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CHANGING THE WAY YOU RIDE

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Student ticketing altered AUSTIN MONTEITH AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

Butler University students will need to pick up tickets in advance in order to attend men’s basketball games at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season. For example, if a student wants to attend Butler’s Nov. 9 home game against Lamar, he or she would have to pick up a ticket from the Hinkle ticket office during regular business hours. He or she would then need to present his or her ticket and Butler ID at the student entrance to get into the game. The ticket office is located inside gate four of Hinkle and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office will be open until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays only. The opportunity to get a ticket for the Lamar game began Oct. 21 and will be available every day after until no tickets remain. A list of dates for when student tickets will be available for certain games can be found on ButlerSports.com on the Dawg Pound page under ticketing. Formerly, students could arrive at the student entrance to Hinkle Fieldhouse before a game and gain admission without a ticket. Tickets will still be free to Butler students despite this change. A limited number of tickets will be available for pick up on the day of most home games and can be picked up at the student entrance (gate one) when gates open. Tickets may not be available on the day of a game that is sold-out. The athletics department will update students through Twitter (@ButlerAthletics, @ButlerMBB) about the remaining number of tickets for each game. Students will need to show their Butler IDs to receive a ticket and may also pick up a ticket for a friend if they have the friend’s Butler ID. Sports marketing manager Lindsay Martin said the athletics department began to consider a student ticketing change before Butler’s game against Gonzaga last January. Students needed to attend the preceding game against Richmond in order to receive a wristband guaranteeing them a seat for the sold-out Gonzaga game. “It wasn’t the best process,” Martin said. “It was pretty inconvenient for students to be able to have to only go to the Richmond game to be able to go to (the) Gonzaga (game). That was sort of an anomaly for last season.” see TICKETS page 5

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Butler police hope new app will help streamline Dawg Ride, prevent problems COLIN LIKAS

CLIKAS@BUTLER.EDU EDITOR IN CHIEF

After a little more than two months on Butler University’s campus, the Dawg Ride system has gotten several students from point A to point B. But it has not come without some concerns and troubles, and users should expect a change to the system soon. Dawg Ride is “an on-demand safety transportation service that will take students, who are residing on campus, to and from all areas of campus,” according to Butler’s website. Students using the service are transported in a van with the Dawg Ride label on its side driven by contracted individuals from ESG Security, said Bill Weber, assistant police chief. The service is offered from sunset to sunrise each day and also for students with ADA disabilities during the day, according to Butler’s website. To request a ride, a student contacts Butler University Police Department, whose dispatcher informs the Dawg Ride driver of the request. Weber said the number of calls the BUPD dispatcher is receiving each night is blocking up the phone line in a potentially dangerous manner. BUPD has received as many as 56 calls in a single night requesting Dawg Ride, according to statistics compiled by BUPD. “Imagine I’m someone calling with a true emergency. You don’t want to get a busy signal when

you call the police,” Weber said. BUPD, Butler Information Technology, and a third party are working to change the way requests are sent and received. An app will soon be available on iPhone and Android that will allow Butler students to request a ride at different on-and offcampus locations. “It’s really a more convenient way for students to request going from one place to another,” said Tyler Johnston, Butler IT project manager. “And it’s also going to provide the driver of the Dawg Ride with information to hopefully be more efficient.” Johnston said TapRide is creating the app with assistance from IT. TapRide creates apps for higher education institutions—among other organizations—that help simplify on-demand ride request on their campuses. IT is ensuring everyone with a Butler email address and password will be able to use the app, and that wifi and cell phone coverage is strong at predetermined Dawg Ride pickup and drop off locations, Johnston said. Johnston said he hopes the app will be in use before the end of the semester. Butler and BUPD have mapped out 14 locations on campus and in the Butler-Tarkington area that students can request to be picked up from and dropped off at via the TapRide app. Weber said Dawg Ride will still be on-demand and, while there are going to be 14 pre-determined stops, the van will not follow a singular route all night. He also said he feels the app will be beneficial to both BUPD and those using Dawg Ride. “I think anytime you can improve on technology and

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The above map shows the planned locations Dawg Ride will pick up and drop off students once a new TapRide app is ﬁnished for the system. convenience and safety for students, that’s a good thing,” Weber said. “I’m anxious to see how this goes with the implementation of stops and an app.” If BUPD’s statistics are any indication, many students would be assisted by this app. Between Sept. 27 and Oct. 24, Dawg Ride transported 1,190 people, according to BUPD’s

statistics. The peak number of individuals moved was 311 on Oct. 5. Sophomore Monica Graves used Dawg Ride for the ﬁrst time last weekend, but she experienced some trouble because she was initially off campus. Graves—who was wearing a walking boot because of an see RIDE page 4

CCOM internship director to step down MARAIS JACON-DUFFY MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

Associate professor Allison Harthcock announced she will step down as College of Communication Internship Director at the end of the semester. CCOM Dean Gary Edgerton will take Harthcock’s place as internship director at the end of 2013. Harthcock said she needed

to focus on her health, in an email to communications majors. “I have had some ongoing health issues that have limited my ability to do my best job and I need to focus my energies on being well,” Harthcock said in the email. In the spring of 2012, CCOM announced that it would no longer fund the position of internship coordinator, which was held by Ed Kanis at the time.

Harthcock became internship director in the fall of 2012. Butler currently requires an internship for all journalism and strategic communication majors in order to graduate. Internships are recommended for students in the creative media and entertainment program. Junior Mary Jo Bissmeyer is in Harthcock’s media literacy class and said health problems haven’t seemed to

inhibit Harthcock’s ability to teach. “We have had class cancelled twice so far this semester,” Bissmeyer said. “By the second cancellation, I was wondering if something was wrong, but every day in class she seemed to be energetic and passionate.” Junior Makenna Imholte has media, culture and theory class with Harthcock three times each week. “I feel like there have been

some days where something was wrong,” Imholte said. “She would warn us before class saying that she wasn’t feeling 100 percent. But otherwise, she was upbeat in our classes.” Imholte, who has yet to complete her communications internship, said she hopes future internship directors strive to send out internship information in a timely manner.

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HARTHCOCK: Media, rhetoric and culture professor resigns as internship director Harthcock and Edgerton could not be reached to comment for this story.

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SGA relays student parking input KATIE GOODRICH KGOODRIC@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Student Government Association and the Butler University Police Department plan to make further parking changes in addition to the changes announced prior to Fall Break. The two groups worked together to implement changes that would be beneficial for the students and the parking situation. Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety, gave a presentation with Jennifer Pyrz, supervising engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff, at the Student Government Association meeting on Oct. 23. Parsons Brinckerhoff is a consulting firm that specializes in analyzing parking. Hunter and Pyrz talked about the most recent changes made on campus, and presented parking data for the first months of the academic year. Hunter acknowledged that BUPD was prepared to make changes concerning parking. “We knew we weren’t going to land it perfectly,” Hunter said during the SGA meeting. “That’s why we’re working with the student government.” Craig Fisher, SGA president, said BUPD values

a strong relationship with students. “Chief Hunter and his staff have always understood the value of involving students, especially when it comes to parking,” Fisher said. “To involve students means not only to represent them, but also report the feedback that they need.” Fisher said BUPD asked for input, and the SGA did its part to provide student response. Last week, there were “Transportation Chats” at locations around campus such as Starbucks and the Health and Recreation Complex. The chats complied data directly from students. Fisher said the administration appreciates data and needs it to solve any problem. Kate Carroll, vice president of administration for SGA, is the student representative for the parking committee, which is inﬂuential in the process of changing parking. Carroll is in charge of organizing the data and presenting the data at meetings like the SGA Assembly. “The SGA is always trying to empower that relationship more and more to bring student issues to light and get them resolved,” Fisher said. Fisher said BUPD looks to the SGA to connect with the entire student body. “Our SGA is a focal point for anyone who wants to reach out to the student

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Changes were made to permitted vehicles allowed in the parking area above Apartment Village two weeks ago. A trio of changes to parking lots across campus were made before Fall Break, in part, because of communication between SGA and BUPD, and more changes can be expected. body,” Fisher said. “We are organized to do just that and be that resource.” Bill Weber, assistant police chief, said only hopes to improve BUPD’s relationship with the students. “I think the relationship between BUPD and SGA is good,” Weber said. “I suspect that it will increase as I mature in my role.” BUPD will look to the SGA as it considers making more changes in the future.Due to the fast pace of the project, Weber said he appreciates the input. “When this project was handed to me and a couple others in June and we were told it had to be done by August when students move in, I was like, ‘Are you for real?’” Weber said. “The SGA is doing what they’re

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Parking on Butler’s campus remains inconsistent—empty in some lots and overcrowded in others.

supposed to be doing— advocating.” Weber said the changes came from the combination of input from the parking committee, SGA, and BUPD’s own observations of campus. When he noticed that the Housing Village lots, used for Apartment Village residents, were “squeezed,” Weber thought BUPD should just make the changes sooner rather than later. Weber said he thinks the changes are positive. Weber also said he does not measure the progress of the parking situation by number of tickets written. “It is what it is,” Weber said. “If more or less or the same (number of parking tickets) are written, so be it.” Fisher said he feels the changes were timely. He said he wants students to realize that changes take time. “One thing to understand about high-level changes like this is that they don’t happen overnight, or even a week,” Fisher said. “When students have concerns, it’s ultimately important to understand that patience is needed.” Looking to the future, Weber said more changes will occur. The Streetscape project, that is set to begin in April 2014, will allow no street parking on Sunset Avenue from 46th Street to Lake Road, according to Butler’s parking website. The project will include bike lanes and medians, which will eliminate street parking for commuters, residents, and Lambda Chi Alpha residents, Weber said. These changes will happen before the end of the academic year, and

