committee team that includes The plan is entering its final stages pending a vote for when the changes would begin to take effect. Gardner, University President Bobby Fong, University by the Board of Trustees for approval in May.
Professors scoff at increase in texting lingo exchanges Matt Krupnick MCT College professors are anything but LOL at their students’ recent writing habits. Not only are instructors not laughing out loud—shortened to LOL in text messages and online chats—at the technology-oriented shorthand that has seeped into academic papers, many of them are also sternly telling students to stop using the new language even in less formal writing. The shorthand often consists of shortened variations of common words: “u” instead of you, or “ur” for your or you’re. Text speak may be appropriate for a quick note to a friend, but professors are increasingly stymied by how casually students are using the terms. “Despite the fact that I happen to be perfectly capable of reading any incoherent drivel you may send to my (email) inbox directly from your phone keypad, ‘wut up ya I cnt make it 2 clss lol’ is insanely unprofessional,” reads the syllabus of Alejo Enriquez, a Cal State East Bay instructor. “Therefore, I am imposing a higher standard of grammar, spelling, and use of the enter key upon you and kindly request that all e-mails sent to me resemble any other letter to your teacher, supervisor, grandparents or parole officer.” Faculty members increasingly have expressed irritation about reading acronyms and abbreviations they often
do not understand, Sally Murphy, a Cal State East Bay professor and director of the university’s general-education program, said. One e-mail to a professor started with, “Yo, teach,” she said. “It has a real effect on the tone of professionalism,” Murphy said. “We tell them very specifically how this is going to affect them in life. It’s kind of like wearing their jeans below their butt. They’re going to lose all credibility.” The introduction of such casual language into term papers is a sea change from the days when nearly all students addressed their instructors as “professor” or “doctor.” More faculty members ask students to call them by their first names, but many are drawing the line at texting shorthand or even emoticons (smiley faces made out of punctuation marks). Tech-speak has been moving through the educational pipeline toward colleges for a few years. A 2008 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that two-thirds of middle- and high-school students had accidentally used instantmessaging-style words in their work, while a quarter admitted using emoticons in assignments. The breakdown in language skills is an odd phenomenon given how much time children and young adults spend in front of the computer, said Marcia Linn, who teaches about technology in
education at University of CaliforniaBerkeley’s Graduate School of Education, said. “Writing has actually increased as an activity,” she said. “Standards are another issue. Maybe we haven’t quite thought it through well enough in an academic setting.” Many students communicate constantly via text and instant messaging, so it can be difficult to leave the tech lingo behind in class, Mohammed Shahid Beig, a senior and student-body president at Cal State East Bay, said. She said she spoke to teachers in the most formal tones growing up in India. “When we sit down to do something formal, it’s hard to switch to that way of thinking,” Shahid Beig said. “We don’t even recognize it. I’m pretty sure that it has never happened to me, but I might have done it without knowing.” The phenomenon appears to be widespread. Instructors at Sonoma State, Holy Names and San Francisco State universities have grumbled about text-speak showing up in assignments. The president of the statewide faculty senate for community colleges, Mission College professor Jane Patton, said she has heard the same complaints. College always has been a place for students to learn how to communicate appropriately, Patton said. Teaching them to ditch the tech-speak is merely the latest step in that education.
“That’s a standard part of every curriculum, pointing out the standards of appropriateness,” she said. “In some ways, (text language) is a small modification to add to the list.” University of California-Berkeley professor Ken Goldberg said he has not received assignments using the texting terms, but said has had trouble getting used to the casual tone of emails he receives from students these days. “They don’t even resort to the niceties,” Goldberg, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, said. “They just jump right in as if they were texting me. I don’t want to sound like I’m some sort of Victorian schoolmarm, but it’s an adjustment.” Goldberg noted that although his 6year-old child spells out complete words in text messages, he received a message from his 70-year-old mother—a retired reading teacher—that read, “luv 2 u.” Several professors said they are trying to emphasize the negative effects casual language will have on students’ job searches. Some, such as Diablo Valley College student Alicia Fambrini, are clear on that message. “I think it’s an error by people my age not to use formal language,” she said. “I’ve always followed the philosophy that it doesn’t take that much longer to add ‘y’ and ‘o’ to ‘u.’ I spell everything out.”
campusbriefs Faculty Senate endorses proposal for Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies major Hayleigh Colombo hcolombo@butler.edu On Tuesday, the Faculty Senate passed a proposal to create a new major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) called Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. “It’s going to be a great program with great faculty,” Butler Senior Arts Administration major Lauren Gardier said. “I’m really excited about it.” Gardier heard about the plans for a proposal of the major when she took a class with Associate Professor of Philosophy Katharina Dulckeit this semester called “Marginalized in
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America: Gender at the Crossroads of Race and Class.” In the class, three candidates for a potential addition to the gender studies faculty presented their theories and ideas. “They were all extremely intelligent and well-versed in their fields,” Gardier, a member of Butler DEMIA, said. “It was exciting to hear from them.” Barring no setbacks, the curriculum is expected to go into effect in the Fall 2010 semester. “I think most well-respected schools have majors like this,” Gardier said. “I wouldn’t foresee the Board of Trustees really having anything to stand on against it because, if anything, it
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can only bring good to the school and help to diversify our student body.” Prior to the proposal to create a major in this area of study, LAS had a gender studies minor, which is an interdisciplinary program founded on the premise that gender is a historical and variable cultural construct affecting all persons, according to the gender studies Web site. In the Fall 2010 semester, 10 courses will be offered within the major, including subjects such as feminism, queer theory, media and cultural criticism and the role of protest in U.S. politics. Faculty members from a variety of disciplines in LAS will teach courses in the program.
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form across all of the colleges. With the IDEA form, faculty select course objectives that are relevant to the particular course ahead of time, so that the scores they receive are only based on those objectives. Students then complete the survey with questions pertaining to those objectives. Templeton said the quantitative parts of the forms are nationally normed. Comparisons can be done within a specific college, with other universities in IDEA’s database or within a discipline in the database. “I think part of what was appealing to us was that scores are based on student-perceived progress on learning goals or objectives,” Templeton said. “You get a rating on whether students felt they made progress on the objectives of the course.” Templeton said he hasn’t heard any input from students, one way or the other, about the IDEA forms. “I haven’t heard any complaints about them,” he said, “but I also haven’t had any students running to compliment us on them, either.” Sophomore finance major Sam Szynal said he is impartial to the evaluations. “I’ve never really stopped to think about what the responses are used for,” he said. “I just fill them out and hope my input is helpful.” Templeton said he has received a mixed response from faculty. With annual reviews of performance and tenure promotion decisions being based in part on student evaluations, the faculty is sensitive about the instruments used in the evaluation process. Lecklider said she believes there are multiple tools to measure how the faculty is doing and how students are learning and these IDEA evaluations are only one measure. “Our goal is that our students are succeeding academically, so if they’re not, we need to know how we might change our courses, change our style,” Lecklider said. “We just think that this is a very important tool to use.”
