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WTHR, SGA team up to increase awareness by molly kordas

mkordas@butler.edu | staff writer

Do the bustle: Butler University Dining Services has added 70 chairs to adjust to the bustle during lunchtime at Residential College’s Dining Room.

Last week, a campus-wide email was sent out to encourage students to help fix the overcrowding during peak hours. (Photo by Caroline Johnson)

‘Lunch crunch’ puts university dining services in bind

Butler University Student Government Association and Channel 13 WTHR teamed up on Sept. 22 to encourage students to vote and get involved in thir community.

SGA held a voter registration drive and helped WTHR gain access to college students to get them to register to vote.

“SGA simply provided the man power that Channel 13 needed to make the event successful,” SGA President Chris Ring said.

Dean of Student Life Irene Stevens received the first contact from WTHR and forwarded the messages to SGA. She said she thought it would be a great opportu-

nity for SGA and Butler University to get involved in the community.

SGA is the governing student body on campus and found it important to get students interested in becoming part of the governing process on a higher level.

WTHR and SGA worked together and registered students who will hopefully vote in the upcoming election.

Elections in November will determine one-third of the seats in the Senate and all of the seats in the House of Representatives.

Election day is Nov. 2.

SGA does not have plans to hold another voter registration drive at the time, but Ring said he would be open to the idea.

Students encouraged to help with overcrowding BY aja cacan

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acacan@butler.edu | staff writer

utler University Dining Services has made efforts to adjust to the larger student body on campus.

Students who eat at Residential College’s Dining Room might have noticed changes in the number of seats available during the lunch hours.

Food Service Director Stacy Puck said dining services has added 70 addtional chairs to accomodate the large lunch crowd.

The dining hall can now hold 330 people at any given time, as opposed to the previous 260.

While adding more chairs and rearranging tables has helped a little with the wait time for students, Puck said the volume of students has not changed.

“We serve 380 students before 12:15 on some days,” Puck said.

Previously, students would dine outside in the lobby if there was no room inside, but this is no longer allowed.

Puck said these new enforcements

are natural and keep the dining halls safer.

When it comes to which dining hall is being frequented most often, ResCo or Atherton, Puck says that, according to the statistics, traffic has stayed pretty constant between the two.

She recommends that students find the most convenient time to eat to minimize overcrowding at peak times during the day.

Students are encouraged to avoid the lunch rush from 12-12:30 p.m. everyday, but especially on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Following the first few weeks of school, students often figure this out themselves and the large crowds usually let up, she said.

Most students will often fluctuate between the two dining halls that are open for lunch depending on what is on the menu that day or their schedules.

However, many students, like sophomore Kelly Hunter, simply prefer one dining option over the other.

“The food at ResCo is just better,”

Hunter said.

Junior Maureen Bamiro said Atherton Marketplace has made improvements in their menu options.

“I think Atherton is making a good effort,” she said.

Even though major changes haven’t been necessary, dining services has seen some slight changes in the way things are being done.

“Over the prior year, it’s comparable,” said Puck of the traffic that the dining halls have been seeing.

In an e-mail from dining services, students were encouraged to try and contribute to “easing the lunch crunch.”

To maximize the seating at each table, students should share tables, the e-mail said.

Students were also advised to take conversations out to the lobby to free up some space and to eat at Atherton Marketplace when the line stretches out into the lobby.

Both dining halls are open for lunch 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

open mic night: Thirteen performers sang and played for a spot in the top three on Sept. 24 Check out the full story on page 7. (Photo by Rachel Senn)

Are you peppy enough for Hink?

Try outs for mascot to be held today

by grace wallace

gwallace@butler.edu | asst. news editor

Calling all potential bulldogs!

The Butler University athletics department will be holding try-outs for the university mascot, “Hink,” today at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

“The students just need to bring themselves and be dressed in a T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes,” Spirit Coordinator Jamie Troyer said. “Be prepared to wear the costume.”

Hink, a fan-favorite, performs at all home football games and men’s and women’s basketball games as well as some home volleyball matches, Troyer said.

Hink also makes appearances at alumni events, pep rallies and off-campus events, such as charity fundraisers and wedding receptions.

Troyer said the Hink performers also attend a training camp in August and meet once a month for practices during the season.

“It is an active job where you’re wearing a big head and a furry costume,” she said.

Troyer said the Hink performers need to be up to the challenge of putting on the bulldog suit and good physical condition is a must.

“We want someone that is a huge Butler

fan and has an excitement for Butler,” she said. “He or she has to be creative and outgoing when they are in the costume.”

A current Hink performer-whose job requires anonymity-said being able to improvise and separating yourself from the character is a necessary part of the job.

“You have to have really good impromptu skills and come up with stuff right on the spot,” the performer said. “It’s essential to be ready to entertain without any forewarning.

“As Hink, you should be prepared to make a fool out of yourself because even though you think you might look stupid, no one can see you so it does not matter.

“The mascot’s job is to entertain. You can’t be selfish.”

Though being the mascot is an enjoyable job, the performer said it is also sometimes really challenging.

It is hard to see or hear anything when inside the suit and the bulkiness makes it difficult to communicate and is physically exhausting, the performer said.

“The hardest part of being Hink is not being able to talk—sometimes communicating can be really difficult,” the performer said.

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Are you hink enough?: Tryouts to find a performer to act in the role of Hink are going to be held today. The mascot will perform at Butler athletic events and other events around Indianapolis. (Photo by Caroline Johnson)

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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet continues writers series

the art of language: Yusef Komunyakaa read aloud from his books of poetry as a part of the Visting Writers Series. He read several poems and answered questions from the audience. (Photo by Erin Drennan) Tara mcelmurry

tmcelmur@butler.edu | news editor

“He thinks like a scholar [and] writes like a jazz musician,” Doug Mannual, part of the Masters of Fine Arts program, said as he introduced visiting writer, Yusef Komuyakaa, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Krannert Room of Clowes Memorial Hall.

Komunyakaa read several poems for Butler University students, faculty and members of the community at his poetry reading last week.

Komunyakaa has won a Pulitzer Prize and the $50,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his work “Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems.”

Stepping up to the podium, Komunyakaa searched for his glasses. Once he put them on, he began to read. Starting with a selection of poems including, “With Eyes on Me” and “Blue Dementia.”

He read aloud from “Blue Dementia” saying, “In the days of nightriders when life tongued a reed till blues & sorrow song called out of the deep night: Another man done gone. Another man done gone.”

As he flipped through his books, he said he was “threatening to surprise himself” with which poem he would read next, but he said at this point it’s a little difficult.

Komunyakaa, is a Louisiana native and Vietnam War veteran, where he worked as a correspondent for Army publications during the Vietnam War. According to the Poetry Foundation, his

work is influenced by both of these aspects of his life.

After his introductory poems, Komunkyakaa went on to read more emotional poems about his experiences in the war.

The poems were about dealing with fallen men, direct combat and visits to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. “Thanks for the tree between me and the sniper’s bullet,” he read from the poem “Thanks.”

Komunyakaa said it took him 14 years to start writing about Vietnam.

In another poem titled, “Facing It,” he wrote, “I go down the 58,022 names, halfexpecting to find my own in letters like smoke.”

Komunyakaa said, “Sometimes war and love seemed to be linked,”about the experience of being involved in and writing about war.

Although it seemed that Vietnam was a big influence in his writing, Komunyakaa said his influences do go beyond the war. “[The Vietnam War] is only one aspect of a complicated existence,” he said.

Komunyakaa said music influences his writing as well and when reading his lighter poetry he used a song-like tone.

“I think language is music,” he said.

Komunyakaa said he believes reading and writing are connected and he “loves the physicality of work.”

“I do what I love,” he said. “I write everyday and I read everyday, too.”

Arts, sciences spotlighted in Butler lecture series Aja cacan

acacan@butler.edu | staff writer

Along with the Visiting Writers Series and the Center for and Faith and Vocation Series, Butler brings even more diversity to the 201011 lineup by including the Arts Lecture Series and the Woods Lecture Series. In this issue, we spotlight the last two of the four lecture series.

The Leadership through the Arts Lecture Series Butler’s Leadership through the Arts series focuses on bringing in speakers from various art-related fields. The series has three speakers spaced out through the fall and spring semesters.

“We bring speakers from a variety of areas in the arts to share with us their expertise,” Jordan College of Fine Arts Interim Dean Michelle Jarvis said. Jarvis is currently program coordinator for the series.

“They can share with us the sense of the profession as it is today,” she said.

The series introduces students to various disciplines of art in an interactive way.

Jarvis said JCFA continues to train and teach students using traditional methods, but “as our community changes and our economy changes, the arts have to be on top of how all this is going to happen.

“Hopefully, through the Leadership through the Arts forum we are able to gather that kind of information,” she said.

This year’s three speakers will be Larry Todd, musicologist and professor of music at Duke University (Sep. 29); Cameo Carlson, executive vice president of Universal Motown Republic Group (Feb. 10); and Ralph Lemon, artistic director of Cross Performance (Mar. 23).

Each speaker brings his

own expertise and experience to the series.

“Each one is so very different,” Jarvis said. “They will be highlighting several areas in the arts and showcasing them for the audience.

“Larry Todd will lead the way into our Schumann festival, which is going on next weekend.

“Mr. Mellon is a theater person, but one who’s very involved in choreography, very involved in dance, sort of interfaces the two together.”

The process of putting together the speakers series is a collaborative effort.

“We work as a college and everyone is asked who they would like to bring,” Jarvis said.

The speakers this year reflect the changing nature of the arts and bring a sense of the real world to students looking to pursue careers in the arts. “[The arts] are going to be integrated and collaborative,” Jarvis said. “They’re going to interface with each other. They’re going to be interactive.”

The J. James Woods Lecture Series The Woods Lecture Series in Science and Mathematics seeks to bring together a diverse collective of speakers in both fields.

This semester’s lectures started off Monday with Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, winner of the Indianapolis Prize from the Indianapolis Zoo. It will be followed by two more events in the fall semester and a full repertoire in the spring.

“The purpose of the Woods lecture series is to bring prominent mathematicians and scientists to campus,” Marjorie Hennessy, program coordinator for the series, said.

The next event takes place Tuesday, Oct. 21 at Clowes Memorial Hall. It will feature two speakers, Bob Berkebile and David Orr. “We’re doing [a lecture] with the Center for Urban Ecology,” Hennessy said. “[Berkebile] is an architect and he’s one of the founding members of the certification program for buildings and architecture in the United States Green Building Council.

“He’s coming along with [Orr], who is a professor at Oberlin College.”

