September 11, 2013

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Proposed changes to the tuition remission and exchange policy have faculty and staff concerned

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RYAN LOVELACE & MARAIS JACON-DUFFY MANAGING EDITOR & NEWS EDITOR COLLEGIAN@BUTLER.EDU Butler University’s Faculty Affairs Committee will consider the Board of Trustees’ recommendations to alter faculty and staff tuition remission and exchange benefits.

The board’s plan would deny longstanding benefits to new employees if Butler adopts the plan.

The remission program allows Butler students to have 100 percent of their tuition waived if the students’ parent or spouse has worked at Butler for at least nine months.

The exchange program allows Butler students to have 100 percent of their tuition waived if their parent or spouse worked— for at least nine months—for a member institution of the tuition exchange program in which Butler participates.

The Board of Trustees has recommended that employees’ spouses and dependents should not receive a full tuition waiver for either program until the employee has worked at Butler or a member institution for at least three years. Under the proposal, employees using tuition remission to take classes at Butler would not see their benefits change. Employees would not be able to apply for tuition exchange until they have worked three years at Butler.

“Unless there is a really compelling argument, I don’t understand it, and I don’t think it’s a good idea,” said pharmacy professor Kent VanTyle, who used the tuition remission and exchange benefits for his two daughters.

VanTyle said he knew he and his wife could receive benefits for their daughters’ college through the remission and exchange programs, so they spent the money that would have been for college on private K-12 schools.

“A lot of employees build these benefits

Photo by Marais Jacon-Duffy

Faculty Senators listen to discussion during their first meeting of the academic year yesterday. Discussion on proposed changes to the tuition remission and exchange policy is expect at the Sept. 24 Faculty Senate meeting. into their family’s financial planning,” VanTyle said. “We certainly did. And it helped immensely with both daughters.”

Butler’s tuition remission program is older than some of the university’s freshmen.

Butler created the tuition remission policy in June 1993 and revised the plan twice as of December 2011.

The Board of Trustees then proposed new changes to the programs last December.

These recommendations would require new employees to have an employment history four times longer than the current

standard in order to receive the same benefits dependents and spouses of Butler employees already receive.

Only once an employee has worked three years could they have access to the full tuition remission and exchange programs, according to the board’s recommendations.

Bruce Arick, vice president for finance and administration, presented the changes to the Faculty Senate on April 30, 2013.

Senators voted that same day to “strongly disagree” with the plan and requested that Butler wait to make a decision until this fall.

On Sept. 9, 2013, Butler faculty and staff were informed that discussion of the policy and proposed changes would not appear on the Faculty Senate agenda for Sept. 10, as was previously announced.

Butler’s faculty was also informed that the Faculty Affairs Committee is going to look over the proposed changes and policy and provide recommendations to Faculty Senate.

An email sent to Butler faculty and staff said the item should be “back on the agenda see POLICIES page 4

A timeline of Butler’s tuition remission policy

1993 June 1993: First tuition remission policy is created at Butler University

June 1998: Revisions are made to the original policy

Dec. 2011: Revisions are made to the original policy

Dec. 2012: The Board of Trustees approves a proposal of changed to the policy

April 20, 2013: These proposed changes are presented for the first time to Faculty Senate. On the same day, Faculty Senate votes “strongly disagree” on the proposed changes and requests a stay on them until fall 2013.

Sept. 9, 2013: Butler faculty and staff are informed that discussion of the policy and proposed changes is not on the Faculty Senate agenda for Sept. 10. They are also informed that the Faculty Affairs Committee is going to look over the proposed changes and policy and provide recommendations to Faculty Senate. Email says the item should be “back on the agenda soon.”

2013 Sept. 24, 2013: Faculty Senate will discuss policies again at 8 a.m. meeting in PB156.

Memorial planned for Blue II MELISSA IANNUZZI MIANNUZZ@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR

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Blue II poses for a photo with handler and owner Michael Kaltenmark last school year. Funds are being raised for a memorial in Blue II’s honor.

Butler University is currently raising funds to construct a memorial in honor of Blue II and to also celebrate Blue I and Blue III. The memorial will be erected outside Hinkle Fieldhouse.

“Whether [students] give or not is up to them,” said Michael Kaltenmark, his owner. “I know what it’s like to be a student. I just want to construct a memorial they’re proud of.”

No additional services have been planned to commemorate Butler’s beloved bulldog until the memorial.

Once money for the memorial is raised, the remainder will go to the Campaign for Hinkle Fieldhouse.

“If Blue had a favorite place on campus, that place is it by far,” Kaltenmark said.

After announcing Blue’s death last Tuesday, Kaltenmark received an outpouring of support ranging from Brad and Tracy Stevens, the Dankos, and mascots from other schools like Ohio State and University of Georgia to people with no affiliation

to Butler. People shared stories and pictures with Blue on various forms of social media.

“We called this dog America’s dog for a reason,” Kaltenmark said.

“You see how much they loved the dog and it makes you feel better.”

Blue II was put to sleep two Saturdays ago on August 31, although Kaltenmark waited to release the information until the Tuesday after.

Kaltenmark said he wanted time to grieve with his family and close friends and he didn’t want to put a damper on the Butler community’s Labor Day weekend.

“You feel like you’re in this bubble of grief,” he said. “Releasing the information doesn’t bring Blue back to life.”

On Saturday morning, Kaltenmark told his son, Everett, to say goodbye to Blue.

“When I told him, ‘he’s gonna be with God in Heaven,’ he smiled,” Kaltenmark said. “He and Trip have been a distraction, they have their own level of understanding.”

Other than the moments that obviously stand out as Kaltenmark’s favorites with Blue – the Final Fours

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and Late Night with Jimmy Falon – he said there are so many little moments where he misses Blue’s presence.

Sophomore Jim Santos said his favorite memory of Blue was going with the Kaltenmark family to Huddles after Blue’s retirement and getting to hang out with the family and feed Blue frozen yogurt.

“Whenever I think of Butler, it’s always Blue’s face,” Santos said.

“It’s funny how a dog that isn’t ours can mean so much.”

Kaltenmark said his family misses Blue’s presence at home.

“The house was quiet and I didn’t hear his snore anymore,” Kaltenmark said.

Sarah Barker, a junior who spent a lot of time around the dogs while she trained Trip, made a pawprint mold of Blue for herself and Kaltenmark a few weeks before Blue passed.

“Blue was a dignified old bull,” Barker said. “He had a job to do and he always did it.”

“I owe it to these people to read them, “ he said. “I feel blessed, people lose pets every day. It just shows the breadth of impact that this dog had.”

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Irwin Library celebrates 50th anniversary ALEXANDRA BODE ABODE@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Irwin Library hosted a 50th anniversary celebration Monday in honor of the building’s opening on Sept. 9, 1963. The event was, fittingly, 1960s-themed.

“They’ve packed in a lot in that time period so it should be a lot of fun,” said Akeira Jennings, Butler student liaison for Irwin Library.

Expenses from the celebration came out of the

library’s budget, library officials and administration said.