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NEWS
Millennial Apathy This generation’s students are too involved in their personal lives to work toward legitimate global change. Page 8
OPINION
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Say ‘No’ to Class Cuts Butler’s decision to cut small classes reflects a dismissal of liberal arts values. Page 8
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Science Library should stay OUR POINT THIS WEEK: Converting Butler’s Science Library into “community space” would destroy an irreplaceable study area.
Butler University’s Science Library is endangered. According to the Draft Campus Master Plan, its Holcomb Building location is a candidate for becoming “community space” in the coming years. If this happens, the Science Library will be moving out, headed for a vastly remodeled Irwin Library and taking its books, journals and study rooms with it. In its place, ambiguous “community space” will be moving in, bringing anything from televisions to pool tables. We at The Butler Collegian think the removal of the Science Library from Holcomb is a bad idea. The Science Library provides one of the best study areas on campus, offering students levels of solitude and serenity they cannot find elsewhere. Unless it’s furnished with a sports bar and video games, this “community space” is bound to fail in Holcomb. The main drawback of moving the Science Library is the loss of what might be the best study space on campus. Irwin has its merits, but is often crowded with noisy people and the sound of its fountain is ever present. The aca-
demic buildings are good places to study, especially late in the evening when they can now be accessed by a swipe of one’s student ID. But these buildings can get downright spooky in the middle of the night, as many do not care for the loneliness of studying in an empty classroom. The Science Library provides the best of all possible worlds. Unlike Irwin, the Science Library is quiet. And unlike the academic buildings, the Science Library does not feel like an isolation chamber. Students can study in peace in the Science Library, and they can do so with the company of dedicated colleagues. As the Draft Master Plan itself admits, the Science Library is said to be “the best place on campus to study.” Unfortunately, it also claims the “science library doesn’t need to be in Holcomb.” The plan seems to be to move all the Science Library’s collections into Irwin. But where are they going to put all the books? There are two solutions. First, Irwin will receive an expansion on its south side, eating into the Resco parking
lot. Second, there is talk of either “compact shelving” or an “automatic retrieval system.” The former would put books on something like sliding shelves that can be compressed into a solid wall. The latter would do something like bury the collections underground to be retrieved robotically. Irwin would simply become a vending machine. The Draft Master Plan does not stop there. It envisions a library containing all sorts of learning resources such as “honors, the speakers lab, the writers studio, the math lab, the Center for Global Education, the Info Commons, and some Information Resources (IR).” Needless to say, this does not sound like a quiet place to study. If a bigger and noisier Irwin is the alternative, the Science Library must stay. What the Draft Master Plan fails to recognize is that the Science Library is already a “community space”—one for dedicated students who would hate to see it go. The staff’s view: 30 agreed, 0 disagreed, 0 neutral
Editor in chief gives fond farewell to historic semester Paige Chapman pchapman@butler.edu Three years ago, I never imagined I would be here: writing my send-off as the editor in chief of The Butler Collegian and The Butler Collegian Online. I have a nerdy confession to make: I was that freshman jumping up and down for joy when I found out I had been selected for the following semester’s staff as assistant news editor. I finally had that chance to get what any aspiring journalist wanted—the coveted college byline. Even from my very first issue as assistant editor, I was shocked to discover the amount of pride and effort that Collegian staff members put into every issue. Coming in from the outside, I thought I could design my page, have it copy-edited once and be in and out of the office in about two hours. Silly me, as I soon found out the Collegian’s four-person copy editing system. Eight hours later, I have to admit I left the office frustrated. But that frustration soon turned into aspiration—as I was inspired to become an active contributor to the tradition of excellence. Through the years, the Collegian meant much more to me than just the pursuit of the byline. Through the guidance and collaboration of my fellow
Collegianites of past and present, I have the challenge of competing in the same been given so much. They helped my playing field as other established daily formerly shy self become fearless when news outlets as a source of breaking covering and confronting controversial news. topics (which loyal readers will know The issue of timeliness has also been we have had plenty of). It was here that on the forefront more than ever. With I learned how to take pride in reporting our publication’s size and resources, accurately and thorbreaking the news oughly. It was here without compromising “It was (at The that I learned how to quality has also been a engage an audience new challenge that no Collegian) where I through my writing. other Collegian staff Most importantly, it has ever encountered. learned about the was here where I Also, another first learned about the this semester was covresponsibility we as responsibility we as ering the Butler men’s campus journalists basketball team’s jourcampus journalists have: being a watchdog ney to the National for our community. Championship game My 12 issues as edi- have: being a watchdog of the Division I tor-in-chief have simMen’s Basketball for our community. ” ply been a culmination N C A A of it all. Though I had Championships. With other staff leadership positions before, the success of the team, Butler became this was a whole other story. I have not the news. Not only did the sports staff only been responsible for the logistics aspire for superb sports journalism, but of running each issue, but I have been our news team aspired to cover issues the one who is responsible for instill- unique to both Butler and our commuing and inspiring a 35-person staff to nity; moreover, they were challenged to reach all those values. do so before any exposure by the The world of journalism has recently national news outlets made it “old been dealing with a great amount of news.” change. The convergence of The Was it a challenging semester? My Collegian and The Collegian Online fingers get tired just typing about it. was just one part of it. With the emerBut nothing extremely rewarding gence and growing popularity of new comes without presenting a great chalsocial media technologies like Twitter lenge first. This semester’s staff faced and Facebook, The Collegian now had demands that no other staff had seen
before, but they rose to the occasion. Through frantic text messaging and emailing, they willingly came in on Sunday nights strategizing special issues following Final Four and National Semifinal wins that just happened the night before. They stayed in a 90-degree office (yes, that was the day our air conditioning decided to break) the entire day when Butler University President Bobby Fong gave the rest of the university a day off—in order to ensure that an issue would come out the next day. And the results spoke for themselves. Butler University, these are the types of student journalists you have working for you. They put endless effort and hours into every issue to inform you not only of what’s going on around campus, but also of issues that matter outside of the Butler Bubble. I couldn’t be any prouder of the staff, and I am extremely honored to call myself their leader. I have high expectations and asked a lot from them, and they followed through every step of the way. Sometimes, it’s not easy being chief. But all of the work and support I had from my staff made all the work put into each individual issue worth it. I truly will miss all these experiences, as well as the pleasant camaraderie from staff, with all my heart. While I may have never anticipated this experience three years ago, I’m sure glad I ended up on this crazy ride we call The Collegian.
