Sept. 12, 2012 by The Butler Collegian

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Never Forget | 9.11.2001

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“Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America—with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.” —President George W. Bush Sept. 11, 2001

BUTLER UNIVERSITY | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 | WWW.THEBUTLERCOLLEGIAN.COM

WHERE DOES BUTLER GET ITS MONEY? (Of $180,646,324 in funds)

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WHERE DOES BUTLER’S MONEY GO? (Expenses by division)

LAS | 7.6%

JCA | 3.5%

COPHS | 5.5%

COE | 1.7%

COB | 3.5%

CCOM | 1.5%

AD M I N | 1 4 . 9 %

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Institutional | 17% Operations | 6.9%

Clowes Memorial Hall | 1%

Information Techology | 4.9%

Human Resources | .5%

Athletics | 4.7%

Summer Salaries | .5%

MISC. | 35 . 5 %

Graphics by Jill McCarter

Tuition planning happens all year long with student costs at the forefront TARA MCELMURRY

TMCELMUR@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

The tuition students pay to attend Butler University goes toward many different entities, but one of the largest chunks goes right back to students. Butler’s largest expenditure each year is financial aid for students, Bruce Arick, vice president of finance and administration, said. Butler is the largest source of financial aid for its students. The awards are based on merit, talent and need. This year, the financial aid given to students tallied $52 million, which is about $5 million more than last year, Arick said. “Students are always the foremost part of the entire tuition planning process,” Tom Weede, vice president for enrollment management, said. “We take care of the promises we made to students and give them the education they came here for in the most cost-effective way.” The financial aid amount each year does not only depend on incoming freshmen. The university has to take into account the retention rate of upperclassmen and try to anticipate how much financial aid everyone will need, Weede said. “It is a tough, deliberative, intentional process,” Weede said. That planning process applies to more areas of the university. Administrators must also figure out how much money is needed see tuition page 3

Student debt increasing at BU RYAN LOVELACE

RLOVELACE@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Butler University undergraduates garner $5,000 more debt in student loans on average than they did ﬁve years ago. The average student loan debt incurred by a graduate with a bachelor’s degree in May 2011 was $34,300, said Melissa Smurdon, director of ﬁnancial aid. She said the average student should expect to pay $300 to $400 per month to repay the loans received for a Butler education. The average student would need to earn an annual salary of approximately $46,000 in order to “not live in hardship,” Smurdon said. The only graduates that earn such an annual starting salary are from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, according to the Internship and Career Services’ postgraduate activity report for the class of 2011. This report tracks students six months after graduation. COPHS graduates make $82,851 on average starting out, but Gary Beaulieu, director of ICS, said that is because they earn a doctorate degree that Butler considers an undergraduate degree. Therefore, the starting wages are added into the average starting salary for all of Butler’s graduates. “College of Pharmacy students get a doctorate degree and command a higher salary— typically a much higher salary— than most students,” he said. “That changes the average a little bit.” Beaulieu said while many of the respondents surveyed in the report

Butler provides a quality education and keeps tuition relatively low TED FISKE AUTHOR OF FISKE GUIDE

are from COPHS, he absolutely does not believe Butler students are living in hardship, and any education is better than none. Butler students’ mounting debt and the more than $95 million in financial assistance that students currently hold did not stop the 2013 Fiske Guide to Colleges from naming Butler a “Best Buy.” Ted Fiske, the guide’s author, said he does not factor students’ ability to pay or the amount of debt incurred by students into his analysis because such factors vary on a case-by-case basis. “Butler provides a quality education and keeps tuition relatively low,” Fiske said. Butler made the “Best Buy” list for the first time because it was just added to the guide a few years ago, Fiske said, and it remains to be seen if Butler will stay on his list. Having students who are capable of meeting their financial requirements and who understand the financial obligations associated with a college education may be essential to Butler’s staying power. The default rate on student loans by Butler students is less than 0.5 percent, said Aimee Scheuermann, director of admission. She said she is not concerned with the largest-ever freshman class’s ability to repay its debts

because of the academic strength of Butler and the freshman class. “I think we do comprehensive education right,” Scheuermann said. “It’s not just the academic experience and that foundation, but it’s the practical application of what it is you’re learning in the classroom.” Scheuermann said her office does not speak with prospective students about their financial obligations but instead focuses on the outcome of an investment in a college education. Smurdon said only two of 100 freshman students she spoke to during freshman orientation week knew the interest rates on their student loans. Matt Lally, a high school senior from St. Charles, Ill., said the cost of higher education is not a deciding factor in his college search, and he does not really worry about it. “I don’t really know much about financial aid,” Lally said, “and that’s one of the reasons I’m not really worried about it—because I don’t know.” Allison Lally, Matt’s mother, said she typically has to search out information about financial aid at universities her other children have attended, but the high schools her kids graduated from really helped provide guidance. The Office of Financial Aid requires incoming Butler students to complete entrance counseling to help students understand what their repayment will be and encourages students to not borrow more than what is practical, Smurdon said. Students can visit finaid.org for more information on how to actively combat the cost of higher education.

JCA

Photo by Kevin Vogel

JCA moves arts forward KEVIN VOGEL KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. EDITOR Butler University’s art college, which has its roots in the Metropolitan School of Music of the late nineteenth century, underwent another transformation this week. The Jordan College of Fine Arts ofﬁcially changed its name to the Jordan College of the Arts, notifying students and faculty Monday around noon that the change was immediately in effect. Ronald Caltabiano, dean of the Jordan College of the Arts, said in a prepared statement on the college’s website—still http://www.butler. edu/jcfa as of press time— “It’s an appropriate name for a forwardlooking multi-art college in the 21st century.” JCA now includes more programs than it did around the turn of the century when it was a music school with a small dance program. Arthur Jordan, businessman and philanthropist, bought the school in 1928. He merged it with the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts.

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The resulting college was called the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music and later the Jordan College of Music. JCM became a college at Butler in 1951. According to the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, JCM had music, dance, theatre, radio and television programs. JCA no longer has radio and television programs. In 1978, the name changed again to the Jordan College of Fine Arts. That name stuck until Monday. Caltabiano said it was about time for another change. “’Fine arts limits what the scope of the college can be. If we want to be open to all the arts, we have to get rid of that limit,” he said. Caltabiano said the new name gives the college room to expand into other areas. He speciﬁcally mentioned architecture and cinema but carefully articulated that no deﬁnite plans are yet in place. Caltabiano said he also hopes that under the new name, JCA will be a place for arts to mix in new see JCA page 9

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C-Club loses business Changes to meal plans cause students to favor the Marketplace at Atherton Union. JEFF STANICH JSTSANICH@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR One of Butler University’s dining options, Campus Club, is losing business, and students say they aren’t surprised. C-Club, located in the basement of Atherton Union, has seen its business slow down early in the school year. A possible reason for this is the end of meal exchange, an option to use meal swipes instead of flex dollars when purchasing a meal.

Michelle Bryant-Jones, senior food service director, said that the lack of business is recognized but was expected. “We removed the meal exchange but instead offered unlimited meals in the Atherton Marketplace and also gave students 400 flex dollars to spend at C-Club to make up for the prices,” Bryant-Jones said. Freshman Matthew Richter said he does not like C-Club because now it is too expensive. “I don’t see a reason to go to C-Club because we now have unlimited meals anyway,” Richter said. The prices have also been criticized because of the lack of food that C-Club has to offer. “I like it because it’s convenient and fast, and the workers are

friendly,” freshman Emma Doris said, “but it’s overpriced, and there needs to be more options.” Upperclassmen who have been able to use C-Club with meal exchange in the past now miss that feature. “I used to use meal exchange a lot, but now without it, I rarely go, especially with the expensive prices,” junior Terry Brennan said. Bryant-Jones also said they will try to bring in more students by offering discounts on certain items, as well as bring in a sushi chef to prepare fresh sushi for students. “We are hoping that students will use these new features at C-Club,' Bryant-Jones said, “as an alternate dining option with a variety of different foods.”

Photo by Jaclyn McConnell

C-Club has had a difﬁcult time ﬁlling tables, as seen above earlier this week, due to a number of factors.

School accepting applications for provost HOLLY BIGGS HBIGGS@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Photo by Rafael Porto

Six ABITIBI recycling receptacles, such as the one seen above, are placed throughout Butler’s campus. Paper products are placed in the dumpsters, and the university earns approximately $100 from ABITIBI every three months for its recycled paper.

Green initiatives save, earn money COLIN LIKAS CLIKAS@BUTLER.EDU MANAGING EDITOR

Tree leaves and other plant life on campus may be changing color as summer ends, but departments and organizations around Butler University are continuing to go green. In addition to being environmentally friendly, Butler is also saving and earning money with its numerous green initiatives. The two major points in Butler’s quest to become more green are recycling and energy saving. Dick Hamm, director of housekeeping, said several positive changes have been made to the school’s recycling program since 2006. “There’s still a lot of room for improvement, but I think if we look over the course of ﬁve or six years, we’ve come a long way,” Hamm said. Butler’s recent partnership with ABITIBI Bowater and long-standing relationship with Ray’s Trash Service help the university deal with a large amount of its waste. Green and yellow ABITIBI bins are in six locations on campus and are meant for the paper generated by the university. Hamm said Butler receives approximately $100 from ABITIBI every three months for the paper it recycles. Two cardboard compactors are also located on campus. The university pays Ray’s Trash $100 to move the bins, but Ray’s then pays Butler between $200 and $300 per pull. This happens as many as three times per year, Hamm said. Butler also has a scrap metal recycle bin, which Hamm said is pulled by Ray’s four to ﬁve times per year and earns the university up to $400 per pull. “(Ray’s Trash has) been with us a long time, and it has been a good relationship,” Hamm said. “They give us above-and-beyond service.” Some of the money earned through the recycling program is used to purchase other things for the program. Concrete pads—each costing $1,200—needed to be placed underneath the cardboard compactors and were paid for with the money earned by the program.