Events at the celebration include a 1960s themed fashion show, exhibits on the building and its designer, a student photography contest, some brief remarks from Craig Fisher, student government association President, and an Irwin Library replica cake.

Fisher’s speech incorporated the opening remarks from the Irwin Library dedication given by

A 1960s pop culture exhibit in Irwin Library.

the SGA President in 1965.

Said former president was also president at the ceremony. “[Fisher] was able to tie in the past with the present, which was cool given the theme,”Regan Bright, administrative specialist of libraries said.

The events were all accompanied by popular 1960s music and the library staff dressed in clothing from this time period throughout the event.

Sophomore Caleb Schmicker said he enjoyed going to the event to support his fraternity brother, Fisher.

“I originally went to see Craig, but the whole place looked pretty authentic and cool,” Schmicker said. “And the cake was delicious.”

The massive changes and rennovations Irwin recieved over the years took center stage during the celebration.

Irwin Library as designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki, who is most famously known for designing the world trade centers.

Prior to the construction of Irwin Library, Butler’s library was located in the basement of Jordan Hall and called the “Black Hole” by students, said

Julie Miller, dean of libraries.

“Students raved about this gleaming white building,” Miller said.

Miller also said the students were pleased with the amount of space they had to study and work on projects in relationship to the old library.

Exhibits from the celebration displayed photographs of Irwin throughout the years, as well as different historical items specific to Butler from the 1960s.

The exhibits from the celebration will remain on display in the library for the rest of the semester.

Photos by Marais Jacon-Duffy

Guests donned sixties-themed attire to celebrate Irwin’s opening in 1963.

Second round of grants fund new campus projects TORI FARR TFARR@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Homecoming Kick-Off was held Sept. 10 on the steps of Atherton Union. The Homecoming theme was announced.

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The theme for Homecoming 2013 is “books that turned into movies.”

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Butler University’s $100,000 second phase Innovation Fund awarded grants for eight new projects.

Innovation grants already funded ten other on-campus projects.

Projects recieving funding from the grant include Donald Braid’s implementation and development of critical listening courses, Ken Colburn and the establishment of the Butler Journal of Undergraduate research, Antonia Menendez in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to establish the Center for the Study of Ethnic Relations, Xenophobia and Diversity, Matt Pivec and Jordan College of the Arts, Doug Spaniol, Donald Braid and Judi Morrel for undergraduate student recruitment, Tracy Sprunger and Samantha Christie to create a public awareness group about prescription drug abuse, and William Watts to develop a new professional writing track within the department of English.

The top three largest monetary awards went to Colburn and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with $25,000, Watts and the English department with $22,000 and Braid and Academic Affairs with $10,000.

Matt Pivec, director of jazz studies and one of the winners this round, said that this was President James Danko’s idea to promote creativity and facilitate innovative projects.

“I am always looking for great ideas for my students and ways to take advantage of the resources offered on campus,” said Pivec.

This lead to Pivec’s $8,000 idea of combining his jazz ensemble students’ talent with the recording industry studies students’ abilities to produce a CD. Pivec hopes to get into

contact with a major music artist to assist the students in the studio as well as be featured on the track list. The artists featured on the CD have yet to be decided.

Pivec said while the university created a recording similar to this idea before, this project will be a large scale production.

The plans for the project will also incorporate students of the Art + Design program in order to create the artwork for the album.

“This is a way to bring together three individual areas and generate buzz for each,” Pivec said.

Colburn, a sociology and criminology professor and senior editor for the “Journal of Undergraduate Research” said he hopes to engage the entire Butler community with his grant.

Colburn plans to establish a Butler-based, social science journal, the “Butler Journal for Undergrad Research.”

The internet-based journal will feature undergraduate student research on an annual basis.

Colburn said he will use this upcoming year to fine-tune the details and specifics of the project. He said he envisions this publication to feature the best of the best from the hundreds of student research proposals presented each year.

While the basis for this idea was focused around the idea of publishing students’ honors theses and research projects, Colburn does not want to limit the journal to only Butler students.

“It’s a way to recognize the good work that our students and students from other institutions are doing,” said Colburn.

Colburn said he sees this as a great campus-wide opportunity to engage students amd promote the image and recognition of the university.

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Remembering Jackson Wiley MELISSA IANNUZZI MIANNUZZ@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR Professor Emeritus Jackson Wiley, the conductor of the Butler Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991, died Sept. 3.

He was 92 years old.

“He whirled with a high purpose, not wildly but with an energy that took us all to high achievements,” said James Briscoe, professor of historical musicology in a press release from Butler University.

He is survived by his wife, Jane; his children Candida, Scott, Hunt, and Bradford; and his grandchildren, Theodore, Nathaniel, Jackson, Elizabeth, Chloe and Audree.

The third of five children, he also leaves behind his two brothers, Joseph and Steven.

He attended Yale University on a full scholarship before serving in World War II. After coming back from the war, Wiley studied at Juilliard. When he graduated he performed in various freelance concerts and recordings.

His first salaried conducting position came when he was 36 years old at Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Ohio.

Over time, he took on a new youth orchestra and civic chorus, an orchestra at Wittenberg University, a Wittenberg Trio, a column every Sunday in the local newspaper and a weekly

radio program In his 12 years conducting in Springfield, Wiley made annual visits to Butler’s dance program.

When Butler needed a conductor, Jackson Ehlert, dean of the former Jordan College of Fine Arts, contacted Wiley.

“There were many new possibilities at Butler,” Wiley said in the press release. “A Greater Indianapolis Youth Symphony to form, an opera workshop revived, and the Romantic Festival under Frank Cooper in full force.”

Underclassman currently pursuing a degree in music are eligible for the Jackson Wiley Scholarship. Butler created the scholarship

Dean of student life search continues JEFF STANICH JSTANICH@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

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and held a tribute concert in Wiley’s honor in 2007.

After his retirement, Wiley conducted the Indianapolis Philharmonic Orchestra.

“He mounted, produced and conducted some

amazing performances, participation in which were some of my proudest moments at Butler,” Robert Grechesky, wind ensemble director, said in the release.

New comission hopes to promote diversity Diversity commission created to fulfill shortcomings of former programs NATALIE SMITH NMSMITH1@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

Butler University President James Danko created a new campus Diversity Commission in order to address topics surronding diversity on campus.

Last week, President Danko sent an email to the Butler community about the newlyformed faculty group.

The commission is assessing the previous programs put in place to improve campus diversity.

The new commission feels the previous programs did not finish every goal they had, said Levester Johnson, co-chair of the new commission and vice president of student affairs.

“The other programs we had did great things and had great progress, but we want to bring in more diversity to the student body,” Johnson said.

Previous programs focused on bringing more diverse faculty to campus.

“Diversity in faculty has risen to 18 percent, but that didn’t do a lot for student diversity,” Johnson said. “There’s always room for more improvement.”

Other commissions on campus include the Gender Equity Commission, to help improve gender issues on campus.

The Diversity Commission hopes to address many areas of diversity, not just one.

Their current assessment

Former SGA president Al Carroll (center) engages in discussion at the Spring 2012 Diversity Summit. of programs includes looking at demographic info, human resources policies and sensitivity training.

