The Butler Collegian—Feb. 26, 2014

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SGA ELECTION

Butler chooses

Chad Pingel

The sophomore is elected to be Butler’s next student government president, defeating junior Robert Gale JULIANNE STRIBIAK JSTRIBIA@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Sophomore Chad Pingel will lead Butler’s Student Government Association as president-elect.

Pingel and Junior opponent Robert Gale were informed of the results slightly before that by phone calls at around 10:45 pm.

“I’m ecstatic. I can’t believe it,” Pingel said. “I was shocked and surprised and feeling very fortunate, it’s humbling.”

Gale, who awaited the call at his fraternity house, said, “I’m really grateful to just have this opportunity and I’m overwhelmed with this sense of pride and support that I’ve received throughout this election.”

“Obviously I’m a little disappointed with the outcome but I’m still extremely passionate and loving and I still do believe in everything this university stands for and I’m really eager to work with Chad,” Gale said.

After receiving the news, Gale said he called his biggest supporters, his parents.

Pingel said the first person he called was his mother as well, but he wanted his girlfriend, Hannah Cianci, to stay with him until he got the news.

A total of 2,374 students voted in the

Photo by Marko Tomich

Sophomore Chad Pingel (second from left) was voted Student Government Association president-elect by a majority of Butler University students in Monday’s election. election.

Senior Aaron Harrison said he voted for Chad because his experience as the vice president of finance working with both administration and students.

“What sold me on Chad was the fact that his entire platform is based upon the ideas that countless student have shared with him as a priority,” Harrison said. “The reforms Chad is proposing are not his own. That says something about what kind of president he will truly be.”

Harrison said he truly believes Chad recognized that position for what it is.

“It’s not a stepping stone through which he can offer his two cents on everything the university does,” Harrison said. “It’s a year long contract with the student body,

during which he is obligated to serve as a channel through which we can engage with university administration in a meaningful way. Someone who recognizes that is, to me, someone worth supporting.”

Freshman Ana Rauh also voted for Chad.

“I firmly believe that Chad has the experience, the dedication, and the love in his heart to represent the fantastic student body of Butler in this position,” she said.

As the SGA presidential debate on Thursday, both candidates discussed their platforms, basic questions, and were able to address one another.

Gale expressed concerns about Pingel’s age and experience at last week’s debates.

Gale said although he cannot speak on behalf of Pingel’s experiences or

qualifications, he can speak on what he has seen.

“I feel like his age is going to be a factor,” Gale said. “I don’t think he has he necessary skills, he says he has the experience. You can have all the experience you like but if you don’t learn anything from those, if you don’t have the skills to do the job, I don’t know if he does.”

Pingel said that regardless of his age he feels very qualified.

“I’ve had two years of experience already as well as plans to take (SGA) forward,” Pingel said. “I feel like I am the most qualified and have had the most experience with our student government to be able to see ELECTION page 4

UNIVERSITY BRANDING

Butler receiving new image KATIE GOODRICH KMGOODRI@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR Butler University hired 160over90, a branding agency, to help achieve the 2020 Vision.

160over90 is based in Philadelphia, Penn., and has worked with several universities on similar re-branding projects, such as the University of Notre Dame, University of Dayton, and Duke University.

Matt Mindrum, vice president of marketing and communications, is leading a core team consisting of individuals from across the university.

Different colleges, admission, advancement, marketing and athletics are all represented.

“We completed a competitive bidding process,” Mindrum said. “The way the university does with any major investment.

There were many strong competitors, but 160over90 was a clear choice for us in the end.”

The contract has a confidentiality clause regarding monetary terms.

“It’s hard to tease out exactly how much it will cost,” Mindrum said. “But it is a six-figure sum that we are investing with 160over90 over the next nine months.”

The budget for Marketing and Communications is $350,000, which is a quarter of 1 percent of Butler’s revenues, Mindrum said.

“We are confident it will be a

positive return on investment,” Mindrum said. “But we do realize it is a significant investment.”

The project is a good investment because of its impact on recruitment, advancement, development, and highlighting the good things on campus, he said.

Lindsay White, director of strategic planning for 160over90, said the agency follows a fivestep process for similar projects.

The first step is discovery, so representatives conducted interviews with prospective students, current students, and alumni to understand the current perceptions of Butler.

Representatives from the branding agency interviewed groups of student athletes, seniors and freshmen this week.

Megan Carter, a freshman on the Operations Board of the Student Government Association, was one of five freshmen interviewed in a group Monday night.

“They asked us a lot about our experiences at Butler and how it has shaped our views,” Carter said.

Other questions included the diversity on campus, what other schools they considered, and why they chose Butler.

The next step is brand strategy, which entails honing in on Butler’s unique attributes.

“Every institution uses the same two dozen buzzwords,” White

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Butler University has teamed with 160over90, a Philadelphia branding agency, to work toward achieving goals of the school’s 2020 Vision. 160over90 has previously assisted in branding projects at Duke University, University of Dayton and University of Notre Dame. said. “These don’t mean anything to students, because you can swap the name of institutions and not know the difference.”

160over90 aims to use no safe words, White said.

“We aren’t here to make up a sexy story out of thin air,” White said. “We are here to tell Butler’s story and discover its distinct DNA.” Mindrum said the focus will be on both internal and external audiences and where the two

intersect.

“You find the things that makes your brand your brand no matter whom you’re talking to,” he said.

“You can take those attributes and tailor them to who you’re talking to.”

After nailing down a brand strategy, the core team will focus on the brand concept, including revamping any media that might need to be changed.

“That’s when we will work with the folks from 160over90 to create

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a clear, consistent and compelling message,” Mindrum said.

This step of the process will entail figuring out what is or is not effective for the university.

“A lot of the things that we are doing today probably aren’t working all that well,” he said. “We just don’t know because we haven’t been tracking them carefully.

Moving forward, one of the ways see AD AGENCY page 4

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SGA ELECTION

DEBATE TEAM

Butler stresses privacy SARAH STOESZ SSTOESZ@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

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Members of Butler’s debate team worked discussed Butler’s core curriculum and requirements last night. The team which argued to modify the core was declared winner.

Students debate need for core KATIE GOODRICH KMGOODRI@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR The Butler University debate team argued about whether to abolish or modify the Butler University Core Curriculum Tuesday night.

The debate showcased the students and gave an interesting topic for people to think about, said Casey Kelly, director of the debate team.

“Students have strong opinions on the core,” Kelly said. “We thought that it would be something that students are interested in because they hear a lot of opinions.”

Before the debate, Kelly clarified that the students were arguing for the assigned sides, not necessarily their own beliefs.

Each team had two periods of six minutes to state their case, each of which was followed by two minutes of questioning.

Finally, each team gave a final rebuttal.

Phillip Tock and Maggie Jensen argued to completely abolish the core.

Jensen said the core is hard to schedule, lacks focus and creates an assembly line of students.

“We are repeating our learning,” Jensen said. “Core classes have the difficultly of remedial high school classes which patronizes students. They are fluff classes that give you the guise of a real course.”

Tock said the worst examples of the core are Speaking and Writing Across the Curriculum,

due to their difficulty to schedule and lack of options.

He also said the Indianapolis Community Requirement was not actually benefitting the community because forced volunteering is a hindrance.

Alexandra Pierce and Funmi Argobokun argued to modify the core.

Pierce said the core was not difficult to schedule if students talk and plan with their advisors.

She suggested advisors be more informed about the core, so students know more.

“The core provides structure,” Pierce said. “If we abolish the core completely, there will be chaos.”

Argobokun said Writing Across the Curriculum and Speaking Across the Curriculum help prepare students for life by being tailored to each major.

“Employers are looking for global employees,” Argobokun said. “The core makes students well-rounded. Students will be better in their own field if they learn about other fields.”

She said ICR fosters civic mindedness, guarantees community involvement and helps students break out of the Butler bubble.

“We can’t abolish what makes our education a liberal arts education if we want to call ourselves a liberal arts university,” Argobokun said.

After a discussion, the audience voted the team arguing to modify the core curriculum as the winners.

In this year’s election, changes were made to ensure the privacy of candidates.

This year, candidates only had about 14 days to campaign, said sophomore Kylie Broton, Chair of Election Oversight Committee.

“We changed the bylaws this year to say they can start campaigning when the SGA Election Oversight Committee says they can, and so this year the committee decided that after the SGA assembly meeting last week at 5:30, they could start campaigning,” she said.

This was changed due to complaints.

This year, the campaign period was not as long as in previous years, Broton said.

Candidates were not told whom they were running against until they were allowed to start campaigning.

“I got an email that said, ‘Molly, you’re running against two other people,’ and I was like, ‘Who are they, who am I running

JOHNSON: Oversees Student Affairs, student groups and organizations against?’” said Molly Swigart, a candidate for senior class president.

SGA does not release the number of votes each candidate receives; however, this has not always been the policy, she said.