Many of the speakers try to address real-life issues for which their field offers constructive solutions.

For instance, Hennessy said that Berkebile and Orr are, “going to be talking about carbon-positive initiatives and how Indianapolis could benefit from changing the way we do standard business.”

The third and final speaker this fall will be Bill Newman on Nov. 8. Newman is involved in the field of chymistry—a combination of alchemy and early chemistry.

Newman has studied the work of Isaac Newton, who performed various experiments in chymistry as well.

“He is going to recreate some of these historic experiments for the audience,” Hennessy said.

The presentations will be preceded by a networking opportunity for interested students, followed by a panel discussion on the topic presented.

The faculty who prepare the lecture series consult a variety of different sources.

“They see what’s going on and what’s current and they all bring their own ideas,” Hennessy said.

Admission for all these events is free.

Seminar on Religion:

The war between violence and peace Sarah Holcombe

sholcomb@butler.edu | asst. news editor

Scott Appleby, professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, delivered the first 2010-11 Seminar on Religion and World Civilization address last night at Clowes Memorial Hall.

Appleby’s lecture was titled, “Religion as Promoter of Peace, Perpetuater of Violence.”

He began his lecture by presenting three terms: religion, conflict and peace building. He then defined what they meant individually, and questioned what their dynamics were when brought together.

“Religion is a major source of heavy conflict in the world because of violence, terrorism and extremism,” Appleby said. “But it is also a less publicized but equally powerfully and compelling movement for a set of ideas and practices that help build humanity.”

The challenge, Appleby said, is understanding how it can be both.

Appleby said that the problem and ultimately the confusion regarding religion is that it is made up of both peacemakers and violent extremists.

Appleby said that what exists is two extreme types of people. He calls these extremists “militant believers,” because they are willing to put their lives and the lives of their families at risk to carry

out “God’s will.”

The mistake, Appleby said, is to assume that all of these militants are violent, explaining that some are militants who are “willing to go to the edge for peace building,” but that they are just as much militants in that they are willing to give up their earthly life in the name of their cause.

Appleby used terrorists as an example of violent mili-

but the fact is religion is ultimately a contest.

“The fact is more Muslims are being killed today by other Muslims than anyone else. They are contesting the meaning of God, the meaning of justice and the meaning of liberation.”

Appleby said there are numerous points of view and observations about each religion that date back generations and that is what makes each sect so full of believers of the same God and religion who have different interpretations of their sacred text.

It’s hard to pin down who is right or wrong in the debate, Appleby said, because there are no databased claims to support any of the arguments being made.

“All religions have apocalyptic themes that can be construed to legitimate violence if the situaScott Appleby tion calls for it,” Appleby SEMINAR KEYNOTE SPEAKER said.

Appleby said in the Bitants and then cited Mahat- ble’s book of Matthew, Jesus ma Ganhdi and Dr. Martin says, “I did not come to bring Luther King Jr. as militants of peace, but a sword.” the peaceful nature.

This phrase contradicts Appleby said one explana- the messages of peace by tion for the opposite extremes which many Christians feel that arise out of religion is the Bible tells them to live that religions are ultimately, their lives. “internally plural.”

So what ultimately re“It’s easy to say that mains then? Appleby said Christianity says this, and what it boils down to is a Islam says that, and Juda- spectrum of beliefs about the ism says that and Buddhism same ideas: there are those says that,” Appleby said. who advocate for peace, but “But there is no such thing reap violence in times of neas Christianity, or Islam, or cessity and feel it is wrong, Buddhism. There are Chris- and there are those who feel tianities, and Islams, and violence is a necessary at all Buddhisms and Hinduisms, times.

Religion is a major source of heavy conflict in the world.

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Elephant expert opens Woods series

by Grace wallace

gwallace@butler.edu | assistant news editor

Iain Douglas-Hamilton opened Butler University’s J. James Woods Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics on Monday.

Douglas-Hamilton is a leading conservationist for African elephants who founded Save the Elephants in 1993 and is recent a winner of the 2010 Indianapolis Prize for his lifetime achievements.

Douglas-Hamilton began his work after completing his doctorate from Oxford University through pioneering research on the social behavior of elephants.

He was the first to alert

the world to the ivory poaching holocaust.

He also published two award-winning books, “Among the Elephants,” and “Battle for the Elephants,” with the help of his wife Oria.

Beyond that, he has also produced several documentary films about African elephants.

During his lecture, videos, pictures and personal experience allowed Douglas-Hamilton to bring Africa to Butler.

He had a lot to share from rare video footage of an elephant birth to unique stories of raising his two daughters in Africa.

While his stories and visu-

als were entertaining, at the core of his lecture, DouglasHamilton’s speech packed an important message on the conservation of elephants.

Nearly 20 years ago, he said the high price of ivory was devastating to elephant populations in Africa and the nation lost nearly half of its animals to poaching.

“Africa’s most famous national parks were littered with elephant carcasses,” Douglas-Hamilton said.

In 1989, Kenya led the way in a “protest of sorts,” by burning a massive stock of the ivory tusks, he said.

At that time, DouglasHamilton was already involved in putting an end to

Stories from africa. Iain Douglas-Hamilton shared stories of his time in Africa with his wife and two children while educating his audience about the importance of African elephant conservation. (Photo by Rachel Senn)

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the poaching—chronicling how Africa’s elephant population was halved between 1979 and 1989 and helping to bring about the world ivory trade ban.

After the ban lessened the effects of poaching, DouglasHamilton said he was able to focus on the topics that really interested him—elephant population trends, movements and social behavior. He founded Save the Elephants and began research on a national reserve in northern Kenya.

The organization follows 50 different elephant families. Researchers take notes and study the animals every single day, he said.

The organization also worked with the BBC to make the documentary, “The Secret Lives of Elephants,” in which researchers explain elephant behavior and their striking similarities to humans.

Douglas-Hamilton said one of the most challenging obstacles the organization has recently faced is trying to keep the elephants away from trampling and eating local village crops.

“These huge animals are moving through their fields and homes and it’s scary to the villagers who are unarmed,” he said.

Douglas-Hamilton said his organization developed a natural method to keep the elephants away from the

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5 Things You Need to Know This Week

It’s okay to admit you’re behind on the headlines. Someone had to watch the premiere of “Dexter.” No worries. Here are the top news stories to impress your friends and your professors.

1) Ironic turn of events ends in death. The owner of the U.S.-based Segway company died this weekend when he drove his Segway off of a cliff and into a river.

2) Foster children struggle to learn in traditional school environment. A recent study showed that foster children are most at risk to drop out of school by the time they’re supposed graduate high school.

3) No tweeting while teeing. Members of the Ryder Cup team have been told social networks like Facebook and Twitter will be barred during the extent of the tournament to avoid any potential controversy involving sponsorships.

4) Athletic department fees raise questions and student debt. On average, students will pay $1,000 in fees that go towards the athletic department of colleges and universities, regardless of a student’s involvement with the department. This is causing controversy in Virginia and parents are looking into the legality of the issue.

5) $100 million given to New Jersey school system. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he would donate $100 million in Facebook stocks over the next five years through his “Start-up: Education Foundation” to Newark schools. compiled and written by Jill McCarter

hink call out: TRYouts to be held today to find performer continued from page 1 motions to reach the crowd because your costume really absorbs the movements and people are far away.

“Then you have the heat where its anywhere from 20-30 degrees warmer in the suit—probably at least a 100 degrees during the games in Hinkle.”

Despite all this, the performer said it’s a great experience for someone full of school spirit and the events are all very rewarding.

“It’s fun because people don’t know your identity when in costume and you have free reign at all of the events—you can have a ton of fun and mess with people just because you’re Hink,” the performer said. “You become this character that is larger than life— especially to the kids.”

In regards to the mascot’s history, Troyer said Butler was known as the “Christians” until The Butler Collegian produced a frontpage cartoon for the upcoming football game with the Franklin “Baptists” in 1919.

The cartoon featured a fraternity’s pet bulldog, Shimmy, taking a bite out of the pants seat of a figure labeled, “John the Bap-

tist,” with the caption, “Bring on That Platter, Salome!”

She said though Butler ended up losing the game, the name “Butler Bulldogs” stuck and soon after the bulldog become an official university mascot.

The current Hink outfit is based upon a costume design The Walt Disney Co. created for Butler over twenty years ago, Troyer said.

While performers are expected to be outgoing and able to get the crowd pumped on the field and the court while in suit, performers are to remain anonymous.

Troyer said part of the reason behind the secrecy of the Hink performers identities is to make the mascot more realistic.

“We want Hink to be a character, and not the person inside the costume,” she said.

Anyone interested in being a mascot should contact Troyer before tryouts today by e-mailing her at jwestfal@butler.edu.

Troyer said they are looking for someone with, “a lot of energy and excitement for the school, and commitment and dedication to the performance side of it and development of the character.”

PR class to blog for Indiana Insider

BIRDS EYE VIEW: The Indiana Insider Blog reviews local hot spots like downtown Indianapolis. (Photo courtesy of the Indiana Office of Tourism Development)

by Amber sapp asapp@butler.edu | staff writer

A Butler University journalism class is teaming up with a local web site, the Indiana Insider Blog, to gain professional experience.

The class, tourism promotion and destination marketing, is taught by Bob Schultz, who was contacted by the managers of the blog.

“Several months ago we were brainstorming internally about how to do more with less,” Jeremy Williams, production manager for the Indiana Office of Tourism Development and blog manager said. “Like a lot of other businesses, our budget [has been] continually dropping. We needed to figure out how to do more with less money.

“We had a relationship with Bob Schultz because he used to work with the Indianapolis Visitor’s Center, so we got in touch with [Schultz] to see if there was some way we could work with him and his class in a way that we would be able to get some content and the students would be able to gain more professional experience as well.

“A blog seemed like a really perfect fit for them.”

These student bloggers are receiving an immense opportunity working with the Indiana Insider Blog.

“By the end of the semester, the students are going to have a portfolio of about 10 posts on a blog that reaches many people,” Williams said. “Then we [at Indiana Insider Blog] will have posts from these 15 students that will fill content on our site for this semester and beyond.”

The Indiana Insider Blog (www.in.gov/visitindiana/ blog), is a site aimed at informing Indiana residents and visitors of different tourist activities in the area.

According to senior Liesel Kasdorf, the bloggers’ job is to find out about restaurants, events, fairs, shops and festivals __________________________________________ see indiana insider page 4

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Howard named co-editor of TRAILS by sarah holcombe

sholcomb@butler.edu | asst. news editor

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Jay Howard is working with the American Sociological Association and Indiana University to advocate for better teaching in the classroom.