Weber has ideas he wants to implement. “I want to open up more parking for the commuters in the ResCo Lot,” Weber said. There are also discussions for changing the parking lot near Fairbanks Building to be a combination of both A and B permit parking. Despite complaints from students with B permits of lack of parking, there are 54 parking spots open in this lot on average, according to Pyrz’s presentation. Pyrz said there are more than 1,100 empty parking spots on campus. Her presentation stated, “[The empty spots] may not be located where everyone wants them.” Only 35 percent of I Lot spots are being used, so people with G permits and long-term residents in University Terrace and Apartment Village are being encouraged to use the lot as overﬂow or to buy an I permit, according to Pyrz’s presentation. For next year, Weber said he wants to clear off part of Greek row. He is looking for 10-12 spaces for cars that would have previously parked on the curve from Haughey Avenue to Hampton Drive. “I’m not a trafﬁc engineer, but I’d like to know what would happen if I moved around those 10 to 12 cars,” Weber said. Weber wants to move the cars to open a line of sight to allow drivers to see pedestrians crossing the street near Schwitzer Hall. Incoming freshmen could also be directly affected by future parking changes. “If the university chooses to restrict freshmen from

bringing cars onto campus, there’s always going to be a need for some freshmen to have a car on campus,” Weber said. Although it is not his decision, Weber said the university has two options: restrict freshmen from bringing cars to campus or only allow them to buy an I permit. Weber said the pressing concern now for BUPD is cars with HV permits moving from the Hinkle Fieldhouse and AV lots during the basketball games. The I Lot was created to redirect those cars, according to Weber. “It’s potentially 400 less complaints coming from the neighborhood to the university,” Weber said. Weber said students will be notiﬁed through Residence Life, the Butler Connection, and ﬂiers that have been made by BUPD. The information will also be tweeted through BUPD’s twitter handle, @ ButlerUPolice. Weber is still concerned that cars will remain in the lots during basketball games. “I am worried to death that, overnight, there’s 80 cars in this lot,” Weber said. “The information was made available to you. I don’t know what else to do except go up and knock on your forehead, and say move your car.” Weber said he understands the inconvenience, but he said that BUPD is serious when it comes to this matter. “That’s the agreement we made with the city,” Weber said. “I hope I don’t have to tow a lot of cars, but I know after we do this two or three times that I won’t have to. BUPD isn’t playing around.”

Faculty circulates parking petition MIRANDA MARITATO MMARITAT@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Butler faculty is working to change the current regulations for parking lot two, located outside of the Fairbanks Center. In an effort to draw attention to the issue, College of Communication administrative assistant Maggie McGlynn and Liberal Arts and Sciences administrative assistant Amy Aldridge formed a petition to allow their colleagues to support efforts to change the lot from a B permit designation to A permit parking. The petition currently has 70 signatures from faculty and staff. “I have been sending suggestions to BUPD for weeks, but getting no response,” Aldridge said. Aldridge and McGlynn were most concerned about faculty parking near the Fairbanks building, which decreased from 112 A spots last school year to 36 spots this school year. After an email regarding parking changes came out, Aldridge and McGlynn were excited a change was

My concern is that those permits have been sold, but no one is parking there. BILL WEBER ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF about to take place. But this lot was not changed in any manner. “We decided to start the petition because Lot two (across from the Fairbanks Building) was changed from A to B parking this year. Since then, 50-60 spots sit open every single day,” McGlynn said. “There is no A parking behind Fairbanks after 8 a.m. At most, there have been seven valid vehicles parked in the lot.” The petition states that “Lot 2 has been changed to B Parking and has remained unused since the start of the school year. Please allow A parking in this lot ASAP.” The petition allows Butler staff

and faculty to suggest a change to the parking lot. “We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge our leaders to act now to allow A parking in Lot 2,” the petition states. “Please allow a ‘mixed use’ lot of A/B or just A parking. Thank you for your consideration.” Karen Holmes, lecturer of mathematics and actuarial science, signed the petition. “Parking is no longer an issue for me since they opened up parking in the Irwin Library parking lot,” Holmes said. “But I see the concern.” “Changes to this parking lot are in consideration,” Assistant Police Chief Bill Weber said. “I patrol on foot everyday, and I see those empty spots. My concern is that those permits have been sold, but no one is parking there.” Weber said a change Butler University Police Department may possibly try is taking a row in the parking lot and allowing both A and B parking. Decisions with regard to parking changes will be announced at today’s parking commitee meeting in Atherton Union.

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The parking lot outside the Fairbanks Center is intended for B permit parking, but some faculty members are trying to change that.

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Author John Green speaks for a cause at Clowes

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John Green reads from his novel, “The Fault in our Stars,” to an audience in Clowes Memorial Hall Tuesday night. It was Green’s return to campus after speaking at commencement in the spring.

JEFF STANICH JSTANICH@BUTLER.EDU

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John Green returned to Butler University with the same wit and charm he carried onto campus last spring, as well as some new material. Green, a New York Times best-selling author and cocreator of the YouTube channel VlogBrothers, spoke at Clowes Memorial Hall last night, his first appearance at Butler since his commencement speech at last year’s graduation. Green’s presence and speaking were part of Butler’s first Writers’ Harvest, a benefit for the Indianapolis-based nonprofit community kitchen Second Helpings. He read from his best-selling

book, “The Fault In Our Stars,” to an admiring audience, and surprised the crowd by reading a chapter from new material he’s been working on. “I like doing this, so I’ll keep reading,” Green said. So he read another chapter, and the audience kept on listening. There were several other writers who spoke before Green, all of whom are part of Butler’s Master of Fine Arts program. Allyson Horton, who is earning her MFA in poetry, read three poems with topics ranging from Uncle Ben’s rice to reality television. The second speaker, Ben Winters, is an adjunct professor in the MFA program. He read a section from his novel, “The Last Policeman,” the ﬁrst installment

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Green was one of multiple speakers present at Clowes for the Writers’ Harvest, a beneﬁt for the Indianapolisbased non-proﬁt community kitchen Second Helpings.

The values here embody the Butler Way. People take those values seriously here. JOHN GREEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR of a trilogy about a dinosaur-ageending-like asteroid approaching earth. “My books are considered mystery novels, but if that’s the case, then all books should called mystery novels,” Winters said. “Every book has a sense of

mystery that keeps the reader’s attention.” The third speaker before Green was Susan Neville, an English professor who has written seven books, including one on Butler basketball. She read from a non-ﬁction selection that picked apart her observations about her peculiar neighbors. In a pre-show interview, Green said he has admiration for Butler’s MFA program and the values of the university. “The values here embody the Butler Way,” Green said. “People take those values seriously here.” Green is well known for the TFiOS book, which just wrapped ﬁlming for the book-based movie starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. It has a June 2014 release date.

“I’m here to read and tell a few jokes,” Green said, “and hopefully get a lot of food donated (to Second Helpings).” Admission was free, but attendees were asked to bring a non-perishable item such as a bag of rice or a box of pasta. The festival was originally scheduled to be held in the Reilly Room, but was moved to Clowes after the large crowd was expected. In Green’s last visit, Butler presented him with an honorary doctorate as part of the ceremony. “All our readers tonight are a part of Butler’s MFA program— well, other than Mr. Green,” said Dan Barden, MFA creative writing professor, who introduced each speaker. “Our hope is, one day, we’ll get John Green to be a part of it, too.”

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Former Collegian editor wins national award Press release by Marc Allan, associate director of university relations School of Journalism alumna Jill McCarter (’13), the editor of The Butler Collegian during the 2012-2013 school year, has won a ﬁrst-place Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) national award for an advertising campaign that introduces Collegian readers to the newspaper’s staff members and attempts to recruit new staffers. The “I Am on the Collegian Team” ads give student journalists an opportunity to share unusual facts about themselves—“I put the milk in the bowl before the cereal,” for example—and conclude with a message that any student can join the paper. “Jill conceived the ad campaign to remind Butler administrators and the BU community that the staff of The Collegian is comprised of a team of students from across the university, in terms of major, age, and class year,” Collegian faculty adviser Loni McKown said. “Students learn many lifelong skills working on The Collegian — from key teamwork skills such as collaboration, cooperation and communication — to critical thinking and problemsolving, used and honed under deadline. “They also learn a

variety of skills that can be transferred to any number of careers or professions.” McCarter, who now works as a graphic designer at The Northwest Times of Indiana, won national journalism awards for her reporting and writing as a Collegian member. Her Feb. 22, 2012, story “Being Black at Butler” earned ACP honorable mention for diversity story of the year. She also won an ACP fourth-place award for design work for her front page featuring the story “Butler University Inaugurated 21st President Jim Danko,” Nov. 9, 2011. She shared that award with Hayleigh Colombo (’12). ACP is the oldest and largest national membership organization for college student journalists. More than 20,000 students are staffers at ACP member publications. McCarter also won numerous regional and state awards during her tenure at The Collegian. As a junior, McCarter was one of 75 students from around the country selected to participate in the January 2012 Campus Coverage Project, a program that teaches investigative reporting skills to college reporters who can then apply them to covering campus issues. She received a full scholarship to attend a threeday Campus Investigative

McCARTER: Won ACP award for best advertising campaign Reporting Workshop in January 2012 at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix. “I made the campaign in order to tell our readers that there is a dynamic group of students behind The Collegian,” McCarter said. “Being on staff was such a rewarding experience for me for seven semesters because I was exposed to students with different backgrounds and beliefs and understandings, because they came from all across the university. “I guess I just wanted to introduce the Butler community to the Collegian family–a family that made my Butler experience so great.” ON THE WEB Visit www.thebutlercollegian. com to catch up on anything you missed during Fall Break.