“My freshman year I was in SGA assembly and I was a candidate and they were all discussing whether or not they were going to release the total number of votes and why Election Oversight only gets to see the numbers and Caroline HuckWatson gets to see the numbers and not the whole campus so that was a

really big debate,” Swigart said.

This lack of privacy could deter a candidate from running, she said.

“I prefer that they don’t release numbers,” Swigart said. I know that when I was a freshman and I ran for class president, I don’t think I would’ve run having known that my possible failure would’ve been put in the newspaper.”

Since Butler has a small campus, the final numbers are not released to ensure the privacy of students, said Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs. However, larger public universities may choose to broadcast that information, said Levester Johnson.

“I think SGA has tried to not allow numbers and distances between folks create a competitive type of atmosphere as well as one of potential, added disappointment for those who don’t ultimately move on into various roles,” Johnson said. “I think they are trying to move on into avoiding negativity and anything that may disrupt the community as it relates to harmony in that sense.”

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Groups shed light on hazing MARAIS JACON-DUFFY

MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

Greek houses can be put under social probation for a number of reasons.

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Social probations tailored to violations MARAIS JACON-DUFFY

MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

Rumors about what Greek house is “in trouble” spread around campus like wildfire.

But the common phrase “they’re on social probation” tends not to tell the whole story.

Kristina Traxler, vice president of conduct for Butler’s Panhellenic Council and a Greek organization member, said probations can be placed on Butler’s Greek houses by three different sources: a Greek organization’s national headquarters, the National Panhellenic Conference or Interfraternal Council, or Butler University.

“Sometimes one person may just say, ‘We got in trouble,’ and that could be interpreted in a variety of ways, and soon enough people are saying that a house was placed on social probation by Butler,” Traxler said. “Really, it could have been that their nationals wanted the house to bring up their GPA, and they decided to place them on probation.”

Recruitment procedures, grades, failure to pay fees and dues, or failure to complete paperwork are all possible reasons a house may be put on probation, said Becky Druetzler, director of Greek Life. Not all probationary instances are due to alcohol, parties or hazing.

Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson also

said Greek organizations, and other student organizations, are held to the same standards as individual students as outlined in the student handbook. These standards include destruction of university property, rules regarding residence halls and federal crimes such as underage drinking or drug use.

The Office of Student Affairs and Greek Life said they are unable to disclose the number of houses currently on social probation.

Johnson and Druetzler said the purpose of probation, or any other conduct violation sanction, is to try to correct bad behavior, and that a punishment should reflect the bad behavior. Sometimes, a warning can be given to a house without conditions or sanctions attached.

“For example, if a house trashed some part of campus or destroyed property, they may be asked to complete community service or clean grounds,” Johnson said.

“If someone violates an alcohol policy on campus, then they may be placed on social probation. A warning, probation or any punishment is determined by what will be the most effective to help correct the bad behavior.”

Timeframes of probations can also vary, Johnson said.

Druetzler said actions that result in social probation tend to be “social in nature,” such

as bad behavior, alcohol being served to minors, persistence of negative acts following a warning, a social event being poorly managed; or involving alcohol in recruitment. She also said social probation usually occurs when a serious infraction has occurred, not when someone “simply made an error.”

Traxler said she sees education and informal discussion as more effective routes for treating bad behavior rather than probations.

“Social probation has been described to me (by NPC) as almost like a game of Whaca-Mole,” Traxler said. “Some issue may pop up, and taking it away will only be temporary. In my opinion, education is a lot more useful, because it actually shows houses how to correct future behavior.”

Johnson said he believes Butler Greek Life and groups in general tend to have good behavior.

“I really think we are fortunate, because we don’t have some of the horrific incidents that you may hear about in the news, and I think we are blessed in that sense,” Johnson said. “That doesn’t mean that issues don’t happen, but I think the Butler community generally holds themselves to a higher bar.

When incidents happen, they learn how to better themselves and keep moving forward.”

Posters saying “Don’t Haze Me Bro” and “No Excuses” could be seen all over Butler’s campus, as Greek chapters observed National Hazing Prevention Week last week.

Hazing prevention week is typically held the first week of September, but Butler Greek Life decided February would be more appropriate for a school that holds recruitment during second semester, Director of Greek Life Becky Druetzler said.

“This was something that the current officers really wanted to champion,” Druetzler said.

Butler’s Panhellenic Council and Interfraternal Council have utilized social media, posters and buttons, and chapter meetings to bring up statistics, and asked houses to sign anti-hazing pledges.

Sophomore Alpha Chi Omega member Jenna Gerber said she feels her chapter is very aware of what is considered hazing.

“Especially now with new members in the house, we always try to make sure that nothing we say or do could make a new member feel bad or anything,” Gerber said. “It can be something as little as what you do or don’t say, but I think our chapter is really good about informing us as to what hazing actually is and how we can make sure nothing we do or say could be interpreted negatively.”

Druetzler said hazing is a topic brought up in discussion with Greek house leaders at all points of a semester.

Chapter presidents met with Druetzler to discuss hazing, among other things, before recruitment began in January.

Druetzler said hazing workshops for new members could happen in the future.

Druetzler described hazing as a dynamic, not necessarily an action, that puts one group in a position of power and leverages that power to make another group feel they need to please them to belong.

Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson said hazing policies are

applicable to any group or organization, not just Greek life.

“Colleges that don’t have Greek life still have anti-hazing policies,” Johnson said. “Sports teams, workplaces, even houses where groups of people live have had instances where a group is hazed.”

Kristina Traxler vice president of conduct for Butler’s Panhellenic Council, said the group tried to include all students and groups in anti-hazing efforts. The group chose not to include Greek letters on its Hazing Prevention Week banner that students signed outside Starbucks last week.

“A lot of non-Greek students signed the banner,” Traxler said. “Which is cool, because this applies to them just as much.”

Traxler said she thinks cooperation among all Greek houses would help defer hazing practices.

“As much as I want to believe hazing doesn’t happen, I know that it probably does in some ways,” Traxler said. “I think students get so caught up in the stereotypes of each house and get so set on being accepted by a specific house or a group within a house that they would do anything to belong.”

Traxler, a Greek student, said she does not believe hazing helps the Greek system or Greek houses in any way.

“I’ve heard some people argue that you can’t have sisterhood or brotherhood without hazing,” Traxler said. “I definitely don’t think that’s true. Making someone feel bad about themselves or uncomfortable—that’s not what sisterhood and brotherhood is about.”

Druetzler and Johnson said any students who feel upset due to treatment from their organization can always come to student affairs or Greek life, among other resources listed in the student handbook.

“I understand that expressing something like this is difficult,” Druetzler said. “People will always wonder, ‘What’s going to happen to me if I tell?’ Or they think, ‘No one is going to believe me.’

But no case will be dismissed. We do take hazing very seriously.”

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Students take advantage of a fitness event hosted by the Butler Bateman Blue team at the Reilly Room Tuesday night. The event was part of the Blue team’s “Don’t $weat Spring Break” campaign, which continues this week and aims to help students prepare for Spring Break. Check out next week’s issue of The Collegian for a story about the campaign.

ELECTION: PINGEL CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM PAGE ONE

take us in the right direction.”

According to Pingel, one of Gale’s weaknesses is being able to take a leadership role and do something with it.

“Currently he serves as Parliamentarian, and in that role and in sitting on the executive board, I haven’t seen much come out of it all,” Pingel said.

Gale said he believes that the SGA President should display love and passion to the campus community.

“I really believe that if the students see their elected leader with that passion and with that love that could open doors for organizations,” Gale said. And for other individuals who may not be confident enough to get involved.”

Junior Joey Thomas said he voted for Gale and is confident in his abilities because he got to know him personally.

“I have had many positive interactions with Robert,” Thomas said. “I have lived next to him for the past two years and he continues to impress me with his organization, passion, and commitment to Butler University.

Junior Joey Hebert also voted for Gale because he thinks Gale’s embodies, “all of the wonderful qualities of a Butler student.”

Hebert works with both Gale and Pingel in the admissions office and said both strong candidates.

“I can say they are both phenomenal candidates for this position,” Hebert said. “They are both strong leaders, incredibly well-spoken, and have real passion for this university.”

Pingel said one of the things he thinks that Gale does well is his ability to convey the love and passion he has for Butler and its students.

CLASS OFFICER ELECTION RESULTS

(Two names listed indicates a run-off. Run-offs scheduled for Thursday, 9 a.m.—9 p.m.)

Senior President

Junior Vice President

Senior Vice President

Junior Treasurer

Sophomore Treasurer

Senior Treasurer

Junior Secretary

Sophomore Secretary

Senior Secretary

Sophomore President

Junior President

Sophomore Vice President

William Grabb Molly Swigart Joey Hebert

Matthew Speer Taylor Clark Sofia Valdivia

Garrett Oberst Jordan Cohen

Alex Antonetti

Patrick Clark

Chris Kelly

Tabitha Barbour Lauren Murphy Jacob Barnes Adam Pallini

“I can honestly say that I truthfully believe him when he says that he wakes up everyday and says, ‘It’s a beautiful day to be a bulldog,’” Pingel said. “He definitely ran a great campaign and I thought that he showed the kind of love and dedication for Butler that he has and what I kind of encouraged him on is to be able to channel that in the future even with the outcome of the election.