Howard was recently named co-editor of Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, an online resource for sociology teachers.

“It’s a fun opportunity,” Howard said. “It’s a way of taking your expertise as a faculty member and as a teacher and sharing it beyond your own classroom.”

TRAILS will create a library of teaching resources available to high school and college sociology teachers to use in the classroom. The library will have PowerPoint presentations, sample syllabi and sample paper ideas.

Howard said he is excited to be working with TRAILS because it will allow him to reach and educate a broader spectrum of people interested in sociology.

He will work as part of a team of three to edit a section of the library, which Howard says will enhance their end product’s value.

“We felt that having a team of three gives each of these materials a greater sense of peer review,” Howard said. “People can say my teaching materials have been peer reviewed by national experts which helps them get credit for what they’re teaching.”

Howard has been a member of the American Sociological Association for 18 years and has been very involved with the efforts related to the teaching movement.

Aside from TRAILS, Howard is also working with

Indiana University’s Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching to spread his knowledge and passion for quality teaching.

FACET is an organization within Indiana University that serves as an award after members go through an extensive review process.

Howard was admitted in 1997.

“Admittance doesn’t stop with just getting an award,” Howard said. “We’re expected to be engaged on their local IU campus as well as nationally to help facilitate more effective teaching and learning.”

Howard said he has been involved with IU’s “Future Faculty Teaching Fellow Summer Institute,” where he facilitated a weekend-long development workshop that prepared the students before they began teaching.

Howard will speak at

FACET’s annual conference, delivering a speech about student participation in the classroom.

“When students are engaged in discussion and actively participate, they learn more and they develop their critical thinking skills,” Howard said. “Yet, there is a ‘norm’ that you typically see in the classroom where five students do 90 percent of the participating.”

Howard said he feels very privileged that he gets to speak at the FACET conference to discuss the importance of good teaching.

“I’m very fortunate to be in a discipline where people value teaching as well as scholarship.” Howard said. “FACET places value in teaching and makes sure we reward people for doing good teaching, because learning is what higher education should be about.”

Library of knowledge: Dean Jay Howard was named co-editor of TRAILS, an online sociology resource. (Photo courtesy of Jay Howard)

Students readjust after studying abroad

When in Berlin: senior Calli Duggins stands in front of one of the city’s largest open markets where she bought a paper lantern as a memento. Duggins studied abroad in Europe her junior year. (Photo courtesy of Calli Duggins) by amber sapp and jill mccarter

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ith over 110 study abroad programs offered, Butler University students have plenty of opportunities to step outside of the “Butler Bubble” and the Indianapolis community and experience a different culture.

For some, the readjustment to Butler can be difficult.

Senior Calli Duggins spent the fall semester of her junior year studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain. She said she had some mixed feelings while studying abroad.

“I was very homesick, but I loved seeing a different part of the world,” Duggins said.

After a semester, Duggins said she decided to come back home, even though her original plan was to stay a full year.

Senior John Joseph studied at the University of Otago in the town of Dunedin, New Zealand last spring after spending the fall in Washington, D.C. and said he also struggled briefly with the return to Butler.

“It has been hard filling my time,” Joseph said. “When you are abroad, walking around and meeting new people is the best activity you can do.

“At Butler, walking around campus is not nearly as fulfilling.”

“My first semester back at Butler was surreal,” Duggins said. “Things can change so much from one semester to another so that took some getting used to.”

Duggins said the basketball team’s run to the Final Four game provided her with many chances to reconnect with other students.

“The excitement helped me feel like I was part of the greater Butler community,” Duggins said. “All the events during the Final Four were a great way to feel like an American student again.”

Participation in other on-campus events also helped Duggins in the readjustment period, as she said she found herself volunteering and attending speaking engagements on campus.

Duggins said she thinks students who

woods lecture: RESEARCHER WORKS TO SAVE ELEPHANTS continued from page 3 villages by relying on the Kenyan myth that elephants will flee from buzzing bees.

He said researchers captured African honeybee hives and moved them to form a wall along the fields. The hives were attached by a thin wire that would shake slightly and cause the bees to buzz when elephants attempted to cross the fields. The elephants would then immediately turn around and eventually stopped coming into the fields, he said.

Research like this has been vital in helping elephant and human interactions become much less violent because it has raised local awareness of the elephants.

“The key element will be to get a good relationship with the local people,” Douglas-Hamilton said.

“I’m a huge believer in international conservation of animals and not just a particular

group.”

Students that attended the event said they enjoyed the variety of research and the realistic aspects of the lecture.

“I thought the birth video

combat the elephant deaths.

“I learned a lot that I never knew before, definitely about the ivory trade and poaching. I feel inspired to go save the elephants,” freshman Megan Donisch said.

Along with speaking at Butler, DouglasHamilton has spoken at the Wildlife Conservation Network Conference, the 7th Annual World Wilderness Conference and he was a keynote speaker at the International Elephant Foundation Conference.

Having the opportunity to win the InMegan Donisch dianapolis Prize and BUTLER UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN work with the Indianapolis Zoo has been was very interesting—gross, very beneficial to both he but very cool,” freshman Da- and his team in these rough vid Promisel said. times, he said.

Douglas-Hamilton said “The Indianapolis prize the price of ivory is rising is something that really again and illegal poaching is boosted our morale and we once more becoming popu- were very honored to accept lar. it,” Douglas-Hamilton said.

He said his organization “The boost it gave us was felt is working with locals to by all of our team members.”

I learned a lot that I never knew before. I feel inspired to save elephants.

other side of the world: Senior John Joseph studied abroad in Dunedin, New Zealand last spring. He had some trouble adjusting back to American college life when he returned to Butler. (Photo courtesy of John Joseph) study abroad should not hold back on their involvement upon their return.

“Stay involved with your Butler activities as soon as you get back,” Duggins said.

“Some students I have talked to feel disillusioned about campus activities.

“You have realized life exists outside of Butler, now use your experiences to complement your Butler activities.”

Joseph said he would encourage students to relish their moments and to share them with friends.

“While you want everyone to know about your experiences, most people truly do not care,” Joseph said. “You find out who your true friends are by their willingness to ask questions and listen to your answers.”

Sarah Robinson, study abroad adviser, helps students who are interested in studying abroad to find a program that would best fit their interests and course of study.

Robinson also helps students get reacquainted with the Butler community when they return.

Students should stay in touch with the people they met abroad in order to keep the memories of their trip alive, she said.

“Emotionally, it can be really challenging for students to come back, and I think it just takes time,” Robinson said.

Despite the possibility of a difficult transition, Robinson said she fully believes that studying abroad will leave a lasting impression on students and encourages students to consider it.

“There are so many reason to study abroad,” Robinson said.

She said the best reason is the personal growth students experience during their time abroad.

“Students come back with a greater sense of independence and self-confidence,” Robinson said. “They are more outgoing.

“Students come back feeling obviously more culturally aware, but also more aware of who they are themselves, who they are as a person and where they want to go with their lives.”

indiana insider: students gain real experience By Blogging continued from page 3 in order to relate them to the public.

“For the most part, the bloggers have the latitude to write about what they like to write about as long as it relates to tourism in Indiana somehow,” Williams said.

“They have the freedom to write about what they choose.

“But there are occasions when our office has something we are trying to promote. So every once and a while, we will ask our bloggers to write about specific things or other times I will forward them suggestions and ideas.

Senior Lynzy Stover said she was excited about the opportunity to gain experience in the blogging community.

She said she found the process of writing for Indiana Insider to be relatively simple.

“We either have to visit the attraction that we are blogging about or do research about the attraction,” Stover said. “After we de-

cide and research our topic we use WordPress to compose our blog.”

Once the students write their blogs, they submit them to be reviewed by Indiana Insider.

When all edits are complete, the blog is posted to the Indiana Insider site.

“I think this will be extremely beneficial towards my major and career,” Stover said. “All of the posts that we compose are put into a compilation of everything we have ever written.

“Once we are finished we can use those blog posts to show potential employers that we have something that has already been published and used on a legitimate blog.”

Williams said he agrees that the blogging process is an important concept for students like Stover to have a grasp of before graduating.

“I think that in the business world, blogging is something that has become increasingly important over the last few years,” he said.

“I am actually a little bit sur-

prised by how little the students had blogged before.

“Blogging in general is just a great way to build up important and relevant content on Web sites for different companies.

“In our case it is a great way that we can quickly post a paragraph about an event that is coming up.”

He said the benefit of the blogs is that they will still be there next year when people search for things to do in the area on Google.

“I think that the real benefit for blogging is that content lives on forever as opposed to copy on a Web site where it is up for two weeks and then deleted so you they run something else,” Williams said.

“The blog content constantly gets recycled, so even though it may not be on the front page, it’s all available through search. “[Blog content] can also help your Web site and business to grow.”

The students will work on their blog entries throughout the semester-long course.

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OUR POINT THIS WEEK: Butler University Police Department and students must work together to help prevent crime on and off campus | VOTE: 19-1 It seems the “Butler Bubble” could be starting to burst.

But is this skewed perception, or reality?

This year has been fraught with stories of thefts, break-ins and suspicious persons, leading the staff at The Butler Collegian to question not only our safety, but how much Butler University Police Department is doing to protect us.

After further investigation, it seems that the students, not BUPD, may be the ones that need to be doing more for safety.

We were prompted to examine the real truth about crime and safety on campus after last week’s article in The Collegian, “Peeping Tom raises questions about campus security.”

This came just two weeks after another article about a car theft and theft from a motor vehicle.

It all sounded pretty serious, but is campus crime really up?

Not exactly. While there has been an increase in vehicle thefts and thefts from motor vehicles, total reports to BUPD are down. At this time last year, BUPD had received 217 calls. This compares to just 160 reports this year.

Andrew Ryan, assistant chief of police, said that the increases in these kinds of crime, especially thefts from vehicles, is due in part to students not being proactive about crime prevention.

“If you take away the opportunity for crime, it isn’t going to happen,” Ryan said. “If there is property in plain sight, it takes literally seconds to break in a window and go.

“It has to be a joint effort.”

In an interview for the “peeping Tom” article, Chief of Police Ben Hunter said, “We don’t prevent. Crime occurs. We’re in a position to mitigate and stop crime if it occurs.”

This caught our attention, as it is our opinion that a police department should not only mitigate, but also prevent crime.

However, in a second interview with Hunter, he clarified his meaning.