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Pictures like this are used on Butler’s website and other items produced by Butler to draw more students to the university.

Students have options to keep information private MARAIS JACON-DUFFY

MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

Junior Katie Reed said she was initially shocked when people began telling her about a large picture of her playing soccer hanging in a building on campus. “I had never even seen this picture,” Reed said. “But I was curious as to what it looked like and what it was. When I ﬁnally saw it, I thought it was a really cool picture.” Reed said the picture of her playing soccer hanging on Butler’s campus didn’t offend her or make her feel uncomfortable. However, not all students are as comfortable as Reed is with sharing their images or information. Butler allows students the opportunity to keep their information private if they make arrangements with Registration and Records, Admissions or Student Affairs. In Section XXII of the student handbook under ‘The University’s Right to Publish or Release Student Information’, the handbook states “Any student wishing to prevent the release of the categories of directory information listed above can do so by ﬁlling out and

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signing, within 10 days of the ﬁrst class day of the academic year, a form available in the Registration and Records Ofﬁce.” Unless a student makes arrangements prohibiting the release of his or her information, Butler will exercise its right to publish the information, according to the handbook. “In order to compile and publish honors lists, programs, student directories, yearbooks, news releases and similar publications that traditionally serve the best interest of the student, Butler has the right to release, for reasons deemed legitimate, information about any Butler student unless that student has requested otherwise,” Section XXII of the handbook states. Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson said students who want to keep their information private can indicate this before starting college or during their college career. Depending on the request, Butler can sometimes remove information after it has been published. “With something like the website or pictures around campus, it’s a little easier to get rid of those if

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injury—said she called to request the service, and that she was told she needed to be on campus to use it. She was located at Crown Street and Berkley Road, and she and a friend—who was on crutches— were eventually picked up by a BUPD ofﬁcer and taken on to campus. “I felt a little disappointed,” Graves said. “It was really late at night, and I felt really uncomfortable. If something were to happen, I couldn’t defend myself in a boot.” Graves said she thinks an idea like the app would be beneﬁcial to students wanting to use the system. “We could’ve made it to a certain spot, and they could’ve picked us up, even if it was a little off campus,” Graves said. Weber said the initial intent of Dawg Ride was to help students parking in the I Lot get to main campus. However, he also said there are no rules in place to prevent students from requesting Dawg Ride to get from any one location to another. While Weber said he feels it is important to make sure students are safe, he also said the Dawg Ride service may be abused at times. He cited examples of someone calling to ask for a ride from Ross Hall to Schwitzer Hall, or a group

a student wants them taken down,” Johnson said. “But if something has already been published, distributed, printed or mailed, it’s a little harder to get rid of it.” Johnson said students may, for example, want to keep their information private because of happenings in their community or because of a bad divorce in the family. “With a privacy issue like this, Student Affairs or whatever campus department is most involved will assess the weight of the issue, examine the best process for keeping the information private and will follow up with the student to make sure the issue is resolved,” Johnson said. Reed said the display of her image on campus actually made her fonder of Butler after transferring from the University of Illinois. “I felt like athletes at U of I received a lot more recognition through posters and bulletins around campus, and I don’t think Butler athletes receive much recognition at all unless they’re on the basketball team,” Reed said. “So hearing that a soccer image of myself was used was somewhat shocking but also exciting.”

of five men asking for a ride somewhere. However, he said such calls are minimal. “At the same time, it still ties up a phone line, (and) it still ties up a dispatcher,” Weber said. “There’s still a cost to that, even if it’s a cost in time.” Weber also said he does not want the Dawg Ride to turn into “a method to avoid consequences of the law,” specifically as they pertain to underage drinking. Weber said Dawg Ride will transport those who have participated in underage drinking, but the individuals may receive a citation if a BUPD officer is nearby or involved during a pickup or drop off. “I don’t want to see some student, underage or not, stumbling down the street or through an alley to potentially avoid police or because they don’t know where they’re going,” Weber said. “The Dawg Ride is not your party bus, it’s there for your safety.” Even with Dawg Ride’s popularity, Weber said he is unsure if the system could expand in the future. But no matter Dawg Ride’s original purpose, Weber said it will be utilized to ensure student safety. “You’ll never know if, by using Dawg Ride, a crime or crimes against students was prevented,” Weber said. ON SOCIAL MEDIA How do you feel about the planned change to Dawg Ride? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter (@butlercollegian).

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Fox Sports 1 TV deal a boon for Butler AUSTIN MONTEITH

AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

Fans will be able to see more of the Butler Bulldogs—for more than men’s basketball—on their television screens this season. Butler’s jump to the Big East Conference this year includes a new television partner, Fox Sports 1, for men’s basketball and other sports. The new cable network premiered in August and is available to approximately 90 million homes. The deal between the Big East and Fox Sports 1 is worth approximately $500 million over 12 years, according to reports from the USA Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The official financial terms of the agreement are confidential, according to Butler athletics director Barry Collier and Fox Sports Executive Vice President

Larry Jones. Fox Sports 1 will air more than 100 regular-season Big East men’s basketball games and the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament this season. The television deal will lead to unprecedented exposure for Butler, Collier said. “There are more fans than ever before that will be able to watch Butler and the other Big East schools,” Collier said. “From a marketing and branding and exposure standpoint, that’s very positive on a number of levels, including the exposure that goes to potential students who may learn about Butler though that Fox contract.” Fox Sports networks will broadcast a total of 21 Butler men’s basketball regular-season games on Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and Fox Sports Network National. Fox Sports 1 will air 16 games, Fox

Sports 2 will air three games and two games will be aired nationally on FSN afﬁliates. “To look at the 15 home regularseason game schedule and think that all of them are going to be on national television, (it) is the best situation we’ve ever been in,” Mike Freeman, associate athletics director, said. Collier said he thinks there are no drawbacks to having such a large number of men’s basketball games broadcast on Fox Sports networks, and he added that he does not expect attendance to be

negatively affected. “The exposure actually is advertising for people to come to the next game,” Collier said. Joe Gentry, director of corporate sponsorships and manager of radio and TV for the Butler athletics department, said he expects advertising inside Hinkle Fieldhouse to be affected by the increased exposure. “For us with corporate sponsorship, that ad on the scorers’ table now is going throughout the country instead of just to central Indiana,” Gentry said. “I think that’s going to help us probably more in the future than now, (to) get more regional and national sponsors.” Only two of Butler’s 30 regularseason games are without a television broadcaster at this point—two non-conference road games at Ball State and Evansville on Nov. 23 and Dec. 21,

respectively. Butler had an agreement with Indianapolis’ WNDY-TV Channel 23 to broadcast select men’s basketball games locally from the 2008-2009 season through the 2012-2013 season. Fox Sports networks will also broadcast 16 Big East women’s basketball games this season, including Butler’s Feb. 1 game at Xavier, which will air on Fox Sports 2. An additional 12 non-basketball athletic events in sports like soccer, baseball and softball will air on Fox Sports networks. The only two games selected at this time are the Big East men’s and women’s soccer championship games. The other 10 games will occur in the spring. Every game that airs on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 will be broadcast through a mobile app, Fox Sports Go, as well.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Butler wins in Miller’s debut

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STAFF REPORTER

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Dawg Pound members cheer on the men’s basketball team during last Friday’s Blue-White scrimmage at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler students will have to pick up tickets to men’s basketball games in advance this season.

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Martin said the new process was put in place with the expectation that more games will sell out this season. “We’ve joined the Big East, and the hope is that we have six or seven Gonzaga-like games this year,” Martin said. “So we needed to find a process that was going to accommodate not only our ticket purchasing fans and our students, but do it in a way that would be more convenient.” With the new system, students will know in advance, through social media, if a game is sold out or close to being sold out and will not have to risk being turned away at the door. Dawg Pound members will have first priority to get tickets for high-profile games, such as games against Marquette and Creighton. Martin said Dawg Pound members will be given the opportunity to pick up their tickets before other students, likely a day earlier. The lower-level sections behind both baskets will continue to be reserved for Dawg Pound members.

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Sections 23, 24 and 25 will also still be general admission for students. Other schools that use a similar student ticketing process include fellow Big East member Villanova, Murray State, and the majority of Atlantic 10 Conference and Horizon League schools. “Most of the other schools in our conference actually sell student season tickets,” Martin said. “That’s not something we chose to do.” Martin said she has not been part of any discussions about making Butler students pay for men’s basketball tickets but did not rule out the possibility because of the renovations to Hinkle Fieldhouse. “With the ongoing renovations, the student seating will look drastically different next year than it does this year,” Martin said. “We’re still exploring all of our options, figuring out what we’re going to do there and how we’re going to be able to distribute tickets.” Katie Palmer, Dawg Pound vice president of membership, said there is no set plan on how the ticket process could change after the first year of using the new system, but she said she foresees students will have to pay for tickets at some point in the future. Another benefit that Martin

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said will come from the change is the athletics department knowing in advance if there will be low student turnout for a game. Martin cited the Feb. 2012 game against Detroit, played on the day before Indianapolis hosted the Super Bowl, as an example. “The arena was sold out,” Martin said. “But we had an entire section of empty seats because our student turnout was low. If we had known student turnout was going to be low, we could have accommodated that many more paying fans.” Butler students said they see the pros and cons of the new system. “I understand why they do it for bigger games, but I don’t think it’s necessary for every game,” sophomore Logan McBride said. “For some of the games, it’s not necessary because not many people are going to go to exhibition games,” sophomore Brianna Marshall said. Martin said the new student ticketing system will ultimately go toward improving the environment for men’s basketball games. “I think that even though this is slightly different than what students have been used to in the past, everybody’s on board with giving Hinkle Fieldhouse the best home court advantage as possible,” Martin said.