I mean I would be more than happy to work with him.”

Gale said he thinks Pingel is a great person and a strong opponent.

“At the end of the day, I just want to make sure that he knows that I still have a deep respect for him,” Gale said. “It’s pretty incredible that he’s able to do all this and I admire him.”

Pingel is gracious for the win and promises to give students results.

“I’m just really thankful for the decision that the student body made I mean I hope to live up to their expectations and I definitely want to follow through on everything that I had committed to in the end its all about the students,” Pingel said.

Pingel will take office on April 16.

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Sophomore Chad Pingel (right) hugs his girlfriend Hannah Cianci after learning of his selection as Student Government Association president-elect Tuesday night.

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that we will recoup our investment is to stop doing the things that aren’t working.”

Mindrum said everything is in scope to be changed, he promised not to kill off the bulldog or change the colors. These changes might not necessarily be made.

“We don’t assume that anything needs to be changed,” White said. “We cannot determine the executions yet. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for these types of projects.”

There will probably be an undergraduate viewbook, which is a seminal piece to both admission and communication, White said.

The fourth step is rolling out the new brand that has been developed.

Updates will be made to communications, and new media will go out, if changes are made.

The effectiveness of the project’s rollout will be determined through tracking analytics. A focus will be put on tracking external audiences, such as alumni and prospective students, since they are the source the return on investment will come from, Mindrum said.

In order to test new materials, admission may send out the new viewbook to one market and see how prospective students respond.

“What that allows us to do is keep everything else constant and really see the impact and tease out the positive life or negative lift associated with something new that we are doing,” Mindrum said.

The core team will be using an outside research firm, Simpson Scarborough, to help crunch the numbers.

“I think that was a smart move

by Matt (Mindrum) and his team,” White said. “We will be doing our own quantitative research, but in these types of scenarios the more information you have, it can only help you.”

The final step in the process is continuous improvement.

160over90 will train Butler staff to work within the brand, White said.

“Success is not defined by 160over90 doing everything,” she said. “Success is defined by us being able to help shape that brand and then provide the tools and education to the Butler team to be able to actually continue to execute the brand internally.”

Mindrum said the effort will be unified across all aspects of the university.

“We are going to make sure we land in a place where [all the departments] are comfortable with the brand and its characteristics.”

The ultimate goal of the project is to tell Butler’s story to more people and to tell it more effectively, Mindrum said.

“So many of us know that this is a special place,” he said. “And so many of us feel that this is a place that deserves a national reputation for the things that we do here and do well. What we hope to accomplish through this endeavor is the prominence and the reputation that we deserve nationally.”

Carter said the representatives talked about grabbing the attention of more students, specifically out-of-state students.

The project also hope to grow the diversity on campus.

“I feel like Butler is a place where I am not just another face in the crowd,” Carter said.

“There are infinite opportunities here, and it is something to take advantage of.”

Carter said Butler feels like her home now and is excited to see what the project brings.

“I am not sure what their plan is,” Carter said. “But I think it is going to be really good.”

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SPORTS

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Balancing act: Life as a Butler student-athlete Student-athletes face more responsibility and stress than the average undergraduate RHYAN HENSON RHENSON@BUTLER.EDU

MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

Being a student-athlete and representing a school on a daily basis can be a heavy burden.

A student-athlete’s life is a balancing act. Juggling school, athletics and social responsibilities can be difficult.

“The general problem is time,” said Sonya Hopkins, Butler athletics’ academic support coordinator. “You have practice.

You have competition. You have travel. And there are times when you are spending time on the field or in the film room on your own because you want to.

“There are only so many hours in the day and you want to be the best student you can be. You want to be the best athlete you can be.

Finding time to do that, especially in season, is difficult.”

Senior softball player and bioengineering and chemistry major Krista Hakola said planning well ahead of time is crucial for academic success.

“My days are pretty planned out for me, so I have to use any free time for homework,” Hakola said. “In my major, there is a lot of outside work and a lot of studying, so you have to make sure you start everything far in advance in order to have time to ask professors questions and to be able to get everything done.”

This year, the softball team has already missed class the past four Fridays due to travel. With all this time on the road, athletes cannot afford to waste a second; or they risk falling behind.

“I have to make up a lot of assignments on the road, on bus trips, in hotel rooms or in airports —in order to make sure I can turn them in on time,” Hakola said.

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Senior softball player Krista Hakola has experienced the difficulties of being a student-athlete firsthand. She said budgeting time is key to her success in school and softball.

Being an athlete not only takes up time, but energy as well.

To Erik Fromm, senior basketball player and psychology major, it is the latter that he finds more difficult. ”It is more difficult to find the energy to put into school work, and studying is the most difficult part when balancing academics,” Fromm said.

Fromm said long nights after games and road trips combined with morning classes make putting the necessary energy forth difficult at times.

“Finding time to do homework on the road is challenging, but it gets easier as you go,” Fromm said. “Butler is a very hands-on helping community, especially

with academics.”

Hopkins said communication is key in terms of student athletes keeping up in class and with assignments, especially during the season. By instilling good study habits early on, student athletes reap the benefits later in their academic careers.

“It is mandatory for all freshmen student-athletes to take part in study tables,” Hopkins said.

“They have to do a mandatory six hours a week, and the reasoning behind that is to emphasize the need for good study habits.”

“Our goal is for freshman to have as good as a first semester as possible. Because if you have a good first semester and all of these things are involved in that then

you will have a tendency to repeat that.”

With the opening of the new academic centers from the Hinkle Campaign, student-athletes will be more prepared than ever before.

Traditionally this service was provided to students at night in classrooms. Now, that designated space will be moved into Hinkle, and students can study when they are most alert and attentive— during the day, Hopkins said.

Although Butler is known for a rigorous curriculum, upholding The Butler Way 24/7 can have its challenges as well.

“Since the two Final Four runs, The Butler Way has been the trademark of the university, especially to the outside world,”

Fromm said. “To the media The Butler Way is a lot of things, but specifically, you have to hold yourself to a high standard to make sure you are not doing things that put the university in a bad light.”

One of the biggest issues most teenagers and young adults struggle with is social media, Fromm said. Figuring out what is and is not appropriate can be challenging. Student-athletes are no exception.

“The biggest thing athletes find themselves not being able to handle as well is the social media.

All of our friends have social media,” Fromm said. “On Twitter, we are saying things that we would say to our friends, so you have to be sure to make sure you are not saying things that could be misconstrued in a bad way. “ Fromm said he takes a different approach when deciding what is appropriate for social media.

“Coach Terry Johnson is our twitter guy. So every time I tweet, I say what would ‘T’ say about this.

If I do not think ‘T’ would like it then I don’t tweet it,” Fromm said.

Although the pressures of maintaining high athletic and academic standards can be tough, student-athletes are just normal people when it comes down to it.

“We are one of the only seasons that stretches from the early part of first semester to the halfway part of second semester,” Fromm said. “Through the season, we try to do things socially that keep us going and keep us having a fun time. That comes down to seeing friends when we can or going out and seeing a movie.”

Being around teammates all the time can make finding social time easy for some athletes, due to the closeness and camaraderie of those teams.

“The best thing about softball, though, is that my best friends are on the team,” Hakola said.

“So even though I’m gone a lot, I’m still able to spend time with them.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Bulldogs storm back from early deficit, beat Xavier BRENDAN KING

BAKING@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler women’s basketball team (12-14, 7-8) defeated the Xavier Musketeers (8-19, 3-12) at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday by a score of 57-52.

The game was close for most of the 40 minutes. Early in the first half, Xavier led 19-9. Butler quickly retaliated with a 14-0 run that

helped bring them to a 30-30 tie at the end of the first half.

The game remained a back-andforth affair throughout the second half. Sophomore guard Blaire Langlois’ three-pointer with under two minutes left put the Bulldogs ahead for good.

Butler junior center Liz Stratman helped the Bulldogs to the win and led her team in points and assists.

Butler fans wore grey to the women’s game in support of the “Fog Out” promotion.

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Stratman finished with 19 points and four assists. Stratman also added nine rebounds and five key blocks that kept Xavier from taking the lead on numerous occasions.

Senior forward Daress McClung also added 16 points and a teamhigh 11 rebounds. McClung and Stratman made it difficult for Xavier to get points in the paint. As the Musketeers were forced to take fifteen three-pointers.

Junior guard Taylor Schippers and sophomore guard Blaire Langlois sank a combined seven out of eight free throws to finish the game for the Bulldogs. Schippers played 29 minutes off the bench and scored six points.

With the win, Butler has put itself in greater position to get a high seed in the Big East Conference Tournament.

Schippers said the number one goal for the rest of the season is to win the Big East Tournament, other goals go from there.