“You never know what crime will be stopped by a police officer because they stop someone due to suspicious activity,” Hunter said. “But if you are predetermined to commit a crime, you’re going to do it. If you’re going to wait around for a four-hour span, you’re going to have the opportunity to commit that crime.

“The prevention side of that is us making calls, us being in the neighborhood, us being proactive.”

Hunter said BUPD is being proactive by increasing its visibility by making patrol cars more visible at night and making sure the new directional signs on campus list BUPD in red.

“If someone is cruising campus and they see that they go ‘wow, there’s a police department here.’ All those things we do to help mitigate crime,” Hunter said.

Another concern brought forth in the “peeping Tom” article was that BUPD’s priority is to break up parties, not break up crime.

However, Ryan said when there is an incident that is reported, such as a noise complaint from a neighbor, BUPD must respond to that call.

If we appreciate the presence of BUPD on campus and take simple precautions, we can protect ourselves and campus.

“A couple of weekends ago we had a situation where there were hundreds of people in a home,” he said. “It had to be addressed because there were underage drinkers, they were being loud and there were complaints from the neighbors.

“That takes resources off the streets when you have to take all your officers over there and deal with the situation, but it needed to be dealt with.”

Hunter said students should realize it is almost inevitable that if they have the speakers turned up and “the keg out on the front porch” that someone will likely call in a complaint.

From this, we at The Butler Collegian understand it is our job as students to be responsible when going out on a Friday or Saturday night.

“It really comes down to being vigilant about your surroundings,” Hunter said. “At BUPD, we are trying to be more proactive with our controls.”

We at The Collegian agree. It is important both for BUPD to be visible both on and off campus, but also for we as students to be aware of our surroundings and on the look out for suspicious people or activities.

“Make sure you walk in large groups, make sure you use the BUPD escort service, make sure you drink alcohol responsibly,” Hunter said. “Tag your TVs, record your serial numbers [on electronics], all of that can help prevent crime.”

Hunter said he knows these messages can sometimes get lost in the shuffle of everyday life, but we agree—it is imperative that we not only depend on the presence of BUPD, but that we look after ourselves.

Maybe it’s not the best idea to walk home from the library alone at 1 a.m., and we should probably think twice before leaving our iPods sitting on our front seat.

If we appreciate the presence of BUPD on campus and take simple precautions, we can protect ourselves and campus.

The real value of a Butler education by jacqueline cromleigh

jcromlei@butler.edu | asst. opinion editor

Over the summer, my father asked me to consider the value of my education. I responded quickly with a simple answer—tuition and how it affected my finances.

I constantly repeated how important it was for me to attend school, but it was not until afterwards that I actually comprehended what he was asking me to do. I just assumed that by value, he meant cost.

This is the problem with many students today.

In a time of rising tuition and student debt, we often lose sight of why higher education is actually important to our future. We forget that the value of college goes beyond the price-tag.

Over the past few months, there have constantly been news reports of experts who feel education is losing its value in society.

In fact, it is the growing amount of student debt that is causing experts and families alike to question the actual worth of a college degree.

“Americans are carrying close to $830 billion in student loan debt,” according to an article from CBS News.

That is a number I can hardly comprehend.

“Factor in a record unemployment rate of nearly five percent among

those with a college degree and it’s no surprise that many experts and families are starting to wonder­­—is going to college worth it?” the article asks.

This topic should not to be taken lightly.

It is too often that students incur so much debt from college that they spend their whole lives trying to pay it off.

This is why it is important to choose a school that fits your own needs: a school that provides quality at a price you can afford.

Janet Bodnar, the deputy editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance in a Washington Post article earlier this month, said that picking a school is one of the main strategies to avoid debt.

“You’re looking for colleges that deliver good value—a high-quality education at an affordable price,” she said.

Bodnar said that this could mean a state institution or a more expensive private school with scholarship opportunities.

Though these facts seem downright gloomy, there is no way my college degree will not be worth it.

I will not let that happen.

My optimistic attitude forces me to believe that my Butler education is of high value or I would not have come here in the first place.

But what is my education worth to me?

It is being able to excel in classes with a personal atmosphere.

It is a journalism department that is invested in my education.

It is being provided with opportunities for success I might not have at a larger school.

It is the idea of multiple internships and high career placement rates.

It is knowledge I will acquire over my four years in Indianapolis, both inside of the classroom and out.

In his last “President’s Perspective” e-mail, Butler University President Bobby Fong discussed the value of a Butler education.

He said the value of a Butler edu-

Butler means more to a students than preparation for a career; it is preparation for life.

cation is enhanced by, “1) imparting an intellectual superstructure for how knowledge is established from field to field, 2) understanding that meaning goes beyond the intellectual to the emotional and relational and 3) appreciating that a fully lived human life means being an agent of change in the world.”

Butler means more to a student than preparation for a career; it is preparation for life.

But the possibilities and benefits of a college education do not stop there, causing confusion in this fiery college debate.

The College Board released a study this month, “Education Pays 2010: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society,” stating that the value of education could be growing.

The report found that the median earnings of full-time workers with bachelor’s degrees were $55,700 in 2008, which is $21,900 more than workers who only finished high school.

The numbers seem to make the value more clear—college educated people make more money.

As I start to think about the purpose of my education and its worth, my father’s signature phrase comes to mind—learn something.

Learn anything, learn everything: that is what we are here to do.

Learning is what makes my Butler education valuable to me.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Pay gap looms over US women

BY LEXIE SMITH

lhsmith@butler.edu | opinion editor

Good news: the pay gap between women and men in today’s workforce is the lowest on record.

Wait, there is a pay gap?

Within the first half of 2010, women earned roughly 81 percent of what men earned, according to data from the Bureau of Labor

With men dominating a large portion of available jobs, women are forced to stay at home or accept minimum wage jobs.

This is causing female-headed household poverty rates to soar. “The poverty rate for female-headed households increased to 28 percent in 2003, and poverty among adult women rose to 12.4 percent,” according to the insitute’s study director Vicky Lovell.

Even if women are lucky enough to find jobs, they are not guaranteed equal pay to their male counterparts. They are guaranteed a measly 81 cents on every dollar that men earn.

But men are not to blame for the pay gap.

Warren Farrell, author of the book “Why Men Earn More: the Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap and What Women Can Do About It,” argues that women make less than men due to the jobs that they Harry Holzer choose based on their responsibiliECONOMIST ties at home.

The higher paying jobs generally require long hours at the office, frequent travel and longer commuting times.

Women are less likely to choose these more time consuming options than men are, Farrell said.

Another reason a pay gap exists is because women are better at balancing the work life and the home life.

Big progress has been made, but a 20 percent pay gap remains significant.

Statistics.

This is the smallest pay gap recorded Yet, this pay gap is still causing women to earn almost 20 cents less per dollar than men.

It’s ridiculous.

Although I have to applaud the fact that the pay gap is getting smaller, it still is not equal pay between the sexes.

Harry Holzer, an economist at Georgetown University, told The Cleveland Plain Dealer “big progress has been made, but a 20 percent pay gap remains significant.”

This decrease of the pay gap is caused by many factors, one of which is women making up 65 percent of liberal arts schools’ students and majors.

Until recently, this area of study was dominated by men.

In recent years, women have begun a slow takeover in the workforce, however, they are still hindered by unequal pay.

According to Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “No progress on the wage ratio has been made since 2001, and women actually lost ground this year. Falling real wages for women indicate a decline in the quality of their jobs. The economic recovery continues to disadvantage women by failing to provide strong job growth at all wage levels.”

The current state of the economy is not helping women either.

With job availability going downhill, the opportunity for women to become involved in desired job fields is decreasing.

While some job fields may be steadily growing as the economy works to get back on its feet, other job fields are remaining idle and offering no potential for women entering the workforce. Due to a lack of jobs, women are forced into poverty or living without health insurance.

Over 17 million women have no health insurance. Our systems for ensuring health care and economic security are failing America’s women.

The workplace is becoming less female-friendly.

I feel that men generally just work nonstop and count on their wives to take care of issues within the home.

Why is this the normal stereotype though? Why are women expected to choose between a career and motherhood?

This pay gap is an atrocity considering the fact that in 2010, women only make a fraction of what men earn. More men should be staying at home so that women are afforded the opportunity to chase after their dreams.

The Equal Pay Act, signed into law June 10, 1963, by President John F. Kennedy, says that there is to be no discrimination within the workplace. It is supposed to keep situations such as this, from occuring.

Although there is no outward discrimination towards women, there are more subtle forms, such as the difference in earnings between men and women.

It is speculated that during a lifetime worth of work, that women suffer a wage loss equivalent to $2 million for a professional school graduate.

Women can work for 47 years and still lose $2 million worth of their earnings.

How is it that 47 years have passed since the Equal Pay Act went into effect, yet there is a pay gap substantial enough to rob women of their earnings, up to $2 million?

The only way to truly solve this problem is for not only women, but people everywhere to be proactive about abolishing the pay gap so that everyone in the working class has the right to the pay that they deserve.

Although the pay gap between men and women may not be an issue at the forefront for most Americans, it needs to be.

After 47 years of injustice, knowledge and action are the only weapons that can dismantle this machine of inequality.

College students’ votes still important

BY BRAD ELLSWORTH guest columnist

In 2008, students on this campus and on college campuses around the country accomplished something extraordinary. You turned

conventional wisdom on its head by doing one simple thing: showing up.

Here in Indiana, you made thousands of phone calls, knocked on hundreds of doors and came out to vote

in historical numbers for the candidates and causes you care about.

By doing so, you showed not only that young people cared about the future of our country, but that you are determined to shape it yourselves.

And it’s a good thing, too, because you are inheriting some of the toughest challenges w e ’ v e seen in generations.

Among the most pressing challenges we’re facing, especially for those of you in your senior year ,is putting our economy back on solid ground and ensuring there are abundant job opportunities for college graduates.

The numbers don’t lie: the average college student now graduates with about $20,000 in debt. With an unemployment rate of just over 10 percent, recent college graduates are competing against more experienced workers for scarce jobs.

Our leaders must be focused on creating an environment that encourages businesses to choose to locate in Indiana, and once they’re here, to grow and create good jobs for college graduates.

The first thing you can do is ensure you have the skills and training you need to compete in the global economy.

I n diana’s economy is shifting toward advanced m a n u facturing with high-tech plants that produce complex p ro d u c t s for automakers, medical device companies and other major industries.

Graduates must have the training necessary to do these jobs if we are going to continue expanding this sector of our economy. That means increasing investment in advanced manufacturing and engineering programs at Indiana’s two- and four-year colleges.

It also means making tuition more affordable for stu-

You are inheriting some of the toughest challenges we’ve seen in generations.