The commission’s compilation of faculty members will read articles and books relating to diversity policies and university diversity.

“Part of this process is looking at programs from other universities to see what has and what hasn’t worked,” Johnson said. “Overall, we want to create a community of growth that comes from working with different people. We want to make sure that Butler students are the best they can be.”

Butler students can weigh in on needing diversity programs on campus.

Isabella Ferrari, a freshman with Italian, Chinese and Latin heritage, volunteers at the Diversity Center. Ferrari said she

sees some rift between students of different races and ethnicities, but she thinks that’s mostly natural.

“I feel very accepted here, but there’s definitely a divide of ethnic students,” Ferrari said.

“People just naturally go to their comfortable fallback.”

Other students are critical of the current ethnic makeup, saying diversity should be more present in all areas of campus life.

“We’re all accepting, but we definitely have a low amount diversity, and a lot of it comes from athletics,” sophomore Madeline Schmitz said. “And while I think that’s great, I would like to see more diversity in regular students.”

Both Schmitz and Ferrari agree Butler should focus on student interactions and hold meet-andgreets and other get-togethers for

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students to embrace others.

“Some students feel intimidated going into the Diversity Center,” Schmitz said.

“Diversity should be brought to the campus as a whole.”

The commission hopes to involve students in its work by having one student come on board and be a full-fledged member. Such a student has yet to be appointed.

“We are very intentional about getting students and community members involved,” Johnson said.

The commission will meet at least once a month. Students will be kept informed on the commission’s progress and decisions each semester.

Informing outlets are still being determined.

When Irene Stevens retired in May 2013, the dean of student life position did not have someone to immediately fill it.

The position is still unfilled after a summer of searching for a replacement, leaving all of the dayto-day responsibilities on other administrators’ shoulders.

Levester Johnson, vice president of student affairs, has been doing both positions’ work while the search continues.

Johnson said a search process was completed with candidates from around the country coming to Butler University and interviewing.

However, he said no candidate had everything the university needed for the position.

“This isn’t the position where you can just settle,” Johnson said.

“We’re going to get this right.”

Craig Fisher, Student Government Association president, said he was included in the search process over the summer.

He said he met with some of the candidates, but in the end a perfect match was not found.

He said he is looking for someone who is a good listener, has passion for Butler and works well with the students.

“Whoever is next should feel right on campus,” Fisher said, “just as students fit well with Butler.”

The search process includes looking at all candidates who show interest and match what the university needs.

Johnson said he and the Office of Student Life are looking for someone with experience in the field who will bring new ideas to the table.

“We aren’t looking for a new Irene Stevens,” Johnson said, “but for someone who can do a great job like she did.”

Even though classes have started, Johnson said they aren’t approaching the search with urgency, but rather patience, in order to find the best candidate.

“The only sense of urgency is from me,” Johnson said, “I’ve been balancing two jobs.”

Sally Click, dean of student services, has also taken on some of the responsibilities.

“We miss her terribly and realize how involved she was,” Click said.

“We want to be honest: we have high expectations.”

With no exact timetable set, Johnson said he does not have a definite answer to when the position will be filled.

“In an ideal situation, we will go through the search process again and have the position filled by second semester,” Johnson said.

Butler makes changes to promote sustainability EMILY WILLIAMS ECWILLI2@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

From the construction of new buildings, the campus farm, BRITA water filters, and green installments on roofs of campus buildings, stainability on campus has become a priority of the entire university.

President Jim Danko started a green movement campus when he signed the Climate Change Commitment on April 16, 2012. At the heart of the changes is the Green Operations Committee, a section within the Student Government Association dedicated to the sustainability movement. The plan consists of two main goals: to have zero carbon emissions by 2050 and to give sustainability a greater presence around the university.

“One of our largest and most ambitious goals was to get a sustainability coordinator on campus,” said Becky Pokrandt, a former coordinator for the

BEVERAGE: Hired as Butler’s first Sustainability Coordinator committee.

McKenzie Beverage joined the staff in early August as the first ever sustainability coordinator on campus. Beverage earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Indiana University, where she studied sustainable development and policy analysis and interned at IU’s Sustainability Office.

“My job is to coordinate existing sustainability initiatives on campus and to create and implement programming based around sustainability education,” Beverage said. “I want to make Butler a national leader in sustainability.

One of my biggest goals is to make the athletic department the greenest in the country. I would also like to develop more internships and have ways for students to easily get involved.”

Senior Aaron Harrison will work closely with Beverage as a student intern for the at the Center for Urban Ecology. He said hiring her was imperative for the project’s succss.

“I think she was a necessary change,” Harrison said. “There were a lot of disjointed efforts [across campus]. One person would do one thing and another would be doing something else. One person overseeing these efforts will do well putting new activities into motion and [fostering] old ideas.”

Harrison said not many sustainability-centered organizations existed on campus when he was a freshman.

“This just shows the overall larger commitment Butler is now taking,” Harrison said. “Within the next two or three years, there will be a larger change that will create sustainability to be an issue on everyone’s radars.”

Students can get involved through the campus farm located across the canal in Holcomb Gardens.

Every Thursday from 4-6 p.m., students can purchase vegetables from a produce stand. Internships and job opportunities are available for students who are interested, Beverage said.

The movement is not only student-led but has a focus of the administration as well.

New energy efficient renovations are making Butler greener, too.

The new Pharmacy and Health Sciences building was following national Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design, or LEED, criteria.

Green roofs were installed on top of the Pharmacy building, costing about $20,000.

Green roofs help to conserve the storm water runoff. The plants on top of the building collects harmful pollutants and serve as the main source for taking in water. Going through the green roof, the water is filtered and utilized much more efficiently.

The fuel in Butler University Police Department Segways has also been improved to be more environmentally friendly, Beverage said.

“The sustainability movement on campus is at a point right now where things have been going on, but it’s about to expand rapidly,” said Harrison. “If people have ideas, interests or desires, now is the best time to get involved. It’s worth your time and will have big returns for campus.”

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BUTLERPALOOZA

Butler prepares for B.o.B., Youngblood Hawke COLIN LIKAS

CLIKAS@BUTLER.EDU EDITOR IN CHIEF

B.o.B. fans at Butler University take notice: the hip-hop star is headlining the third annual Butlerpalooza concert.

Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.—better known by his stage name B.o.B.—is being brought in to entertain Butler students at Saturday’s show.

Youngblood Hawke is also scheduled to play. The group is best known for their single “We Come Running.”

The Butler Student Government Association is organizing and running the event.

Unlike previous years, however, Butlerpalooza will serve as the single large concert for students this year.

SGA president and senior Craig Fisher said the Program Board decided to focus on a single larger show in the fall—instead of separate concerts being held in fall and spring—in order to bring in more-prominent artists.

“A large concert of this magnitude is going to be a large first for Butler students,” Fisher said. “It’s going to be the biggest lineup Butler students have ever been treated to.”

According to SGA’s budget proposal for the 2013-2014 school year, Program Board expects to spend $150,000 on concerts. That figure is the same as what was spent on concerts last school year.