Butler also received a $24,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in 2008 to upgrade recycling stations on campus. As much money as the university earns from its recycling program, even more money is being saved through Butler’s energy-saving practices. Jerry Carlson, director of maintenance services, said switching Irwin Library from steam heating to decentralized power heating has saved the university $30,000 per year. “It’s more about lowering your consumption than lowering your cost,” Carlson said. Nearly all of Butler’s buildings are now heated by decentralized hot water heating systems instead of steam boilers, with the exception of Schwitzer Hall. Carlson said this prevents the university from having to spend more money on natural gas. Butler’s two chemistry labs recently received new fume hoods allowing air to be contained within a ﬁlter instead of exhausting it outside. Carlson said the change will save the university about $50,000 per year. The money Butler saves through changes in energy consumption funds new energy-saving projects. Carlson said Butler ofﬁcials look to take on projects that can be paid back in 10 years or fewer. “It just makes sense to try to get those projects done and paid back in a hurry,” Carlson said. Other energy-saving maneuvers adopted by the university include placing light sensors in rooms and Information Techonology’s changing servers. The light sensors read the amount of sunlight a room is receiving so light energy is not wasted. IT’s smaller servers do not require as much energy to run and generate less heat, which ensures less energy is needed to cool the room they are housed in. Hamm and Carlson said the Environment Concerns Organization, a student-run program, has also worked to push green initiatives on campus. ECO President Daniel French said that the organization has held

water bottle drives (meant to reduce the number of water bottles used by students), had discussions about water conservation with students and cleaned the White River on canoes. The organization also participates in Recyclemania, an annual spring recycling competition. ECO earned ﬁrst place in the state in the event last semester. French said that while faculty and staff may lean toward money concerns when thinking about green initiatives, the university is making smart decisions. “I think they’re looking in the right direction,” French said. “Butler is really willing to work with students.” French said President Jim Danko’s signing of the President’s Climate Commitment last April is one sign of this. According to Butler’s website, the commitment is “a pledge to create a long-range plan to eliminate the campus’ net emissions of greenhouse gases.” French said the work of Timothy Carter, director of the Center for Urban Ecology, has also been beneﬁcial to green initiatives on campus. Carter works with Butler’s campus farm and said the farm has saved the university money in multiple ways. “(The farm) sells produce to people at Butler and local restaurants,” Carter said. “Also, a student recently turned vegetable oil into diesel fuel to run a John Deere vehicle, which costs much less (than gasoline).” Despite the ongoing improvements to Butler’s green initiatives, Hamm said students need to be more aware of the university’s attempts to go green. “I think the message needs to come from the students,” Hamm said. “I also think ECO can be instrumental in getting the word out to students.” Carlson said Butler can and needs to continue down its current green path. “I’m sure there’s always more that can be done,” Carlson said. “We’ve been on the cutting edge before it was popular to talk about green products.”

The process of hiring a new provost for Butler University is now in full swing. The provost search committee, made up of 17 faculty, staff and student representatives, is looking to ﬁll the position. Joseph Kirsch, chemistry professor and chair of the committee, will lead the group c o m p o s e d of faculty representatives from each of the KIRSCH: Provost six colleges, a search chairman representative from the student government and staff representatives from administration and Student Affairs. “The provost is the chief academic ofﬁcer of the university with responsibilities for guiding the academic direction of the institution and ensuring the quality of the academic programs, faculty and academic support staff,” Kirsch said. “There’s the actual duties, and there’s some what you might call inspirational personality qualities that we’d like to see in the person,” Kirsch said. Such duties consist of overseeing the development of academic policies and the Faculty Senate and coordinating the hiring

and retention of faculty and staff. This individual also has budgetary responsibilities for academic programs and resources and maintains the cycle of program review. Some of the inspirational qualities the committee is looking for include being an advocate for the academic mission of the university, a model of scholarly excellence and an effective steward of Butler’s academic reputation. “We are already looking at candidates now, but we won’t do anything about that until October,” Kirsch said, “After that, we’ll get together and take a look at the applications.” Once considerations of the applications begin, a prospect review meeting will be held, where the search committee discusses all candidates and selects leading individuals. The number of applications will be reduced to a smaller size, Kirsch said. Then the committee will hold phone interviews and personal interviews, he said. “We hope all of that is done by the middle of November,” Kirsch said, “and at that point, we’ll probably ship a few names off to the president, and he will make a choice.” The search committee has a website with more details about the position and hiring process. For more information, go to http://www.butler.edu/provostsearch.

Maintenance plans new parking and living space JEFF STANICH JSTANICH@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

The Butler University maintenance committee is looking to start addressing the lack of parking and shrinking living space within the next month. Butler is in the midst of many renovations, including a $1.7 million restoration on the exterior of Hinkle Fieldhouse. The restoration was funded by a national grant and a matched dollar amount from the university. The other major projects on campus include the completion of the Schrott Center and the refurbishment of Jordan Hall. Senior Project Manager Craig Hardee said that a master plan was drawn up in 2011 that included more renovations for the campus. “There is a total remodel for the interior of Hinkle in the design process, with new bathrooms, seats and scoreboard, along with a new residence hall located most likely in the front lawn of Schwitzer, renovations of the current halls and a parking garage,” Hardee said. Rich Michal, executive director

of facilities, said that the parking garage is a huge need because total enrollment is growing and the need for more space is vital. However, members of the committee are trying to maintain the aesthetics of campus and not diminish it with this new structure, which would most likely be located near Schwitzer Hall and the Fairbanks Center. “Butler is a traditional landlocked campus, and we want to maintain that so this campus is beautiful for centuries to come,” Michal said. Jerry Carlson, director of maintenance services, said that the 2011 master plan that was drawn up will hopefully be completed within the next few years. “We have a September board meeting which will point us in what direction to take, but the parking garage is so far set to be completed in August of 2014, which will be just in time for the new year in preparation of increasing enrollment,” Carlson said. Though current students may not see all these projects completed in their time at Butler, the plans are set to improve this campus for many years to come.

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Women outnumber men nearly 2:1 on Butler’s campus, a statistic reﬂected above in Irwin Library.

Photo by Heather Iwinski

Gender gap noticed but not a concern MARAIS JACON-DUFFY MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

When sophomore Paige Frisone entered her Introduction to Creative Writing: Prose class for the ﬁrst time, it was obvious to her that the class would be different from any others she’s taken at Butler thus far. The class is all female. “I don’t mind that it’s all girls,” Frisone said. “It’s kind of nice, and I feel at home in that class, but it would be nice to have some male peers.” A ratio like this is not uncommon at a liberal arts college like Butler, Dean of Admissions Scott Ham said. Butler’s campus has been 60 percent female and 40 percent male for the last few school years, Ham said. Nationally, Butler is consistent with other colleges. According to the 2009 census, 56 percent of college students were female. “Women are now entering ﬁelds of study and professional paths that were typically male-dominated,” Ham said. “Doors are opening for them that weren’t as open 10 or 15 years ago.” Studies by the National Center for Education Statistics show that since the 1960s, the number of male undergraduate students enrolled in

colleges nationally has increased by 39 percent. Women undergradates have increased by 157 percent. Women have also passed men in attaining every level of degree, from high school diplomas to professional and doctoral degrees. Yet while women are making strides in the ﬁelds of higher education, there are concerns about the social repercussions that will result with a higher percentage of women in college than men. Sophomore Taylor Brown has concerns about simple interaction with her male classmates. “Last year, I lived in an all-girls dorm,” Brown said. “Now, I live in a sorority house. I really have to go out of my way to be around guys here at Butler.” Tom Mortenson, senior scholar at The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, also addressed social concerns of this trend in his study titled “What’s Wrong with the Guys?” “Eventually, all of these women will graduate, and some will want to marry,” Mortenson said in his study. “But the numbers show that some women will not be able to marry college-educated men. There won’t be enough.” The numbers aren’t far enough apart to be concerning to university ofﬁcials or admissions, Ham said. “Only ten years ago, we had a 64-36 split with more female students,” Ham said. “That number

has leveled out some naturally, so we aren’t terribly concerned.” Senior Cody Jackson is not very concerned about the numbers either. “Honestly, I’m a fan of the girlto-guy ratio,” Jackson said. “I meet new girls every week, so I’m not complaining.” While the ratio may pose some problems, female students like Brown and Frisone do see the accomplishment in women’s strides in higher education. “From an academic standpoint and a feminist standpoint, I guess it is pretty awesome that women are the majority of the population in colleges,” Brown said. Frisone said that she sees both beneﬁts and shortfalls to having more women than men on campus. “It seems wrong for me to say that having too many girls in a class or on a campus is wrong because not very long ago, women were inferior to men,” Frisone said. “But I also think it’s important to learn how to be codependent with the other gender.” Ham agrees and said that in the end, gender should not matter so much. “Women are just more interested in pursuing higher education, and that’s great,” he said. “Women should feel as comfortable as men in the classroom, and this is proof that initiatives for that have been successful.”