Butler’s last home game will be Saturday night when the Bulldogs face Seton Hall.

Photos by Amy Street

Junior center Liz Stratman (left) and senior forward Daress McClung (right) combined for 35 points and 20 rebounds.

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Athletes lifting their way to success MITCH RIPORTELLA MRIPORTE@BUTLER.EDU

SPORTS REPORTER

The Butler football season ended in November, but, apparently, no one told freshman defensive back Jake Balder and his teammates that.

Balder and his teammates have been training four days a week since season’s end, already preparing hard for next year.

The athletes’ days start at the crack of dawn, where they report to Hinkle Fieldhouse on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for their morning weight training.

“I’m in the 6:15 a.m. lifting group,” Balder said. “Today was an upper body day, so we hit that hard for about 45 minutes.”

The lifts are rapidly paced, leaving as little time between sets as possible. Balder said the frantic pace is one of the biggest transitions he has had to make coming out of high school.

“When you’ve got four people in a group and you’re constantly having to change weight, it can get pretty tiring,” Balder said.

He then added, grinning, ”But thankfully, I only had two in my group today so we had a bit of a breather.”

After the morning lifts, the team reconvenes at 6:30 p.m. for its off-season conditioning runs in Hinkle, and Balder said “even the warm-ups (for the conditioning) are pretty tough.”

During these workouts, the team breaks off into stations ranging from agility work to sprints, stairs, cardio and everything in between. Each player is expected to get in as many reps per drill as possible to work their “fast-twitch muscles.”

“Everyone is screaming and just trying to get everyone motivated,” Balder said. “It’s a good time and a good way to get us better.”

The drills are sometimes competitive, as teammates will often race each other in several of the activities.

“It’s a great way to push ourselves by making it into a game,” Balder said. “We’re obviously a bunch of competitive guys, so

this just makes us work even harder.”

Though the team’s next season does not begin for some time, these workouts are as intense as it gets for the team.

“During the season, you are just trying to maintain the strength you built in the summer.” Balder said, “Right now its all about trying to push ourselves to the higher level, and that’s the teams focus really.”

Freshman swimmer Abby Cutler may also need a refresher on what “offseason” means.

The women’s swim season, which started in September, finally wrapped up with the Big East Championships last Saturday, where Butler took sixth.

Cutler spends over two hours a day in the pool drilling, practicing strokes and conditioning, and estimates she swims in the ballpark of three to four miles per practice.

On top of normal practices, the women have “land” practices every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, focusing on conditioning.

Practice starts with a 40-minute lift in Hinkle, rotating from station to station to do different lifts, Cutler said.

Immediately following the weight training, the team moves on to what Cutler referred to as “dynamic core exercises.”

“It’s basically a lot of planks, push-ups, sit-ups and crunches,” Cutler said. “You just keep moving the entire time. You never stop.”

Immediately following that is the cardio.

“We’ll do running, and we do stairs sometimes,” Cutler said. “But usually it’s just a bunch of running, especially at the beginning of the year.”

Saturday mornings are by far the toughest for the team, Cutler said.

“Saturdays we do threshold sets, which is basically sprinting over a long period of time,” Cutler said. “So it’s like running a seven-to eight-minute race, but you have to do it around 10 times.”

Running more than two miles in 15 minutes can be a work out. To freshman

Members of the Butler football team train in the weight room. track and field sprinter Lauren DeShaw, that is merely a warm up.

DeShaw and her teammates begin each practice with a 15-to 20-minute run to “loosen up.” Following the run, the team engages in “activation drills” or “active stretching,” which are several stretches designed to stretch the athletes and keep them warmed up at the same time, such as walking knees or lunges. They finish their warm ups with speed drills, which usually consist of exercises like high knees, buttkickers and stride outs..

Following their lengthy warm up, DeShaw and her teammates break off into their respective events to train for. DeShaw, who runs the 800-meter-event, spends the majority of her practices “sprinting around.”

DeShaw will do two to three miles of sprints depending on the day, and also depending on the type of conditioning they must endure.

Photo by Maddie Koss

According to DeShaw, the most agonizing of the conditioning drills are 600-meter sprints. The sprinters will break up into groups and run around six to nine sets of these, and DeShaw said the later sets can be very difficult.

“They are hard mentally because they are so fast paced, and it you’re pretty much always moving,” DeShaw said, “but it is also kind of physically tough, because 600 meters is such an awkward distance to run for me.”

The team finishes up its practices with a two-mile cool down, putting DeShaw at close to eight miles completed in a typical practice.

“You always have to chug a Gatorade and eat an apple or a granola bar after practice so you don’t die,” DeShaw said.

“It’s a lot of hard work, and, no, it’s not always fun,” DeShaw said, “But it’s what we have to do to get better, so that’s what we are going to do.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Bulldogs set to take on Villanova

MATTHEW VANTRYON MVANTRYO@BUTLER.EDU

ASST SPORTS EDITOR

Butler will try to snap a six-game skid as the team travels to face to No. 8 Villanova tonight. The Wildcats (243, 12-2) are coming off a win over St. John’s and have won nine of their last 10 games.

Villanova defeated Butler 76-73 in overtime at Hinkle Fieldhouse on New Year’s Eve. The team ranks second in the Big East Conference in scoring, tallying a shade under 80 points per game.

The Bulldogs will face the tough task of stopping senior guard James Bell. Bell leads the Wildcats with 16 points per game this season. Butler held him to only seven points in the first matchup.

Villanova is 16-1 at home this season.

The game will tip-off at 8 p.m. and will be televised on Fox Sports 1.

Butler hosted Providence College Sunday evening and was unable to stop a fiery Friars’ offense.

Despite a second-half surge, Butler fell 87-81.

The game was tightly contested at the start, as a sparse Hinkle Fieldhouse crowd saw three ties and five lead changes. However, the Friars (18-10, 8-7) kept pace with a Butler offense that hit its first six shots. Butler eventually went cold, while Providence kept rolling.

Providence shot 71 percent from beyond the arc in the first half and 68 percent from the field. The Friars

came into the game last in the Big East Conference shooting percentage, averaging 47 percent.

Providence coach Ed Cooley marveled at his team’s ability to put the ball in the basket.

“Some days you look in the mirror and say, ‘How the hell did she marry me?’” Cooley said. “That was our shooting today.”

Sophomore guard Josh Fortune connected on four of six attempts from behind the arc en route to 12 firsthalf points, while senior Bryce Cotton added 11 points.

Cotton finished with a game-high 28 points.

The Bulldogs trailed 46-33 going into the locker room.

Khyle Marshall scored 13 points in the half, connecting on his first three shot attempts. He hit a 3-pointer in the half, his first since November 2011 against Indiana University.

Butler stormed back in the opening minutes of the second half to take a 51-48 lead. Sophomore guard Kellen Dunham was a big part of the comeback, scoring eight points in the midst of the Bulldogs’ spurt.

Providence kept the contest close, and led by as much as six with less than five minutes to go. The Friars widened their lead as Butler went cold from the field again.

Junior guard Alex Barlow committed a crucial foul with less than two minutes to go, allowing Providence to get to the line and widen its lead to eight with 1:26 to play.

Butler coach Brandon Miller said mental lapses crippled the team at the end of the game.

“Unfortunately we didn’t play smart enough at the end of the basketball game to come out on top,” Miller said.

Freshman forward Andrew Chrabascz nailed a 3-pointer to cut the Bulldogs’ deficit to four with 42 seconds remaining, but Providence excelled at the free throw line late, hitting 10-of-13 down the stretch and sealing the Bulldogs’ fate.

Providence shot 67 percent from the floor in the contest, including converting 13-of-20 shots from behind the arc.

Miller praised the Friars’ play despite Butler’s struggles.

“I give most of the credit to them,” Miller said. “They shared the ball, they moved the ball well. Part of it is on us, but they played a good basketball game.”

Five players scored in double figures for Providence. Cotton led the way with 28. Junior forward LaDontae Henton scored 15, while Fortune, senior forward Kadeem Batts and sophomore forward Tyler Harris each scored 14 points.

Dunham scored 25 for Butler, while Marshall chipped in 22. Chrabascz added 14 points.

Butler shot 49 percent from the floor and comitted only six turnovers in the contest.

The 81 points was Butler’s highest scoring output since its 99-94 doubleovertime loss versus DePaul on Jan. 9.

TENNIS The Butler women’s tennis team opened its conference slate a week ago, suffering a 7-0 loss at the hands of Xavier University.

The Musketeers handed the Bulldogs their eighth loss of the year, and extended Butler’s losing streak to four.

The Bulldogs have been shut out in six of their eight loses this year.

The Musketeers (5-2) asserted their dominance early in doubles, defeating Butler’s No. 2 team of freshman Grace Hyde and senior Angelina Qin 8-1, and freshman Jocelyn Koester and sophomore Konstantina Adami in the No. 3 match to secure the point.

Xavier then breezed by Butler in

singles completion, winning every match in straight sets.