As a result of having a single big concert this academic year, Fisher said SGA can bring in bigger-nam artists with the same budget as last year, The decision to have the single concert in fall versus spring was a decision made to benefit students, Fisher said.

“The feel was, we wanted to get students excited about being on campus,” Fisher said.

“Having a concert in the first three weeks of

classes is something to get excited about.”

In place of a spring concert, Fisher said SGA will attempt to offer more concert buyouts to students throughout the year.

To offer these buyouts, SGA works with venues in and around Indianapolis to provide students with a large number of reduced-price tickets to concerts at locations like Conseco Fieldhouse.

The process to bring in artists each Butlerpalooza also requires work with multiple outside source.

Senior Kevin Hansen, SGA Program Board’s concert committee chair, said brainstorming ideas for who should perform started last February.

The concert committee was required to approve their choices with Levester Johnson, vice president for student affairs, and Irene Stevens, former dean of student life, before sending out requests to their desired artists.

Hansen said acts are required to be “PGrated,” largely due to the fact that outdoor concerts like Butlerpalooza can be heard by the surrounding Butler-Tarkington neighborhood.

Negotiations with B.o.B. took “a while,” Hansen said, adding that he was not signed to perform at Butler until sometime in July.

Some complications come into play when the concert committee tries to bring in any artist.

Hansen said the artist must be touring in the Midwest and willing to re-route their tour in order to come to Butler. Hansen estimated that this leaves “only 15 percent” of their options as viable choices.

The work does not stop with choosing artists, though.

Hansen said the concert committee is also required to book a stage, hire crew hands, set up green rooms for artists and bring in food trucks. Rain insurance is necessary to obtain,

WHAT ARE TUITION REMISSION AND TUITION EXCHANGE? Tuition remission: An employee benefit that pays full tuition for Butler full-time employees who have worked at least nine months.

It can be used for full time enrollment for spouse or unmarried dependents under 25 years of age pursuing their first post-secondary degree.

Tuition exchange: A partnership of more than 600 colleges and universities offering competitive tuition exchange scholarships to dependents of faculty and staff employed at member institutions Dependents of faculty and staff who have been employed full-time for at least nine months are eligible Graphic information taken from current policy documents on www.butler.edu.

Graphic by Colin Likas

A LOOK AHEAD A look into the Assessment and Care Team, which works with those struggling with college adjustment.

Some sexual assault cases dating back to 2012 have uncertain and sometimes unclosed status.

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Hip-hop artist B.o.B. is headlining this year’s Butlerpalooza on Saturday. Youngblood Hawke will also be performing at the show, which will take place on the Atherton Union mall. too, as is approval of the concert area by fire marshals.

“I was surprised at how many aspects go into it,” said senior Camryn Walton, SGA vice president of programming. It is Walton’s first experience helping organize Butlerpalooza.

Barring inclement weather, the concert will be held on the mall in front of Atherton Union. Because of this, the concert cannot go on past 11 p.m. due to noise ordinances in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood, Hansen said.

Additionally, while the concert is meant solely for Butler students, Hansen said it will be tough to stop people from outside the

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soon.”

Until faculty meet to discuss the employee benefits in question, President James Danko told The Collegian, via email, no changes would be made.

Arick said Butler is looking at peer and aspirant institutions to determine the future of the tuition remission and exchange benefits and said, “there’s no guarantee there’s going to be any change.”

Faculty Senate chair Margaret Brabant told Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting the issue of tuition remission and exchange would be discussed by the Faculty Affairs Committee, and would then be discussed at the Senate’s second meeting on Sept. 24.

Any decision made by the Faculty Affairs Committee could impact the employees and students of today and tomorrow.

Stephan Laurent-Faesi, dance professor and faculty senator at-large said in an email to the Collegian that his own experience as a father of three made him more sensitive to the issue.

“The topic is a tough one,” LaurentFaesi said. “On one hand, is the institution’s need for revenue to offset the ongoing and constantly increasing expenses.

“On the other is this great benefit, which in many ways coaxed Butler employees, both Faculty and Staff, to stay on board. Any change to the tuition remission policy would have far-reaching consequences in both how the faculty and staff view the employer,” Laurent-Faesi said.

Melissa Smurdon, director of the office of financial aid, said these programs represent

Butler community from attending.

Walton said she feels an outdoor concert does its own marketing.

“I think it helps that it’s outside because it draws people that weren’t planning on coming before,” Walton said. “You get to hang out outside and listen to great music.”

The concert is slated to start at 7 p.m.

Saturday. Fisher said students should attend because it will “be a show unlike anyone has ever seen on Butler’s campus.”

“It’s an overall goal of our Program Board to get students to stay on campus and be excited about programming on campus and in the city,” Fisher said. “It sets the tone for a good year.”

an employee benefit that acts an important recruitment tool of students and faculty for Butler.

Smurdon said Butler exports approximately 40 students and imports 50 students via the tuition exchange program each year. Arick said he estimates that more than 100 combined students benefit from the exchange and remission programs in a given year.

In its recommendations, the board sought to exclude beneficiaries of the tuition remission program from “certain programs with capacity constraints.”

The board did not specify which programs would be off-limits, and board president Craig Fenneman did not return requests for comment.

Human resources director La Veda Howell said that any change made to these benefits would be developed with peer schools and national trends in mind.

Howell said many universities have a waiting period of five years to receive remission benefits, and added that no final decision has been made.

“We haven’t said that faculty and staff need to take it or leave it,” Howell said. “We absolutely want to make sure that all parties involved are content with decisions made and that we can all come to some closure.”

Ben Hunter, chief of staff, said the fluid nature with which this issue has changed is natural in any policy change process.

VanTyle said he can only understand financial motivations to prompt the policy switch.

“I can only imagine that they must want to keep that seat open for a paying student instead of a student receiving tuition remission,” VanTyle said. “It costs the university nothing to put a student into a classroom that is already staffed and will happen regardless.”

A quick glance at what readers should expect next week.

Changes may be made to the university’s conduct policy pertaining to many items.

A follow-up on the potential for Butler to gain a new sorority in the near future.

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SPORTS

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Photo courtesy of Radley Haddad

Former Butler baseball player Radley Haddad leaves the batter’s box in a game for the Staten Island Yankees.

Former Bulldog dons Yankee pinstripes KYLE BEERY

KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Radley Haddad is trying to join the likes of Pat Neshek and Dan Johnson as former Butler University baseball players to play in Major League Baseball.

Haddad, a 2013 Butler graduate and Carmel native, is beginning offseason workouts after finishing his first season as a catcher with the New York Yankees’ single-A affiliate, the Staten Island Yankees, last week.

Haddad went undrafted and joined the club in late June, one day before he was supposed to join an independent team out of Evansville, Ind. Haddad got a phone call late one night from the Yankees. He said he jumped at the offer, setting off a whirlwind 24 hours. “(A Yankees’ representative) told me I had to be on a plane at 8:30 in the morning,” Haddad said.