Butler put on an offensive display Tuesday night, defeating Nova Southeastern 101-64 in an exhibition game. The Bulldogs featured a balanced scoring attack, as four players scored in double-figures. Leading the way was sophomore guard Kellen Dunham, who had a game-high 16 points, including three field goals from behind the arc. Senior forward Khyle Marshall contributed 13 points. Coach Brandon Miller was pleased with Dunham’s performance, and said that he has the green light to shoot if the opportunity presents itself. “He can put the ball in the basket,” Miller said. “He can shoot it from three, and he can shoot it from deep. He can put the ball on the floor and he can create for himself and for teammates. He’s a very good offensive player. We’d be crazy not to utilize him.” Dunham said he will look to be more aggressive this season than he was last season. “The number one point is being

more aggressive, looking to the basket and seeing what I can do for others, and seeing what I can do for myself more than I did last year,” Dunham said. Perhaps one of the biggest takeaways from the game was the emergence of the team’s freshmen. Freshman guard Elijah Brown scored 11 points, had ﬁve assists and grabbed four rebounds. Freshman center Nolan Berry also had 11 points on the night. Miller said he was pleased with the performances of the freshmen, particularly that of Brown and guard Rene Castro. “I thought they came in, (and) they were ready to play,” Miller said. “Both guys were better on defense than expected. They had a lot of good things on both sides of the ball.” Senior forward Erik Fromm hit a 3-pointer a little more than a minute into the game, and the Bulldogs never relinquished the lead. The team’s next contest will be an exhibition matchup versus Division III DePauw on Saturday. The game tips off at 2 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

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Senior forward Erik Fromm scored eight points with three rebounds in Butler’s 101-64 win on Tuesday night against Nova Southeastern at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

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Bulldogs suffer setback out west KYLE BEERY KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU ASST. SPORTS EDITOR The Butler football team’s vision of making the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs became a little fuzzier after dropping a crucial Pioneer Football League game at San Diego Saturday. Sitting alone atop the PFL with a 4-0 record to start of the day, the loss dropped them to a four-way tie with Dayton (6-2, 4-1 PFL), San Diego (5-3, 4-1) and Marist (5-3, 4-1). The Bulldogs (6-3, 4-1) will have another major game this weekend as they travel to Dayton. The Bulldogs have defeated the Flyers each of the last two years, and three times out of the last four.

However, coach Jeff Voris said the prior success against Dayton doesn’t guarantee a win this year. “It’s a new year. Our guys get excited to play them, (and) they get excited to play us. So I would deﬁnitely call it a rivalry game,” Voris said. The Flyers head into Saturday’s game riding a fourgame winning streak, coming off a 42-14 win at Morehead State over the weekend. Butler senior quarterback Matt Lancaster said the team’s focus is on the upcoming mathcup against the Flyers. “We’re going out 0-0 again this week. That’s how we approach every week,” Lancaster said. “It’s a big gme for us, it’s a big PFL game for us.” Saturday’s matchup for Bulldogs went entirely in favor

VOLLEYBALL

The Butler volleyball team turned its luck around this weekend to break a two-match losing streak that followed the Bulldogs into Friday. The squad improved its record to 18-5, including 5-3 in the Big East Conference as the Bulldogs picked up two important wins on the road to stay competitive in the Big East. The Bulldogs made quick work of the Seton Hall Pirates on Friday, winning 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-22, 2517). Defense played a crucial role in Butler’s success on the evening, shutting Seton Hall down consistently with 18 blocks. Junior middle-blocker Erica Stahl led the Bulldogs at the net with 11 blocks of her own in addition to 12 kills. The Bulldogs traveled to Queens, N.Y., the following day to take down the St.

John’s Red Storm in a competitive, ﬁve-set contest (25-21, 25-20, 24-26, 23-25, 15-9). Butler fought back and forth with St. John’s throughout the entire match. The Bulldogs ultimately were able to come out on top thanks to consecutive kills by junior outside-hitter Belle Obert in the ﬁnal set. Sophomore outside-hitter Mary Striedl recieved player of the game honors for Butler after an impressive performance that included 22 digs and 11 kills. The Bulldogs will next see action this Friday when they host the Marquette Golden Eagles (15-5, 7-1) at Hinkle Fieldhouse, with match start time set for 7 p.m. The Bulldogs also take the court Saturday at home against DePaul (15-7, 1-7) at 7 p.m. -John Yeley

of the Toreros. San Diego jumped out to a 35-0 lead in the second quarter, and never looked back. The Toreros went on to win 42-14. The PFL’s leading passer, San Diego senior quarterback Mason Mills, put up another game with big numbers, throwing for 407 yards and ﬁve touchdowns. Lancaster accounted for the Bulldogs’ only two touchdowns—one through the air and one on the ground. Lancaster ﬁnished the day with 251 passing yards and 54 rushing yards. “It was a combination of everybody. I get stats, but credit to all my teammates, especially on offense,” Lancaster said. Kickoff for Saturday’s contest in Dayton is slated for 1 p.m. Photo by Marko Tomich The game will be streamed live Senior quarterback Matt Lancaster (left) started against San Diego after missing last game due to injury. online at www.Atlantic10.com.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The Butler women’s soccer team won its 11th game of the season Saturday, beating the Creighton Bluejays 1-0 in overtime in a Big East Conference match. Senior forward Katie Griswold found the back of the net in the fifth minute of overtime to give the Bulldogs (11-5-2, 4-4 Big East) the victory. The play was started by junior defenseman Kelly Mahoney. Mahoney set up a cross to Griswold, who fired the ball from 18 yards out and past Creighton freshman goalkeeper Danielle Rice. The Bulldogs were in control for most of the game, despite the close score. They fired 17 shots at Rice, with nine of them on goal. Rice made eight saves for the Blue Jays (9-7-1, 2-5-1). Creighton’s offense only produced one shot on goal, which Butler senior goalkeeper Julie Burton turned away en route to her

seventh shutout this season. The Bulldogs had opportunities to score in both the ﬁrst and second halves, as they received four corner kicks in the game. Butler has not lost a game when it has gone into overtime this season. The Bulldogs have beaten Bowling Green, St. John’s, Providence and now Creighton in overtime. They have tied twice—with Seattle and Eastern Michigan. Burton improved her record to 10-3-2 to go with her seven shutouts. Burton has two shutouts in her last two games. Butler’s ﬁnal regular season game will be Nov. 2 at Marquette. Marquette leads the Big East with a 14-3 record, including 7-0 in conference play. Butler is in fourth place in the Big East after picking up the win Saturday. -Brendan King

SWIMMING

The Butler swim team finished fifth out of seven schools in the Indiana Intercollegiates meet at Purdue Oct. 26. Colleges with teams participating were Butler, Purdue, University of Indianapolis, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Wabash College, Evansville, Depauw and Valparaiso. Purdue sent everyone else home with a loss, as the Boilermakers claimed victory with 715.5 points. Evansville came in at second with 359 points. Butler finished ahead of Valparaiso and Rose-Hulman by scoring 134.5 points. Butler’s best single event finish came from freshman Claire Butkus. Butkus came in second in the 100 yard freestyle and earned 17 points for the Bulldogs. Butkus’ times in the 100yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle placed her in the Bulldog record books.

Butkus’ time of 1:58.57 in the 200-yard was good enough for sixth-best all time. Her 53.77 time in the 100 yard put her at ninth-best all time. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Abigail Gibbons, Serena Daley, Emma Green and Helen Heimark secured a fifth place finish for Butler. The unit clocked in with a time of 1:45.12. Other Butler notables included junior Megan Boebinger and freshman Audrey Gosnell who finished in 16th and 17th place out of 32 competitors in the 100 yard butterfly. Butler’s next event will be at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis on Nov. 8. The Bulldogs’ first conference tilt is against Providence at Warren Central High School on Nov. 9. -Brendan King

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

OVERTIME

Pacers in good shape, Stevens looking at a rough year BEN SIECK

Photo by Marko Tomich

Members of the Dawg Pound show off their Fox Sports 1 foam ﬁngers during the Blue-White scrimmage as a part of the Fox Sports 1 Big East Tip-Off Show on Oct. 25.