The women will have a break in their schedule. They will not see action until March 7 vs. DePaul University.

The Blue Devils are 12-1 on the year, with their only loss coming against No. 7 Texas A&M. Since then, the Blue Devils have won 11 straight, including a 7-0 rout over Georgetown in their first conference game of the season. DePaul has shut out its last five opponents.

Butler’s men’s team improved its record to 7-3 Sunday with a 5-2 win over Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis.

The No. 1 doubles team of juniors Billy Weldon and Sam O’Neill won 8-4. The

No. 3 team of freshman Alex Woldmoe and junior Tommy Marx also picked up an 8-4 win to secure the doubles point.

Butler stumbled early in the singles competition, as the team lost back-toback matches in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots. The Bulldogs rallied back and swept the Jaguars in the final four matches.

Sophomore Brandon Woods picked up a win in the No. 4 spot and Marx won in the No. 5 spot.

The men will begin conference play on March 8 at DePaul. The Blue Demons are 2-5 on the year, dropping five of their last six matches.

- Mitch Riportella

Photo by Matthew VanTryon

The 1954 State Championship trophy was on display in Hinkle Fieldhouse on Sunday for the men’s basketball game versus Providence.

Milan honored

MATTHEW VANTRYON MVANTRYO@BUTLER.EDU ASST SPORTS EDITOR

The original “Hoosiers” that catapulted Hinkle Fieldhouse into stardom were honored during the Butler men’s basketball game Sunday.

Sixty years later, the memories of the 1954 high school boys basketball state championship at Hinkle Fieldhouse are still fresh for Ray Craft and Rollin Cutter. For Craft and Cutter, the hardwood-turnedHollywood moment was just the beginning of their love affair with Butler.

Craft, who led the Milan Indians in scoring as they shocked the state with a win in the state championship game over Muncie Central, attended Butler University the following year. He said he had no knowledge of Indianapolis, let alone the fieldhouse, before his team made it to back-to-back state championships in 1953-1954.

But his head coach was more than familiar with the venue.

“We knew it was a special place because (head coach Marvin Wood) played here,” Craft said.

Now, Craft hails Hinkle as one of the premiere venues in the world.

“You’ve got bigger

and nicer arenas, but in Indiana, this is the arena for basketball,” Craft said.

“I think it’s the greatest fieldhouse in the world.

It brings back lots of memories.”

Craft returns to Hinkle frequently, having been a member of the Indiana High School Athletic Association.

Hinkle was the venue for the Indiana state championship for many years, and Craft also returned as a coach.

Cutter, a sophomore on the championship team, has enjoyed a life-long connection with Butler. Cutter graduated from Butler with a teaching degree. His son also attended the university, and Cutter now has season tickets to the men’s basketball games.

Cutter said the legacy of Milan lives on to this day.

“I always run into somebody that remembers Milan,” Cutter reminisced.

He said he couldn’t imagine the legacy would still be going strong more than a half-century later.

“I could not even imagine (the legacy). At the time, we didn’t know what we had accomplished,” Cutter said.

“Every year at this time of year, there rarely goes by a year that someone isn’t compared to Milan. Even with the class system, there are still Milans out there.”

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TRACK & FIELD

Bulldogs continue record-setting season at Big East Championships JOE HASENSTAB JHASENST@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler track and field team competed in its first Big East Conference meet last weekend in New York City. The Bulldogs now look forward to the conference and national meets.

The men’s team came in sixth place, and the women’s finished seventh.

This does not fully represent the number of great performances that Butler had overall, freshman Colleen Weatherford said.

“There were a couple performances that really surprised our coaches, and we had a couple individuals that medaled several times,” Weatherford said.

Junior Nicole Hudec placed third in the long jump with a leap of 5.56 meters and third in the triple jump with a mark of 11.93 meters. Both of these jumps were new school records.

Hudec was Butler’s top point scorer of the meet.

Junior Mara Olson had another

good meet, in which she also got two medals.

“Mara, running against two of the best athletes in the nation, came third in the 3,000-meter run,” coach Matt Roe said, “and she anchored our distance medley relay that was third against two of the best teams in the country. We had a lot of really strong performances on the women’s side, but (Olson and Hudec) stood out.”

The women’s DMR that won a bronze medal consisted of Olson, Weatherford, senior Shelbi Burnett and junior Kelly Davidson.

Another school record set by the women’s team was in the 4x400 relay with Davidson, junior Amy Wright, junior Kiley Shelley and senior Maddy Cassidy.

On the men’s side, senior Nigel Spears came in third in the long jump with a jump of 6.88 meters.

Fellow senior Alex Berry set a school record in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:03.06 and joined Spears, senior Matt Schumacker and senior Andrew Wallace in the 4x400 relay. Their relay team placed third at

SOFTBALL Despite dropping three of five games over the course of the Frost Classic, the Butler softball team finished strong, picking up two wins in its final three contests.

Senior pitcher Leah Bry pitched two complete games for both of the Bulldogs’ (4-9) victories.

Butler dropped its first two games at the Frost Classic to Northwestern State and tournament host Chattanooga.

The bulldogs bounced back in a shutout victory against Radford.

Butler racked up two runs and six hits on 25 at-bats.

Freshman infielder Chelsea Norwood put Butler on the board with a single, driving in freshman catcher Brandyce Sallee. Junior outfielder Sarah Gronowski also singled, bringing in Butler’s final run.

Butler dropped the fourth contest of the Classic to an Ohio University

squad, that 12 -1 on the season.

Sophomore pitcher Kristin Gutierrez (1-4) took the mound against the Bobcats and gave up seven hits, and three runs in just four innings.

Butler scored late to get a comefrom-behind victory against Austin Peay on Sunday in its last game.

Austin Peay jumped ahead early on a two-out single in the third. Butler scored runs of their own in the fourth and fifth innings.

Sallee scored junior infielder Kristen Boros on a single late in the game. Sallee leads the team with a .350 batting average and .449 on-base percentage.

The Bulldogs will travel to the University of Kentucky on Friday to compete in the U of K Invitational.

Butler will face the University of Pittsburgh in the opener.

-Marko Tomich

the meet.

All that remains of the indoor season is the national championships.

After next weekend, all conference meets across the country will be completed. The top 16 athletes in each event will be designated for the nationals meet.

“We have, at this point, one athlete that we think stands a very strong chance,” Roe said. “The men’s distance medley relay is outstanding, one of the top in the country, but they’ll probably be on the outside looking in. Mara Olson has a shot in both the 5,000 and the 3,000—a very strong chance.”

Each individual is only allowed to compete in one event at the meet, even if they qualify for multiple events. If Olson does qualify for both, it will be up to her and Roe to decide which event to enter.

“That’s our ultimate goal is to have an athlete or more at the national championship,” the coach said.

“Conference is important, but if we can advance someone to the national championships that’s even bigger.”

Photo courtesy of Mike Freeman

The women’s distance medley relay team poses after finishing third at the conference meet. From left junior Kelly Davidson, junior Mara Olson, senior Shelbi Burnett and freshman Colleen Weatherford.

BASEBALL

Bulldogs drop three on the road JOE HASENSTAB

JHASENST@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler baseball team played three games in South Carolina last weekend, dropping all three.

The team faced off against Atlantic Coast Conference newcomer Pittsburgh on Friday.

The Bulldogs (1-4) were able to put up seven runs but could not contain Pittsburgh’s powerful offense, losing 15-7.

The team lost by four on Saturday to Wofford, and lost a heartbreaker Sunday to South Carolina Upstate after surrendering a ninth-inning lead and losing 7-6.

The team has now lost four of its first five games. The bulldogs must now try to stay positive amidst

the early season struggles. Junior catcher Will Amador said.

“The mindset you have to have is you just have to build off the positives we have. We put together a lot of hits, put up some runs, and had some good innings with pitching. We kind of fell apart at times, and we can’t let that bother us. You just have to build off of the positives and pretty much go from there.”

Junior outfielder Michael Fries agreed with Amador and added that all of the players still believe in their team.

“Nobody is down; it’s tough with a couple of losses, but there are definitely a lot of things we can build off of and improve on,” Fries said. “I think we’re going to take

a step in the right direction here soon.”

The next chance for the team to head in that direction comes this weekend when the Bulldogs travel to Samford University for a threegame series.

Butler does not know much about the non-conference opponent beside the fact that the team has been able to play outside for longer than the Bulldogs.

Despite the disadvantage, Butler is going into next weekend confident.

“I think there are a couple of guys that are going to have big weekends,” Fries said. “We’ll hopefully put pitching, hitting and defense together and win a couple games.”

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ARTS, ETC.

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Oppositesattract The paintings of artist Cole Pierce (left) and Doug Arnholter (right) are exhibited in the Schrott Center through Friday. The artists use very different means to create their work.

There is this element of chance...from far away, (my work) seems symmetrical and everything, but if you look at it closer, you can see my brushstroke or a bit of tape that wasn’t put on in the right spot.