“So my bags were already packed to go to Evansville, and instead of getting in the car and driving, I hopped on a plane, and I was down in Tampa the next day, signing a contract with the Yankees.”

Haddad batted .267 with the Yankees and also played in a development league for the club at the team’s headquarters in Tampa, Fla. Haddad will play in the development league for a few more weeks before returning to Indiana for the offseason. He said he will train on campus with the Butler team and spend time training on the East Coast with some of his Yankees teammates.

Butler baseball coach Steve Farley said Haddad was quickly a top catcher for the team after transferring from Western Carolina following his sophomore year.

Farley said he first noticed Haddad receiving attention from professional scouts during his senior year when the Bulldogs played Indiana University. Haddad threw out multiple Hoosier baserunners.

“They were there mostly to scout IU players,” Farley said.

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“They walked away saying, ‘Hey, this Butler catcher is pretty good.’”

Haddad said he enjoyed adjusting to the life of a professional baseball player.

“Baseball is baseball, but it’s a little bit different world being a professional,” Haddad said.

“First day I walked in the door (in Tampa), the first guy I saw was Derek Jeter.”

Haddad said he got to spend time in New York at Yankee Stadium as well, catching scrimmage games for pitcher Hiroki Kuroda and having his own locker in the clubhouse.

“The first time or two was a little nerve-wracking, (and) it was kind of surreal, catching for Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez,” Haddad said. “But after the first time or two, it was just like, ‘This is my life.

I’m a professional now.’”

Haddad doesn’t have much downtime, but when he does, he spends it with his teammates, most of whom are his age.

“We’ll go out and get dinner, but we try and be in bed early because days are long and days are hot, especially in Florida,” he said.

Teammate Brady Lail, a 20-yearold who signed with the club out of high school, said he and Haddad became close friends during the season.

“He is easy to get along with

and easy to communicate with, which is good to have as a pitcher and catcher,” Lail said.

Lail said Haddad’s laidback style is important at the professional level.

“When you’re struggling, he’ll always come out and try to settle things down,” Lail said. “He’ll even try to make you smile. He’s the kind of guy you need behind the dish and to kind of take charge.“ Haddad hopes to advance his role next year, beginning with offseason and spring training, in order to get to the same level as Neshek and Johnson.

Neshek is a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He is most recognized for retiring two consecutive batters in relief against the Detroit Tigers in the 2012 playoffs days after losing his newborn son.

Johnson’s most notable moment came in 2011 when he hit a home run on the last day of the season for the Tampa Bay Rays, tying the game and ultimately sending the team to the playoffs.

Farley said he thinks Haddad has what it takes to get to the bigs.

“He’s living the dream, (and) it sure beats working everyday,” Farley said. “He just has to keep working hard to get to the big leagues.”

Photo courtesy of Radley Haddad

Former Butler baseball player Radley Haddad (center) poses with former Butler teammates Austin Miller (left) and Michael Fries (right) at a Staten Island Yankees game.

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The Indianapolis Colts may disappoint fans hoping for a repeat of last year’s success, given this season’s prospective results.

Despite winning their opening game against the Oakland Raiders, the 2013 Colts will be hard-pressed for wins in the coming weeks.

The 2012 Colts, led by number one draft pick Andrew Luck and 2012 Coach of the Year Bruce Arians, completed one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in NFL history.

The Colts posted an 11-5 regular season record and secured a wild card playoff berth, just one year removed from a dismal 2-14 campaign in 2011.

This year’s Colts team returns many key players from last season’s turnaround squad.

However, Arians, last year’s interim coach and offensive coordinator, left to take the head coaching job in Arizona.

Seven-time Pro Bowl selection Dwight Freeney is also gone, and Reggie Wayne, last season’s leading receiver, turns 35 in November.

These losses alone suggest a potential regression for this year’s Colts team, but the improbability of the Colts’ 11-5 record last year indicates an even bigger relapse could be in store.

After suffering through a season with the likes of Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky starting at quarterback, replacing those two with an average quarterback would have resulted in a few more wins.

However, adding an aboveaverage quarterback like Luck last year alone won’t account for a nine-win turnaround.

Last year’s Colts took advantage of playing a fourthplace schedule, a schedule that Football Outsiders, a football analytics website, ranked the easiest in the NFL. The Colts could be victims of their past success in terms of this year’s strength of schedule.

Due to their second-place finish in the AFC South, the Colts will be playing a second-place schedule this season.

Indianapolis benefits from a relatively weak division, however.

Playing both the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars and the middling Tennessee Titans twice this year should give the Colts three or four wins.

Indianapolis also outperformed its expected win total significantly last season.

The 2012 Colts were outscored by 30 points over the course of the season.

This is a typical spread that a 7-win team would have, not an 11-win team like the Colts, according to Football Outsiders.

The Colts’ uncanny ability to win close games was partially responsible for this discrepancy.

Last season’s Colts team went 9-1 in games decided by seven points or less.

Only two of the Colts’ 11 wins from last season were by more than two scores.

The lack of convincing wins last season shows the Colts were far from a dominating team and benefited from more than their fair share of lucky bounces.

BEN SIECK

Although the Colts are a year more experienced, they are unlikely to repeat last season’s good fortune. If their record in close games holds up, head coach Chuck Pagano might want to invest in a lottery ticket or two.

One of the reasons the Colts weren’t able to pull away from inferior teams last year was due in large part to their 31st ranked defense, according to Football Outsiders.

The Colts lost their all-time franchise leader in sacks this offseason, letting Freeney walk in free agency.

The Colts will look to new defensive lineman Ricky JeanFrancois in the offseason to fill the hole left by Freeney.

However, Jean-Francois’ three career sacks suggest that Freeney will be sorely missed by an already weak defense.

The Colts did well to shore up their secondary in free agency this year, signing former top10 draft pick LaRon Landry at safety. Indianapolis also added depth to the cornerback position with Greg Toler.

Despite some quality offseason signings, the Colts still lack a blue-chip player on defense, and the 2013 unit seems doomed to repeat last year’s forgettable campaign.

Offensively, the Colts were just below average last year. Football Outsiders ranked them as the 18th best unit.

Reggie Wayne isn’t getting any younger, but Indianapolis should still see improvement on the offensive side of the ball.

The Colts’ offense was extremely young last season.

This season, the team will look to rookie sensations Luck, T.Y. Hilton, Dwayne Allen, and Vick Ballard to carry their success into their sophomore seasons.

Luck set the rookie record for passing yards in a season in 2012, but he still threw 18 interceptions and only completed approximately 54 percent of his passes.

Luck is extremely talented, but he still has room to grow as a passer. His growth will be instrumental to the Colts’ offense.

The Colts should jump from a below-average to a borderline top-10 offense if they can offer a more balanced attack on offense, and Luck cuts down on his mistakes The AFC as a whole will be down this year, and the Colts stand to benefit from that. It would not be surprising to see them end up in the playoffs again this year, but if they do get in, it will be as an 8-8 team, not an 11-5 one.

Indianapolis has a bright longterm future.

However, in the short term, the Colts will experience their fair share of disappointment before reaching the heights of the 2012 season again.