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Careerism contaminates education New policy warps Butler’s values Robert Warren Contributing Writer While I was sitting in class a couple of weeks back, a professor made a desperate inquiry. “Did any of you actually read?” she asked. In response to our blank-faced vertical nodding, she asked again, “Do any of you actually care about this?” We collectively paused. In all honesty, most of us were waiting for the next line of notes to transcribe on our pages so we could study for the test and get the class finished. I find this worrisome attitude to be rampant in the classroom setting. It is even more astounding than the student who says they don’t really like their major, but the job security at the end makes it worthwhile. A university is a place where you develop skills for job advancement. However, both of the prior attitudes are altogether a backward use of this institution. They neglect the importance of self-interest in study. This inversion in the use of higher education is a statement of intellectual self abuse. The students, with no real interest in their current course of study, apply time and mental exertion to learn, with the hope that the undefined horizon called the future paves the way for them to pursue their real interests. Too many students decide to put off their interests for the sake of economic stability or their parents’ urging, and it only proves detrimental to their development. At a university— a setting of intellectual freedom—we have the rare opportunity to pursue a number of interests and to apply ourselves in new and alternative ways. This is the strange chance to remove oneself from the nine-to-five hustle and grind to explore varied fields and courses of study. Only at this point in our lives do we have these freedoms. The school itself was established to develop and nurture this. The choices we make to embrace or withhold from our passions inevitably alter the courses we are setting for our lives. In our want to look far on the horizon and see ourselves “out there” in the future, we are negating the “right here,” and we are doing it for all the wrong reasons—job security, parental ideas, income level. None of these things will tell you about your personal satisfaction. We put too much weight on these as
factors that “make” future success and thus satisfaction. In too many ways we forget about the right here and the right now, all for some future promise we have yet to find. My fear is, in those moments of far-reaching future-seizing, we find ourselves constantly unsettled and split between time, unable to live in our present tense because we try to leap ahead, disappointed because, in our haste to get to the future, we find that what we needed and loved we left behind. What is it that we fear that keeps us from risking ourselves doing something we love? I won’t leave you with clichéd expressions about fear being the only thing we must fear; that would be an altogether stagnant statement. Rather I want to impress the function of the place where we all are at right now: the university. Let us not forget that the rationale behind this campus’s existence is to foster discourse, intellectual growth and application, not to serve as a note on a résumé followed by a number out of 4.0.
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CHILL OUT: Students should enjoy the now and take full advantage of their college years.
Mary Beth Sekela msekela@butler.edu
However, due to the decision to cut small classes, it is likely that this diversity will disintegrate and ultimately vanish. Am I being overly dramatic? Butler University, you’ve I don’t think so. done it again. In a desperate Quite possibly the worst aspect of this decision attempt to save money and add is its effect on small academic departments such as to the “efficiency” of this aca- physics and anthropology. The small number of demic institution, you’ve left students involved in these departments makes it far your students stranded. Liberal more likely that classes will be cut, once again arts, I congratulate you. leaving students, as well as the departments, high I am certainly not the only and dry. Butler student who has a bone “They’re assassinating the small departments,” to pick with the new class enrollment policy. The Melin said. decision to cut classes with fewer than eight stuThis is, of course, unacceptable. dents enrolled is, quite simply, bullshit. This is a Butler’s issues with adjunct professors have traditionally small establishment that has long prid- largely influenced the decision to cut small classes. ed itself on scholastic diversity, small class size and Adjunct professors are far more expensive to personal attention. Unfortunately for every Butler employ than full-time professors, and thus less student, the new policy flies directly in the face of desirable to an institution scrambling to preserve these honorable values. resources. Comstock said that Junior English major Dan “Instead of encouraging full-time professors whose classMelin said he is surprised and es are canceled could instead teach appalled by the new policy. He the classes normally taught by students to become said it doesn’t make sense for a adjuncts. So basically, Butler small university like Butler to plans to utilize the decrease in involved...the new cut classes with few students classes to force professors into enrolled. adjunct positions in order to save policy suppresses “Butler’s appeal is its small money. How many times must I class size,” Melin said. “I’d say it: Shame, shame, shame! curiosity and prevents much rather have a class with At least we won’t have to two other people than 20.” worry about losing professors Provost and Vice President for students from recogniz- due to a lack of classes. They’ll Academic Affairs Jamie simply be used in a more ecoing the diversity of Comstock said the decision to nomical manner. Ick. cut classes stems from a desire to It really does appear as though preserve resources and save their academic options.” Butler has completely lost touch money. This would be a perfectwith its roots. Instead of encourly viable explanation if the university weren’t aging students to become involved in numerous spending resources on numerous other, less worthy fields, the new policy suppresses curiosity and precauses, most recently the ridiculous conversion of vents students from recognizing the diversity of the Science Library into “soft space.” Suspicious their academic options. indeed. Melin said that he is very suspicious of Butler’s As Melin said, “At an academic institution, the new policy for this very reason. classes should be the last thing to go. Besides “I worry that [the university] will try specializing maybe the power.” in a few key majors,” he said. “I feel pretty dumbI fully agree. struck. I can’t justify [this decision] in any way.” A great part of Butler’s charm is the potential for One of the English classes I was most looking students to take a diverse assortment of classes. The forward to next semester has already been cut. I liberal arts university’s purpose is to offer students assume this tragedy—and it is a tragedy—has the opportunity to take courses outside their majors already befallen many of my fellow students. and to experience a variety of scientific and artistic Something must be done. We, as a student body, topics. must fight back against this ridiculous policy.
Millennial generation holds keys to progress Tom Fryska tfryska@butler.edu It’s the most common negative stereotype about the Millennial generation: We’re apathetic. While that’s not a particularly nice thing to say, there’s more than a fair bit of truth to this claim. Members of our generation have an abysmal record when it comes to participating in politics. Unlike college students of previous generations, we’re not radicals. We’re not political activists, and we don’t seem to be willing to fight for the values that we cherish. Universities, once proud bastions of youth-led social activism, have now diminished into decrepit husks of their former activist promoting selves. Students were once acutely socially conscious. Now, they only hurry to and fro from various obligations without much regard for the state of society as a whole. In terms of academics, we seem to do as much work for our classes as is required, but there’s little passion behind that work. Students have seemingly ceased to care about the meaning behind what they’re actually learning or why it’s important in the first place. Yet, all of this is understandable if it is taken in conjunction with the new circumstances in which students are living. Many of us are attending universities with a purpose. We want to be pharmacists, attorneys or teachers. The expectations required to reach those goals have risen substantially. As a result, students are now, more than ever before, involved in numerous extracurriculars, loading up with double majors and are trying to make themselves appealing to either potential graduate schools or employers. Additionally, with the inflated costs of college, many students are working at least part time while still juggling a heavy workload. As a result, students are spending their time juggling academic obli-
gations and financial needs and are still trying to find the time on weekends to maintain some semblance of a social life. With all this going on, it’s hardly surprising that students don’t have time to really understand what’s occurring in Afghanistan, to protest our government’s lack of action on climate change or to stand up for whatever beliefs we hold. We’re so caught up in the struggles of our own lives that we don’t have time to focus on (or critique) the greater shape of society as a whole. While all this hardly excuses our general apathy toward politics, none of us should allow our generation to be condemned for who we are. As Millennials, the apathetic attribute is only a part of who we are. Among the various generations that came before us, we’re unique in how worldly we are. More than any other generation, we’re studying abroad in record numbers and are engaging in volunteer opportunities abroad. Moreover, through the use of social networking sites and the Internet, we’re plugged in to the world. Not only that, but we also have a strangely persistent streak of idealism about us. We aren’t as burdened with racial tensions as other generations have been, we care about issues in the world and we do seem to have a knack for finding common ground and working together in groups. But the fact of the matter is, while we may care about issues like the economy, global warming or universal human rights, we’re not doing enough to support those causes. We simply join a “Facebook cause” to feel good about ourselves. The role of young adults in society is (at least in part) to challenge it. We have a right to be outraged about our government’s inability to deal with the deficit, with the international community’s ability to put a damper on climate change and the U.N.’s ability to prevent and end genocides. It’s about time that we, as young folks, made some noise to go along with our outrage. Our generation has the power to shape both who we are and the world we live in. Even though our work loads are overwhelming, our generation must rise above whatever obstacles exist and alter the sta-
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tus quo.We owe it to ourselves to use our talents to break free of our apathy and engage in actions that are conductive to the shaping of a better society. Otherwise, we may go down in the history books as the generation that didn’t care enough to be all that it could have been.