BRITTANY GARRETT BGARRETT@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

Two local artists are giving Butler University and Indianapolis community members two very different looks into the world of art.

Doug Arnholter and Cole Pierce are showcasing their dissimilar pieces in the Schrott Center.

On Friday, they opened their showcase with a gallery talk and tour throughout the building.

Arnholter, a self-described “opportunist artist,” has a concentration in a more abstract, conceptual style of artwork, utilizing mixed media.

His beginnings were not in line with the typical art lifestyle.

“I was living in a corporate world, and one day I just decided I wanted to be a better dad and go play,” Arnholter said.

He worked as a landscape architect, and only recently became interested in the fine arts.

He said he finds inspiration from his interior designer uncle, but not in the forms he makes—only the ambition.

“I try to avoid other artists because I’m so impressionable,” Arnholter said.

He does, however, listen to a variety of music while he works, which impacts the outcome of his pieces. He referenced many musicians but said, “Elvis Costello is my god.”

The process to make his work is equally as important as the works themselves.

“George and Martha,” the piece hanging in Schrott’s main lobby, was made through dancing.

“I had a party and threw paint down and asked people there to dance on it,” Arnholter said.

From there, he had his base and worked off what the partygoers had started. Like “George and Martha,” many of his pieces are made outside the studio.

“I work a lot outdoors and in public,” Arnholter said. “I like working with people.”

Videos of these relational art pieces— works made by getting others involved in the creating process—are on his website: www.dougarnholter.com.

His other pieces are made by mixing found and new materials, and his style is very free and loosely-based.

“Sometimes I’m making a piece and just don’t like what’s happening, so I’ll set it on fire or take an axe to it and just stumble upon what it’s suppose to be,” Arnholter said.

He said he knows a piece is finished “when something just really turns me on and I want to (expletive) it, I really know I’ve hit that ‘aesthetic g-spot.’”

Arnholter’s work differs heavily from the works of Cole Pierce that share the space in Schrott.

Pierce’s style is far more geometrical and premeditated. Although he has dabbled in many other styles, his current optical illusion-based paintings are his main focus.

“I’ve put other paintings aside to focus on these because those others just don’t seem pertinent right now,” Pierce said.

“I realized what I liked best when talking about my works was the visceral, and that became my concentration.”

Pierce’s process involves a method of taping off triangular patterns onto canvases and choosing a color scheme. This is followed by the eventual tearing of the tape.

“Putting the tape on is a slow, meditative process,” said Pierce. “There is this element

Photos by Brittany Garrett

COLE PIERCE

Pierce uses a methodological approach to his paintings, but there are minor inconsistencies which add detail.

The works by Doug Arnholter mix found and new materials in an abstract style.

When (one of my works-in-progress) just really turns me on and I want to (expletive) it, I really know I’ve hit that ‘aesthetic g-spot.’

DOUG ARNHOLTER

Sometimes I’m making a piece and just don’t like what’s happening, so I’ll set it on fire or take an axe to it.

DOUG ARNHOLTER ARTIST of chance, because I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like until I’m completely finished.”

His said his favorite part about his work is the handmade aspects of things typically made in a digital design format.

“From far away, it seems symmetrical and everything, but if you look at it closer, you can see my brushstroke or a bit a tape that wasn’t put on in the right spot,” Pierce said.

Pierce said the optical illusion features of his paintings are meant to influence different responses.

During Pierce’s portion of his and Arnholter’s discussion Friday, he said he likes the idea of a limited comprehension.

He went on to discuss the difference between what people can understand mentally versus what the body understands.

“I think of an element of sound with these,” Arnholter said first.

“With a series of patterns, sound and vibrations can definitely be applied, absolutely,” Pierce responded.

Elizabeth Mix, professor of art history and Art + Design director, was in attendance and said she found Pierce’s works intriguing from all angles.

“It’s really interesting to look at them

Artist Doug Arnholter uses destructive forces like fire to create some pieces of artwork.

Putting on the tape is a slow, meditative process.

COLE PIERCE ARTIST from the side as opposed to straight on,” Mix said. “It looks like an entirely different painting.”

This exhibit will be featured in the Schrott galleries for viewing until this Friday. After Friday, the pieces will be taken down to make room for the next show, featuring the works of Craig Yu.

Pierce has painted in many styles, but his current focus in on optical illusion-based works.

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The Bush years, through the eyes of the First Lady KEVIN VOGEL KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. EDITOR One of the first things former First Lady Laura Bush did when she took the Clowes Memorial Hall stage Monday was place a bobblehead doll of herself on the podium.

She said a friend gave her the bobblehead after finding it in a gift shop in Washington, D.C., on the clearance shelf.

The bobblehead story drew a laugh from the audience and set the tone of Bush’s speech.

Bush appeared at Clowes as a speaker in the Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series.

Throughout, she used humor and a positive spirit to discuss the ups and downs of her years in the White House.

The Diversity Lecture Series also brought Bush’s father-in-law, former President George H. W. Bush to campus in 2006, a fact which was not overlooked at the event Monday.

Bush said that she was glad her father-in-law had been invited to speak at Clowes, and said she felt “just at home” at Butler University.

The lecture series also featured former President Bill Clinton in 2005, though that fact was not mentioned during the event Monday.

Bush began her speech by giving the audience an update on her family.

Her first grandchild, Margaret Laura “Mila” Hager, was born in

April of last year. Bush said she and her husband were deciding which “grandparent names” the child would call them.

“George just wants the baby to call him, ‘Sir,’” she joked.

When she turned the topic toward her years in the White House, she concentrated on forming her identity as a First Lady.

She said some people, especially in the media, tried to paint her as a “1950s housewife” who spoke properly and did not voice her opinions.

They were wrong, she said.

One of the ideas she fought so hard for, she said, was the belief that every child in America should learn to read.

Bush said one of the reasons literacy is so important is because literature affects the identity of a nation.

She cited “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

by Harriet Beecher Stowe as one novel that influenced the course of American history.

Though Bush did not mention this, the example was particularly appropriate for her audience.

Stowe spent some time in Indianapolis and there is a rumor that she based that influential novel’s protagonist on a real emancipated slave who lived in Indianapolis.

Stowe herself said the character was a composite of a number of individuals and did not reflect any real person.

Stowe’s brother Henry Ward

Beecher was a minister in Indianapolis between 1839 and 1847.

His church was located on the circle downtown, but after he left, the church moved north, and then north again to its present location at 77th and Meridian, a mere 31 blocks from where Laura Bush spoke Monday.

One of Bush’s more poignant reflections had to do with the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Bush said she watched the events unfolding from the office of former Senator Ted Kennedy.

“I was trying to process what was happening,” she said.

She was then taken to a secure location underneath the White House, in a room which she said was spartan in terms of space and living arrangements.

In another example of Bush’s sense of humor, even this time in the face of tragedy, she said the room “looked like it had been decorated during the Truman Era.” That night, she said she and George were thankful they and their family were safe, but knew that could not be said for thousands of other Americans.

“On Sept. 12, like all Americans, we woke up to a different life,” she said.

Throughout the following years, Bush said she saw acts of bravery and citizenship from many Americans.

She said it was the job of all

Photo by Jaclyn McConnell

Former First Lady Laura Bush spoke Tuesday as part of the Diversity Lecture Series.

Americans to step up and face fear and failure, and the fact that America has citizens that routinely do that is one reason why this country is so beautiful.

“After many adventures, we are at home in Texas in what I call ‘the afterlife,’ in what George calls ‘the promised land,’” she said of their retirement from the White House to Dallas.

Bush also highlighted the philanthropic work she and her family are doing, with special attention to the George W. Bush Institute in the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Mrs. Bush runs the Women’s Initiative arm of the institute.

“George is very projectoriented,” she said. After passing on his presidential duties to Barack Obama, he was “desperate for a pastime.”

Now, she said he practices painting every day and works with an art instructor.

One last piece of advice she left for audience members was a piece of advice given to her by Hillary Clinton.

“Don’t think you’re too busy to take advantage of opportunities,” she said.

THEATRE REVIEW

Try out “Terminal” BRITTANY GARRETT

BGARRETT@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Am I living to my full potential?

Will I regret this life when I’m in the afterlife? Is there even an afterlife?

All these questions pervaded the play “Terminal,” beautifully conceived by Susan Yankowitz.

With the audience watching from both sides of the stage, the production portrayed different stages of life and death by sectioning off the one-act play into a few various scenes, each focusing on a different facet.

The play uses palimpsests— pieces of parchment written over numerous times without fully erasing what was written before— as a means to consider questions about death. This is expressed most thoroughly in Wendy Meaden’s costume design. Performers wore variants of white and nude and were barefoot, representing the purity of death.

These different “stages” of life and death were sometimes portrayed as comical, and sometimes as moving.

One stage in particular, “Last Biological Rights,” was extremely poignant.

As a man ran back and forth across the stage, experiencing the process of feeling his senses one final time, viewers were forced to sympathize with him because of his emotional portrayal of losing sight, then voice, then motion.