for the rest of Butler’s budget. Along with financial aid, tuition covers faculty and staff wages, health and retirement benefits, potential raises and capital costs like maintaining buildings and utilities, Arick said. However, tuition does not cover 100 percent of the costs at Butler. If it were based on cost, tuition would be a lot higher, Arick said. Tuition and room and board only covers 87 percent of university costs. The rest of the costs come from gifts and endowments from outside donors, Arick said. Last year was President Jim Danko’s first year discussing and planning for tuition as president, though he had been involved with tuition discussions when he was at Dartmouth College and Villanova University. “It’s not a foreign discussion to me,” Danko said. “Every university is a little different in terms of what their financial model is and what percentage of the overall budget is covered by tuition.” Danko said his goal last year was to keep the increase rate below 3 percent. “I’m really sensitive about what’s going on in the market,” he said. “I’m very concerned. As a father of two college students, I’m certainly not naive to what’s going on out there.” But when administrators plugged in that number to the working budget, they found the school would be losing $3 million. After more planning, conversations with the Board of Trustees and discussions with departments to cut costs, the tuition increase for the current year was settled at 3.75 percent— the lowest in Butler history, Danko said. The tuition rate and budget decisions are made by the

executive council, which is comprised of the president, the vice presidents, the deans and, this year, the chair and vice chair of Faculty Senate. The conversation also involves the chairman of the Board of Trustees and the financial committee within that board. Arick said the planning starts by comparing Butler’s tuition to schools like Xavier University and University of Dayton. The tuition is set based on how the council thinks other schools will go with tuition and where Butler wants to be compared with those schools, Arick said. Once the tuition, which is considered revenue for the university, is forecast, the council will look at the other costs of the university, like departmental and building costs, Arick said. The final budget recommendation will then be presented to the Board of Trustees for approval. Danko said his job is to grow the university’s endowment so Butler does not have to rely so heavily on tuition. “We just tread water,” he said. “We’ve got a laundry list a mile wide of things that people are asking for, and the discretionary resources are pretty nil.” Danko said he wants to see the dependency on tuition go from 87 percent to below 80 percent. “I don’t want it to all be on the backs of students,” Danko said. Danko spent the second half of his first year on the road going to 15 different cities to build relationships with people. Eventually, Danko said, Butler has to be able to ask for gifts and encourage alumni to give back. Twenty-three percent of living alumni give back to the university. Danko said he would like to see that grow to 30 percent. Planning for 2013-14 enrollment, tuition, room and board and financial aid is already beginning, Arick said. The budget recommendations for next year will be presented to the Board of Trustees at the spring meeting toward the end of February.

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Greek house policies keep members safe

Courses give back to community ALLISON HALL AAHALL1@BUTLER.EDU

KELLY ROSTIN KROSTIN@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

Volunteering takes on a new meaning at Butler University with classes that have a service learning component. This component integrates both the traditional classroom setting and involvement in the Indianapolis community. Butler has offered service learning since the mid -1990s, but more students will be exposed to the program now because of the Indianapolis Community Requirement, which requires all students to take a course involving active engagement in the Indianapolis community. Service learning is one route to fulﬁll the ICR. “The experience in the community is directly related to the academic learning goals,” said Donald Braid, the director of the Center for Citizenship and Community. Service learning courses vary widely, but each class meets in the classroom and requires 20 hours of community service throughout the semester. Spanish professor Terri Carney has taught one of the service learning courses for students enrolled in Spanish courses. “(The purpose of service learning is) to connect the real world with the academic world, which has traditionally been sort of separated,” Carney said. “It has a profound effect on the vast majority.” Senior Alex Tallentire has been involved with service learning most of his Butler career. He has been a student in a service learning class, a student advocate for community engagement and a teaching apprentice for a service learning course. Tallentire said he is particularly excited about the service learning partnership with Nora Elementary School. At the school, 40 percent of students are English as a New Language students. Butler students will go to the school during its lunch hour to interact with and help ENL students with homework. Tallentire said it is important to have consistent interaction with the students and said 20 hours is needed. Butler service learning contains many different ways to engage the community. A few of the partnerships that service learning has are with the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, the Martin Luther King Community Center and the Indianapolis School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Butler students go to these places and work with youth and seniors through tutoring, mentoring and providing companionship. Sophomore Molly Swigart said her service learning class met with an Iraqi refugee family and also went to the Nur-Allah Islamic Center to go to service and

STAFF REPORTER

Photo by Heather Iwinski

Emily Elllsworth pictured with an elder (top). Emma Jay poses with Burmese children at the First Baptist Church (bottom).

volunteer at the weekend school. Tallentire said students may find difficulty fitting the service learning requirement into their schedules. “The one initial hesitation of students is, ‘Well, I’m not going to have time for this,’” Tallentire said. Margaret Brabant, a professor of political science, has been using service learning pedagogy since the mid-1990s. “Our classrooms are enhanced and enriched by the kind of work the students are doing in the community,” Brabant said. More than 30 service learning courses are offered now at Butler. Brabant said the virtues students acquire from their service learning experience are courage, empathy and humility. “The ripple effect of this is extraordinary,” Brabant said.

New sexual assault programs aims to educate students KELLY ROSTIN KROSTIN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

From Sept. 16 to 23, peer education groups are working alongside the Butler University Police Department and Counseling and Consultation Services for the annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Sarah Barnes Diaz, health education and outreach programs coordinator, believes that the repetition of the program every year is what keeps awareness strong. “We offer the same type of program every year to expose students to an understanding that sexual assault does occur and that college students are at a greater risk,” Diaz said. This year, the program is adding events that are specific to students involved in the Greek community. On Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, students affiliated with Greek organizations will go to the Reilly Room to watch a video and hear speakers who want to encourage students, especially in the Greek community, to promote safety and responsibility. Clairice Hauschildt, a sophomore Greek affiliate, believes that learning as a Greek community is beneficial to awareness. “It’s important for all of us to learn together because we hang out together all of the time, and you need to be able to have trust and feel safe when you go out into the Greek community,” Hauschildt said. “If you have trust with people, then you don’t have to be afraid.” A similar program will be offered to Ross Hall residents on Tuesday, Residential College residents on Wednesday and Schwitzer Hall residents on Thursday. Diaz said the planned programs are not just focused on preventing assault from an individual perspective, but also on how the campus can come together as a community and look out for its students. “It’s really important to us at Butler that we’re exposing students to conversations and opportunities to talk about how to prevent sexual assault early on,” Diaz said. Other student involvement in sexual assault education involves conversations through Greek Educators, Advocates and Resource representatives. Students representing various Greek houses took classes last spring that focused on relationship abuse, sexual assault and alcohol abuse. These students act as the first source of information for students who have issues and need someone to talk to.

Junior Brady Sage is a G.E.A.R. representative. Part of her goal is helping students realize that they shouldn’t be ashamed if they need help. “Some things that happen too often are actually sexual assault, and people don’t even realize it,” Sage said. “It’s not just rape or the things you see in movies. It could be the most minor of things.” Another event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 17 is a ceremony at the gazebo outside of Starbucks, which will take place to show support for and honor the strength of sexual assault victims. For the ceremony, ribbons will be tied on the gazebo in two-minute increments. According to Diaz, this act reﬂects the statistics that a sexual assault occurs every two minutes in the U.S. “It’s likely that most students know someone who’s had an experience that shouldn’t have happened to them,” Diaz said. “This is an opportunity for them to come out and honor the strength that it takes to survive that type of situation.” Diaz also said that a photo project entitled “Take A Stand” would be going on throughout the week. Students, faculty and staff will have their photos taken with a whiteboard while ﬁnishing the message “I take a stand because...” Diaz hopes the sharing of these photos will make a strong statement for students who are too shy when it comes to working toward discussing and ending sexual violence. “If we stand up and say something, that then gives other people permission to do the same thing,” she said. “I think we can have a really cool domino effect on people who aren’t afraid to take a stand, and that could eventually change behavior.” The Health and Recreation Complex has also gained a new presence on Pinterest this year, on which they have a “Take A Stand” board. The board has information about sexual assault prevention, facts about sexual assault and information about other national projects that are going on. In this way, students can educate themselves on their own terms. “If there’s knowledge about where you can go— God forbid that should ever happen—that will help students feel more comfortable,” Hauschildt said. Diaz is certain that keeping an open relationship with students about sexual assault issues is key to prevention. “The issue of sexual assault is something that we all need to care about,” Diaz said. “We all need to take a stand against it and know that there is something that we all can do to help prevent it from happening.”