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WORKING OURSELVES TO INDIFFERENCE: The alienation of this generation from its ideals must be overcome.
What will you miss the most about Paige Chapman as Editor in Chief?
By The Collegian Staff
“I am going to miss how Paige always rewards us with cupcakes, candy and coffee. She definitely knows the way to our hearts!”
Allison Brown Online Managing Editor
“That the Starbucks employees have memorized her drink order and the time she picks it up.”
Meg Biallas Multimedia Editor
“Seriously, WHERE’S BOB?!”
Jen Pignolet Co-News Editor
“Having someone who is equally addicted to caffeine and Starbucks.”
Emily Newell Co-Sports Editor
“Paige? That’s not really ringing any bells.”
Kelly Patrick Print Managing Editor
Swinging through Life Swing dancing has become a popular new trend, even on campus at Ballroom Dance Club. Page 10
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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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‘Art Now’ honors student creativity Caitlin O’Rourke corourke@butler.edu
There’s a lamp made of ballet shoes in Lilly Hall, a life-size picture of the tennis bubble in the Health & Recreation Complex (HRC) and a table made of spray-painted beer cans in Irwin Library. Butler University’s art program has made its own treasure hunt, entitled “Tableaux to Go.” Around campus, it is showcasing student talent to preview their upcoming art show, Art Now Spring 2010, this Wednesday and Thursday in the Reilly Room. In what the art program professors hope will be a long-standing tradition, the core curriculum arts classes, art program classes and some of the advertising design classes will present their work during a two-day art show. The program has already booked the Reilly Room for about three more semesters. “I think people will be pleasantly surprised with how good the art is,” Leah Gauthier, assistant professor of art, said. “There’s great creativity from the students.” Gauthier is one of the many people who have been working constantly to get the show ready for its premiere. Assistant Professor of Art History Elizabeth Mix and Assistant Professor of Art Gautam Rao make up the rest of the art program’s faculty. However, both Mix and Gauthier said that Rao has truly been spearheading the event. And so far, they said everything has mostly gone according to plan. Although it took a while to figure out logistics and what Mix described as “administrative things,” Rao said the event is truly a labor of love for the students and a “real joy” to be able to do it. Mix said it will help faculty
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VELVET PROJECTION: Steven McLoughlin’s photo, from one of Rao’s classes, will be a piece featured in Art Now Spring 2010. Along with photography classes, there will be projects from advertising design, book illustration, animation and basic core curriculum classes. members to have the students hang their own pieces, instead of the three of them doing so all night. Both Rao and Gauthier said that while all the students’ work is fantastic, they are both especially excited for the work coming from Gauthier’s animation class and her book illustra-
tion class. Rao said he has heard the works are “spectacular.” The students didn’t just contribute their art, though. Junior Lindsay Evans and sophomore Laura Kramer were two of many student volunteers who helped “Tableaux to Go” and Art Now come to life. Evans made the
map for “Tableaux” and Kramer, the art program’s student intern, was praised by Rao for taking a “strong organizational role,” including making the logo for Art Now. However, Rao said this art show, more than anything, is great professional experience for the students
because being able to “present and explain work is very important for them.” “It really just creates a sense of visual art around campus,” he said. The opening event will be held in the Reilly Room tonight from 4 to 7 p.m.
MGMT takes risk with poor results ‘Kick-Ass’ comedy fails miserably Sara Pruzin spruzin@butler.edu MGMT is taking risks, making changes and evolving on their new album. But not all fans will be supportive. While a synthesizer-heavy sound remains, the catchy hooks and palpable energy permeating previous hits like “Time to Pretend” and “Electric Feel” are largely gone. “Congratulations” sounds very different from their 2007 debut “Oracular Spectacular.” What remains shares more qualities with ‘60s garage rock and psychadelia than with dance pop. Behind this new sound are producer Sonic Boom and the band members’ fears that listeners simply skipped from one single to the next. Hearing this made it harder for me to dislike the album. I’m supportive of bands finding their niche and making music they are confident about. But Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden, the duo behind MGMT, are more than confident. They have described this album as “a collection of nine individual musical tours de force sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence.” While this proclamation is presumptuous, it actually defines the album well. There is no standout single to fast forward to, but the mood and atmosphere are steady. This new feeling is apparent from the first track. “It’s Working” sounds like something The Zombies
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UNHAPPY FANS: MGMT takes a risk with their album that fans won’t appreciate.
“Congratulations” CD REVIEW
MGMT Columbia Records Rating: 5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor
or another ‘60s band would appreciate. It employs harmonized vocals over a pounding, surf-rock beat and a jaunty harpsichord. Cricket chirps and random breaks add interest to what is to one of the better songs on the album. In referencing the ‘70s and ‘80s singer/songwriter of the same name, “Song for Dan Treacy” reveals its early punk and British rock tendencies. The melody is psychedelic and electronic, but it lacks a chorus and never builds to anything. “Flash Delirium” finally hints at the energy of previous MGMT songs, finishing with a much needed burst. However, it is followed by “I Found a Whistle,” which lags. “Siberian Breaks” meanders along for more than 12 minutes at a plodding pace with melodic runs dwarfing the vocals. It transitions a few times, but mostly comes off as a disjointed mash-up of parts from different songs. At least British producer Brian Eno can be proud of the next song, which shares his name. It’s silly and exuberant and finally finds a good marriage between avant garde melody and vocals. “Lady Dada’s Nightmare” swells wordlessly leading into the down-tempo final song, “Congratulations.” It winds down the album well but doesn’t leave any monumental impression. Overall, MGMT does meet their self-imposed goal of making an album flow from one song to the next. In acquiring this cohesion though, the album falls flat. Recalling individual tracks becomes difficult, and nothing stands out as particularly memorable even after a few listens. “Congratulations” is an example of a band making an album they want to make, even if it comes at the expense of fans. I’ll follow along for at least another album, but others will understandably search elsewhere to satisfy their electro-dance fix.