VYING FOR THE VOTE: Democratic candidate Brad Ellsworth is running for U.S. Senate against Dan Coats (R). (Photo courtesy of Brad Ellsworth)

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dents and their families. Our daughter, Andrea, graduated just a few years ago, so Beth and I have experienced rising tuition costs first hand.

I want to make it easier for Hoosiers to go to college.

That’s why I supported legislation to cut the interest rate on subsidized student loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent and expand the Federal Pell Grant program to provide more need-based college grants to millions of American students. These small steps will save students an average of $2,000-$4,000 over the life of their loans.

There are a lot of other things we can do to make Indiana the destination for businesses to locate and create jobs.

That’s everything from investing in our infrastructure and schools, cutting the red tape that prevents small businesses from growing and thriving and providing long-term tax relief to allow middle class families and small businesses to plan for the future.

We can pass common sense energy legislation that keeps utility bills affordable, while beginning the transition to cleaner forms of renewable energy to power our homes, cars and businesses.

We can invest in our schools, put talented teachers in our classrooms and

make sure every student, no matter their background, has an equal chance to succeed at school and at life.

And, above all, we can elect leaders who put progress over politics, leaders who put others before themselves and leaders who will fight for everyday Hoosiers instead of the powerful special interests in Washington.

Just as you did in 2008, you have the power to shape the direction of this country through your vote and your voice. You can make a difference, but only if you show up.

So register to vote by Oct., volunteer to make calls or knock on doors and be sure to vote on Nov. For more information on our campaign, you can visit www.ellsworthforindiana2010. com.

Brad Ellsworth is the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. He spent 25 years in the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s office— eight of those as sheriff. Ellsworth currently serves as Congressman for Indiana’s eighth district.

Brad Ellsworth for Indiana sent this column to several other universities in Indiana. Look for a similar submission from the Dan Coats for Indiana campaign next week.

How safe do you feel on campus?

BY: CAROLINE JOHNSON

“I feel safe on campus and take precautions like walking with a group of people.”

“I feel really safe and that BUPD is doing their job to make students feel comfortable.”

Waylon Wright senior

Coleen Rhea sophomore

“Everywhere you go there are emergency stations or you see BUPD so I feel pretty safe.”

Toby Lewellen senior

“I feel really safe on campus, because campus security does their job to make students feel that way.”

Shelbi Burnett sophomore

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Guitar riffs, serenades, competition ‘Open Mic Night for Haiti’ draws more than 150 people

by jill mccarter

jmccarte@butler.edu | news editor

Butler University students showcased their talent to raise more than $300 at “Open Mic Night for Haiti” on Sept. 24 in the Reilly Room.

The event was organized by junior Winford Parker to benefit Partners in Health, an organization that makes health care more affordable for those in need.

Parker said that when the doors opened at 8 p.m., he was relieved to see so many people.

“I was really happy to see people excited about it,” Parker said. “I think we let in about 75 people right when the doors open[ed].”

The night was filled with 13 performances, each lasting about 15 minutes.

Audience members voted for their favorite performers by giving donations.

The third place prize, a $25 gift card to Yats in Broad Ripple, went to freshman Kenneth Quilaton, who performed three songs, including an original song he wrote for a homesick freshman.

“I was really nervous to go out and perform,” Quilaton said. “I didn’t really know what to expect, but it turned out to be a lot of fun and it feels great.”

Sophomore Kevin Babb, who performed original music for the crowd, won the second place prize, a $50 gift card to Bazbeaux Pizza.

The first place prize, a $75 gift card to Mama Carolla’s, went to sophomores Doug Johnson and Katie Bolinger, who performed the song

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“Falling Slowly” from the movie “Once.”

“It was really cool to win because it felt like I was really helping Winford out, who worked really hard to put it all together,” Bolinger said.

Johnson couldn’t contain his surprise at winning.

“I thought, ‘Oh my god, I won,’” Johnson said. “It was like a dream. I didn’t think I was going to win. All of the acts were really good, but Katie and I just brought it to town, I guess.”

Parker said he was happy with the student performers.

“I didn’t really know what to expect from the performances,” Parker said. “I had never seen any of them before, but I was really pleased with all of the performances.”

Out of the Dawg House opened the event with the singing of the “National Anthem” and “The Butler War Song,” which was arranged by sophomore music education major Lauren King. King performed twice in the event, once as part of a trio and again as a solo performer.

Parker followed Out of the Dawg House with a performance of three songs, including “Summertime,” “Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Ordinary People.”

“I always get really nervous when I perform,” Parker said. “Everyone made me feel more comfortable, though.”

The night ended with a performance from “Like of the Conchords”—a coverband inspired by “The Flight of the Conchords”—compoed of sophomores Kyle Sparks, Craig Middleton and Aaron Kelley and junior Brendan McMahon, Sparks said he was looking forward to playing in front of his friends.

Homesick homily: Freshman Kenneth Quilaton wrote a song about a homesick Butler freshman who transferred out. The original song helped earn him third place in the open mic competition. (Photo by Rachel Senn) “I’m used to being on stage, so I was more excited than anything,” Sparks said.

“The crowd response was great. If there are any more events like this, we would totally play.”

Sparks said he was happy to see his peers perform.

“You want to support your friends,” he said. “That’s what being a friend is.”

Audience members like sophomore Melissa Rangel

said she had been looking forward to “Open Mic Night for Haiti.”

“I was really excited for them [the performers],” Rangel said. “It’s not every day that you get a chance to see events like these and it’s important that you go and support people.”

Parker said he is not sure if an event like would be possible in the future because he is not sure if the resources are

going to be available.

“Open Mic Night for Haiti” was sponsored by Ross Hall Freshman Living Learning Center, where Parker is a resident assistant.

“I’d really like to [do it again], but I know it might not be a possibility,” Parker said. “I hope that this night might have inspired someone else to try and do something like this in the future, though.”

A great morning at Good Morning Mama’s Cafe by megan schipp

mschipp@butler.edu | asst. a&e editor

Bright colors aren’t the only thing that makes Good Morning Mama’s Café stand out from other restaurants.

Only a five minute car-ride from Butler’s campus, this café is full of variety, from the menu to the décor.

Catering to breakfast, brunch and lunch, you are sure to find something to eat no matter what time last night’s festivities let you roll out of bed, as long as it’s before 2:30.

The all-day breakfast includes classics like pancakes, French toast and breakfast sandwiches, while also offering many different assortments of three-egg omelets or scrambles.

The vegetarian scramble with fried potatoes was a favorite of my dining partner, who had a fondness for the crispy chip-style potatoes and the freshness of her eggs and vegetables, including mushrooms, spinach,

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Good Morning Mama’s might not be the typical place a Butler student would think to go to, but the experience is more than worth it. The restaurant serves up unusual breakfast items that are as savory as they are filling.

It’s a little pricey, but the customer has a good chance of walking away with tasty leftovers, perfect for another delicious meal.

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tomatoes and onions. Topped with basil pesto and goat cheese, it had “real flavor.”

I am a fan of spicy food, so I enjoyed the stuffed burrito sonoma.

A flour tortilla packed with eggs, bacon, chorizo sausage, jalapeno peppers, onions, tomatoes and Monterey Jack cheese, covered in Rancheros sauce and sour cream, the mix of ingredients created a tasty burrito with a real kick-in-the tongue taste. Be sure to grab a glass of milk.

Lunch here starts at 11:30 a.m.

While the main dishes seem as ordinary as any other café’s—soups, salads and sandwiches—Good Morning Mama’s sprinkles them with originality.

If you look past the creative titles you will find interesting combinations like Ry’s Favorite, a salad with tuna, chicken or salmon and toasted walnuts, on top of a mixture of fruit and lettuce, topped with drizzled yogurt, all found in the middle of a ring of cantaloupe.

The sandwiches can be both hot and cold, with classic choices like the jumbo beef hot dog or a Reuben.

In the mood to try something new?

Good Morning Mama’s Café has some items that are far from traditional.

For carb lovers, the breakfast menu offers the pasta mama –whole wheat spaghetti scrambled with eggs, topped with cheese and presented with a side of toast.

Take a trip back in time and try the 1940’s, an omelet or scramble with fried spam, onions and potatoes topped with sausage gravy, sure to make anyone’s cholesterol soar.

Although it is a breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant, beer and wine is offered.

If you need an early morning pick-me-up sip a mimosa; it seemed to be favored by the guests seated around us.

Craving a different kind of energy burst, we chose to go with the traditional morning coffee. I had to add three sugars and a creamer to mine—I wasn’t too fond of the after taste—but for fans of Broad Ripple’s Hubbard and Cravens, it’s your perfect res-

Best brunch: Good Morning Mama’s Cafe boasts a menu full off traditional items such as pancakes and omelets. They take those items and combine them with unique ingredients for big flavors. (Photo by Megan Schipp) taurant.

At first sight, the presentation was so nice you didn’t want to ruin it, but it smelled delicious, so we dug in.

The meal sizes are big for the buck, ending the morning with checks around $10-15 per person. You leave the table not only feeling full, but with a to-go box in hand, perfect for any college student.

The atmosphere was fine. I was there at 11:30 a.m. on a Friday—not a prime time for Good Morning Mama’s (which could be the reason the service was so good and parking was easy).

We were able to have a choice in where we sat. With a restaurant/café mixture the seating ranged from inside tables, to a soda shop style bar to an outdoor patio.

Being fans of the outdoors and the perfect fall morning, we chose to enjoy our feast outside, along with a few other customers.

The colors on the inside of the building

ranged from vibrant pinks, yellows and oranges, flowing from the inside walls and out for a retro feel. The ceiling was painted bright blue, sure to brighten anyone’s rainy day.

The size of the patio was about as large as the inside of the restaurant itself, surrounded by a fence covered in hanging flowers and encircled by trees, creating a very inviting look.

Good Morning Mama’s Café has been open for about a year. It was originally a gas station in the 1960’s, which gave a whole new understanding to the retro-like approach of the building.

Good Morning Mama’s Café is a restaurant I would recommend checking out more than once, but it’s not necessarily a regular stop for a college student because of the price, and the restauran tends to serve an older crowd.

It is located in a quiet residential community at 1001 E. 54th Street.