Lighting also plays a huge part in this individual section, as well as the entire performance. Flowing from bright overheads to intense contrasts, the different moods were definitely highlighted through these

visuals. The use of very minimal props added to the dramatized raw aspects of the play.

Another flawless aspect was the singing. Focused with spotlights, soloists belt without the assistance of instrumentalists. Some were joined with overlapping entrances of other singers, adding texture and a sense of auditory anxiety to their performances.

Somehow, with such deep concepts throughout, sprinkles of humor managed to fit in.

Adding this idea of comedy to the situations just made them more ironic and abstract, positively intensifying the influence of deeper consideration.

Although the ensemble worked its specific parts well, the actors were not overwhelmingly coherent together as a whole. The piece, written with such emotion and intensity, would be hard to cast perfectly.

The physical variety between first-year students and the upperclassmen worked aesthetically to convey the various stages of life.

The play didn’t try to tell the audience what actually happens after death, instead, the production looks at how one lives life and implies a focus not on meaning, but experiencing. There was an aspect of darkness and morbidity portrayed in the play. Although it wasn’t very intense, the performance leaves the viewer with quite a few questions to ponder. “Terminal” is definitely a theatrical experience everyone should try.

“Terminal” runs February 27 to March 1 at 8 p.m. and March 1-2 at 2 p.m. on the Lilly Hall mainstage.

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One of the models poses at the end of the runway during the Black Student Union’s fashion show on Friday.

Beyond the runway VANESSA STAUBLIN

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The Butler Collegian sat down with Butler University senior Arnetta Shade after the Black Student Union fashion show to talk about BSU and the fashion show itself.

What is your role in BSU, and what are some of your responsibilities/duties?

I am the co-president of Black Student Union, and I am responsible for keeping the organization running and promoting diversity awareness by creating programs and volunteer opportunities with my executive board.

What was the purpose of the BSU fashion show?

To raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease and to spread the word of local boutiques in the area. This fashion show was to promote the fact that beauty comes in many shades.

How many years has the fashion show happened?

The fashion show has been an annual for many years at BSU. This is its first year back since spring of 2011.

What steps did you take to organize the event?

We sent out business letters for sponsors, designers and newspaper coverage. From those responses, we were able to ask for volunteer models from the campus and have private fittings with our designers. We worked with Clowes Hall on how to go about renting the space, and everything else just fell into place.

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Terminal continues to run this weekend, Friday and Saturday at 8, and Saturday and Sunday at 2.

What were some goals you hoped to achieve from the fashion show?

We hope to achieve a nice donation for Sickle Cell Disease. But also that enough people city-wide would turn up to see the fashion styles available to them from small businesses in Indy. We wanted to encourage more community support, and I feel that was achieved.

How much money was raised? What does the money go toward?

We do not have a final count yet since our donation link is still open until March 1. We are also still selling our BSU 50 Shades of Black T-shirt in the Diversity Center for $10. A portion of our proceeds will go towards Sickle Cell Disease and funding more BSU events such as “50 Shades of Unity,” the Annual Unity Ball of BSU that promotes unity and community amongst Butler and Indy communities.

Give me a brief description of how the evening went and what happened during the night.

The evening went wonderfully with vendors arriving, as well as our models, to Clowes Hall. We had some hiccups, but they were easily taken care of due to our awesome executive board and models, who were able to step up and help us out. Each modeling set was beautiful and I am so proud of how much fun all our audience members had.

What other events does the BSU do throughout the year?

Our Unity Ball, “50 Shades of Unity,” is March 29 in the Reilly Room. This event is open to everyone on campus to dress up nicely and enjoy a nice dinner together.

How many members does BSU have? What do you do as a group? How can students join?

We have a membership of 20-plus but are indeed looking for more growth. We have general meetings Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Diversity Center in Atherton 004. We volunteer and put on social, educational and political events to spread diversity and awareness on campus. We are a group on campus that is a support system for each other to talk about issues we may have in classes and get advice from others who have already taken that course. Anyone can join and become a member.

Dues are $5 a semester.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

Black Student Union would like to encourage anyone interested in what we do to stop by the Diversity Center and get to know us. Also, if any organization would like to work with us in the production of our Unity Ball, to please contact our VP of Campus Events Camille Cousins at ccousins@ butler.edu.

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Online courses must reflect university prestige OUR POINT THIS WEEK: WHILE ONLINE CLASSES MAY BE BENEFICIAL, STUDENTS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WHEN CONSIDERING THEM | 14-3-10 Butler University’s recent expansion of classes offered online has compelled the staff of The Butler Collegian to express our hopes, concerns, and thoughts about the matter.

More than 50 total classes designated as online or a hybrid of in class and online will be offered throughout the summer by Butler.

These classes come from various academic disciplines, including titles such as Principles of Microeconomics, Spanish Pronunciation and Global Women among many other offerings.

The Collegian staff expects these developments represent a good and exciting shift into the next frontier of academia, but has certain reservations about this decision.

While offering online classes this summer will reach students who live far away and out-of-state that still desire to advance their education, it may also change the makeup of the Butler community.

Increased access to online courses could mean Butler will attract more commuter students or those who do not wish to actively engage with students who live on campus.

The Collegian staff also wonders about the impact of online classes on our transcripts and degrees. Will future educational opportunities and employers look fondly on business students who learn the principles of microeconomics online?

Additionally we recognize online classes may make it more difficult to receive beneficial feedback from our professors.

Online learning might seem to provide instantaneous studentteacher interaction. But online-only classes could pose problems for students who live far away, in that such students may not have the ability to attend a professor’s office hours—if the professor of an onlineonly course chooses to offer them.

But despite all of these possible obstacles to maximizing students’ learning potential via a Butler degree, we recognize that most problems could and should be anticipated by students choosing to take the courses and the professors offering the courses.

Butler professors must administrate online courses in a touch-and-go fashion. Professors should experiment with new and alternative learning methods and styles using online platforms, but be ready to immediately adapt to student responses.

And online classes should allow professors to take advantage of student feedback in a way that traditional lecture-hall classes could not accomplish. Different types of assignments, tests and metrics could be used to assess student development that cannot be easily understood elsewhere.

The Collegian staff suggests that students pursue online elective courses and core curriculum requirements with greater priority than major-specific requirements.

While the opportunity to satisfy introductory level courses for a given major may seduce students away from this suggestion, The Collegian believes students need to

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focus on and actively attend classes for their majors in order to receive the full Butler experience.

We are excited about the opportunities online classes provide students who are studying abroad,

in Washington, D.C., or have to take a semester off because of illnesses or financial constraints. We think online classes will likely benefit the university and students and make scheduling classes somewhat less

awful.

Online education at Butler appears to be a good idea in general, but it must not come at the cost of the identity and legacy of this proud and venerable school.

Review the alcohol policies Butler’s administration should reevaluate its policy on alcohol related incidents The way Butler University handles alcohol related incidents with Greeks does not appear to fit the crime. Such actions has established an “administration versus Greeks” conflict.

The drinking age in the United States is 21. In addition the law, Butler University is a “wet” campus and allows alcohol to be consumed and distributed on campus at university-sponsored events by a third party vendor.

But of course, it appears that the rules are not being followed, as one should expect.

Realistically, underage students will consume alcohol even though these actions are illegal.

Tanner Crandall, the President of Sigma Chi’s chapter at Butler, believes that the university is in a precarious position.

On one hand, the administration must punish Greek houses in particular for misconduct related to drinking. But on the other, there are unforeseen consequences of the implemented punishments.

Sigma Chi has been put on probation due to multiple offenses related to drinking, and an alleged hazing incident.

“We had a couple of incidents

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in the fall that caused us to go on probation. A couple alcohol related violations of university policy... They think the leadership is lacking.”

As a result of the violations, pledges of the fraternity have been barred from association with the house.

But is it fair to punish the pledges?

Crandall thinks that the pledges would have great ideas on how to fix issues in the future.

“We want to get to a situation where we can work for the better, but it’s hard when we cannot participate,” Crandall said.

A rift has appeared to form between the administration and Greek community. On a small campus like Butler, such a rift is not acceptable and can appear unfair.

A university official will report a case and it later becomes their word against the house.

If context is misinterpreted or ignored, an inappropriate and excessive punishment can be applied. That may lower the

house’s incentive to do better later on.

The investigation process for alleged offenses goes through a hierarchy involving campus police, the student conduct office, the office of Greek life and student affairs. While the administration’s intentions may be good, the accused have said they do not feel like they have the opportunity to makes its case for innocence. ”It almost feels like you are more guilty until you prove yourself innocent—there is so much more to the story that never gets uncovered,” Crandall said.

It is important that trust be restored between the parties.

For starters, a more transparent system may alleviate the issues.

Greek houses will feel like the process has more legitimacy.

Also, the guidelines related to student conduct ought to be reviewed and possibly altered to improve life on campus.