Josie Villanueva jvillanu@butler.edu Director Matthew Vaun’s “Kick–Ass” has an unexpected storyline and is so bad it is uncomfortable to watch. Written by Mark Miller and John Romita Jr., and based on the comic by the same name, “Kick-Ass” sets the stage for the ultimate nerdy teen fantasy – the ability to transform from a common geek to a masked superhero. Such was the case for Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), the dorky, high school-aged protagonist of the film. He is a self-described mediocre guy without any extraordinary talents like humor, intelligence or charm to attract the opposite sex. He seeks opportunity to gain attention from girls and to spark excitement in his life with help from his trusty sidekick: the Internet. There he orders his obnoxious green wetsuit and creates a MySpace page in order to self-promote his new superhero alter ego: Kick-Ass. It is also on the Internet that he gains fame by becoming a YouTube phenomenon for his somewhat heroic efforts. Of course, there is an antagonist in the film. KickAss encounters Mafioso villain Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong). His role as a villain is made complete by providing vile goons and an heir to his narcotic empire, Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). Chris later becomes the masked hero, Red Mist, in his own right. The final components to the “Kick-Ass” list of characters are played by a father-daughter duo that come to Kick-Ass’ rescue. Characters Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) are also vigilante members of society, dressed in full hero regalia and armed with semi-automatic weapons and absurd amounts of blade-like weaponry. The trailer for “Kick-Ass” makes the movie look like a comedic cross of Judd Apatow’s “Super Bad” and Robert Rodriguez’s “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava-Girl.” Ultimately, the audience expects the film to be a bit corny with the gimmicky superhero suits. However, there was some hope that teenage wit and humor from actors like Mintz-Plasse, better known as hilarious “McLovin” from “Superbad”, could potentially save the day for this kind of super-herocomedy blend. Instead, “Kick-Ass” ends up being a deservingly R-rated film filled with really crude language, vulgar
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VULGAR COMEDY: Despite its potential and casting, “Kick-Ass” fails on every level. humor, over-the-top graphic violence and not enough laughs. There is something unnerving about watching Hit Girl, an 11-year-old child, brutally assassinating countless goons. While the scenes are obviously exaggerated, it’s hard to decide if the story is cinematically brilliant or unnervingly twisted when it portrays an adorable child like Moretz murdering the bad guys. What is most frustrating about this movie is, while outlandish, it has potential for greatness. If the makers of this film had packaged it as a film about an actual comic book and focused on the style of caricatured fight scenes and cartoonish violence, it could have had the makings of a cult classic. Unfortunately, “Kick-Ass” fails to do any of that. While it is fast-paced and has some pretty impressive fight scenes, there is nothing really original or appealing about the teenage humor, the violence or the acting.
“Kick-Ass” MOVIE REVIEW Lionsgate Directed by: Matthew Vaughn Starring: Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, Mark Strong Rated R Rating: 5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor
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The Best of
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Summer Celebration
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“Let’s Dance” - David Bowie
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“You Only Live Once” - The Strokes
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“Listen to the Music” - The Doobie Brothers
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“I Shall Be Released” - Bob Dylan
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“Hello, I Love You” - The Doors
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“New Shoes” - Paolo Nutini
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“Take Me Out” - Franz Ferdinand
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“Cherry Bomb” - The Runaways
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“Let’s Go Out” - Ryan Lindsey
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“Rave On” - Buddy Holly
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“The 59th Street Bridge Song” - Simon & Garfunkel
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“Twist & Shout” - The Beatles
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“Party in the U.S.A.’” - Miley Cyrus
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These local spots in Indy have A&E’s stamp of approval—a new place featured each week!
Earth D ay Indi ana Details: Saturday, April 24 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. White River State Park Free Distance from Butler: 10 minutes from campus Specials: Local Indiana musicians, workshops on recycling and slow food, local company exhibits Why We Love This Place: It’s Earth Day. It would be a sin to stay indoors with air conditioning and fluorescent light during a celebration of all things natural. This annual festival has everything you need to celebrate properly: organic food, information about how to reduce your carbon footprint and tips on recycling. Blast “Big Yellow Taxi” for good measure on your way, unless you’re riding here properly: on a bike.
Swing dance hoists staying power for all Sara Pruzin spruzin@butler.edu Whether in night clubs or campus social clubs, swing dance is still thriving. Swing—and the variations on the dance included by the term—originated more than 70 years ago. However, it still remains popular in collegiate ballroom dance clubs and Indianapolis venues. Jonathan Tigert, a Butler University junior and president of Butler’s Ballroom Dance Club, said swing remains popular because of its feeling even while other dances have faded. “With tango and waltz, the emotion they’re built off is passion or elegance or something like that,” Tiger said. “But in swing dance, it’s joy, joy and energy and happiness. I think that’s what a lot of people like about it and what I really like about it.” Swing is the common name given to a group of dances that originated in Harlem in the late 1920s alongside jazz and big band music. It evolved through the 1930s and ‘40s and spawned dances like the jitterbug, Lindy Hop, West Coast and East Coast swing among others. Tigert began dancing when he was 10 years old under pressure from his grandparents. He began swing dancing when he was in high school and now, in addition to being president of Butler’s dance club, he is also an instructor coordinator for
Naptown Stomp, an Indianapolis-based swing dance club. “Swing dancing is really just, ‘Do what you do,’ and ‘Move the way you move,’ and that’s the style of it,” Tigert said. Ballroom Dance Club offers one way for beginners to learn how to move the way they move, but another opportunity is the Friday Night Swing Dance at Fountain Square Theater in Indianapolis on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. For $12, patrons can take a lesson from Naptown Stomp and then dance to a live band. Priscilla Erickson, head of swing night at Fountain Square, said offering a swing night was an easy choice. The theater, which originally opened in 1928 and reopened in the mid-’90s, started during the height of swing’s inception and its revival. Erickson credits Gap commercials as the reason there is still swing at the theater. In the late ‘90s and early 2000s, the retailer featured swing dancing and music in most of its commercials. While the hype has died down, Erickson said the crowd at Fountain Square has not. The venue still hosts an average of 270 to 300 patrons every swing night. “We’ll see people from 14 years old to 87 years old,” she said. “We see all races and new people all the time, and we have
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SWINGIN’ UP: Swing dancing has become a dance trend again because of its easy-going style and ability to fit everyone’s personality. a lot of regulars who have been coming to swing for 10 years or more.” These regular patrons serve as inspiration to students, like Butler sophomore Katie Arnt. She has been swing dancing for about a year and is also an officer of Ballroom Dance Club. “At Fountain Square there are guys who are 70 years old who still dance amazingly on the dance floor and women too,” Arnt said. “I hope to be able to do that when I’m older.” Also part of the swing community is Butler senior Kate Green. Green has been
swing dancing since the age of 16. Since swing dancing is relatively new, Green explained it has much more relaxed conventions than dances like the waltz or tango. Because of this, people looking for dances to embrace in the modern era have found swing, she said. “People have begun to rediscover the past, and the thing about swing is it’s a relatively newer dance, so there are fewer rules that govern it,” Green said. “It’s more casual and it hasn’t had too much time to evolve, and it’s still evolving, so people have a lot of room for fun.”