Greek houses are making an effort to keep student safety a priority. Student safety starts, quite literally, at the front door. Among the seven sororities and six fraternities on campus, entrance options range from fobs to keypad codes and even finger scan systems. Phi Delta Theta, a fraternity on campus, runs on the key code system. “The expectation is communicated to the men that they don’t give out the passcode,” House Director Thomas Whitcher said. If people who are not fraternity members find out the house code, the system allows the house manager to change the code at any time. “We usually change the code twice each semester, and we only give that code to members,” Whitcher said. Other houses on campus, such as the sorority Alpha Chi Omega, have an entrance controlled by a fingerprint system. The system was struck by lightning at the beginning of this school year, and was unusable for awhile. The house has a backup keypad system the members used while the fingerprint system was being fixed. “Our physical safety is protected by a good security system,” House Director Jody Springer said. Inside a house, behavioral expectations of its members and their guests are set in policies within housing contracts between house members and the National Housing Corporation. Still, members of a Greek house are held accountable for their guests’ actions. Guests not conducting themselves properly are asked to leave. In some cases, the Butler University Police Department will have to escort people who do not leave on their own accord. Fraternities are generally flexible on guest hours while sororities have “boy hours.” These rules are set in place to make sure that both members and their guests are respecting the quality of the houses. “There’s a lot of money that goes into these facilities,” Whitcher said. “The expectation is that we maintain the aesthetics and that we’re not allowing it to deteriorate.” The Phi Delta Theta facility received a multi-million-dollar renovation that wrapped up in August of 2009 when the fraternity re-opened. Whitcher said that safety was one of the top concerns throughout the renovations. Part of the renovation was the addition of new automatic exterior lights. “It’s to keep the building lit up at night so you’re able to see who’s around the exterior of it, as well as back in the parking areas,” Whitcher said. Other than front door security systems, aspects of safety in the houses include fire suppression and fire alarm systems. The upkeep of these systems

There’s a lot of money that goes into these facilities. The expectation is that we maintain the aesthetics and that we’re not allowing it to deteriorate. THOMAS WHITCHER PHI DELTA THETA HOUSE DIRECTOR is monitored by annual fire inspections by a fire marshal, as well as checkups with a local fire service company. Houses will do fire drills and post escape routes on the walls in each room. “If you keep everything maintained, you’re less likely to have accidents or injuries,” Springer said. To help with the outlook of possible misconduct or accidents, Greek houses have an elected student house manager to assist the house director and the executive board with tasks such as maintenance work and proper conduct. “An important aspect of the job is communicating the conduct of what’s expected,” Alex Curtis, junior Phi Delta Theta house manager, said. “If we see something going on that’s not really safe, we’ll intervene and stop an issue from getting worse.” Curtis said he has enjoyed his experience thus far as the house director. “I definitely learned more in this position than I think I could’ve in any other,” Curtis said. Curtis has done random maintenance tasks, including pumping water out of the fraternity’s basement last Friday when it flooded. Little tasks, such as changing a light bulb, are taken care of by a maintenance team in an effort to reduce risk of injury, especially in the sorority houses. “It seems like such a simple thing, but the biggest claim at the insurance companies is people getting on ladders just to change a light bulb,” Springer said. “People can fall off the ladder and break their arm.” Other aspects of safety, such as cleanliness, are also taken into consideration. Some Greek houses are selfsufficient with their cleaning while others are taken care of by cleaning companies, which work to disinfect the houses on a weekly basis. Whitcher says that donations from alumni for house renovations and upkeep are a result of the alumni caring about the current members’ experiences in the house. Springer agrees, adding that the order of the rules set in place is for the benefit of student wellness. “Maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness are the cornerstones of safety,” Springer said.

CORRECTIONS

The Collegian corrects errors of fact. The story “Spotlight on sexual assault” incorrectly reported that allegations of Butler’s sexual assault misconduct policy were chanelled to the Student Conduct Board. The story should have said sexual misconduct will be referred to an administrative review heard by a single administrator. The story “Sanctions change for violations” incorrectly reported that ﬁnes for alcohol-related penalties have been replaced with community restoration activites. Fines have never been a part of Butler’s alcohol sanction options. The story “Sanctions change for violations” incorrectly reported that Michael Denton leads an alcohol seminar on campus every week. The story should have said that he leads an alcohol seminar two to three times per semester, depending on need. The Collegian regrets these errors.

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Questions linger about Title IX

VOLLEYBALL

Transfers make seamless transition PETER BROWN PBROWN1@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler volleyball team is off to a 6-3 start, and contributing to this record are two new Bulldog faces. Junior Morgan Peterson and sophomore Erica Stahl are transfer students who have made the transition to the Butler community both on and off the court. Volleyball coach Sharon Clark said she is very pleased with the additions of Peterson and Stahl. “They’re phenomenal,” Clark said. “They are both great additions to the program. They’re great with the team and ﬁt right in.” Both Peterson and Stahl had different ways of ﬁnding out about

Butler. Peterson discovered Butler through a friend who knew a graduate assistant. She attended Middle Tennessee State prior to coming here. Peterson originally transferred to Butler because of the pharmacy program, not to play volleyball. “I knew that Butler had a good pharmacy school,” Peterson said. “I did not know much about the volleyball program.” Peterson realized that it was a good program and decided to play after talking to Clark and meeting some of the players. “I really like everything about Butler,” Peterson said. “I like the coaching staff, the players that I met, and I like the campus.”

Sophomore Erica Stahl attempts to block a shot in Saturday’s match against Indiana University at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

MARISSA JOHNSON

MKJOHNSO@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

Photos by Rafael Porto

Erica Stahl and Morgan Peterson have made an immediate impact in their ﬁrst season in Bulldog uniforms. Clark is also happy with Peterson’s decision to play volleyball at Butler. “She is serving really aggressively and very physical, and we haven’t had that in a long time,” Clark said. Peterson was named to the All-Tournament Team at both the DePaul and Pittsburgh Invitationals. Through nine matches, Peterson has tallied 36 kills, 329 assists, 11 aces, 82 digs and 38 blocks. Stahl was at the University of Cincinnati prior to arriving at Butler. Butler was Stahl’s second choice when she was making her college decision. Stahl said that Cincinnati and Butler both recruited her to play at their schools. Stahl, an Indianapolis native, already knew several of her teammates who are also from Indiana. But Stahl said the ultimate reason to change schools came from her respect for the coaching staff at Butler. “Honestly, the reason I picked Butler was because of the coaches and because of Sharon (Clark),” Stahl said. Stahl described her transition to Butler as being easy and smooth, despite having shoulder surgery in the offseason.

Stahl had a great outing at the DePaul Invitational, where she was named to the All-Tournament Team. “When she gets going, that really changes the game for us,” Clark said. The middle blocker has played in all 11 matches for the Bulldogs this season, recording over 90 points for the team. Both Peterson and Stahl expressed their excitement for playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference. “When I heard about it, I was pumped,” Stahl said. “I know a lot of girls that play on the Dayton team.” The Bulldogs have ﬁnished four consecutive seasons with a winning record. Peterson and Stahl said they want to continue this level of play, but their ultimate goal as a team is to win the conference. “It’s going to be tough,” Peterson said. “I do think we have the potential.” The ﬁrst A-10 match will be at Dayton on Sept. 21. In the meantime, the team will continue to mesh and get prepared for its inaugural A-10 season. “We love having Peterson and Stahl,” Clark said. “They add so much to us. We’re thrilled that they’re here.”

The Butler athletics department is still waiting to hear whether it is compliant with Title IX. Title IX is legislation that is meant to ensure equal opportunity in athletics for women. Last May, the university entered into a resolution agreement with the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education to become Title IX compliant. Butler had a Sept. 1 deadline to provide documentation that it was in compliance and treating all athletes equally. Beth Goetz, associate athletic director for administration, said the report has been submitted, and the athletics department is now waiting for a decision from the Office for Civil Rights. “We believe that we are in compliance,” Goetz said. “But if they find we aren’t, we are going to take the necessary steps to correct it.” The Office for Civil Rights considers the situation an open case with the documents still in review. As a result, the office cannot discuss the specifics of the case or any findings to this point, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Education. The Office for Civil Rights requested information about participation numbers and financial aid. During the 2010-11 school year, women made up 59.6 percent of Butler’s full-time undergraduate students and only 36.5 percent of athletes. At the same time, women athletes received 53.4 percent of the department’s financial aid. Title IX requires that the ratio of see Title IX page 7

FOOTBALL

Team dominates ﬁrst night game in seven decades KYLE BEERY KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

The Butler football team used the atmosphere created by its first night game since 1941 to fuel a 42-13 win over Franklin College on Saturday. “The energy on campus all week has been outstanding, and the band and the cheerleaders and all that really made it special for us,” Butler coach Jeff Voris said. “There was just a lot of energy around it, and that made it a little more exciting for us,” Butler wide receiver Brendan Shannon said. Shannon had 134 yards receiving, including two touchdowns on eight catches. Shannon said the Bulldogs (1-1) used the energy to start faster than they did in last week’s loss at Western Illinois. “It was a great team effort on offense to come out like that, and we just wanted to keep going with that,” Shannon said. Butler led the Grizzlies (0-2) 27-0 at halftime. Matt Lancaster, redshirt junior quarterback talllied 354 yards of total offense and five total touchdowns for the Bulldogs. Lancaster was the leading rusher with 96 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. “Matt definitely brings (the running) element to the game,”

Photo by Heather Iwinski

Redshirt junior wide receiver Brendan Shannon, seen here scoring the ﬁrst touchdown against Franklin, led all receivers in receptions and yards to help the football team get its ﬁrst wn of the season.

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Voris said. “Last week, we were able to avoid pressure and do some things, so we took the next step this week and had some planned runs in there for him.” Lancaster, a transfer from Illinois State, said the team fed off the energy in the Butler Bowl. “(There is) nothing better than being under the lights,” Lancaster said. “Our team came ready to play.” The Bulldog defense also had a strong showing in the home opener. Butler led 33-0 at one point during the third quarter and held Franklin to four ﬁrst downs in the opening half. Sophomore defensive back Bryce Barry had an interception for the Bulldogs. “For the second week in a row, our defense was solid,” Voris said. Butler will head to the East Coast next week to face Dartmouth, an Ivy League school. Voris said the team is used to the traveling aspect but expects a good experience from the contest. “(It will be) just a unique atmosphere as far as being on an Ivy League campus and being in that environment,” Voris said. The game will be the seasonopener for Dartmouth, who is projected to ﬁnish sixth in the Ivy League by media outlets.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Bulldogs mauled by Bears CLAYTON YOUNG CYOUNG@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler men’s soccer team faced stiff competition Sunday, losing 2-1 to Central Arkansas in the final contest of a three-match homestand at the Butler Bowl. The Bulldogs (1-1-2) were looking at a 2-0 deficit after the first 45 minutes. Senior forward Ethan Miller put the Bears on the board with an unassisted strike in the 31st minute. A little more than three minutes later, sophomore forward Daniel Sampedro scored what would prove to be the game-winning goal. Butler attempted to turn the tables in the second half,

Kentucky at the Bowl on Friday. The non-conference match was halted in the 39th minute because of lightning and was eventually canceled. The contest could be rescheduled for a later date. The Bulldogs were holding a one-goal advantage after a goal by junior Jordan Burt from 18 yards out. Butler recorded four shots compared to two for the Norse. Northern Kentucky is currently playing its first season as an NCAA Division I program. The Norse are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Northern Kentucky is currently 0-5 on the season. The Bulldogs will face South Florida in the opening round of the Akron Tournament Friday.