Bulldogs debut team in front of national audience ARI KASLE AKASLE@BUTLER.EDU

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Butler basketball fans got a sneak preview of their team on Friday night. The new-look Bulldogs took the court as part of Fox Sports 1’s Big East Tip-Off. As part of the program, each of the ten Big East schools held simultaneous scrimmage games, which were televised on the Fox Sports 1 network. At least a part of each team’s scrimmage and festivities received a 15-minute time slot during the tip off show for the new conference. Both the coaches and the athletic department were pleased with the fan attendance, which was estimated at 3,000 spectators. First-year head coach Brandon Miller said it was a great atmosphere. “The Dawg Pound was terriﬁc and our fans were great throughout

the game,” Miller said. “We can try and simulate an in-game atmosphere in practice, but playing in front of an actual crowd is always different. There was a little extra pep in their step tonight.” Senior Erik Fromm also said it was a good atmosphere, as they got back inside Hinkle Fieldhouse. “It was nice having an environment with fan interaction and feedback,” Fromm said. “It was definitely successful in making us anxious to start the season.” This was the general public’s first chance to see the six new freshmen in action, and the newest Bulldogs did not disappoint. Elijah Brown, a 6’3” freshman from California, stole the show, starting the scrimmage game on fire, scoring seven out of the team’s first ten points. He finished with a game-high 19 points. “He came out with a ton of energy,” Miller said. “He was

obviously ready to play.” The three other freshmen on scholarship, Nolan Berry, Rene Castro and Andrew Chrabascz, had strong games as well, scoring 15, 11 and nine points, respectively. Coach Miller said he was not surprised with strong performances by all of the freshmen. “Our freshmen, throughout practice, have all played well,” Miller said. “They’ve shown why they are here at Butler, and they’ve shown their strengths.” The freshmen were not the only ones making their debuts in front of a crowded Hinkle Fieldhouse. It was also Miller’s ﬁrst time in front of Butler fans, following Brad Stevens’ departure for the NBA’s Boston Celtics after six seasons with the Bulldogs. “I don’t know if you can really count that as a ﬁrst game,” Miller joked after the scrimmage. “But it was neat to be out there.”

Women’s cross country reaches new heights MATTHEW VANTRYON MVANTRYO@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler women’s cross country team continues to excel on the course, as they have soared in the polls. After a third-place ﬁnish at the NCAA Pre-National Meet, the team jumped 13 spots to a No. 7 ranking in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches poll. The ranking is the highest in the program’s history, surpassing the No. 18 ranking achieved in 2005. At the meet, the team ﬁnished with 176 points, 14 points behind No. 5 Florida State and 59 points behind No. 3 Georgetown. The team placed higher than several other national contenders, including No. 10 Virginia, No. 12 Oregon, No. 14 Michigan, and No.

16 Colorado. Despite the success, head coach Matt Roe is keeping his team focused on the mission at hand. “If rankings are a reflection of performance, then the rankings are a good thing,” Roe said. “But ultimately, we are just trying to get better every week.” Leading the way for the Bulldogs was All-American Katie Clark, who finished tenth overall with a time of 20:19. Clark attributes preparation in the week leading up to the meet as a huge contributor to the team’s success. Clark also said she has had previous success on that course before. Clark said the team is excited about the national ranking, because it means that their ability is becoming noticed. “To finally get recognized as a

Bulldogs sliding in Big East standings CLAYTON YOUNG CGYOUNG@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

An early goal by St. John’s (8-62, 1-4-2 Big East) proved to be the game winner, as the Butler men’s soccer team (9-6-1, 3-4-0) fell 1-0 Saturday at the Butler Bowl. Within the ﬁrst minute of the match -- 34 seconds in to be exact -St. John’s sophomore forward Sean Sepe intercepted a clearing pass from the Bulldogs and quickly sent it to redshirt junior defenseman Marco Bordon. Bordon took a shot from 18 yards out on the right side of the box that sailed past senior goalkeeper Jon Dawson to record the only goal of the match. St. John’s ﬁnished with 14 shots,

and seven of those shots were on goal. The Bulldogs had nine shots, two of which were on goal. Both Butler shots on goal were attempted by freshman forward Vincent Mitchell. The loss is Butler’s third straight after losing at Georgetown 4-1 on Oct. 19 and at home against Creighton 3-2 on Oct. 23. The loss against St. John’s puts the Bulldogs at 9-6-1 on the season with a Big East record of 3-4. Butler will travel to Providence on Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs return home to close out the regular season as well as Big East conference play against Xavier on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. That game will be senior day for the Bulldogs.

top ten team nationally, it’s nice that people are ﬁnally seeing our potential on paper now,” Clark said. Also contributing to the team’s success were Mara Olson and Katie Good, who ﬁnished 29th and 41st respectively. The team has spent the past week preparing for the Big East Championship on Saturday, Nov. 2. Roe said that preparation remains the same, with health remaining a top priority. Clark said that unlike the past several years, the team doesn’t feel pressure going into the conference meet. “If anything, we could be an underdog,” Roe said. “We’re just excited to go out and run against some really tough competition and see what we can do.”

The National Basketball Association regular season tipped off last night. There are two teams the Butler community might have an interest in this season: the hometown Indiana Pacers and Brad Stevens’ Boston Celtics. After coming within one game of reaching last year’s NBA Finals, the Pacers should have their sights set squarely on taking home the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2014 thanks to a strong group of returning players and some intelligent offseason signings. The Pacers were a solid regular season team last year, posting a 49-32 record and securing the third seed in the Eastern Conference. However, the Pacers proved to be much more formidable in the playoffs. The Pacers took down the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks, before falling just short of beating the eventual champions, the Miami Heat. The 2012-2013 season also saw Paul George make the leap from starter, to all-star, to franchise player by the time the playoffs were over. Indiana returns all its key players from last season, while upgrading its bench in the process. David West, Lance Stephenson, George Hill, Roy Hibbert and a relatively healthy Danny Granger all rejoin George, while newcomers Luis Scola, C.J. Watson, and Chris Copeland give the Pacers muchneeded depth. Indiana will no longer have to cross its fingers and hope D.J. Augustin, Gerald Green and Tyler Hansbrough can string together a couple competent plays while the starters rest. The Pacers made the smart decision to let those players go this offseason and brought in bench players who can actually hold their own. The Pacers’ bench shot a leagueworst 39.3 percent from the field last year, dragging down what was otherwise a terrific starting-unit. The Pacers five-man unit of Hill, Stephenson, George, West and Hibbert posted the second-highest plus/minus margin in the league last year at plus 288. The plus/ minus margin shows how well a unit does while on the court. The margin is determined by adding points a team scores with a certain unit on the floor against how many points are scored against the unit. Only the Oklahoma City Thunder’s starting lineup posted a better margin, according to 82games.com. Watson is capable backup point guard and a threat from deep. Last year, as a member of the Brooklyn Nets, Watson shot 41.8 percent from three-point range. Copeland is a deadeye shooter at the wing. He finished 13th in the league in threepoint field goal percentage at 42.1

percent. Scola has slowed down considerably from his peak of 18 points and eight rebounds per game in 2010-2011, but he brings a savvy offensive post game that the Pacers’ bench lacked last year. The biggest upgrade to Indiana’s team comes in the form of a healthy Danny Granger. Once considered the star of the franchise, Granger missed all but five games last season due to injury. Whether Granger comes off the bench this season, or gets back in the starting lineup, the Pacers now have two all-star caliber players on the wings with he and George. However, Granger is already dealing with a calf injury that caused him to miss last night’s opener and the team said he will be out the first three weeks of the season, an ominous start for a player with a worrisome injury history. Whether or not Granger is 100 percent, the Pacers were a top-three team in the East without him last season, and they should be right in the thick of the race for the top seed in the East this season. The Pacers, Heat, new-look Nets and Chicago Bulls will top the Eastern Conference in some order. Even if the Pacers finish fourth in the East, their win total is likely going to improve over last year’s purely based on the amount of teams that will be tanking for a lottery pick. With the 2014 draft class shaping up to be the best in recent memory, NBA teams are going in two directions: win now, or lose big now and have a shot at the next LeBron James. Although they won’t admit it, one of those teams losing for the future is the Boston Celtics. Over the offseason the Celtics sent Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets for a handful of expiring contracts, Gerald Wallace and three draft picks. The Celtics also poached Butler’s own Brad Stevens to coach the team after Doc Rivers left for the Los Angeles Clippers. Unfortunately for Stevens, he is in for a rough season. The Celtics best player, Rajon Rondo is recovering from an ACL tear suffered last February and won’t be back until December, at the earliest. With or without Rondo, the Celtics have a roster destined for the cellar. Even if Stevens can replicate his coaching capability in Boston, there is only so much a coach can do. Stevens is in no danger of losing his job after this year, and he’ll have a longer leash than most NBA coaches. Stevens’ contract with the Celtics is for six years and $22 million, currently the longest coaching contract in the NBA. Its clear that Boston’s general manager Danny Ainge sees Stevens as more than just a transitional coach while the team begins to rebuild. Ainge has said that Stevens is the man for the Celtics, and the six-year contract backs that up. Boston may struggle this year, and the next, but you won’t see Stevens on another sideline for quite awhile.

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Butler freshman David Goldsmith dribbles towards the goal box during a game against Creighton over Fall Break

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ARTS, ETC.