Green said swing is a good place to start for anyone looking to get involved in ballroom dance, not only because of its prevalence and lack of rules, but because of its relaxed atmosphere. “Even the people who are good aren’t there to be good,” she said. “They’re there to have fun.” College groups have sprung up both in a response to swing’s popularity and in an effort to make it more popular. Eric Byers is the current president of the swing club at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis that was started by a professor there in 2003. Known as the Swing Cats, the group promotes a cost-effective, informal option for students who want to learn swing. “We promote teaching and social dancing,” Byers said. “Most of our music is pop instead of big band or jazz, so we’re trying to create a wider base and a younger crowd and make it more accessible.” The club, which has between 40 and 70 members at any given time, meets two nights a week. Members also host events and attend competitions on the weekends. Byers, who comes from a hip-hop background, said he was drawn to swing’s versatility and room for personalization. “It fits everyone’s personality, and everyone can fit into it,” he said. “It’s about letting loose and having fun.”
‘Glee’ gets better, entertains audience with epic music numbers Caitlin O’Rourke corourke@butler.edu I can’t lie: I was so excited about the return of “Glee” that I almost made a calendar counting down the days. Sitting down to watch the first episode April 13 was both exciting and a little nerve-wracking: with all the ends tied up in “Sectionals,” the last episode of the first half of the premier season, what exactly could the producers throw at us this time? I shouldn’t have doubted creator Ryan Murphy’s skill. Within the first 10 minutes, Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) was back in charge of the cheerleading squad and torturing Glee Club Coach Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), the glee kids were being slushied by their peers, Rachel (Lea Michele) and Finn (Cory Monteith) were having relationship issues and Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) told Will the club had to win a coveted regional championship to remain intact. While it felt a little repetitive to have all of last time’s problems pop back up again, this new Glee felt a little smarter and more put together. The songs had a little more energy and jokes were a little punchier, even though the plot continues to weave a complicated web with about 20 different divisions. Truthfully, the best part of the show was the introduction of the rival glee club’s coach (Idina Menzel) and star performer, Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff). Menzel has had star roles in both “Wicked” and “Rent,” and Groff co-starred with Michele in the recent award-winning Broadway
musical “Spring Awakening.” For the actual musical geeks, it was like having heaven smile beatifically. Both had delicious plots. On one hand, Menzel’s character seduced a completely disheveled Will, not yet divorced from his wife but already dating guidance counselor Emma (Jayma Mays), and Jesse also seduced an easily-wooed Rachel, including a public duet to “Hello” by Lionel Richie. By the time the song ended, I could practically hear millions of girls swooning nationwide and rushing to their computers to download the entire “Spring Awakening” soundtrack (which is definitely worth doing).
“Hello” was just one of many fantastic musical performances. Finn, even with his supreme awkwardness, performed a just-as-swoonworthy rendition of The Doors’ “Hello, I Love You.” The clear tongue-in-cheek references to “High School Musical” were especially good, with Finn playing basketball as he sang and a band of cheerleaders acting as his “back-up dancers,” doing moves that would never have made it into the squeaky-clean movie. Rachel brought the house (classroom, really) down with a fierce, fantastic and much better version of “Gives You Hell” by The All-American Rejects.
Although it’s a general rule that covering Beatles’ songs is a travesty, the clear emotion from Michele and Monteith during “Hello, Goodbye” (the episode’s last song) made up for it. Fans were sure to be appeased, as there was plenty Will and Emma time. And, Finn’s plea to Rachel to be in a real relationship at the end of the episode was probably what most “Glee” fans have been waiting for since the first episode. Yes, the show’s just as complicated as before. Its ridiculousness is a bit excessive. But, it keeps entertaining its audience regardless. With a full fledged Madonna episode next, rumors of a Puck-Rachel reunion and some exposition for the supporting characters, “Glee” is well on its way to making its first season one of epic proportions.
“Glee” TV REVIEW Fox Starring: Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, Jenna Usgkowitz Tuesdays 9 p.m. Rating: Collegian photo from MCT
KEEP GLEEKIN’: The Golden Globe winning show is back for the second half of its first season. Full of familiar plots, the show is still intelligent and packed with great music.
5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor
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Softball sweeps Detroit with ease Steven Peek speek@butler.edu
Last weekend marked a series of notable events for the Butler softball team. The Bulldogs (34-11, 10-5 HL) swept Detroit (2-29, 0-18 HL) in a three-game homestand by outscoring the Titans 23-5 during the weekend. Additionally, Butler also celebrated Senior Recognition Weekend, extended a school record and had a player named “Horizon League Pitcher of the Week.” In Saturday’s doubleheader against the Titans, the Bulldogs allowed only two hits in two games and acquired 11 hits of their own during each. Freshman infielder Meaghan
Sullivan had an impressive showing in the first game, going 3-for-4 with two doubles. Her efforts led Butler to a first-game victory of 8-0 after six innings. Aiding Sullivan at the plate Saturday were senior catcher Melissa Shofroth and sophomore outfielder Lauren McNulty. Shofroth hit a two-run homerun in the fifth inning while pinch hitting, and McNulty hit a single to score senior shortstop Bridget Paine in the final inning. Back-to-back doubles from Paine and senior third baseman Annie Dolan contributed to the seven runs scored by the Bulldogs in the first inning of the second game.
Paine’s double gave her 38 RBIs this season, tying the current school record. An RBI double from sophomore catcher Alyssa Coleman marked the Bulldogs’ final run of the game, with the score resting at 9-1 after five innings. Sunday’s game proved to be more competitive and challenging for the Bulldogs. Butler looked to respond to a onerun top of the first, but the Titans turned a 1-2-3 double play to force three stranded base runners. But Butler responded. The team, led mostly by its seniors, clinched its 34th win of the season. Shofroth exemplified senior leadership in the top of the third inning when the Titans were looking to score again. With two outs and two runners in scoring position, one of senior pitcher Kristen Malinkey’s tossess escaped Shofroth. Titan senior Jessica Liebner attempted to score from third on the wild pitch, but Shofroth collected the ball and dove between Liebner and the plate to put on the tag. Malinkey went three and two-thirds innings, allowing four runs with only one earned. Freshman pitcher Jenny Esparza relieved in the fourth inning and struck out 10 of the 11 batters she faced. Dolan went 3-for-4, and Shofroth was 2-for-2 with an RBI. Also, senior outfielder Jennifer Arriaga had a gamehigh two RBIs. The Bulldogs and the Titans traded the lead until the bottom of the fourth, when freshman infielder Devin Dearing drove in Paine and Dolan for the 6-4 lead. Fountai n of Youth
Collegian photo by Rachel Senn
‘SMASHED A HOMIE’: Sophomore Erin Falkenberry swings and hits a homerun against the Titans in the Bulldogs’ 6-4 win Sunday afternoon.