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FOOTBALL

Bulldogs cruise in home opener STAFF REPORTER

Butler football will play its next game at No. 13 Division III Franklin College after winning last weekend’s home opener against Wittenburg, 4924.

The Bulldogs go to Franklin after the Grizzlies lost to topranked, Division III Mount Union, 30-27.

“We are going to play a team with much more confidence than we played last year,” Butler coach Jeff Voris said.

Senior quarterback Matt Lancaster and the Butler offense will look to continue the success from last Saturday.

The Bulldogs quickly took control of the game due to the running game. Butler rushed for a total of 213 yards.

Lancaster threw for 205 passing yards on 17 attempts and threw for four touchdowns. He also ran for 37 yards on three attempts.

Lancaster has run for 100 yards and is averaging 11.1 yards per carry in two games this season.

Senior running back Trae Heeter started the game off strong with a 52-yard run.

Heeter’s run helped set up a quick score by the Bulldogs two plays later.

Heeter finished the game with 69 rushing yards on seven attempts and is averaging 5.4 yards per carry two games into the season.

Butler led Wittenburg 42-3 at halftime. Both Lancaster and Heeter did not play in the second half.

Junior offensive lineman

CROSS COUNTRY The Butler cross country teams kicked off their seasons Friday at Bradley.

Leading the way for Butler was junior transfer Katie Good, who won the women’s three-mile race with a time of 16:32.

She finished 13 seconds ahead of the second-place runner.

Good is a transfer from Manchester, and coach Matt Roe was pleased with her effort.

“She ran very comfortable and controlled,” Roe said.

“We felt that she had a good chance to win.”

Good said she was nervous at the outset of the race but settled in down the stretch.

“As soon as I got running, I was fine,” Good said. “I pretended I was back at home, just doing a workout with the

girls.”

The Butler women had three top-10 finishers. Junior Kirsty Legg finished fifth with a time of 17:08. Freshman Colleen Weatherford rounded out the top ten.

For Weatherford, the race was a positive way to start out the season “It was a 30-second PR (personal record) for college, but I know I still have a lot of potential,” Weatherford said.

The Butler men had four finishers in the top ten of their four-mile race.

Junior Harry Ellis placed third with a time of 20:01 while sophomores Chris Kelsey and Keigan Culler placed seventh and eighth, respectively.

Freshman Luke Zygmunt finished 10th in his first collegiate event.

-Matthew VanTryon

Greg Ambrose said the offensive line did its part to open holes for the ground game.

“A lot of the offensive line success and running the ball is your effort,”Ambrose said. “So we knew that if we able to play for 60 seconds and compete on every play and finish (each) play the way we know we can, we would have success.”

The Bulldogs’ defense held Wittenberg in check, while the offense widened the gap between the two teams.

“We play complementary football,” Lancaster said. ”And when the offensive is down the defense brings us up.”

Butler’s defense allowed 416 total yards on 83 plays and only four touchdowns Although the defense allowed 307 passing yards, it

also allowed only 109 rushing yards on 41 attempts.

The Bulldogs’ defense also forced five Wittenberg turnovers.

Two of the turnovers resulted in Butler touchdowns.

Junior linebacker Bryce Barry, had a 10-yard interception return for a touchdown, and freshman defensive lineman Joshua Willis recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown.

Voris said the Bulldogs will have to stay up to par to defeat the Grizzlies.

“There are a lot of things that are going to play into their favor and it forces us to go back and prepare and match that intensity Saturday night,” Voris said.

Photo by Marko Tomich Butler’s game against Sophomore running back Rico Watson tallied 54 rushing yards.

Franklin will kick off at 6 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER The Butler men’s soccer team earned a 1-0 victory at No. 7 Louisville in front of 1,700 fans at Cardinal Park on Saturday.

Butler freshman forward Anthony Smith Jr. scored in the 44th minute.

The Butler men’s soccer team (3-0-1) went back to work against the Houston Baptist Huskies (1-2) at the Butler Bowl on Monday night.

The Bulldogs jumped out to a hot start in the match when freshman forward David Goldsmith scored in the 12th minute.

Through the rest of the first half, Butler missed different opportunities to score and went into the locker room at half with a 1-0 lead.

“I think playing against Louisville on Saturday night

took a lot out of us,” said head coach Paul Snape, “but I think for us with our performance tonight that we just went away from our basics.”

Goldsmith scored off a crossing pass in the 51st minute putting the Bulldogs up 2-0.

Houston Baptist countered in the 65th minute when freshman forward Tobenna Uzo scored from 10 yards out.

Butler junior midfielder Zach Steinberger and Goldsmith each scored in the 90th minute of the match putting Butler up 4-1.

“We fought for it tonight, and got the win,” said sophomore forward Jeff Adkins, “but other than that, we got to rebound because we have a big weekend coming up.”

-Clayton Young

VOLLEYBALL The Butler volleyball team defeated Wright State 3-0 Tuesday night.

Last weekend the Bulldogs took their scorching start to the desert.

The Bulldogs (6-1) left the Arizona Classic tournament successful, despite an ominous opening night in Tucson.

The squad was dealt its first defeat of the year Friday, getting swept by Arizona.

The Bulldogs were unable to record a service ace throughout the evening, dropping sets 25-11, 25-19 and 25-20.

Saturday afternoon would see the team return to its dominant form sweeping Utah Valley 25-11, 25-22, 2516 in the afternoon before finishing the tourney with a hard-fought victory over

Eastern Kentucky.

Butler picked up the first set 25-12 with relative ease against EKU. However, the Colonels slowly closed the gap to a narrow 25-22 in set two, before ending the third at a 23-23 split to force a tiebreaker.

Junior outside hitter Belle Obert recorded a kill off senior Morgan Peterson’s assist for the 24-23 match point, though this was erased

by EKU’s Ashley Edmond’s eighth kill of the night.

After another point by Obert, the Bulldogs’ took the set and the match on an attack error by the Colonels.

Peterson and junior middle blocker Erica Stahl were both named to the All-Tournament team for exceptional play.

-John Yeley

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This season’s men’s basketball schedule released AUSTIN MONTEITH AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

The date has been set for the Butler men’s basketball team’s arrival in the Big East with the release of the 2013-2014 schedule last Thursday.

The Bulldogs will kick off Big East play with a New Year’s Eve home game against Villanova Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m.

The game is one of five that will air consecutively on New Year’s Eve on FOX Sports 1 to commemorate the first conference matchups of the new Big East.

Xavier hosts St. John’s in the opening game at noon, followed

by Seton Hall at Providence at 2:30 p.m., DePaul at Georgetown at 5 p.m., Villanova at

Butler, and Marquette at Creighton at 10 p.m.

Butler will play a total of 18 conference games this season, playing against each Big East opponent twice.

The Bulldogs will host a rubber match with Marquette on Jan. 18, after splitting a pair of dramatic games last season. The Bulldogs beat the Golden Eagles at the buzzer in the Maui Invitational, while Marquette ended Butler’s season in a two-point game in the NCAA tournament.