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Necessary components BRITTANY GARRETT BGARRETT@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Senior Kaylin Beckwith is combining her passions to make a difference in the lives of children, one piece of artwork at a time. Beckwith’s senior honors thesis project, “Improving Mood in Grieving Children: An Analysis of Necessary Components,” takes her love for art and mixes it with psychology to explore the effects of art therapy on children. Beckwith’s thesis culminated in a series of drawings produced by young children. The drawings are currently on display at the Jordan College Annex Gallery, and is the first charity fundraiser held there. The drawings will be auctioned off at a later date. It is also the first Annex exhibition of an honors thesis project. Beckwith, a psychology major, said a lack of insight into this idea prompted her to make this her project. “In the past ten years, only five studies have been effectively conducted about art therapy,” Beckwith said. “That’s one of the main reasons why I started this

project.” To accomplish her goal of investigating the role of art therapy in improving the moods of grieving children, she ﬁrst looked to Brooke’s Place, the organization she’s been volunteering at for the past four years. Brooke’s Place is a non-proﬁt community organization that provides support and services to grieving children and families. Beckwith worked with a group of 54 children, each of whom had either lost a sibling or parent. After working with individuals from this organization for the past few years, Beckwith began to explore methods for increasing happiness in these children. “I developed a study to evaluate the components of effective art therapy by comparing (the effects of) art to (the effects of) other psychomotor activity, (like) puzzles and social interaction,” Beckwith said. The children in her study were split into four groups. Two groups were asked to draw happiness. In one of those groups, the children worked on the project individually, while in the other group, they

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Children’s drawings adorn walls and tables as part of Kaylin Beckwith’s senior honors thesis, which centers on art therapy. collaborated. The other two groups worked on puzzles. As before, one group’s members were asked to complete the activity individually while the other group’s worked with partners to ﬁnish. Before and after each exercise, the children were given “mood scale” tests, which required each child to circle a number representing the level of happiness experienced. Overall, the study showed more positive feelings after the activities. Breaking it down, individual works resulted in happier moods than collaborative exercises, and drawings created more happiness among the children than solving puzzles. The most important part of the conclusion was individuality, said Beckwith. “This shows support for how art has an important positive effect on an individual,” Beckwith said. “It’s a very interesting question,” said art professor Steve Nyktas. “The basic question on whether art has an impact in therapeutic ways already says something special about creativity.” Guatam Rao, art professor and

exhibition attendee, said he had a different opinion than the children when it came to the exercises. “The puzzle was definitely my favorite and really fun,” Rao said. “But in all seriousness, I think it’s all very good that she’s been working with this non-profit organization for the past four years.” Elizabeth Mix, Art + Design chair and Beckwith’s adviser for this project, agreed with the importance of the inner drive seen in the process. “I think it’s great when a student follows a passion and finds that balance between a duel interest,” Mix said. Mix said she does not feel the balance was difficult for Beckwith to find. “The best word to describe her process is natural,” Mix said. “It just all came to her in a very natural way.” Some audience members noticed this combination of passions too. “I like how the art work integrates both of her interests,” Jasmine Gansalves, a junior Art + Design major, said. “I also think it’s really neat that the physical

pieces are hers but not necessarily done by her.” She refers to the drawings the children produced depicting “happiness.” Hung on the walls of the Annex Gallery, they will later be offered at auction. The children’s drawings ranged from smiling people to one stickboy yelling, “It’s hump day!” Beckwith said that the boy had just learned the alternative phrase for Wednesday and was very excited to draw himself with this new knowledge. “I think they’re at that age where everything new is exciting,” Rao said on the hump day piece. “Perhaps that’s what made this study work even that much better.” Beckwith said proceeds of the silent auction go to Brooke’s Place, which she described as “an amazing organization and something very close to my heart.” The artwork of “Improving Mood in Grieving Children: An Analysis of Necessary Components” will continue hanging in the Annex Gallery until Nov. 15, and further donations to Brooke’s Place will be accepted in person or through its website, www.brookesplace.org.

Fall into autumn The Collegian’s guide to seasonal activities and eats

BRYNN ERDY

COLLEGIAN@BUTLER.EDU CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Leaves are changing into beautiful reds and golds, Starbucks patrons line up for pumpkin spice lattes, jeans and sweatshirts emerge from the bottom of closets, football games consume weekend afternoons and the smell of spices and cinnamon ﬂows from the kitchen. It is ofﬁcially fall. From pumpkin patches to haunted houses, this time of year offers a lot of fun activities for all ages. You can use this list of activities and resources to make the most out of this season.

place for your fall culinary experiments. They each have many creative ideas that will leave your taste buds wanting more, even if your stomach is telling you “no.” Pinterest www.foodnetwork.com www.spoonful.com

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Leaves change on Butler University’s campus as the sun rises over the frost-covered mall.

Garﬁeld Park Conservatory & Sunken Garden

2505 Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46203

White River State Park

801 W Washington St Indianapolis, IN 46204 Photos from sxc.hu

Fall at the park

Fall recipes Baking during the fall does not stop with pumpkin pies. There are pancake recipes for breakfast, cupcake recipes for dessert, pot pie dishes for dinner and recipes for everything else in between. Use these three websites as a launching

One could argue the best and most beautiful thing about fall is the changing of the leaves. Trees look like paintings, sunsets seem more magniﬁcent and there is something relaxing about watching them. So when you want to take a break from it all and appreciate the outdoors, grab a blanket and your family, friends or a date, and head to a nearby park. You can take a ball, picnic blanket or some ice cream and take a break from the hustle and bustle of life at these three parks in Indianapolis:

Eagle Creek Park

7840 W 56th St Indianapolis, IN 46254

After dark What is fall without some fun after dark? Bonﬁres burn in backyards, but there are also spots in Indianapolis that offer evening activities for getting friends and family together. The zoo, for example, offers some spooky events for people of all ages. And you can’t forget about the haunted houses. There are real haunted houses and fake

scare houses around the city. For a list of city haunts, visit: www.hauntedhouses.com/states/in/ And check out these seasonal, corporate haunted houses: Fright Manor, $20 admission 2909 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46225 Indy Scream Park, $25 admission 5211 S. New Columbus Rd. Anderson, IN 46013 Necropolis, $28 admission 2525 N Shadeland Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219 Whether you are in the mood for a scary night out with friends or a relaxing afternoon in the autumn sun, Indianapolis has many venues that will cater to your wishes. All you have to do is make the plans and take advantage of what the city has to offer this season.

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Gilbert Kalish: world renowned pianist coming to Butler MARIA LEICHTY MLEIGHTY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

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World-renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish will play at Butler University as the featured artist for a recital put on by the Indiana Music Teachers Association. This recital is part of the association’s state conference, which has not been held at Butler since 2004. Kalish will perform Friday at 8 p.m. in the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. He has created more than 100 recordings of collaborations and solo performances. One of his most famous recordings is his popular rendition of Charles Ives’ “Concord Sonata,” which he will perform at the recital. He is also famous for his interpretation of the works of Franz Joseph Haydn, which he will also perform. “My performances are part enjoyment and part responsibility to the great music I am playing to represent it well,” Kalish said. Piano professor Kate Boyd, a former student of Kalish’s, said she is honored to have the opportunity to invite him to campus. Boyd emphasized the importance of hearing different viewpoints in music. “It shows an example of what is possible in the ﬁeld and it holds up a standard where you are like, ‘Oh wow, I could really move towards that,’” Boyd said. Boyd said this is one of the biggest performers to come to Butler, since he is afﬁliated with the IMTA state conference. MTNA president Erin Peyer is a Butler School of Music graduate who now teaches classes for the school. She said she will learn a lot from Kalish from both a teaching and student perspective. Both Boyd and Peyer expressed interest in the master class Kalish will teach after the recital. The class will take place this Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall. “You are getting it from both ends,” Peyer said. “You are going to hear different things that you haven’t heard, and maybe get inspiration to try something a little different with something that you are working on.” Just as teaching and learning go hand-in-hand, performing and teaching do as well. Boyd said Kalish’s ability to perform as a soloist and collaborate while working as an educator is impressive. Kalish is a professor of piano at Stony Brook University in New York, where he grew up.

Dance students rehearse for their musical theatre performance, choreographed by senior Stuart Coleman.

KALISH: World-renowned pianist to play recital at Butler. “I think to have somebody very active and engaged in both areas and in demand that way is very exciting, and it’s certainly something that sets him apart,” Boyd said. Kalish said he can identify with teachers and added that this performance is different than some of his others because he is performing in front of fellow members of the academic world. “I am particularly pleased to be performing for a group of music teachers who are helping to carry on the traditions of great classical music and keyboard playing in America,” Kalish said. Kalish has performed solo recitals around the world at famous musical festivals, including Mostly Mozart in New York, Brighton and Aldeburgh in England, and Ojai in California. He is a founding member of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and the pianist for the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. He is also a member of many other ensembles and has appeared as a guest for many others. He studied at Columbia College, working with teachers including Leonard Shure, Julius Hereford and Isabelle Vengerova, all three well-known teachers and pianists. For information on other events hosted by Kalish and other musicians from the community and Butler’s faculty visit www. indmta.org.