McNulty said that she has seen the
freshmen grow as players, which has been key in the Bulldogs’ success this year. “Last season we were a good team, but we were young,” she said. “The freshmen got a lot of experience last year, and now we have strong freshmen this year.” Esparza is one of the new additions already making an impact. On Monday, Esparza was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season. She broke a school record for most wins in a season with her 16th coming Sunday. She threw three perfect innings, striking out seven of nine batters before being replaced by sophomore Breanna Fisher. The previous school record (15 wins) was set by Sarah Unrue in 1998. Esparza also currently holds Butler’s record for strikeouts with 223. S eni o r Reco g ni ti o n Sunday’s game was prefaced with a ceremony to honor the five Butler softball seniors. Shofroth, Dolan, Paine, Malinkey and Arriaga were all recognized by their team. Paine said that the recognition made her upset for the end of the season. “It was kind of upsetting, but exciting at the same time,” she said. “The end is coming near.” McNulty said that the younger team members are also sad about the seniors’ season coming to an end. “It was really emotional,” she said. “We’re losing five amazing girls who all play a key role, whether it’s on or off the field. It’s not going to really hit us until the last game.” Sophomore Alyssa Coleman said that the seniors leaving has a different impact on her this year than it did her freshman year.
“Without a doubt there isn’t one of those girls who didn’t help me or impact me in some way,” she said. “The rest of the season is for them.” Lo o ki ng Ahead Butler plays their last regular season home game against Wright State Wednesday at 3 p.m.. The game will be the third of a three-game homestand, which started yesterday with two losses. The first game required nine innings to decide, and Wright State came out the victor, 2-1. The Raiders carried momentum from the win into the second game. They jumped out to a four-run lead after one inning. Butler scored on two solo homeruns from Dolan and Paine, but the initial deficit proved to be too much. Wright State took the second game 6-3. Paine said that the team has high hopes for the final game following last year’s conference tournament defeat. “They kicked us out of the conference last year, so I think that we’re expecting to win,” she said. As far as the Horizon League conference tournament goes, the team set the highest expectations possible. “We want to be the first Butler team to win it,” Paine said. Coleman agreed that the team’s sights are set on winning the conference, especially once school ends and the team can focus solely on softball. “We’re expecting to be ranked No. 1 or No. 2 so we get a good seed,” she said. “Then we just need to perform the way we can and the way we should.” McNulty also said that the team’s current 34-9 record is marked by some losses they shouldn’t have had, which makes them confident for tournament play. “We’ve had a lot more wins than losses,” she said. “We really expect to win conference.” Butler is currently in second place behind Cleveland State (32-11, 12-2 HL). But that situation could quickly change this weekend, when Butler travels to Cleveland to face the Vikings in three games.
Softball Horizon League Standings
Collegian photo by Rachel Senn
Collegian photo by Rachel Senn
MAKING CONTACT: Sophomore Lauren McNulty gets one of her four hits from last weekend. She went 4-for-9 and batted in three runs.
POW WOW: The Butler infield meets on the mound after making an out against the Titans. Butler allowed only five runs during the weekend.
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CSU Butler Valpo WSU Loyola Green Bay YSU UIC Detroit
12-2 10-5 7-3 9-5 6-6 5-6 6-8 4-6 0-18
32-11 34-11 27-12 18-22-1 15-17 19-12 13-26 11-29 2-29
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Baseball takes first series in season Sarah Black sablack1@butler.edu
Collegian photo by Rachel Senn
ABOVE THE REST: Junior Kevin Crane led the Bulldogs’ offense in game two against UWM Saturday. He hit in all four of the team’s runs.
The Butler baseball team won three of four games this week, including a series win against Milwaukee at Bulldog Park. In the April 14 match against Dayton, the Bulldogs managed 17 hits and went 9-0 in the first four innings. Juniors Luke Duncan and Grant Fillipitch and senior Kyle Schultz had three hits each, and junior Corey Moylan hit in three runs. Freshman pitcher Jared Earle had the win, allowing no runs in the first six innings. The Bulldogs maintained their 9-0 lead until the seventh inning, when Dayton scored four runs in an attempt to even the score. They would have three more runs during the game, but ultimately the Bulldogs held their lead and won 9-7. Head coach Steve Farley said Earle’s performance set the Bulldogs up to win, despite the setbacks in later innings. “We needed somebody on our pitching staff to step up, and Jared Earle did a great job,” Farley said. “It was crucial for him to give us good innings. This is a win that we’ll look back on later in the season and we’ll say this was a key win that got us refocused.” The Bulldogs also won their first series of the season in a three-game homestand against Milwaukee this past weekend. The first game in Saturday’s doubleheader saw junior Mike Letzter going 2for-3 with three RBIs. A six-run eighth inning created the gap that Milwaukee
couldn’t close and Butler won 11-2. The Panthers answered in the second game with 11 runs in the eighth inning, bringing the score to 13-4. All of the runs were scored with two outs, and nine of the runs were due to two Bulldog errors. UWM brought the final score to 14-4 with another run in the ninth. Senior pitcher Joe Ochs pitched into the eighth inning, marking his best performance of the season until UWM’s high-scoring run. Junior Kevin Crane hit in all four of the Bulldogs’ runs in the second game, and Fillipitch went 2-for-4, scoring twice. The Bulldogs came back from a seven run deficit in the fourth inning to defeat UWM in Sunday’s game to end the
series. The Panthers had 10 stolen bases in the game but were no match for Butler’s strong late innings. Fillipitch and Moylan had four RBIs each, and Letzter had three RBIs to lead the Bulldogs to their 20-12 victory. Three runs in the bottom of the fourth brought the score to 9-5, and seven runs in the bottom of the sixth gave the Bulldogs a 12-9 lead. In the eighth, Butler sent 12 batters to the plate and earned seven more runs to widen the gap and set the lead at 199. Sophomore Nick Hladek and Fillipitch both had a two-run single, and freshman Andrew Eckhardt had a bases-loaded walk. One more run from Crane in the eighth sealed the deal, and the Bulldogs won 20-12. Butler faces Ball State at home today.
Collegian photo by Rachel Senn
SOUTHPAW: Senior pitcher Joe Ochs threw his best game of the season Saturday, until the top of the eighth when UWM came back to score 11 runs.