The student handbook implies that swift punishment will be given to those who do not follow every rule to the letter of the law.

However, it would be better to create incentives and later reward Greek houses for the positive things they do.

Lastly, the Butler community needs to be more informed about all matters related to alcohol consumption. While it is true that the drinking age is 21, our perception of the issues can

Photo by Jaclyn McConnell A photo of Butler University’s Sigma Chi house. The chapter president said the house wants to work for the better, but progress is hard when the house cannot fully participate.

change.

Red Cup Culture put on by members of the Red Cup Culture team, was created to identify community expectations to make healthier choices related to the risks and consequences of alcohol consumption.

But the program is only required for new students to the university.

Some students will consume alcohol regardless of anyone’s objections to the matter.

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The first way to fix a problem is to acknowledge it.

Now that the university has seen what has not worked, it is time for the administration to explore better solutions.

Contact columnist Julian Wyllie at jwyllie@butler.edu.

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Butler’s healthcare system needs overhaul Butler’s administration needs to improve an inefficient healthcare system How many doctors does it take to service all of Butler University’s students? This question is a riddle yet to be solved at the institution, which seems to be lacking in the health services area.

The university has four employees in the Student Health Services section of the Health and Recreation Complex, according to the Butler website. Among these four members are the director, an administrative assistant, one registered nurse, and one doctor.

With one doctor and one registered nurse, how can the Student Health Services possibly provide adequate care for all the students on campus?

Sophomore Erin Oldson does not believe they can properly provide health care for the entire student body with one doctor.

“I went in to the HRC and they couldn’t see me,” Oldson said. “I

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even said I was pretty sure I had mono, and they told me to make an appointment for three days later because the one doctor they have was busy.”

The website also states that the Health Service area’s hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and until 3:00 p.m. on Fridays.

“It also really bothers me that they’re not open on the weekends,” Oldson said.

Notre Dame University, like Butler, is a private university in Indiana, but it has twice as many students. With double the students, it has five times as many doctors.

This serves as a hint that we need to reform our health care on campus.

Reform starts with disruption—

first, the health care system needs to be disrupted. Campus administrators do not know there are problems on campus unless students show them.

After bringing the problem to light, the next step is to think of a solution to propose. An idea would simply be hiring more doctors, but that would not help with the hours.

A better idea would be to create an emergency center, but that would be very expensive.

The best idea would be to create an “on-call list” where, in emergencies or on weekends, doctors can come in as extra help to the center. This idea doesn’t involve constructing new buildings, but simply adding one or two more doctors to a list, and just paying them when they come in.

The third, and final step, is to present this solution to campus administrators.

Buddha once said, “To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

If Butler does not have an adequate health care system to

Redefining hazing Hazing needs to be redefined to not only protect the students, but also preserve the value of earning letters Hazing has been around for a long time. Often when we hear the word hazing, we immediately think of pledges or new members being forced to drink copious amounts of alcohol before being forced to perform some humiliating or dangerous task.

This has led to the creation of, what I believe, is a very broad and ambiguous definition of the word hazing.

The university website defines hazing as “any action taken or situation created intentionally, whether on or off campus or fraternity premises, that produces mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule.” Yet, in my experience this definition has extended to simple and fun team building exercises and fun events that welcome new members to the Greek life.

Hazing has gone way too far in the past. This past November, The Daily Northwestern reported on student Sean Lavery, who as a pledge, was forced to fight a complete stranger. He walked away with a broken nose and needed surgery.

In 2012, The New York Times reported on George Desdunes, a student at Cornell who died after participating in an event where he was forced to drink excessive amounts of alcohol.

These are examples of what I would consider hazing. Students were seriously injured and died while participating in extremely dangerous events.

These kinds of events are irresponsible and the result of bone-headed decisions by pledges and brothers alike. These are the events that should be banned, perpetrators punished and chapters placed on probation.

However, the definition of hazing has extended to far less

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by other seemingly more important issues on campus. But, if a student is not healthy, does it really matter where they park?

Contact columnist Morgan Legel at mlegel@butler.edu.

Physical education Corporal punishment should never be allowed in classrooms

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controversial events.

As a pledge at Indiana University, I was expected to attend study sessions and maintain a minimum GPA. I also participated in events such as a dancing competition, a talent show, and team sports. Each one of those events could have been considered hazing. There was no alcohol involved. No beatings or humiliating activities were expected.

Most of my pledge brothers would even attest the best GPA they had in all of college came during pledgeship.

These events built the relationships that I now have with all of my brothers and help create my family.

Yet, we could have been in trouble for holding these events.

We could have faced ethics boards and suspension. It seems that in an effort to protect people from getting hurt and preventing lawsuits, almost everything has been labeled hazing. Having a scavenger hunt is hazing. Making pledges study for school is hazing.

Having pledges interview brothers is hazing. Doing a pledge retreat is hazing.

Next thing we know, being a pledge will become hazing. I can just see it now. When someone rushes, to avoid hazing the brothers or sisters will just have to hand over letters and say, “Welcome to club.”

When we sign our pledge to a house, whether for a fraternity or sorority, we recognize that we are not just going to be handed our letters. We have to earn them. That is what makes them so valuable to us.

If we did not have to work for our letters, I believe they would be as meaningless to us as getting

help keep its students’ bodies in good health, how are the students supposed to keep their minds strong and clear to be taught everything there is to learn?

Healthcare on campus is a problem that has been overpowered

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a participation trophy. That does not mean that we should allow hazing, but we need to redefine what hazing truly is.

We should not allow the simple fun events of pledgeship that built the bonds of brother and sisterhood be shattered because of bad decisions made by irresponsible people.

The administration should go after those who intentionally endanger the lives of their members, but not for events like a talent show.

If you are a brother or sister, use some common sense when you are doing events. Keep your members safe and protect yourselves.

As for the administration, it is time to think about what should really constitute hazing. I am proud to have earned my letters and if you ask any other Greek member, I bet they would feel the same.

Contact assistant opinion editor Tony Espinal at tespinal@butler.edu

Teachers should never be allowed to punish their students physically. Corporal punishment in the classroom belongs in the past.

A recently proposed Kansas bill attempted to define corporal punishment in order to prevent parents from being accused of child abuse after spanking their children.

The proposed law defines spanking as “up to 10 forceful applications in succession of a bare, open-hand palm against the clothed buttocks of a child,” according to an article in The Kansas City Star.

Outlining such an exact definition of spanking is unnecessary. Most law enforcement agencies can tell the different between appropriate physical discipline and child abuse.

The real issue with the proposed bill is that it also allowed parents to give their students’ teachers and caregivers permission to spank their children.

Rep. Gail Finney’s bill, which fortunately died in House committee last week, should not have included teachers.

A classroom should be a safe place for students to be. Students should not have any fear of physical punishments. Teachers can achieve respect in their classrooms through a variety of means, none of which have to include physically harming students.

Anna Durham, a sophomore middle secondary math education major, explained that fear negatively affects a student’s classroom environment.

“Based on how the brain reacts, when there is a threat of physical danger, fear takes over the brain,” Durham said. “It doesn’t allow your brain to function in a normal state.

In order to learn, your brain has to be thinking properly.”

On top of that, being spanked by a teacher in front of a classroom full of peers would be humiliating for students.

This kind of distraction would interfere with a student’s ability to learn and be comfortable at school.

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The proposed law also allowed teachers to spank students over the age of 18 who are still enrolled in high school, according to an article in the Wichita Eagle. This kind of punishment to a teenager could be especially degrading.

Butler University’s education program is student need-based, Durham said, which means the students’ needs are the first priority in the classroom.

“If students start to act out, there’s something underneath the behavior,” Durham said. “The teacher has to figure out what need isn’t being filled.”

This program is not based on punishment, Durham said.

The focus is to figure out what is the underlying cause of bad or inappropriate behavior and work with the student to fix the issue, if possible.

Butler University’s approach to behavioral problems is far more effective for a classroom than corporal punishment.

Spanking a student has no place in a classroom, and the law should not condone such behavior in schools.

Corporal punishment is still legal in Indiana schools. This is outrageous. Even if most schools do not still use this method of punishment, no school should have the option to punish its students physically.

Fortunately for Kansas, this bill died in committee last week.

Indiana is not so lucky. Indiana citizens should make an effort to get this practice banned in this state.

The future of education should be building children’s confidence, not tearing it down through physical force.

Contact Maggie Monson at mmonson@butler.edu

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Members of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity participate in Spring Sing on Friday night in the Reilly Room. Described on butler.edu as the university’s oldest event, Spring Sing’s theme for this year was Harry Potter.

LEFT: A member of Phi Delta Theta impersonating Harry Potter is placed by the Sorting Hat during Spring Sing 2014.

ABOVE: A Delta Delta Delta member celebrates catching the Snitch during an impromptu game of Quidditch in her Spring Sing skit.

Spring Sing participants from Delta Delta Delta and Phi Delta Theta pose at the conclusion of their skit in this year’s program.

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