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Escape from the city: Brown County bound Taking a break from the urban lifestyle by ashleigh taylor

aataylor@butler.edu | asst. a&e editor

As a cool breeze falls over Indianapolis and the leaves start to change colors, consider traveling south of the Circle City to see one of the state’s most beautiful areas that evokes images of fall colors and a cozy bed and breakfast: Brown County.

family fun: Kids play a fishing game at the Brown County State Park while their family reunion takes place in the background. Venues such as this one are available for rent on a daily basis. (Photo by Ashleigh Taylor)

‘Wall Street’ sequel fails to pay up New Oliver Stone film two shares short of excellence by daniel domsic

ddomsic@butler.edu | a&e editor

Director Oliver Stone loves to comment on turning points of American history. Vietnam, past presidents and professional football have spots in his portfolio. “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is no different as it stabs at the bailouts.

Young trader Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) is ready to make big money in the green power business. His fiancé, Winnie (Carrey Mulligan), is a successful political advocate, and her estranged father Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is being released from prison after serving an eight-year stint for a slew of corporate crimes, including insider trading.

When Jake’s company goes under at the hands of corporate pirate Bretton James (Josh Brolin), his mentor throws himself onto subway tracks.

Jake takes revenge on Bretton by collaborating with washed-up Gekko, whose true intentions are clear to the audience.

The original “Wall Street” was a decent film. It was a little over-acted and had a weak climax, but it was the 1980s and Stone had to find a way to sell a film without any real action.

The sequel, 23 years in the making, addresses some of the problems the original had but does not completely follow through.

Acting in the film is substantially better than its predecessor.

Douglas shines above the rest but that might be because Gekko is a semi-iconic, captivating character. Brolin kept up, but it was pretty obvious that LaBeouf did not need to work hard to be the same character he plays in every movie. Mulligan did a great job too, but her character’s stubbornness and flaws were agitating. While imperfections can be enjoyable character qualities, in this case they were more detrimental than positive.

Star of the original “Wall Street,” Charlie Sheen, also reprises his role as Bud Fox, in a

nearly worthless cameo, almost ruining one of the film’s better scenes.

Stone strings plot points together nicely for the most part, but sometimes the transitions and other editing techniques are a bit much, but they get the job done. I was captivated the entire 133 minutes.

Whether the plot is buyable or not is up to the individual viewer.

I didn’t question the spectacle too much, with the exception of a couple musings: “How could they be that gullible?” and “It was that easy?”

Sadly, there are some cringe-inducing moments in the film.

Stone crudely uses the bailouts as talking points in the film and the dialogue surrounding the banking crisis is stilted. These moments could have been handled with much more precision.

If you have a surface-level interest in the stock market and economics, you might be drawn in and ensnared like me. See the original and enjoy “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” on its face value, but don’t expect to get a big return on your investment.

Bed and Breakfast The Artists Colony Inn is located in the middle of Nashville, Ind. Built in memoriam of the Pittman Inn, a relic of the past that was once heralded as an artists’ haven, the Artists Colony seems from an earlier time.

It’s located within walking distance of over 300 shops and art galleries, but if visitors are looking for more than shoppping, Brown County State Park isn’t a far drive either.

The small hotel has just 20 guest rooms.

Each is furnished to be reminiscent of a traditional 19th century inn, but still includes a TV and other modern amenities, according to artistscolonyinn.com.

If you won’t need to stay the night in Brown County, you can still visit the Artists Colony Inn. The restaurant at Artists Colony Inn stays true to the theme and features work from many of Brown County’s early artists. One will surely feel at home sitting in an authentic reproduction of a Windsor chair next to the large stone fireplace.

The menu has something for anyone but specializes in traditional country fare like pot pies, homemade soup and special sweet potato dishes.

Trail Tours Brown County State Park has tons to do, but the guided horseback riding trails are a perennial and open through Oct. 31. There are several trails to choose from, depending on how outoorsy you are looking to get. For $15, you can buy 35 minutes of trail-riding fun that covers 2.2 miles of forest grandeur.

Option two is a 3.3-mile trail that lasts about an hour. It will set you back $25 per person.

There is also a great parent-assisted pony ride portion, which is $2 per lap. Kids also love the hayrides, offered every Friday and Saturday for $3 per person. Ages three and under are free.

The trail tours are an absolute must if you come to Brown County. They are perfect for the family or just you and a date.

Sweet Treat The Ice Cream Cottage sits on North Van Buren Street in Brown County.

The warm, cozy and inviting atmosphere welcomes everyone. It’s home to Blue Bell Ice Cream and their famous taco salads, as well as some of the best barbecue in the area.

With such a variety of food selections, it caters to many tastes but the ice cream is a must for everyone.

The Ice Cream Cottage is open March through November. If you visit the Ice Cream Cottage in October try their seasonal pumpkin custard and caramel apple sundaes.

Entertainment Red Barn Jamboree’s “Heartbreak Hotel: A Salute to Young Elvis” is an event that you won’t want to miss if you’re in Brown County now until November, especially if you are a music lover.

Robert Shaw and his Lonely Street Band present the critically acclaimed concert production “Young Elvis.“ They perform hits from the mid-50’s through the early 60’s.

According to redbarnjamboree.com, the show kicks off with Elvis’ first recordings at Sun Records in Memphis and continues through his later years with hits like “Dont’ Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog.” It is playing now through Nov. 13 every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

hoosier autumn: Brown County trails show off the beauty of Hoosier country. (Photo by Ashleigh Taylor)

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (Photo courtesy of MCT)

Wall Street: money never sleeps | Film Review Oliver Stone brings back iconic Wall Street stock pirate Gordon Gekko for one last go around. The acting, for the most part, is top notch. Some viewers might have trouble suspending their disbelief with the film’s predictable plot, but it managed to be just as good, if not better, as the original 1987 “Wall Street.”

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

The Best Of

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

Details: Mississippi Belle 2170 E. 54th St. Distance from Butler: Five minute drive Specials: Unlimited family style dining for dinner and on Sundays Why We Love This Place: Mississippi Belle serves up sinfully delicious soul food. The portions are a decent size, but that won’t matter at dinner time. Dinner at Mississippi Belle is served family style, giving dining patrons unlimited amounts of their main course and side dishes. Show up on Sunday and enjoy an unlimited meal at any time of the day. The pan-fried chicken is juicy and the mac and cheese is unrivaled. Don’t forget to try the hot water corn bread.

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

Big games debut in October by daniel domsic

ddomsic@butler.edu | a&e editor

G

uns, guitars and lightsabers—the month of October is offering up some big-name titles. Check out a handful of video games that warrant major attention this month.

Medal of Honor—Oct. 12 The classic first-person shooter franchise is crossing over into the modern era on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and the PC. Taking a page from the new, more popular, “Call of Duty” and “Battlefield” franchises, “Medal of Honor” is trading in the antique World War II genre for modern conflict.

Its story focuses on “First Tier Operators,” a group of take-no-prisoners warrior elites. “Medal of Honor” also features a multiplayer mode designed by the creators of “Battlefield,” promising character customization, vehicle combat and plenty of carnage.

Fallout: New Vegas—Oct. 19 The landscape of the United States has been scarred by nuclear war, leaving the last remnants of the republic scrambling and struggling to eke out an existence.

“Fallout: New Vegas” is the latest installment in the role-playing game series

that takes players out into the wasteland to fight super mutants, slavers traders, militia groups, unsavory business people and gigantic, irradiated insects, among other foes.

This time your character is in the sprawling desert and glitzy (as glitzy as postapocalyptic America can get) New Vegas.

Expect tons of action, firearms, explosives and an open-world environments to explore for hours on end.

And, yes, you can gamble in the game’s casinos.

Look for “New Vegas” on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Rock Band 3—Oct. 26 Music games may have been the big craze a few years back, but Harmonix Music Systems is doing a lot of work to keep its “Rock Band” franchise alive.

The new game features 80 tracks to choose from, plus old “Rock Band” songs on top of a 2,000 tune library with extra content set to be added weekly, according to gamestop.com.

Supplementing the drums, guitar, bass and vocals, a keyboard has been added too—perfect for 80s riffs and ballads.

Artists such as Devo, Slipknot, Amy Winehouse,

The Flaming Lips and Rammstein are represented.

“Rock Band 3” can be purchased for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II—Oct. 26 This sequel continues the story of Darth Vader’s secret apprentice who can wield the fabled force and lightsabers along with the best.

The original game boasted entertaining physics to experiment with. It was possible to knock over large structures with the force, so imagine hurling storm troopers through the air.

In one of the original game’s levels, the protagonist crashes a star ship with the might of the force—a task that makes the “Star Wars” movies look pathetic.

There is a lot of potential in this sequel.

The story continues to be dark and gloomy, as the main character fights against his evil master and the Empire.

In this variation, the apprentice can now dual wield lightsabers and has increased powers.

Hopfully this installment, appearing on all platforms minus the Sony PSP, addresses the glitchy problems of its predecessor.

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sports the butler collegian

Bulldogs handle Raiders

Win against visiting rival extends volleyball’s undefeated conference season by matt lawder mlawder@butler.edu | sports staff writer

Butler is now tied with Milwaukee for first place in the Horizon League after blocking conference foe Wright State off the court last Friday in a 3-1 win.

As SuperCuts hairdressers helped willing fans donate to the Locks of Love foundation, the Bulldogs (86, 3-0 HL) trimmed down the Raiders (6-8, 1-2 HL) with defense.

Butler had 12.5 team blocks and dug most of the balls that got past the front line.

Junior middle Maureen Bamiro led the team with 3.5 blocks in the match.

Bamiro was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 20-26 after compiling 14 blocks in two matches last week.

“Blocking has always been one of our strengths,” senior middle Jalesa Lee said. “The entire week we had been focusing on defense, and you could tell during the match.”

Lee was one of four Bulldogs who had two blocks against the Raiders.

In the back row, the team saved 68 attacks in four sets, and five different players had double-digit digs with senior Jessie Wolfe leading the team with 15.

“Everybody has been contributing to that team defense, and that’s why we’re doing so well in the Horizon League,” second assistant coach Nina Inic said.

Entering the match on a three-match win streak, the Bulldogs grabbed the momentum from the start of the first set with a 6-1 run.

From there, the Bulldogs heavy hitting took over.

Eighteen team kills led Butler to a 25-21 win.

“We wanted to focus on jumping on it right away,” Inic said. “It’s not really something that you work on.

It’s more of a mindset of ‘get in there and get it done.’”

The Bulldogs used the same template for the second set, starting with an 8-2 run.

Butler knocked in 16 kills on only three errors.

The Bulldogs finished the set with the same intensity that they started, winning 25-17 and taking a 2-0 lead into the break.

“One thing we’ve been trying to eliminate is our errors and play a smarter game,” Lee said. “We have to know when we have the right opportunities to go for it and when to take your time and play smart.”