Butler hosts former Atlantic 10 Conference rival Xavier on Feb. 11.

Butler begins the regular season with a home game against Lamar on Nov. 9.

The Bulldogs will participate in the Old Spice Classic in

Orlando, Fla. during Thanksgiving break from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1. Butler will face Washington State in the tournament’s first round and will face the winner of Oklahoma State and Purdue in the semifinals.

The Bulldogs are guaranteed to face Purdue in the third annual Crossroads Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Dec. 14.

FOX Sports 1 will broadcast 16 Butler games this season as part of the Big East’s TV deal with the network.

The Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York begins March 12 with first round games and culminates with the Big East Championship Game on March 15.

Women’s basketball to hold open tryouts MATTHEW VAN TRYON MVANTRYO@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Butler women’s basketball program will be offering open tryouts on Friday, Sept. 20 in the Efroymson Family Gym in Hinkle Fieldhouse at 5:30 p.m.

Anyone is welcome to attend.

Head coach Beth Couture said the tryouts give students an opportunity to show their skills.

“We want to give anybody a chance to see if their skill level is high enough to participate,” Couture said.

Open tryouts have been held in the past and will continue to be held on an annual basis.

They consist of drills and other

activities to test skill level.

Couture doesn’t underestimate the value that a walk-on can bring to the team.

“They’re playing without money and with the desire just to play,” Couture said. “At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if somebody’s played 40 minutes or not played. Every part of our team has to do with us being successful.”

While the team has had walkons before, Couture said none have ever come from open tryouts.

Interested parties should contact graduate assistant Jacob DeWilde at jdewilde@butler.edu.

The deadline for registration is this Friday, Sept. 13.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Photo by Rachel Opperman

Senior Olivia Colosimo passes the ball in Butler’s 1-1 tie against Eastern Michigan in the Butler Bowl Saturday.

Butler ties twice, gears up for No.11 Michigan BRENDAN KING BAKING@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The transition from summer to fall is not often known for blossoming and growth.

For the Butler women’s soccer team, however, that is exactly what is happening.

The Bulldogs have compiled a 4-1-2 record thus far.

One of their most prominent opponents, Michigan, will come to the Butler Bowl Sept. 15 at 1 p.m.

The Wolverines are 5-0 and ranked No. 11 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Coaches Poll.

The Wolverines’ leading scorer, senior Nkem

Ezurike, has four goals and five assists in only five games.

Freshman goaltender Taylor Bucklin has started all five of Michigan’s games, recording two shutouts.

On Sunday afternoon, the Bulldogs took on the Eastern Michigan Eagles in a non-conference contest, ending in a 1-1 tie after two overtimes.

The match was quickly paced. In the first half, Butler was unable to capitalize on their chances because of the play of Eastern Michigan sophomore goaltender Megan McCabe.

A strange bounce went the Bulldogs’ way in the middle of the first half to get Butler on the

board.

Eastern Michigan and Butler players were both going for the ball, and McCabe misplayed it, going off her foot and into the goal to give Butler the lead. Senior forward Katie Griswold got credit for the goal.

Eastern Michigan tied the game late in the second half after senior midfielder Cara Cutaia’s shot found the top left corner of the net.

Butler had a shot ring off the crossbar during overtime, but that was as close as either team came to breaking the tie.

The Bulldogs took on the Seattle Redhawks in another home nonconference match Friday night. Like the Eastern

Michigan game, it ended in a 1-1 tie.

There were many early offensive chances for the Bulldogs, with six shots, three of which were on goal.

Butler sophomore midfielder Sophie Maccagnone drew first blood in the second half, drilling a free kick past Seattle goalie Brianna Smallidge to put the Bulldogs up 1-0.

In the final minute of regulation, Seattle sophomore midfielder Kiana Kraft put a shot past senior goalie Julie Burton to tie the game.

Butler had seven total shots in overtime, with Smallidge saving the only two that were on goal.

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ARTS, ETC.

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GAUTAM RAO unveils “UNBLOCKED”

RAO: At the unveiling of his exhibit “Unblocked” at Gallery 924.

BRITTANY GARRETT BGARRETT@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

Butler University professor and artist Gautam Rao had garnered attention for some of his works in the form of a weeks-long show.

Rao premiered his series of paintings, “Unblocked,” Friday at the Arts Council of Indianapolis’ Gallery 924.

Gallery 924 will show “Unblocked” from Sept. 6-27.

Rao’s previous works using different figures and forms have been replaced by a new color theory. His patterns of squares and rectangles delve into a new genre of painting, each one acrylic on canvas. This exploration into the new color theory is grouped by hue, color, temperature and value. The patterns are organized in what Rao describes as a “mathematical” manner.

Using the theme of rediscovery as his inspiration, his pixels are used to mimic different landscapes, typography and overall moods.

“They play on the human tendency to recognize images in patterns

everywhere,” Rao said.

Rao said he settled on a “joy found in color choices”while creating these works.

He began production on this series in 2011 and has developed deeper and more complex patterns with each painting.

“It really started because I wanted to paint every day and needed to come up with a way to make that happen, even if it is only for 10 minutes,” Rao said.

“You just can’t paint really great figure paintings in that amount of time.”

Being a professor, Rao’s schedule fills up and scatters his free time. Because of this he devised a system of mixing different paint colors and putting them on canvases in tiny boxes. This way, he could work for only a few minutes or hours and not have to go over blending previous squares.

For the first night of the show, many people came to the gallery in admiration of the contemporary series. Bekah Pollard, a student of Rao, described the display as “probably the most professional gallery I’ve been to.”

“It was pretty rad to see a whole

show by someone I know in such a nice space,” Pollard said.

The studio space has a history of hosting noteworthy events.

Over the summer, various artists joined forces for “The Self-Portrait Show” at Gallery 924. Bertrand Gimmonds, an “Unblocked” attendee, compared the two displays.

“Although the subject matter and the mediums are very diverse, I think they both really capture the overall feel of the gallery,” Gimmonds said.

The 1,300 square-foot gallery space prides itself on the publicized mission of “highlighting central Indiana contemporary artists.”

The council’s main concern is helping local up-and-coming artists gain publicity and spreading the involvement of the community in the art scene. More than 800 artists are featured in its online database.

As for Gallery 924’s future plans, nothing has been made public yet about what the following months have to offer, but presentations by local artists should be expected.

Photo by Brittany Garrett

Rao’s paintings are organized in a “mathematical manner” and the theme of discovery was used as his inspiration.

Photos by Brittany Garrett

People explore “Unblocked” at Gallery 924 during the exhibit’s grand opening.

Upcoming concert could cause space issue at the Schrott Center EMILY WILLIAMS ECWILLI2@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

A combined concert means a combined audience of various Butler University School of Music supporters.

A combined concert in the Schrott Center means that there is a real possibility of more people wanting to hear the concert than seats available in the Schrott Center, Robert Grechesky, director of the university wind ensemble said.

Every fall, the school of music produces a showcase concert featuring its large ensembles.

The concert has traditionally been held in Clowes Memorial Hall, which seats more than 2,000 people—plenty of room for those wanting to hear the percussion ensemble,

wind ensemble, jazz ensemble and chorale.