BUTLER vs SOUTH FLORIDA Friday at 4:30 p.m. Akron, Ohio

outshooting the Bears (4-1-0) 13-1 overall, with a 6-1 advantage in shots on goal. The Bulldogs tallied their only goal when sophomore defender Brandon Fricke sent a crossing pass to junior midfielder Adam Glanzer, who knocked a header into the upper right corner of the net. Central Arkansas senior goalkeeper Cody Gibson and the Bears were able to hold on to the lead, with Gibson stopping five shots. Severe weather brought an early end to Butler ’s match against winless Northern

Photo by Heather Iwinski

Sophomore Zach Steinberger attempts a shot in the ﬁrst half of Friday’s match against Northern Kentucky before it was cancelled due to lightning.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Butler falls at Michigan MARKO TOMICH MTOMICH@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

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Sophomore Katie Reed (No. 18) and sophomore Kelly Mahoney (No. 4) challenge for the ball in a 2011 match at the Butler Bowl.

The Butler women’s soccer team failed to knock off its second Big Ten opponent this season when it faced the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Friday. The Wolverines (6-2-0) got an early jump on the Bulldogs (3-3-1) and rode the momentum to a 3-0 victory. It took just 10 minutes for Michigan junior midﬁelder Meghan Toohey to dent the twine, pushing the Wolverines to a 1-0 lead. “Instead of holding our ground and just playing our game, we adjusted to their strengths and it cost us an early goal we should have easily defended,” sophomore midﬁelder Katie Reed said.

Butler freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie Hopkins recorded all three of her saves in the first half of the contest. Michigan’s offense struck again within the first five minutes of the second half. A cross by freshman forward Corinne Harris sailed over Hopkins and into the net, extending the Wolverines’ lead to 2-0. Harris slipped another shot past Hopkins only 51 seconds later, giving Michigan a 3-0 lead. The final goal put the nail in Butler’s coffin, adding to a deficit that proved too much for the Bulldogs to overcome. “I think we can take a lot from this loss,” Reed said. “If we don’t all get on the same page with that focus come game time, not even our best performance can get us a win.”

BUTLER vs EASTERN ILLINOIS Friday at 7 p.m. Butler Bowl

Butler’s offense came into the contest averaging nearly 15 shots per game. The Bulldogs mustered just seven shots against Michigan, with only three on target. “To hold us to single-digit shot attempts, Michigan had high pressure the whole game that made it difﬁcult to get shots off,” Reed said. The physical bout had a total of 22 fouls, with one yellow card handed out to Toohey. The Bulldogs look to bounce back from their defeat when they play Eastern Illinois on Friday in the Butler Bowl.

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CLUB LACROSSE

New season nears start AUSTIN MONTEITH

AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU ASST SPORTS EDITOR

Photo by Heather Iwinski

A club lacrosse player, seen here during practice, will help the team try for another playoff berth in the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse League.

TITLE IX: COMPLIANCE IS UNCERTAIN FROM PAGE FIVE

women in sports is substantially proportionate to the undergraduate enrollment. In a situation where these numbers are not proportionate, the university can demonstrate compliance in other ways. “Those numbers demonstrate we are not meeting the standard,” Goetz said. “But we believe our non-discriminatory factors, when considered, deem us as compliant.” The athletics department evaluates gender equality on a regular basis. Multiple internal reviews and an outside study by Ice Miller have been conducted to validate the findings. “We believe we offer every sport in which there is an interest and ability on campus,” Goetz said. She said that this is the reason the department believes the Office for Civil Rights will determine that Butler is Title IX compliant. Regardless of the numbers, Erik Fromm, junior men’s basketball player and member of the student athlete advisory council, said that the treatment of the athletes has always been equal. “I’m just one person, and I don’t know all the numbers,” Fromm said, “but it’s never been a question of equality, not in athletics and not in academics.” In her four years of experience, Devin Brierly, graduate student and basketball and softball player, said there was no indication of unfair treatment between males and females because of gender. “We have always been treated very fair when it came to everything, whether it was trips and equipment or something else,” Brierly said. “It was going to be different with men’s basketball, but that’s because of what they accomplished, not anything else.” In the 2011 fiscal year, the Office for Civil Rights received a total of 7,841 complaints about Title IX violations across the country, according to a U.S. Department of Education spokesman. Only six of those complaints found an institution to be in violation of Title IX. The athletics department asked why it was under review, and Goetz said it was told it was random review. The Office for Civil Rights confirmed this and said it is trying to be proactive in guaranteeing equality for all athletes by initiating compliance reviews. There is no official timeline for a decision from the Office for Civil Rights regarding Butler’s compliance, but Goetz said the department will continue to take the matter seriously. “We want to provide every opportunity for every studentathlete that we can,” Goetz said. “Even without Title IX, we want to make sure everyone is treated equally and fairly.”

Lacrosse is a sport that does not receive much attention in Indiana, but Butler does, indeed, ﬁeld a women’s lacrosse club team. The squad was founded in 2006 when it joined the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse League. Maddi Corry, team president and junior player, said that she started playing lacrosse in high school, and the sport played an important factor in her deciding to come to Butler. “Having a club team or some kind of team in college was important to me when picking a school,” Corry said. Clare Hubbard, team treasurer and senior player, said she thinks the members of this year’s squad have more prior playing experience than past teams. “Before, we would get a random few people that had played before, but now we get an increased number of them, and I feel like it affects the people who haven’t played before in a way that they catch on faster,” Hubbard said, “(such as) becoming a player who can play with people who have played for many years rather than taking many years to become a certain kind of player.” Players who had never laid their hands on a lacrosse stick before coming to Butler are taught the basics

when they join the team. “We like having new players who have never played before and start out as freshmen or sophomores, and then we just teach them the game and how you play,” Corry said. The team receives funds from SGA and covers additional costs by holding fundraisers. The team sold tank tops to raise money last season, and they are organizing a high school lacrosse tournament involving local teams that will take place on Sept. 22 as part of their fundraising efforts for this season. “We invite a lot of local high school teams to play, and it’s a great way for them (to play) because this isn’t really lacrosse season,” Hubbard said. “It’s a great way for all these high school teams to not just be so springspecific.” Hubbard said the fall season that begins later this month provides a less-stressful atmosphere than that of spring games. “The spring’s not much different,” Hubbard said. “I guess it’s a little bit more of a time commitment and it’s a little more intense and not as relaxed.” Last spring, the Bulldogs went 7-4 in the central region of Division II of the WCLL and qualified for the playoffs but lost in the first round to Lake Forest College. The team begins its season on Sept. 27 against Purdue at the Intramural Fields.

VOLLEYBALL

Bulldogs win twice in home Classic PETER BROWN PBROWN1@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Butler swept its old conference foe, Wright State 3-0 last night. The Bulldogs (8-3) controlled the match from the first serve. Junior Belle Obert led the team with 10 kills, while junior Claire Randich, the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week, finished with eight kills. Over the weekend, the Bulldogs hosted the Butler Classic and won two matches. Butler defeated Western Illinois three sets to one in the opening match of the Classic. The Bulldogs won the first and second sets in close fashion, winning 25-22 and 25-23, respectively. However, the Leathernecks (3-4) would not go away and went on to win the third set 25-21 to cut the set lead in half. In the fourth set, the Bulldogs dominated early on, gaining an 8-1 lead. They would not look back and disposed of Western Illinois by a score of 25-19. The story of the match was junior Maggie Harbison’s dominant play. Harbison racked up 18 kills and 19 digs, both team highs. Juniors Morgan Peterson and Claire Randich also contributed with six blocks apiece. As a team, the Bulldogs compiled eight aces. Butler fell to Stephen F. Austin by a score of three sets to none in its second match of the tournament.

The first set was competitive, with the Bulldogs holding the lead for the majority of the set. However, late in the set, the Ladyjacks took over. The Bulldogs couldn’t rally, and Stephen F. Austin won the next two points to take the first set. In the second set, the Bulldogs started off slow, falling behind 8-16. Butler was able to fight back to get the score to 19-21. With the score 22-24, the Bulldogs were able to stave off two set points. Butler would then win the next point to go up 25-24. The Bulldogs twice had set point in their favor but were unable to close out the set. The Ladyjacks were able to fight back, and with the score 27-26, Stephen F. Austin was able to put it away to take a 2-0 set lead. Stephen F. Austin took the third set 25-20 to complete the match sweep. Butler defeated Indiana (6-3) three sets to one in the final game of the Classic. Butler dominated the first set and saw success as a result of its defense. The Bulldogs were never losing at any point during the set and won 25-18. In the second set, the Bulldogs got off to a slow start and were down 3-0 before scoring eight out of the next nine points to force a Hoosiers’ timeout. Butler would continue to dominate through the middle part of the set, leading 17-

Photo by Rafael Porto

The Volleyball team combined to win two matches over the weekend, on its way to its best start since 2008. 10. But Indiana would not go away. The Hoosiers rallied to eventually take a 19-18 lead. Butler then took seven of the next eight points to close out the set 25-20 and take a 2-0 match lead going into halftime. Indiana dominated the entire third set and won 25-15. The opposite occured during the fourth set. With the Hoosiers up 7-4, Butler went on a ﬁve-point streak to force an Indiana timeout. The Bulldogs would not look back, going on a 6-1 run following the timeout. The Hoosiers would not get within four

points of the Bulldogs for the rest of the match. Butler ﬁnished with six straight points, capped by backto-back aces by sophomore Belle Obert. Leading the Bulldogs was Harbison with 16 kills, Randich with nine blocks and sophomore Brooke Ruffolo with 23 digs. Butler next faces Southeast Missouri State in the ﬁrst match of the Butler Invitational on Friday, Sept. 14 at 11 a.m.