The Bulldogs came out flat during the third set. Butler tied the set at 17 after be-

ing down 10-2. However, the Raiders took the final eight points to win the game 2517.

After hitting only .026 on six errors in the third set, the Bulldogs got back on track in set four with another early run, capturing eight of the first 10 points.

Butler protected its lead with more team defense and won the match on one of Bamiro’s team-leading 13 kills, which finalized a .417 hitting percentage.

“Bamiro was unstoppable at the net,” Inic said. “And Gina [Vera] made some good decisions at crucial moments, and that is a big reason why we’re playing so well.”

Senior outside Jessie Wolfe and freshman opposite Maggie Harbison were in full support of Bamiro with 11 kills and 10 kills, respectively.

After being ranked fourth in the coaches’ preseason poll, Butler now finds them-

selves sitting atop the Horizon League standings.

“I felt like we all thought that we had something to prove and that we were underestimated [in the rankings],” Lee said. “We’ve been working really hard and are hungry to prove them wrong.”

Butler hosts the UIC Flames (7-7, 2-2 HL) this Saturday in Hinkle Fieldhouse and will look to extend their winning streak to five matches.

put your hands up: Senior Jessie Wolfe and junior Maureen Bamiro stand at the net preparing to block a Wright State attack. Wolfe and Bamiro combined for 5.5 of the team’s 12.5 blocks in the match. (Photo by Caroline Johnson)

International athlete serves students

by Mike Ellis mellis@butler.edu | asst. sports editor

For most Butler students, classes and extracurricular activities are enough to stay busy on campus. Adding one job to that combination might lead a student to count down the days to Christmas. Adding another job to the equation is downright inconceivable.

But that’s exactly what graduate student Rosie Edwards does. She takes classes, runs cross country—and works two jobs on top of it.

Edwards, a member of the women’s cross country team since 2009, is a native of Mytholmroyd— a small country village located in West Yorkshire, England, about 200 miles northwest of London.

She received her undergraduate degree at Sheffield Hallam University in South Yorkshire, running cross country there as well.

Edwards said she began running cross country at about the age of 12 as fitness training for soccer. Over time, however, she really began to enjoy running in its own regard and decided to enlist in a running club at age 14.

By age 15, Edwards was running competitively.

Her results attracted the attention of the Butler cross country program, as she won the Home Countries International meet in Edinburgh in 2008 and placed 18th at Great Britain’s World Cross Country Trials that same year.

Consequently, Butler offered Edwards a track and cross country scholarship, which she said she viewed as “an amazing opportunity.”

Edwards wasted little time in making her presence felt here in the United States, finishing ninth at last year’s Horizon League Championships and 23rd at the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet last September.

For her efforts, Edwards was named second team all-Horizon League.

Edwards said she found adjusting to the team easy and happily embraced the team aspect of competition, which was new to her initially.

“My teammates and coaches all made it really easy to fit in,” she said. “I just felt like everybody made a real effort to get to know me.

“I really like the team atmosphere we have here at Butler because that was something I never really got at home running for a small club and having few runners at [Sheffield] University.”

Aside from meets, cross country training occupies a significant portion of Edwards’ week. The team trains every morning and works out twice a day on Tuesdays and Fridays.

As a graduate student, this is not too invasive because Edwards does not have class until, at the earliest, 4:30.

Unlike most of her fellow Bulldog athletes, Ed-

wards does not simply balance athletics with academics: she also works two jobs, one of which is on campus at the C-Club deli.

Edwards works at C-Club Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., as well as some weekends. She applied for a job at C-Club last semester to make some extra money, she said.

Despite being a member of the cross country team and a graduate student, she said she had “a lot of spare time,” enabling her to fulfill the job’s time requirements.

A multitude of Butler students frequent C-Club on a daily basis, but the vast majority of students have little idea what it is actually like being a CClub employee.

Some might guess that working there would be intimidating, while others might think that working at C-Club would be unrewarding, as it would be a time-consuming activity dedicated almost exclusively to serving other students.

But Edwards asserted she does not feel this way about her job, which she enjoys for a variety of reasons. “[My job is] pretty easygoing,” she said. “[My fellow employees and I] work hard but I really like the group of people I work with.

“They are really friendly and we have a lot of fun at the same time.”

From time to time, C-Club has been ridiculed around campus for providing more unhealthy options than other campus dining locations like the Market Place at Atherton and ResCo’s Dining Room.

Edwards, however, disagrees with this assessment.

“I think the services C-Club provides are pretty good,” she said. “I like that there are lots of healthy options for students and staff, and I think there is a lot of variety offered.

“I was also pleasantly surprised with the conditions there. It is very hygenic and well-kept.”

Although she finds her job enjoyable overall, Edwards said there is one thing that particularly bothers her.

“It upsets me how some of the customers speak to some of the members of staff,” she said. “I’d like to see them have more respect for the employees because they are great people and work very hard.”

Alan Solomon, a C-Club supervisor, described Edwards as a dependable, hard worker.

“She’s friendly, she’s nice and she’s respectful to the customers from what I’ve seen,” Solomon said. “When I worked on shifts with her last year, she would ask me, ‘Is there anything else I can do?’ And I would answer, ‘Yes, you can take a 15-minute break.’”

Edwards, who is focusing on special educa-

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NFL athletes break law, set poor example by steven peek

speek@butler.edu | sports editor

I think that some National Football L e a g u e players will never learn how to be properly behaved adults.

The league needs to step in because yet another NFL player has been arrested.

This time, Braylon Edwards, a wide receiver for the New York Jets, was arrested for driving under the influence the day after posting 45 reception yards and a touchdown against the New England Patriots.

In an example of strange justice, Edwards was pulled over by New York Police Department officers during the early hours of Sept. 21 for having illegally tinted windows on his vehicle. The officers discovered that Edwards was driving under the influence of alcohol only after his suspicious behavior warranted a breathalyzer test.

This isn’t the first arrest for Edwards, who was also arrested in October 2009 for punching a friend of Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James.

Edwards’ incident exposes two things about player arrests: many seem to be repeat offenders and many seem to be star players.

Fred Davis, a tight end for the Washington Redskins, has been arrested three times for speedingrelated incidents this year.

In one such case, he was driving 87 mph in a 35mph zone—a violation that ended in a hefty fine and 90-day license suspension.

But no lesson was _______see overtime page 11

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Bulldogs at home this week

Wednesday Women’s Soccer at IUPUI 7 p.m.

Thursday working WOMAN: When not running for the cross country team, Edwards works in the C-Club. (Photo from Butler Sports) tion, also works Mondays and Tuesdays at the Independence Academy of Indiana, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing instruction for autistic students.

She was required to volunteer as a component of her behavior management class last semester but enjoyed it so much that she elected to continue working at the academy this semester.

So how does one balance the tremendous workload of two jobs, cross country and academics?

Edwards said keeping organized is the primary ingredient.

“I think as a grad [student] I definitely have a lighter workload than the undergrads, so I have a decent amount of spare time,” she said. “I think organization is the key though: just staying ahead of class and knowing when work is due.

“My classes are never before 4:30, so I have the mornings designated for training, and I can do work before classes and early afternoons.”

After she graduates, Edwards said she intends to remain in the U.S. and find a job in special education while continuing to run longer events, such as half marathons and marathons.

“I would like to stay in the States if possible, but I don’t know for how long yet,” she said. “It just depends on where the road takes me.”

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Friday Men’s Soccer vs. Valparaiso 4 p.m.

Saturday Football vs. Campbell Noon Women’s Volleyball vs. UIC 4 p.m.

Sunday Women’s Soccer vs. Valparaiso 1 p.m.

Monday None

Tuesday

Men’s Soccer vs. Evansville 4 p.m.

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Volleyball team, Locks of Love partner up by matt lawder

mlawder@butler.edu | sports staff writer

Many athletes spend a small fortune fixing up their hair to look just right.

Troy Polamalu insured his hair for $1 million this year.

Ron Artest’s haircut routinely outshines his on-court performance, and even the Los Angeles Dodgers pay a hairstylist $150,000 to trim their locks during the work week.

But the Butler volleyball team made money for the Locks of Love foundation during their match against Wright State last week by having some players, coaches and fans donate inches of hair to the foundation.

The Bulldogs won the match 3-1 to remain undefeated in the Horizon League, but they also made a big impact after the match when four players and two coaches donated before or after the match.

Locks of Love is an organization that provides wigs to children with long-term hair loss from any diagnosis. Founded in 1997, the foundation has expanded rapidly and now has a presence in all 50 states.

After hair is donated to the foundation it is made into wigs that are distributed to children who are suffering from

cancer or other forms of hair loss and are in financial need.

“It’s a good cause because it’s helping kids and can put a smile on their face,” senior libero Katie Daprile said.

SuperCuts, who helped sponsor the event along with Kenra Hair Products, had a special hair cutting station set up next to the court and trimmed all the donors’ hair for free.

Seventeen people donated over 140 inches of hair in total.

Buzz Bodell was the top donor, giving 15 inches of his hair.

“It was great to raise awareness because I didn’t even know you could donate hair,” Butler graduate student Becky Howarth said.

Howarth didn’t have quite enough hair to donate but still got her hair cut for the cause.

“It’s for a good cause, and it’s great they came onto campus because some students wouldn’t be able to go out to donate,” Howarth said.

The promotion was the brainchild of Dawn Jones, the director of volleyball operations, who had previously been involved with Locks of Love while she lived in Florida.

After persuading the team to have a promotional night, Jones convinced second assistant coach Nina Inic and senior

outside Susan Lester to help with the event by donating their own hair.

After the match, three more players, Daprile, senior outside Jessie Wolfe and freshman outside Maureen Nesbit, decided to donate as well.

“It’s a great cause that benefits the kids,” Inic said. “The whole team felt good about [the promotion]. Even a couple of players that weren’t planning on donating changed their mind after seeing everyone else doing it.”

There was also a team competition for the longest donation, which was won by Nesbit and Jones. Both women gave 12 inches each.

Lester and Inic each gave 10 inches, Daprile gave 8.5 inches and Wolfe gave five inches. In total, the team, along with 11 other individuals, donated 140 inches to the foundation.

Along with hair donations, the team also collected cash donations from many of the people who did not have long enough hair to donate but still wanted to help with the cause.