Dance students prepare for choreography showcase GINNY SPELLMAN GSPELLMA@BUTLER.EDU

balanced. I feel safe to say there will be one piece everyone in the audience can connect with because of the good amount of variety that is in the show.” Coleman will be participating in the showcase for his fourth consecutive year and said the showcase gives him an outlet to be creative through choreographing his own dance number. “Choreography has just always been a big passion of mine,” Coleman said.” It’s always been one of my favorite aspects of dance, so that’s what really made me want to stay involved this year.” Other dancers said that they also feel the showcase has inspired them to explore new areas of dance. Sophomore Brooke Senger was able to choreograph her first dance for this year’s showcase. “This past summer, I just heard a song as I was in a contemporary (dance) class in Chicago, and it really got to me,” Senger said. “I was inspired to create a piece between two people, and it’s my first time ever really choreographing. So it has been a three-month process for a three-minute piece, but it has been a new experience I’m really excited to share.” Sophomore Celine Spinka is also a first time choreographer for the showcase. She said this showcase has given her a different experience with dancing. “Obviously it’s really good for creativity,” Spinka said. “But also, when you are working with other dancers, you get a difference perspective of the creative process of dance.” While the showcase is intended to let students be creative, it also has opened students’ eyes to what their fellow dancers are capable of. “When I worked with choreographers in the showcase in the past, it allowed me to gain a respect for my peers that I didn’t fully understand because we always look at each other as dancers and as coworkers,” Coleman said. “But then when one of us comes up front and becomes the leader, we gain this sense of respect for them because they’re taking charge of their art.” The Student Choreography Showcase will be held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. in Lilly Hall 310. Admission is free, and audience members are encouraged to arrive early due to limited space. “This is a really great opportunity for the Butler students to go out and show their support for the dance department,” Coleman said. “Also, students will get to see a different and quirky side to the dancers instead of just seeing us perform the Nutcracker or Cinderella.”

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The Butler University dance program is traditionally known for major ballet performances involving most of the company. But every year studnets have a chance to present what they have learned while displaying some of their own creativity. This chance comes through the Student Choreography Showcase. This showcase will have 13 dance numbers that students have prepared without the help of professors. Senior Stuart Coleman, one of the showcase’s coordinators and choreographers, said that, unlike previous years, the showcase’s content varies from very modern pieces to a musical theatre piece. “Every year there’s a different vibe in the show,” Coleman said. “But this year, the vibe is really

QUICK GUIDE TO KALISH’S RECITAL Free recital, no tickets required. The concert will be at 8 p.m. on Nov. 1 in the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts.

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Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from the 10/16 issue of The Collegian. If you or someone you know would be interested in contributing a creative piece to the Arts, Etc. pages, let us know. Email your ideas to kjvogel@butler.edu.

Kalish’s program includes: -Haydn sonata -Brahms Op. 117 -Ives “Concord” sonata

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Gilbert Kalish will be teaching a master class along with a recital during his visit to Butler.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013

OPINION

Home is where the pride is Going to college offers students the opportunity to live and be treated like adults for, in some cases, the ﬁrst time in their lives. Some Butler University students are negatively utilizing their college experience by damaging and trashing their respective residence areas on campus. Students need to respect the rooms and buildings they live in. Not doing so is disrespectful, causes a mess of problems for fellow students and other Butler community members, and it ultimately reﬂects poorly on the university as a whole. Butler is a home away from home for all students, and it is home to faculty, staff and other community members as well. Damaging property and leaving trash lying around residence halls is disrespectful to other students as well as Butler’s cleaning staff and Butler Residence Life staff. Students in all residence halls have to pay a fee at the end of each school year if enough damages are accumulated in that residence hall, said Karla Cunningham, Residence Life director. Cunningham said the mostcommon problem she has heard of

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STUDENTS NEED TO RESPECT THE ROOMS AND BUILDINGS THEY LIVE IN—AND BUTLER AS A WHOLE—BY PRACTICING CLEAN HABITS | 27-2-1 in residence halls is damage to exit signs above doors. She said issues such as damage to walls from moving bicycles or furniture in and out of rooms is also common. Even if some of these occurrences can be attributed to accidents, students should be more careful when doing things in their living areas. It stands to reason that, if a student was moving furniture in his or her own home, he or she would be careful not to hit the walls or ceiling. The same behavior should apply here, especially since all students—and not just students parents—to be responsible and pay for such damages. This lack of care by students was brought to light last week by Greg Harris, Residence Life coordinator. Harris emailed all Apartment Village residents last Wednesday about students tossing garbage in areas not meant for it.

He attached pictures of large pieces of trash sitting atop and beside small wooden trash receptacles, as well as photos of garbage left in shrubbery and a parking lot. Harris said in the email that not putting garbage in appropriate dumpsters could result in charges for all AV students at the end of the year. Those who are not respectful of university property deserve to be charged at the end of the school year, but that is not how the system works in regard to housing damages. Butler students need to take pride in their school. While some might think this means praising Butler in public and supporting its athletic teams, something as simple as throwing a bag of trash into a dumpster shows a similar amount of care. Cunningham said Residence Life staff have attempted to push

a message of showing respect for students and other Butler community members when encouraging students to take care of their residence areas. “I would hope that (we) can stress the message of respect for the facility and for other students so we don’t have future concerns,” Cunningham said. “I’m sure that

students can do that, it’s not an impossible task.” Now, the onus lies on students to practice responsible habits when it comes to keeping their residence areas clean and habitable. Basic cleanliness in dorms and apartments will save many people time, money and headaches for the remainder of the school year.

Students abusing Dawg Ride Upcoming changes to the program will help, but students need to think before they call

Fans in the Dawg Pound cheer on the Butler men’s basketball team during a scrimmage last weekend.

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New ticket system is bad for students The new ticket system is an inconvenience to students who are casual fans The new way students buy tickets for basketball games is nearly pointless and will make going to the games overly complex. Starting this year, students must go days, sometimes weeks, in advance to pick up their tickets for basketball games. Students must bring their ID when they pick up their tickets days before the game and on game, day they must bring that ticket and an ID in order to enter the game. If a student decides the day of the game that he or she would like to go to the basketball game, one should have that right. It is still possible for students to get tickets when they arrive at game; given there are still tickets available for that game. However, if at the last minute a student decides to go to a big game, he or she should have the right to camp in front of Hinkle and wait for

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their coveted seat. The school says it is changing the system to get a better grip on how many students are coming to the games. Administrators want to prevent long lines at the big games and to ensure less popular games are not so quiet and empty that one could hear a pin drop. Students should not have to buy a ticket weeks in advance. Sometimes, they want to spontaneously go to a game no matter who the opponent is, or just to relax or take a study break. If the school implemented this policy for the biggest home games of the season, such as those against Marquette and Georgetown, it would be ﬁne. However, for smaller games during the week this new system overly complicates things. The school should know games

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during the week will probably have fewer students and a smaller crowd due to peoples’ schedules. If this was a policy for the weekend games or big games during the week, that would be perfectly acceptable. “I do not think it is necessary,” sophomore Logan McBride, sophomore said. “I understand why they did it for big games, but for the ﬁrst couple, there is not as much attention.” One of the things that students appreciate about Butler is the accessibility to go to any game, any time, for free. While we still have the ability to attend any game free of charge, we do not have the same access because we have to plan weeks in advance. While I am grateful that Butler does not force its students to pay for tickets to the game, I appreciated the ability students previously had to easily access tickets to any athletic event, no matter when it started.

Dawg Ride is an exciting new tool for students who have long walks across campus at night, but changes are coming soon in an attempt to improve the program. Butler University Police Department created Dawg Ride with the original intent of transporting students between campus and the I Lot. Students who feel unsafe making the approximately 10-minute walk across the canal can call BUPD for a ride back to campus. Dawg Ride has also been transporting any students who call in for a ride. This is useful for students who live in Apartment Village or the Christian Theological Seminary apartments. After a long night of studying at the library, students won’t have to walk back alone in the cold or darkness. These calls to BUPD are justiﬁed. Dawg Ride will make students feel safer by protecting them from possible crimes, or even alleviating them of a 10-minute walk in the cold. Students can call in to BUPD and request a ride, and Dawg Ride will come to their location to pick them up. However, this system is going to change soon. The Dawg Ride drivers and students will have direct contact through a smartphone app, instead of going through the BUPD emergency phone line. This will help clear up the line for real emergencies, but not all students on campus have smartphones. Dawg Ride will also only pick students up at designated stops, said Assistant Police Chief Bill Weber. While students most likely won’t have to walk far to get to these

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stops, they reduce the convenience Dawg Ride currently offers. The changes to Dawg Ride aren’t BUPD’s fault, however. Students took advantage of the convenient program. Students would call from Ross Hall and ask for a ride to Schwitzer Hall. One student called from Residential College. When Dawg Ride arrived and asked for her destination, she said she wanted to go to Atherton Union. This is just laziness on the part of the students. Dawg Ride has ﬁlled a need for students with signiﬁcant walks between their residences and campus or from the I Lot. The changes to Dawg Ride aren’t too drastic. Students without smartphones can still call in to BUPD to get a ride. There will probably be 14 stops, all at strategic locations on campus. However, this system didn’t need to be complicated this way. Students should stop abusing Dawg Ride. They need to stop being lazy. As much as walking a couple blocks down Hampton during the winter isn’t appealing, it’s just that: A couple well-lit blocks. This walk isn’t too taxing for most students. Students need to leave the van for those who have an actual need for it. Make the effort instead of wasting the driver’s time and energy. Hopefully, the changes to Dawg Ride won’t hurt the helpfulness and convenience of the service. Contact copy editor Maggie Monson at mmonson@butler.edu.

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The Mongolian grill in Atherton Union’s dining hall serves as a vegetarian and vegan option when cooked separate from meat dishes.