BUTLER AT WRIGHT STATE, SEPT. 11 TEAM Butler Wright State

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Butler Way prominent in athletics MARKO TOMICH MTOMICH@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler Way is a saying that was ﬁrst implemented by former athletic coach Tony Hinkle. The phrase is a staple of Butler athletics to this day, often heard from a number of Bulldog coaches and athletes. The Butler Way extends itself into all sports. The athletics department’s mission statement is: “The intercollegiate athletic department’s mission is to support the university’s purpose by providing exceptional educational and athletic experiences for all student-athletes... The Butler Way.” “Every game and every practice is about The Butler Way from the top on down, from coaches and players,” football coach Jeff Voris said. “It’s great how you can see it mirror through all of the sports.” Hinkle, a basketball, football and baseball coach for the Bulldogs, left his mark on Butler’s campus with his many accomplishments. His legacy has been able to live on at the university thanks, in part, to the idea of The Butler Way. Hinkle based The Butler Way on ﬁve

simple principles, which are still linked to Butler athletics today. Those ﬁve principles— humility, passion, unity, servanthood and thankfulness—are listed in the men’s locker room of Hinkle Fieldhouse. The phrase is not just an on-campus saying. The Butler Way was able to make its way to the national stage during Butler’s 2009-2010 men’s basketball national championship run. Sportswriters used it to describe the team’s success. Kellen Dunham, a freshman men’s basketball recruit, said he came to Butler with an idea of what he thought The Butler Way was and how he would try to embody it. “The Butler Way is a sense of humility and being able to represent Butler in a positive way,” Dunham said. “We use it in our work ethic on and off the court, getting good grades as well as performing at practice.” Redshirt junior wide receiver Brendan Shannon, who has been named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll in each of his three years at Butler, said that The Butler Way is a good principle for the school to implement.

“The Butler Way is doing things the right way, staying focused on our goals and getting things done,” Shannon said. Cole Minard, a sophomore men’s soccer student manager, said The Butler Way involves doing things behind the scenes that need to be done in order for a team to be successful. “Seeing the guys play great soccer and win is what I love, and it keeps me coming back day after day to help them improve and keep winning,” Minard said. “So I try to do everything I can to make that happen for them.” As a transfer student, sophomore women’s soccer player Katie Reed said she hadn’t heard about The Butler Way until her first preseason with the team. Reed said she really noticed how the team felt like a family on and off the field and how team members and coaches always have the team’s best interest in mind. “To me, The Butler Way is all about putting the team first,” Reed said, “striving for that personal best and holding yourself accountable to those characteristics that will only benefit the team.”

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INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Musicians from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra have been playing outside the Hilbert Circle Theatre downtown until they reach a contract agreement. On Tuesday, the signs of protest were replaced with signs of remembrance as they played songs for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Photo by Jill McCarter

Eleventh hour negotiations fail Between contract negotiations, musicians are locked out and the ISO is at a stand-still. KEVIN VOGEL KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. EDITOR Downtown’s Hilbert Circle Theatre will be remarkably quiet this weekend and next. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its first two weeks of performances due to a failure to reach a new contract agreement between ISO management and the musicians’ union last Friday. Like most major American orchestras, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is in financially dire straits. The previous contract expired the first weekend of September, and both sides have presented new proposals aimed at maintaining high musical standards while also addressing the financial instability of the orchestra. ISO operational management, formally known as Indiana Symphony Society, LLC, and representatives of the American Federation of Musicians, Local No. 3, met on Thursday and Friday to try to create compromise in order to save the first weeks of performances. Jessica Di Santo, director of communications for the ISO, declined to comment on behalf of the management while the negotiations are ongoing. “The gap between what the musicians’ union is proposing and what is essential to economically sustain the ISO’s future is just too great,” management said in a press release. The musicians’ proposal for a shortterm contract would have preserved the first two weeks of the season, with the musicians making $1,250 a week. According to a press release by the musician’s union, the extension would have cost the Indiana Symphony Society less than $30,000 over the two-week period. The Society declined the offer. “The union’s proposed extension would only exacerbate the ISO’s already difficult financial challenges,” the Society said in its release. ISO musicians also declined to comment over the weekend. The orchestra management’s figures paint a grim picture: credit maxed out at $8 million, the endowment down 37 percent from where it was in 2007 and $1.7 million

The musicians are convinced the management’s actions will ruin a world-class orchestra, dilute the quality and wreck what took decades to build. ISO MUSICIAN in expenses not made up in revenue last year. “We must take immediate steps to bring expenses in line with operating income, and we must continue our efforts to increase performance income and donations,” management said on ISO’s website. “We also must meet our obligation to fully fund our musicians’ pensions.” To reduce expenses, the ISO management has proposed shortening the orchestra’s season from 45.5 weeks to 38 weeks, slowly decreasing—as musicians retire and leave—the size of the orchestra from 82 full-time, full-benefits musicians to 69, reducing the amount of paid time off and freezing the accruals of the defined benefit pension plan while starting a 3 percent matching contribution in a 403(b) plan. In essence, the management would stop investing in the current retirement plan and begin investing in the new plan. A 403(b) plan is a tax-deferred plan for non-profit organizations. For the ISO’s classical concerts— about half of the performance season— the orchestra would audition and hire musicians on a contractual basis. While the down economy has affected music ensembles for years, shock waves swept orchestras last April when The Philadelphia Orchestra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Philadelphia Orchestra—which with Cleveland, New York, Boston and Chicago makes up the American “Big Five” orchestras—is only now beginning to operate outside of the bankruptcy code. In an email sent to JCA faculty and obtained by The Collegian, a member of the orchestra said the executive committee of the ISO’s board was exaggerating the financial situation. “The musicians are convinced the management’s actions will ruin a world-

class orchestra, dilute the quality and wreck what took decades to build,” the musician said. Richard Graef, a horn player for the ISO and the chairman of the musician’s negotiating committee, told the Indianapolis Star that with the management’s plan, “musicians will leave—quickly if they can. We won’t be able to attract new talent.” Musicians are also concerned that replacing permanent players with temporary players would reduce the camaraderie of the orchestra. The musicians’ proposal involves voluntary pay cuts for the first year of the contract, as well as 14 weeks of unpaid furlough over the next five years. Basically, the orchestra and management cut a total of 14 weeks over the next five years, but after the first year, the number of weeks cut each year remains flexible. The musicians’ union said its proposal will save the ISO $3.2 million, according to the Indianapolis Star, while maintaining a full season and a full orchestra. Management has said that this plan will not close the annual budget gap and will continue to draw upon the stressed endowment. What happens here in Indianapolis will likely have a huge impact on other orchestras in the United States. The Minnesota Orchestra management is currently in negotiations with its musicians and is seeking to make broad changes and cuts, including a 34-percent decrease in musician salary, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Its contract expires on Sept. 30, according to the Pioneer Press. The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra also faces a contract expiration deadline of Sept. 30. Musicians in St. Paul told the Minnesota Public Radio that musicians might lose half their salaries in the negotiations, and some are already leaving for other orchestras. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians are currently locked out due to an impasse in negotiations, according to a release on the orchestra’s website. The management of the ASO said it is considering changing season lengths, the number of the salaried musicians, the weekly pay scale and benefits packages. It is also considering canceling its first performances, scheduled for early October. The ISO musicians’ union has proposed 15 dates in September and early November to continue negotiations. While the two sides continue deliberating, the fate of the five concerts scheduled before Nov. 8 and the future of Indianapolis’ 82-year-old symphony orchestra hang in the balance.

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MANAGEMENT’S PROPOSAL 38-week season

69 permanent musicians $1,215 min. weekly pay Two weeks vacation, 10 days sick leave, 10 days other paid time off Frozen deﬁned beneﬁt pension plan, three percent matching contribution to 403(b) plan

MUSICIANS’ PROPOSAL 52-week season 82 permanent musicians 14 weeks of unpaid furlough over ﬁve years Voluntary pay cuts for the ﬁrst year of the new contract

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BUDM gets Butler dancing

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BUDM participants raised just over $108,000 for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis during last year’s fundraiser.