Bulldogs presented with post-season recognition, opportunities Steven Peek speek@butler.edu The three senior members of the men’s basketball team—Avery Jukes, Nick Rodgers and Willie Veasley—played for the Washington Generals in a game against the Harlem Globetrotters at Conseco Fieldhouse April 14. Unique opportunities such as this have continued to present themselves to the team. The Globetrotters game only marked the beginning. To continue his popularity, Jukes threw out the first pitch at the Butler baseball game Saturday. Although the pitch would have likely been ruled a ball by an umpire, Jukes did not short hop the throw, which saved him some grief from the crowd. Taking a step away from athletics, Jukes will soon host the second annual Champions for Children Fundraiser on behalf of his philanthropic organization, the Jukes Foundation for Kids. The organization benefits children in Uganda by providing them with educational resources. Butler men’s basketball head coach Brad Stevens will follow in Jukes’ footsteps,
although on a much larger scale. When the Chicago Cubs host the Florida Marlins on May 10, Stevens will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Furthermore, Stevens will also lead the crowd in singing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch. That Cubs-Marlins game will begin at 8:10 p.m. EST. A couple weeks later, Stevens will be participating in what is considered the largest sporting event in the world—the Indianapolis 500 race. Stevens has been given the honor of waving the green flag to begin the race, which will take place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the afternoon of May 30. The 33-year-old coach is the first person to lead any Butler team to a Final Four. He is now 89-15 during his three seasons as a head coach. His 89 wins are the most in history for the first three seasons as a head coach. The previous record was 81 wins, held by both Mark Fox (Nevada) and Mark Few (Gonzaga). Stevens will also join the rest of the men’s basketball team as the Grand Marshal of the
53rd Indianapolis Power and Light (IPL) 500 Festival Parade. As the Grand Marshal, the team will lead the parade along its route through downtown Indianapolis. For his efforts and impact off the court, Butler Sports Information Director (SID) Jim McGrath was given the Bob Williams Helping Hand Award by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (ISSA). The award was given to McGrath for his service to media members in the state of Indiana. In the recent weeks of Division I men’s basketball, McGrath has served as the host SID for the Final Four, his fourth time serving in the position. McGrath has also been the host SID for one women’s Final Four and has been a part of nine NCAA men’s first and second round tournaments. McGrath was selected by the NCAA to lead in these prestigious positions because of his 29 years as Butler’s SID, as well as his press involvement with the 1987 Pan American Games, the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival and Team USA during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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ALL SMILES: Men’s basketball head coach Brad Stevens has found himself in the spotlight.
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Thanks for memories, Butler sports Emily Newell and Steven Peek collegian@butler.edu
Prior to this academic year, we had never covered sports for a print publication at Butler. We spent the previous academic year writing for Dawgnet, now part of The Butler Collegian Online, and had no idea what the year would hold for us. When last August came, we jumped into the fall sports season unaware of what was to come. Having followed Butler sports before, we knew coverage wouldn’t be the problem. Instead, the issue of having to work with and coordinate staff members other than ourselves that was tough. Also, going through pages and pages of edits from copy editors and managing editors was something we had never done for Dawgnet. We were used to submitting stories and seeing them appear online a few days later. We overcame these minor hiccups, and we couldn’t have asked for a better year of athletics from the Butler sports community. Sports journalism is a truly enjoyable field for us, as we have both been lifelong sports fans. Sports coverage is even easier to enjoy when the teams we are covering find success. Butler football captured the Pioneer Football League (PFL) title and the Gridiron Classic on a 101 (7-1) season. Butler didn’t lose a game until mid November and went undefeated otherwise. The men’s soccer team was the runner-up in the conference tournament’s final game, falling to Green Bay in penalty kicks. The team went on to receive an at-large bid to and first-round bye in the NCAA Championships. Butler cross country continued their season-byseason success this year, winning the Horizon League Championship in Detroit. The men have now won the conference meet 12 consecutive years, while the women have won seven of the past eight years, as well as 11 of the past 13.
The team followed their league title with strong performances at the NCAA Regionals and then the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Additionally, senior Andy Baker and freshman Katie Clark each were named the Horizon League Cross Country Athletes of the Year. After an exciting fall sports season, we were just as excited as the rest of campus for winter athletics to begin. So, our sports coverage began in December as we traveled to New York to cover the men’s basketball team’s game at Madison Square Garden. Little did we know, the team’s 72-65 loss to Georgetown would be one of its last. But the men’s basketball team wasn’t the only winter sports team to exceed our expectations. The women’s basketball team also had their share of success. They played their way to the conference tournament’s final game and received an invitation to play in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). Though the team lost its first game of the WNIT, the loss didn’t overshadow the success they achieved during the regular season. The Lady Dawgs went 23-10 overall and 14-4 in conference. Senior Melanie Thornton and junior Brittany Bowen both averaged double-digit points per game. Thornton also led the team in blocks, steals and rebounds. After coming down from the excitement of the Final Four, we were able to realize the efforts and accomplishments of Butler’s spring teams. Softball is currently 34-9 and second in the conference standings with a 10-3. They have nine league games remaining before the conference tournament. Also aiding in the spring excitement, baseball has shown improvement from their previous seasons. They are already two wins away from tying their win totals from the 2008 and 2009 seasons, with 19 games still remaining before their conference tournament. This sports journalism thing is a lot of work! But every second put in to this year’s coverage has been worth it. We feel privileged to have experienced all the opportunities the successes of the Butler sports
teams have presented. Between the two of us, we’ve been able to contribute to the prominent sports blog, Rush The Court, contributed to ESPN.com and participated in several radio interviews. This sports season has given each of us the opportunity to gain real life experience in nearly every area of the sports journalism world—something we would not have had the chance to do had it not been for the success of Butler sports. We sat alongside famous broadcasters and writers, ate dinner in the same Madison Square Garden press room as Andy Katz, passed by Dick Vitale and Bob Knight on the court, interviewed coaches and even got an inside look to covering a sports team at a major event. We feel so privileged and thankful to each of the
Butler athletics teams and what their success has given to us, and we congratulate them on all they have achieved in the sports arena and in the classroom. Butler truly is a special place. There is lots of talk about “The Butler Way” and the intelligence of Butler as an athletic program. However, reputations like that don’t create themselves. A certain type of person is attracted to a place like Butler, and we’re glad we’ve been a part of it. No person on the Collegian staff does their job solely for the paycheck, but I can honestly say covering Butler sports and putting together the best sports section possible every week is reward enough for me. We are already looking forward to creating the first issue of the 2010-2011 academic year.
Collegian photo courtesy of Emily Newell
SPORTS IN THE CITY: Fall 2009 sports section editorial staffers Arika Herron, Steven Peek and Emily Newell and photographer Rachel Senn visit New York City to cover men’s basketball.
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Collegian photos by Ryan Murach, Maria Porter and Rachel Senn Collegian illustration by Rachel Senn