The Bulldogs will be having more promotional nights throughout the rest of the season, including a “Pink Out” for Sisters in the Sport, a Pound Puppy clinic night and a Samaritan’s Feet rally.

good cut: Senior outside Jessie Wolfe feels for the back of her head SAY CHEESE: Senior libero Katie Daprile smiles for the camera after hav- GETTING READY: Jessie Wolfe (left) and sophomore setter Gina Vera as five inches of her hair is shown to the camera. (Photo by Eileen Cote) ing eight and a half inches of her hair cut on Friday. (Photo by Eileen Cote) (right) prepare Katie Daprile (center) for her hair cut. (Photo by Eileen Cote)

Women’s soccer grabs conference opener

by Billy Klimczak

bklimcza@butler.edu | staff writer

CORNER KICK: Senior defender Sarah Phelps prepares to launch the ball into play against Wright State on the 26th. (Photo by Rachel Senn)

The Butler women’s soccer team opened its conference season with a win on Sunday.

The Bulldogs (3-7) began their Horizon League campaign against Wright State.

Friday’s match against Oakland University was the last game before the start of conference play.

Coming off two tough losses in Oregon, head coach Tari St. John said she was hoping to use Friday’s game against the Grizzlies (4-5-1) to better prepare her team for Horizon League action.

The contest began with freshman midfielder Olivia Colosimo launching a corner kick, which was re-directed into the back of the net by fellow freshman Jackie Hafele. It was Hafele’s first collegiate goal.

The celebration would be cut short less than five minutes later with a score from Grizzlies midfielder Marlen

Football falls in San Diego

by Lance rinker lrinker@butler.edu | sports staff writer

San Diego is a tourist’s dream, with sights only surpassed in beauty by the nearly impeccable weather conditions. But the trip to the west coast was anything but a dream for Butler’s football team.

Led by senior running back Phil Morelli’s 101 yards rushing, the host San Diego Toreros (1-3) handed Butler its second loss of the season by a score of 24-0.

The Bulldogs (2-2) got off to a quick start, driving 60 yards over 16 plays to set up a field goal attempt for junior David Lang.

“On the sideline, I was feeling good about how easily we were driving the ball,” linebacker Nick Caldicott said.

Lang’s kick sailed wide right and the momentum shifted towards the Toreros.

After amassing 60 yards on their opening drive, the Bulldogs would finish the game with just 91 total offensive yards compared to San Diego’s 356.

“We didn’t execute offensively,” head coach Jeff Voris said. “We have let opportunities slide by in all of our games and San Diego just took advantage of them.”

After Butler dominated

possession in the first quarter, San Diego controlled the rest of the game, forcing Butler’s defensive unit to stay on the field for nearly 36 of the game’s 60 minutes.

Sophomore Jordan Ridley led the Bulldogs with 10 tackles. Caldicott followed with nine tackles of his own and an interception.

“Defensively, we hung in there and made it a game for as long as we could,” Voris said. “When one unit is struggling, the other two have to make some sort of dramatic play or field position shift and we never got that done.”

Despite the absence of a momentum-shifting play, Butler’s defense didn’t let the team go down without a fight.

The Bulldogs turned the ball over twice on offense.

However, pestered by a resilient Bulldog defense, San Diego was only able to pick up three points off of those turnovers.

After throwing for 288 yards and two scores against Taylor, junior quarterback Andrew Huck was contained by the Toreros’ aggressive defense.

San Diego’s constant pressure limited Huck to 74 yards through the air. He was sacked four times and

fumbled once.

The Bulldogs didn’t fare any better in their running game.

Senior Scott Gray finished the day with 25 yards on eight carries.

Butler failed to earn a first down in both the second and third quarters.

San Diego, on the other hand, had no problem moving the ball.

Sophomore quarterback Mason Mills threw for 198 yards and a touchdown on 18 for 22 passing.

Morelli gained 134 allpurpose yards and scored twice in the Toreros victory.

San Diego was perfect inside the red zone.

The Bulldogs look to bounce back when they host Campbell on Saturday.

“Campbell is as improved a team as any,” Voris said.

“They are extremely well coached and are going to provide a tremendous challenge for anyone they line up against.”

After struggling against San Diego, the Bulldogs will need to find a way to contain fifth-year senior quarterback Daniel Polk and the rest of the Camels.

Voris said, “We will need to play better than we have thus far if we are going to come out on top.”

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Play continued to be close until late in the second half when Oakland sophomore Kara Weber picked up a loose ball in front of the net off a corner kick and slipped a shot into the Butler goal with 4:53 remaining.

The Bulldogs were unable to come up with a tying score and fell by a 2-1 margin.

After the loss, junior goaltender Olivia Walter knew the team had to refocus for Sunday’s match.

“We used Saturday’s practice to reevaluate our play, focusing primarily on why we were playing for Butler,” Walter said.

In the game against Wright State, it became clear early on that the Bulldogs were ready for conference action when sophomore Katie Griswold scored in the 25th minute of the game.

The goal helped establish a lead that the Bulldog defense would hold for the rest of the contest.

The goal came when senior Sarah

Phelps sent a corner kick into traffic and Griswold directed a header into the net, collecting her team-leading sixth goal of the season.

“I wouldn’t be scoring if it weren’t for the other players on the field,” Griswold said. “The effort starts with the goalie and only ends with me.”

Griswold led the team with four shots and freshman Nikki Hafele added two more shots for Butler.

The Bulldogs ended the game with advantages in shots (13-11), shots on goal (6-5) and corner kicks (5-2).

The Raiders were unable to muster anything offensively, as Butler pulled out a 1-0 victory.

Walter posted her second shutout of the season, collecting five saves in the process.

The Bulldogs will continue with Horizon League play on Saturday against Valparaiso.

The game against the Crusaders will be followed by a non-conference match against IUPUI on Oct. 9.

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OVERTIME: Players’ off-field transgressions hurt the nfl’s image

tinted image: Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards was arrested for driving under the influence Sept. 21—only after being pulled over for having illegally tinted windows. (Photo from MCT) continued from page 9 learned—he was arrested 30 days for driving without a license.

Ninety days after that he was arrested for driving 20 mph over the speed limit.

I personally think that all of his vehicles should be repossessed by the government, sold at auction and used to fund something worthwhile in society.

Not everyone in the NFL is a criminal. Less than three percent of NFL players got in trouble with the law last year.

But many of the players who encounter legal difficulties are repeat offenders, as is the case with Edwards.

Another thing that Edwards’ case brings up is that many of the players with the legal spotlight on them off the field already had the fans’ spotlight on them on the field.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was the prime suspect in two cases of sexual assault, although both charges were dropped.

Roethlisberger, however, finishing up the last game of his four-game suspension this week.

Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson was arrested in late June on misdemeanor assault charges after an incident in Austin, Texas.

Earlier that month, Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young was issued a citation for assault in a Dallas night club.

Former Dolphins teammates Joey Porter and Ronnie Brown were both arrested in March for driving under the influence.

Those are just the cases involving star players from 2010. It would be tedious to print all other NFL players’ wrongdoings.

NFL players are in need of some life education because Edwards is the 36th player to be arrested this year, according to a database of NFL player arrests compiled by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The education needs to come from the NFL Players Association.

In 2006, the late Gene Upshaw, then the executive director of the association, said, “We can handle the other issues, but [player arrests] is the one that concerns me the most.”

Upshaw said this at the end of 2006,

a year that included more than 35 NFL player arrests.

All of this is strange, too, because of all the professional sporting leagues, the NFL has some of the harshest punishments for players who either violate substance abuse policies or the NFL Personal Conduct Policy.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is one of the league’s strictest and most aware commissioners in its history. He has taken no issue with giving long-term suspensions to the likes of Adam “Pacman” Jones, Chris Henry, Terry “Tank” Johnson and Donte Stallworth.

The NFL and the law cannot stop star athletes from living glamorous or late-night lives, but shouldn’t it be the responsibility of the NFL and the NFL Players Association to look out for their own?

In the end, it can only be good for the players, the league and the fans if NFL players stop making unnecessary and harmful decisions.

The league’s image is threatened when the images of its players are damaged.

THE Enforcer: Roger Goodell has worked to curtail crime in the NFL. (Photo from MCT)

Men’s soccer wins first two conference matches by billy klimczak

bklimcza@butler.edu | staff writer

Men’s soccer looks to remain unbeaten when it hosts Valparaiso Friday at 4 p.m.

Last weekend, the 14thranked Bulldogs (7-0, 2-0 HL) headed north to begin their Horizon League campaign with games against Green Bay on Friday and Milwaukee on Sept. 26.

“Rankings aren’t important now,” senior captain and midfielder Ben Sippola said. “You can be in the top 25 one minute and forgotten the next.

“If we’re ranked in the top 10 at the end of the season, we’ll be happy.”

Friday’s match against Green Bay (4-3-1, 0-1 HL), the league-opener for both teams, was a rematch of last year’s Horizon League Tournament Championship game in which the Phoenix won on penalty kicks, sending them to the NCAA Tournament.

Tallying his third goal of the season, freshman midfielder Adekunle Oluyedun put the Bulldogs on top just less than eight minutes into the game by sending a pass from senior Connor Burt into the back of the net.

Junior defender Matt Hedges gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead with close to 20 minutes left in the match.

Hedges was in the right place when Green Bay sophomore goalkeeper Ryan Wehking deflected a shot from Oluyedun, allowing Hedges to finish the play with a short shot to the back of the net. It was his third goal of the season.

The goal proved all the more important when, minutes later, Green Bay senior J.C. Banks scored on a header

off a pass from junior Tony Walls.

In the end, Butler held on to the match and outshot Green Bay 14-2.

Heading into yet another conference match on the road against the Milwaukee Panthers (2-4-2, 1-1 HL), the Bulldogs hoped to continue the same trend.

Sunday’s game began with a defensive stalemate as both teams went scoreless for the first 45 minutes of play.

The Bulldogs were able to put four shots on goal, but Milwaukee junior goalkeeper Bryce Boyd let nothing past his grasp.

Hedges finally broke the scoreless deadlock just five minutes into the second half.

The goal by Hedges turned out to be the game-winner, his second of the weekend and third of the year.

Hedges was named coHorizon League Player of the Week for Sept. 20-26. He is second in the league in goals scored.

The Panthers picked up the attack in the latter part of the second half, outshooting the Bulldogs 10-5, but they were unable to surpass Butler’s defensive ranks. The Bulldogs held on for a 2-0 win.

Sippola said defense has been integral to the team’s success.

“We feel that if we can limit the amount of mistakes made and goals scored against us, regardless of the pedigree of team we are playing, we will not be outmatched,” he said.

The Bulldogs will return home for two games at the Butler Bowl versus Valparaiso on Friday and Evansville on Tuesday.

Collegian photos by Erin Drennan, Caroline Johnson and Rachel Senn Collegian illustration by Rachel Senn