Butler University Dance Marathon begins planning after last year’s fundraising. CHASE MONROE CMONROE@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

It all starts with the tap of the foot, a shift of the hips, a shimmy of the shoulders and a rock of the head. It’s dancing, a simple act of expression where the movements of the body tell a story. Whether that story is of happiness, sadness, anger or carefreeness, it is brought to life over the course of a song, a beat and a dance. Such stories will be on display during the Butler University Dance Marathon, which will take place in late January. BUDM is a student-run organization that dedicates an entire year to planning the event, which raises money for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. At this time, students can join

one of the many committees involved in the event, become a sponsor or simply make a donation to the cause. The 12-hour event sees participants on their feet the entire time to honor children at Riley who cannot stand. The event consists of Butler students dancing, participating in a variety of activities and interacting with children and families from Riley. Throughout the dance marathon, Riley families and doctors share their stories with students to remind them how important their involvement is, not only to the hospital but also to the children themselves. The children not only receive ﬁnancial assistance from the fundraiser but also are able to interact with other children and Butler students and make new friends, said sophomore Jared Schuerman, dancer relations chair. Hannah Christian is one of those children. At ﬁrst glance, she is a typical nine-year-old; she loves drawing, animals and, most of all, dancing.

But Christian is also a ﬁghter and survivor. In 2008, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor, in her right leg. She was admitted to Riley Hospital for Children, where she underwent three months of chemotherapy prior to limbsalvage surgery. Christian then had a rare surgery known as a Van Ness Rotationplasty, which involved the removal of her knee and most of her femur. This procedure allowed a surgeon to successfully remove the tumor and gave Hannah the opportunity to live an active lifestyle, albeit with the use of a prosthetic leg. “Last year, my ﬁrst year participating in Butler University Dance Marathon, I met Hannah Christian,” sophomore dance recruiter Sara Doverspike said. “I was moved by her story. But even more inspiring was watching her dance around like it didn’t even matter, and I’ll admit she was a better dancer than half of us. “She asked me to come on stage

and dance with her, and I was slightly embarrassed about my moves, but she had no shame in taking the lead,” Doverspike said. Hannah ended her treatments in February 2009. Today, she is cancer-free and loves to roller skate, swim and, of course, dance. Hannah’s story is just one of many in which Riley Hospital was able to help children with the assistance of funds raised by BUDM. “Dance marathon brings out the best in our peers,” sophomore dance recruiter Shelby Murdoch said. “We see people over and over on campus that we may know who they are, but we don’t know anything about them. “Dance marathon pulls everyone involved together and helps to create positive, meaningful relationships.” The event began in 2003 in the Reilly Room. With its growth in popularity, BUDM was moved to the Health and Recreation Complex to accommodate more dancers and Riley families. The event culminates in the unveiling of the total amount

earned from the yearlong fundraising for Riley. “Nothing brings people together like dancing, but Dance Marathon is so much more than just that,” Doverspike said. “It is fun with a purpose. Everyone has such a good time, but it’s an incredible feeling when the total that we’ve raised is revealed.” To date, BUDM has raised over $450,000 for Riley Hospital and oncology research. Doverspike said one of the most inspiring portions of the event involves the children from Riley coming together at the conclusion of the marathon. “At the end of the night, all of the Riley kids at the event do a dance on stage, and they all express the same look of pure happiness of being there and dancing,” Doverspike said. “We should all live our life that way—just happy to be dancing and happy to be alive.” Now, if you feel the need to bust a move, drop it real low, shake your money-maker or even wobble, you can. And this time, it’s for a good cause.

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The Jordan College of Arts’ core curriculum is evolving in order to increase student awareness of the many forms of art that are taught within the rooms of Lilly Hall. The changes began rolling out with this year’s freshman class as a pilot course and will continue to trail the class of 2016 as they move toward graduation. Michelle Jarvis, associate dean for the Jordan College of Arts, said the curriculum additions are twofold and consist of an arts core for all JCA majors. The ﬁrst phase consists of the pilot class JC110, or Jordan College First Year Experience, in which all current freshmen are enrolled. In this class, “new students will explore the interconnectedness of the arts through observation and attendance of art, dance, music and theater events,” Jarvis said. The second phase will be a similarly

structured course to be taken during the students’ third year. “Details of the course are under construction,” Jarvis said. “The focus upon interconnectedness of the arts will continue.” Junior music education major James Caleca said that he was concerned that having such requirements as a freshman might have seemed overwhelming, especially the portion of the course that involves leaving Butler to attend events. He said that during his ﬁrst year, he did try to see as many interdisciplinary performances as possible but tended to stick to performances given at Butler. All JCA students will now be required to attend at least four approved arts events occurring within the larger Indianapolis area annually, in addition to the First Year Experience course, Joy Rogers, secretary for the music department, said. This requirement takes effect immediately for all current JCA students. Overlap will be allowed between the requirements; event attendance for the First Year Experience course can count toward the

larger Arts Event Attendance requirement. Jarvis said the goal of the curriculum development was to provide JCA students with “the opportunity to collaborate, build their own voices in the arts and, perhaps, develop new ways to share their artistry in the future.” “The more experiences we encounter, the richer we become as artists ourselves,” Jarvis said. “These requirements allow students to become engaged in the arts that surround their own discipline, enriching each student’s understanding of the arts holistically. “We have a bright hope for the future of this development for the Jordan College students.” Marcy Thornsberry, senior theatre major, said she understands the value of networking outside Butler after working in and attending performances throughout the Indianapolis area, despite the stress of an added requirement. “If we’re more involved with organizations in downtown Indianapolis, hopefully they’ll be more involved with us,” she said.

JCA highlights music students in showcase Music ensembles take to the stage on Sunday for the ﬁrst time this semester. MARIA LEICHTY MLEICHTY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Clowes Memorial Hall will be hosting the School of Music Showcase on Sunday at 3 p.m. The Butler University Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and Chorale will each perform different pieces. The showcase is an annual concert that provides an opportunity for the community to see what the music ensembles are doing while also challenging the students to hit the ground running at the beginning of the fall semester, said Eric Stark, director of the Chorale. Ensembles only have three weeks to rehearse before the

showcase. “It is definitely always the biggest cram, so in that sense, there is a lot of pressure, but it always ends up going well,” said senior Douglas Johnson, the president of the choir. Stark said it is a great motivation and incentive for students. The featured soloist is professor of voice Thomas Studebaker. He is an internationallyrenowned tenor, and this is his second year at Butler. He will perform “Danny Boy” and songs by Aaron Copland. The Wind Ensemble will be performing with him. “He has taught us a lot about musicianship and how to play with a soloist because, as a large ensemble, it is not something we normally do,” senior Tim Mastic said. The Wind Ensemble director, Robert Grechesky, described Studebaker as an “amazing singer, wonderful person, real

“What goes on here is really ﬁrst-rate stuff. There is going to be something for everybody.” ROBERT GRECHESKY WIND ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR professional and easy to work with.” Stark said he likes to see what is happening with the other groups. He said they all rehearse at different times, so they do not get to see many of the other groups’ rehearsals. “I see my colleagues, who are the directors of these ensembles, and they say, ‘It’s going great!’ but it is different to hear it for yourself,” he said. Johnson agreed, saying firsttimers are always surprised.

STUDEBAKER: Featured soloist performing at the School of Music Showcase

“I think it’s a great opportunity for people new to Butler to come and see ensembles because there are a bunch of really talented students in JCA,” Johnson said. The showcase now counts as a Butler Cultural Requirement. Johnson, Grechesky and Stark said they hope this will encourage attendance. “What goes on here is really first-rate stuff,” Grechesky said. “There is going to be something for everybody.”

Photo by Kevin Vogel

The Jordan College of Fine Arts is now called Jordan College of Arts to better reﬂect the wide range of curriculum taught in Lilly Hall.

JCA: NAME CHANGE IN EFFECT FROM PAGE ONE

ways. The mixture will form new art forms, which Caltabiano calls “transdisciplinary” arts. “That’s where innovation comes from right now, and that’s what we have to be ready for,” he said. The notion of a name change was brought up last fall and was discussed in an all-college meeting at the beginning of last semester. Caltabiano said there were no objections, and the matter went to the university administration and, ﬁnally, to the Board of Trustees. Caltabiano said the board approved the change last week. Jenny Mobley, an adjunct professor of music, said she was completely in favor of the change. “The name change more properly denotes what the college is about,” she said. Senior Quinn Leary, a theatre and English major, said he appreciated the administators’ reasoning, but his opinion is neutral. “I’ll call it ‘JCFA’ forever,” said Leary. Nicholas Roman, a junior music education major, also was neutral about the change. “I didn’t think we were being exclusive by saying ‘Jordan College of Fine Arts,’” he said. “No one is going to call it ‘JCA.’” Caltabiano said he understood the “JCFA” name was pretty well ingrained. “Alumni of ‘JCFA’ will probably always call it that, and that’s okay,” Caltabiano said. “We see ‘JCA’ as a small change, a small but important change.”

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Take a stand against sexual assault OUR POINT THIS WEEK: Administrators and students need to take a serious stance on sexual assault. | 21-2-8 Sexual assault remains one of the most underreported crimes. It’s estimated that only about 5 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses are reported. At Butler University, it’s time to take a stand and start a conversation about sexual assault. More than 11 percent of Butler students said they experienced unwanted sexual contact, according to a survey from spring 2010. Another report from fall 2009 found a staggering 17 percent reported that they experienced unwanted sexual attention under the inﬂuence of alcohol. That’s more than 1,000 students.