Vegetarian, vegan options must improve Dining services lack enough vegetarian and vegan options for those with special diets Approximately 7.3 million Americans are considered vegetarians in the United States, according the Vegetarian Times website. Additionally, 22.8 million people say that they follow a vegetarian-inclined diet, or eat minimal meat. Yet vegetarians often become a secondary thought behind individuals who do not have special dietary needs. Vegetarian and vegan options in dining establishments are, in most cases, seen more as an amenity then a requirement. The same seems to be true at Butler University. Butler Dining Services is continually improving and changing its processes to accommodate special dietary needs, according to its Special Dietary Needs Policy. However, Dining Services continues to lack sufﬁcient creative vegetarian and vegan options that provide more than vegetables and grains for its students. Vegetarians need proteins to sustain a healthy diet. “We always have options available,” said Michelle BryantJones, Butler’s senior food service director. “Some of these options are: Legumes, rice, quinoa, barley, tofu, vegan lunch meats, vegan cheeses… (and) the Boca burger is always available at the deli.” As a vegetarian, I found it difﬁcult to locate any vegan meats or cheese, and Boca burgers are continually out of stock. If the dining hall was out of some type of staple meat, the instance would be a huge deal, or perhaps might never even happen. There is a lack

TAYLOR POWELL of understanding that these type foods are vegetarians’ and vegans’ staples, and they should always be available where dining services says they are. Finding these vegetarian and vegan options in the dining hall should not require so much effort, if they really are always provided. “Many times, students don’t know or don’t ask what their options are,” Bryant-Jones said. Students with special diets should not always have to ask what foods they are able to eat. Dining halls is usually crowded with long lines, and students do not necessarily have the time to ask questions about what foods are made of and cooked beside. Instead, the dining halls could be more transparent with student options. Not all food is labeled and its full list of ingredients listed on the sneeze guard. Select dishes are made with chicken stock and other animal byproducts that vegetarian and vegan students may not realize. If they forget to ask, students could be consuming food against their special diet. Not all special diets are due to choice. Some are due to religious beliefs and medical issues. If other students do not have to ask what is in the food, neither should the vegan and vegetarian population. Contact assistant Opinion editor Taylor Powell at tjpowell@butler.edu.

We were disheartened to read the Oct. 16 story “Red Ink”—disheartened with the prospect of someday losing The Butler Collegian and with an administration seemingly comfortable with letting that happen. The demise of The Collegian would not only impact the student journalists who spend their time reporting, editing and shooting photographs. It would end a valuable forum that has served the student body since 1886. Without The Collegian, Butler would not fulﬁll part of its mission to foster “a stimulating intellectual community built upon interactive dialogue and inquiry among students, faculty and staff.” Our time as editors on The Collegian taught us far more than any class ever could, preparing us for the responsibilities, deadlines and conﬂicts that exist in the workplace. While required internships prepared us somewhat for the real world, they didn’t give us the same

editorial discretion given by The Collegian. We still use the skills and knowledge we gathered spending more than 30 hours a week on the second ﬂoor of Fairbanks. Ask any Bulldog, past or present, who found a home at The Collegian: It had a profound effect on his or her growth as an individual and as a citizen. The Collegian doesn’t just impact journalism majors. It’s also one of Butler’s shining jewels, continually putting the university’s name in the spotlight by demonstrating excellence in journalism. Last year, The Collegian was named the best all-around small non-daily student newspaper in the country by the Society of Professional Journalists. It earned the highest honor in college journalism in 2011, the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award. To erase that legacy would be disgraceful. The Collegian is an educational necessity. It is no different to journalism majors as a laboratory is to a chemistry major or a

On behalf of the thriving bug community in Ross Hall, I would like to thank you all for making our dorms a truly disgusting place to live. I understand a lot of effort must be involved in maintaining such an appalling level of ﬁlth, and I personally could not fathom a place better suited than Ross for insects and freshman alike to fester and rot in harmony like the vermin

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we are. So as our creepy crawler friends continue to reproduce at alarming rates among the rancid ﬁbers of our carpets and curtains, just know that I am truly grateful for all we have accomplished. It really does warm my heart to

Your article on The Collegian’s budget shortfall raised more questions than it answered. Permit me to add some additional ingredients to the mix and perhaps stir the pot. In 1986, James Neal, former Board of Trustees member, owner and publisher of the Noblesville Ledger and former Indiana Republican chairman, produced a gala to mark the centennial of The Collegian. Then, Mr. Neal—himself a Butler journalism grad—considered The Collegian a Butler institution. When a president denied students the use of the library for late night studying, The Collegian mounted a campaign, and the library was opened. When women were denied the same rights that men enjoyed, The Collegian investigated and change occurred. When a dean of students boasted about his credentials, The Collegian investigated and discovered that he received his B.A. and M.A. in the same week from a Hawaiian store front college. He resigned the next day. When a president sold the Lilly House to a board member who immediately resold it for a proﬁt, The Collegian called the transaction a conﬂict of interest.

When a president contracted with a fly by night company to drill for oil on the canal, The Collegian investigated and exposed the plan as a tax scam. The president canceled the contract. Those examples, among many others, should suffice to demonstrate The Collegian’s value to the Butler community. The Collegian, an exemplar of First Amendment values, has always served as the voice of faculty and students. Your other article assessing the journalism program caused me to reflect on my 33 years as professor and chairman of the journalism department, and with apologies to the hundreds of journalism grads who had worthy careers, here are some success stories. John Doyle is vice president of ascension of the largest holding company of Catholic hospitals in the world. Dan Cooreman works for the New York Times. Before their premature deaths, Don Thrasher had signed with 60 Minutes after having covered the fall of the Berlin Wall for ABC, Pat Morrison was the Indianapolis Star’s environmental reporter and Dave Garlick covered the Indianapolis Indians for the Star. Mark Nichols headed the Star’s

see man and insect alike bonding in the cracks and crevices of our poorly maintained bathrooms, beneath the decaying pizza crusts and turned milk, and in the exit signs that we all pay for the damage of, so the bugs would have shelter at night. Between the scent of burnt popcorn mixed in with the delicate aroma of spilled macaroni and cheese that’s been in the hall for almost a week, its hard to believe I am only paying $45,000 a year to attend school here. I’ve also got to give props to some of the wannabe biologists and the nifty experiments they’ve been

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conducting around the building. My personal favorite is the half eaten Chef Boyardee ravioli that has been left to rot in a corner since the second day of school. I’m

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Art Levin Director of Butler’s Journalism Department, 1973-1997 fearful the processed dairy mixed with the fragrant smell of overused Febreeze has actually caused the raviolis to emit small amounts of radiation. And it is all thanks to you Ross Hall, and in my opinion, specifically you boys on the first two floors. Take pride in watching the world change for the better all around you, while be remain in filth, because you cannot behave like civilized human beings who clean up after themselves. You can keep the crumbs on your filthy floor—for tonight—the bugs will be dining Italian. Contact columnist Mitch Riportella at mriporte@butler.edu.

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investigative team, Joe Dits reports for the South Bend Tribune, Wendy Thomas is an editor and columnist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Theresa Mask reports for the Detroit Free Press, Susan Chandler had a long career with the Chicago Tribune, and Scott Levin— formerly editor of the Alaska Daily News—is now the news analyst for Newhouse Newspapers. Patty Stonesipher managed the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, the wealthiest in the world. Kara Massy McCall, after getting her law degree from the University of Chicago, clerked for an appellate court judge and then joined a prestigious Chicago law ﬁrm. And Andy Crain is a lawyer on the West coast. Heather Stockdell advises a high school newspaper in Lawrence, and LaValle Jordan is assistant basketball coach at the University of Michigan. Finally, as a source of additional revenue, I would suggest maintaining The Collegian’s independence and have students approve a $2.50 fee per semester— the cost of one extra beer.

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“I went to Miami and went to the House of Horror and spent time with family.”

Sara Pruzin, ‘12 Hayleigh Colombo, ‘12 Olivia Ingle, ‘12 Jill McCarter, ‘13 Tara McElmurry, ‘13 Caitlin O’Rourke ‘12 Arika Herron, ‘11 Emily Newell, ‘11 Alyson Ahrns, ‘10 Meg Biallas, ‘10 Paige Chapman ‘10 Kelly Patrick Slone, ‘10 Jennifer Pignolet ‘10 Tessa Boeing Skidmore, ‘09 Bob Herman, ‘09 Jon Irons, ‘09 Matt Vachlon, ‘09 Meg Shaw, ‘08

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performance is to a ballet major. The paper must be funded. The funding options outlined in the story seem viable and we hope that one or more of them is possible. It would be a shame for the dean, provost and president to allow a legacy of more than 125 years of student engagement to end on their watch.

“I went home and visited a friend at Eastern Illinois and went to downtown Chicago.”

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“I hung out with my little sisters.”

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THE BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED NOVA SOUTHEASTERN 101-64 IN AN EXHIBITION CONTEST LAST NIGHT.

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Junior guard Alex Barlow passes first-year head coach Brandon Miller on the Butler sideline during the Bulldogs’ 101-64 victory over Nova Southeastern Tuesday.

Junior guard Jackson Aldridge (right) tries to split two Nova Southeastern defenders during a game between the Bulldogs and the Sharks Tuesday. Aldridge tallied eight points and two assists in 10 minutes of action.

Trip runs across the court with owner Michael Kaltenmark prior to Tuesday’s game.

BY THE NUMBERS: NOVA SOUTHEASTERN VS. BUTLER, EXHIBITION KELLEN DUNHAM: 16 points (team-high), 3-of-5 3-point shooting, 19 minutes played KAMERON WOODS: four points, nine rebounds, eight defensive rebounds, 19 minutes played KHYLE MARSHALL: 13 points, four rebounds, two assists, 6-of-8 field goal shooting ELIJAH BROWN: 11 points, four rebounds, five assists, 3-of-5 field goal shooting 71371 NOLAN BERRY: 11 points, six rebounds, two assists, 5-of-7 field goal shooting

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