These aren’t just numbers. These are our peers. Sexual assault has become normalized on college campuses, and Butler isn’t immune. Some view it as something that just happens at parties when people have been drinking. But sexual assault just shouldn’t happen. Ever. We need to spark a conversation about what should happen to those found responsible for committing sexual assault against another student. The tone surrounding the issue should not be one that normalizes and writes it off as something that

“just happens,” like drinking or missing class. Administrators should take a firmer stance on sexual assault and use definitive language when talking about it. In last week’s issue of The Collegian, administrators were quick to point out that underage drinking is against the law. However, they chose their words much more carefully when discussing sexual assault on Butler’s campus. While we understand that it’s much easier to find a student with a Solo cup full of beer than one in the act of assaulting a student, the

rhetoric needs to change. Sexual Assault Awareness Week will help get a conversation going, and we look forward to seeing what our administrators and peers do to help bring the issue to the forefront. Sexual assault is not an issue that should ever be pushed aside. It’s a matter of individual and group safety. When students enroll at Butler, they are putting their well-being into the hands of administrators, faculty members and fellow students. For that reason, we must all watch out for each other and speak up when something isn’t right.

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ISO lockout harms Indianapolis’ musical culture ISO management needs to be ﬂexible during contract negotiations so musicians can take the stage.

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Humming strings, braying horns and musical majesty will be missing from downtown Indianapolis in the immediate future. Contract disputes between the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra management and musicians have led to the cancellation of season -opening concerts. Despite the musicians’ union’s attempts to negotiate its contract, ISO management has pressed back with its offer—one that could lead the orchestra to ruin—relentlessly. Management and board members plan to slash musicians’ wages by 40 to 45 percent, according to an ISO musicians’ press release on Aug. 31. They plan to shorten the concert season from year-long to 38 weeks and to reduce the orchestra’s size from 87 to 69 members. They will also cut pension benefits for performers. If the musicians’ union accepts these terms, numbers of performances and outreaches to the Indianapolis community will drop. The acceptance of these terms would mean that these orchestra positions would more likely become “revolving-door” jobs, in which musicians enter and leave constantly due to low quality and benefits.

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ISO musicians performed in front of the Hilbert Circle Theatre in remembrance of 9/11 while contract negotiations continue to lock them out of performance. And if this revolving-door phenomenon occurs, then the quality of the music would decline since members would not plan on staying in the ISO for long. When The Collegian contacted the ISO management and board members to explain their decision, they declined to comment until negotiations are finalized. ISO musicians also declined to comment for similar reasons. While a necessity to condense operations into a manageable situation exists, surely a more equitable and fair solution can be created. For instance, ISO musicians negotiating with the committee made a proposal that would keep 82 musicians and not cut their

wages too harshly over the next few years. The ISO management turned the offer down. Then the musicians’ union came forward with a proposal to add a two-month extension to the current contract so the musicians could continue performing while negotiations continue. Management also rejected this proposition, eliminating the concerts scheduled for this coming weekend and the following one. The conversation between the musicians’ union and ISO management seems quite stilted and one-sided. Either the union accepts the ISO’s draconian terms or one of Indianapolis’ cultural highlights

will not take the stage. So far, two weeks’ worth of concerts have been cancelled, one week including performances with renowned conductor Krzysztof Urbanski. If the management continues discarding the musicians’ union’s propositions, who knows how many more concerts will be struck off the schedule. Whether the negotiations end now or months down the line, Indianapolis’ culture will suffer if the musicians have to defer to the demands of ISO management.

Contact opinion editor Reid Bruner at rmbruner@butler.edu.

Students: Take initiative to communicate Students should take advantage of the administration’s attempts to communicate with them. Students should be more accountable for the information that administrators send to them. Focusing on information that administrators circulate at the beginning of each semester is critical because every year there are important new policies that students should know. Administrators utilize many tools to try and open lines of communication for students,

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including email, the Butler Connection, and mail. According to Sally Click, dean of student services, email is the ofﬁcial form of communication between the two factions. Email is also a good choice among some students. When junior Sam Foust was asked which form of communication he ﬁnds most effective, he said, “Email, because

at least I can see the head line of it. So I can at least get an idea of what it’s about.” Every year, administrators send out the “Know the Code” email, which provides students with a link to the handbook. Click said this year only 48 percent of students opened this email. Only 2 percent of students who opened this message went to the handbook link or visited the student conduct website. Some might say they receive too many emails on a daily basis, and reading them all is tedious. Still, the load of emails isn’t an excuse for not knowing the rules. Students might also point out that administrators are not faultless

in this matter. For instance, administrators could have marked the “Know the Code” emails with the red exclamation point to let students know that the content of this email is important. Although administrators could do things a little differently, it isn’t their job to spoon-feed information to each student. Ultimately, students need to meet administrators half-way to better communicate. Students should be proactive in obtaining the information they need to know. Contact columnist Rhyan Henson at rhenson@butler.edu.

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Greek houses should evaluate safety concerns Members of Greek houses are ultimately responsible for security and safety in their homes. On Butler University’s campus, there is little separating Greek life from the rest of campus. Bigger campuses often have Greek Row located far away from academic buildings. This is not the case on Buler’s campus, nestled in the tightly packed Butler-Tarkington neighborhood. Safety concerns in the past have caused issues for members of some chapters, as well as the university. Whether an “unwanted person” is trying to gain entry to a Greek house or chapter members are creating an unsafe environment, these safety issues must be addressed. Butler Greek chapters must work on improving security and maintaining a safe environment in their houses. They need to do this to stay out of trouble and to make sure that no Butler student or visitor is harmed. Along with recent security issues on campus, safety on college campuses has been highlighted in the last several months by events around Indiana. Both the Intensified College Enforcement program being implemented by the Indiana State Excise Police and the death of Purdue University freshman Xavier Somerville, in Indianapolis, are instances that show the importance of good security on and around college campuses. Somerville was a party with underage drinking when he fell off a fifth-floor balcony of an Indianapolis apartment while trying to evade the police. While accidents can occur anywhere, members of Greek chapters are largely responsible for security in their chapter houses. Every chapter has some sort

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of house “mom” or “dad” that counsels it on matters including house maintenance and security. “Maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness are the cornerstones of safety,” said Jody Springer, the house director of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority on campus. “Our physical safety is protected by a good security system.” The sorority uses a ﬁngerscanning system at its entrances. Sophomore JoJo Gentry, a member of the Delta Gamma fraternity on campus, said that she believes Butler’s Greek system is responsible for making sure that people who socialize in Greek chapter houses are safe. “Letting non-Butler students into the houses can be risky,” Gentry said. “Only include people you know will respect the house, as well as themselves.” “Butler Bubble” is a phrase often used to describe the closeted feeling on Butler’s campus. Still, Becky Druetzler, director of Greek life, warns Butler students that there is an outside world. “In an area like Butler, we’re not completely isolated from society,” Druetzler said. “Outsiders may come soliciting or to try and gain entry to chapter houses,” she said. “With so many people in small areas and so many valuable items like laptops and cell phones around, theft is a possibility.” Butler Greek chapters should do an evaluation of their security and improve upon weak areas. Nobody wants to be responsible for property being stolen, someone going to the hospital or worse. Contact assistant opinion editor Donald Perin at dperin@butler.edu.

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Greek Houses have several security measures, including ﬁnger scanners and keypads.

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“Blue Man Group or Time for Three because they are really interactive.” Sean Kilgore Sophomore Viola performance

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BU faces larger issues than drinking All the energy and time being poured into cracking down on alcohol violations would be better spent elsewhere. Butler University officials have drawn a lot of attention to drinking on campus. However, Butler deals with and largely ignores graver issues like sexual assault and theft. Drinking incidents have increased over the past several years—from 134 referrals to student affairs in 2009 to 175 in 2011, Andrew Ryan, assistant chief of police, said. Alcohol violations made up more than 75 percent of student conduct cases, said Sally Click, dean of student services. It may be a hasty conclusion, though. Dangerous drinking incidents have increased with the number of students enrolling at Butler. “While I think the number of students drinking has actually gone down, dangerous drinking incidents have gone up,” Ryan said. If we examine proportions, the rate of drinking “events” does not seem to have increased too greatly. In fact, referrals have dropped from 288 to 175 since 2010, Ryan said. Arrests have increased, though. No one should take unsafe drinking lightly, and every student’s life is precious. At the same time, if the

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supposed drinking crisis does not exist, the attention to it is wasted. While not a direct comparison, it’s useful to think about “crime waves.” A certain crime—like knife fights—might get attention from authorities. Because of this increased attention, crimes that would normally go unreported get noticed. It might appear that crime has increased, when really only the attention to it has. However, people tend to assume that an increase in reported crimes means there is more crime. No one should dismiss the injuries of alcohol consumption, but it seems the shift in the conversation took place because of higher rates of arrests and hospitalizations, not an actual increase in alcohol violations. In 2009, Butler had a fall enrollment size of 4,505 undergraduates, which translates to one alcohol-related conduct case for every 33 students Last year, there were 4,667 enrolled undergraduates, equating to a rate of one incident for every 24 students—down from the 2010 rate of one incident for every 16 students. As reported last week, the

university took recommendations from a committee regarding the alcohol policy. There is no conspiracy afoot. Administrators are reacting to a real danger, and trying to reduce injury and risky behavior is a noble effort. But when dealing with a problem that affects few people proportionally, it seems the initiative would be better spent dealing with problems that affect more people. Sexual assault comes to mind. Nationwide, as many as one in four women will be assaulted while in college, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Justice. If university officials want to encourage safety and care on campus, then reducing this number should be a top priority. More time and committees could also be converted to start education meetings and update policies—including the penalties for assault. If drinking can be reduced with excise police and more active investigations, the same approach should be applied to problems that affect more students. In the same way Butler has a responsibility to protect students from harmful drinking behavior, it has a duty to protect students from bodily and mental assault. It only makes sense that sexual assault would be a huge concern to this university and to any individuals concerned about student safety.

Contact columnist Jeremy Algate at jalgate@butler.edu.

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