This year though, the event will be held in the Schrott Center, on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. The problem: the Schrott Center seats less than 500 people.

Clowes Hall is not typically filled to capacity for a showcase concert. But the Schrott Center only holds a quarter of what Clowes does.

This is also the first showcase concert for which paid admission is required.

“When scheduling the showcase, (JCA administrators) didn’t think it through, that there is going to be a space issue,” Grechesky said.

“The Schrott Center is a wonderful place with a great (acoustic) shell, and the stage is magnificent. But we have to be careful when we program. The capacity is only 440.”

Aaron Hurt, assistant operations manager,

When scheduling the showcase, they didn’t think it through that there is going to be a space issue.

ROBERT GRECHESKY DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE said it was premature to say that the problem exists before the first event happens.

Freshman business major Katie Yackey said if there do turn out to be fewer seats available

than are sought, it would be frustrating to parents and friends of performers because tickets will sell out quickly.

Matt Pivec, director of the jazz ensemble, said finding a good balance with the amount of space is hard but he had not heard about overcrowding one way or the other.

“It’s difficult because in Clowes you can have a decent crowd, but it doesn’t feel like a decent crowd because it’s huge,” he said.

“It’s very difficult to get a good ratio between audience members and number of seats available.”

Grechesky said the first concert in a new system is bound to have some bumps. “The more you do it, more people get used to the system and figure it out for next year,” he said.

In the meantime, he said he recommends buying tickets early for the concert.

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New York Times bestseller to speak next week

CLOWES MEMORIAL HALL

50

years of architectural prowess

Clowes Hall is poised to celebrate its 50th anniversary of operation next month.

Besides being an active theater, it serves as an important architectural landmark on the campus of Butler University.

Photo courtesy of Special Collections, Irwin Library.

Butler’s campus before Clowes Hall was built is a stark contrast to its appearance today, with many familiar buildings missing: Clowes Hall, Irwin Library, Lilly Hall and more.

Oct. 18, 1963 Clowes Memorial Hall opened its doors.

December, 1963 Clowes Hall featured in the Architectural Forum magazine: “From mysterious side lobbies to a many-leveled grand foyer, Indianapolis’s Clowes Hall makes high drama out of theatergoing.”

Clowes Hall, 1963

Photo courtesy of barbra-archives.com

October, 1964 Clowes Hall is listed among “buildings that point to the future” in Fortune Magazine.

This favorable comment was particularly gratifying to me. I was seriously intent upon bringing the audience, in the process of arrival, mingling and seating themselves, into a building in which they share with the professional players, as it were, a larger drama.

JOHN M. JOHANSEN CLOWES ARCHITECT, JOHNJOHANSENARCHITECT.COM

Clowes Illustration and model photos courtesy of Special Collections, Irwin Library

Now, 50 years later, Clowes is still a recognizable piece in Butler’s landscape. And it continues to evolve. Last year, a $2-million grant from the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation was used to replace the auditorium seats and carpet, as well as do repairs and restorative work.

MARIA LEICHTY MLEICHTY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides is coming to Butler University.

Most renowned for his novels “The Virgin Suicides,” “Middlesex” and “The Marriage Plot,” Eugenides will discuss these books on Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Atherton Union.

English professor Dan Barden, a member of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series Committee, said this will give Butler a chance to talk to a writer of high status.

“He comes out with a book every decade and it’s a real blockbuster,” Barden said. “He is one of our most important novelists in the series.”

Senior Emily Kile is taking the Visiting Writers Series class and said they are beginning discussion on Eugenides this Thursday. The class is required to read “Middlesex” and “The Marriage Plot.” “‘Middlesex’ is a complete pageturner, so it doesn’t really feel like class work,” Kile said.

Kile said students can better understand where he is coming from and pick his brain at the event.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Middlesex,” published in 2002, is a bestseller and part of Oprah’s Book Club. It is also a main part of the movie “Guilt Trip.”

The book is about a mutated gene that travels through three generations of a Greek family.

Eugenides has received a lot of critical acclaim.

“A chatty multigenerational saga that...has as many moving parts as a Rube Goldberg machine,” critic William Deresiewicz said of the novel in his New York Times article “Jeffrey Eugenides on Liberal Arts Graduates in Love.” “‘The Marriage Plot’ possesses the texture and pain of lived experience,” Deresiewicz said in his article.

“Eugenides has always been best on young love.”

His first novel, “The Virgin Suicides,” was published in 1993 and is about five sisters who each commit suicide within one year.

Book critic Peter Guttridge said the book was “not so much about suicide…but about unrequited love and the unknowable hurt of any action.”

It was made into a feature film in 1999, directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Kirsten Dunst and James Woods.

Love and coming of age are usually his central themes and American cities are his choice setting.

“He is very interested in documenting the American landscape in a way that most of us would understand and identify with,” Barden said.

Jeffrey Eugenides Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Atherton Union, Reilly Room

Photo courtesy of Marc Allan

Photo by Kevin Vogel, photo illustration by Taylor Meador

Novelist Jeffrey Eugenides will be visiting campus next week to discuss his work.

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OPINION DOUBLE TAKE ON TUITION REMISSION Columnist: Decisions should be made to benefit all of Butler The Butler University Faculty Affairs Committee is working with senior level administrators to discuss the proposed changes to the tuition remission policy endorsed by the Board of Trustees last December.

The policy in place states university faculty and their dependents, spouses and domestic partners can attend classes at Butler without paying tuition. These individuals qualify for the program once the faculty member has worked for Butler for nine months.

The Board of Trustees has recommended that employees’ spouses and dependents should not receive a full tuition waiver for either program until the employee has worked at Butler or a member institution for at least three years.

Under the proposal, employees using tuition remission to take classes at Butler would not see their benefits change. Employees would not be able to apply for tuition exchange until they have worked three years at Butler.

A “grandfathering” process was also recommended with the potential changes. This means that current faculty would not be subjected to a new policy. Their dependents and spouses will still receive 100 percent tuition remission.

Overall, the proposed changes to the policy are not extremely significant. Financially, the faculty’s children and spouses will still receive substantial help from the university.

One group that would be impacted by the proposed changes are future faculty whose children are old enough to go to college within the faculty member’s first three years of employment.

The proposed changes won’t drastically affect current faculty, financially.

There will still be a tuition remission policy whether changes are approved or not. New faculty

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members’ dependents would not have access to full benefits immediately if the changes were approved, but the benefits will not disappear.

These possible changes will help the university financially, which will hopefully benefit all Butler students long term.

Discussion of future policy changes should center on the majority of Butler students. The needs of the general student population are more important than allowing faculty’s children to immediately attend classes free of tuition.

Other proposed changes to the policy will also benefit Butler students.

The suggested changes state the university will have the right to “deny tuition remission in certain programs with capacity constraints.”

Class sizes are growing at Butler. Students are struggling to find spaces in classes they need to take.

Full programs need to prioritize paying students. This policy change would leave classroom seats available for the growing, paying student population.

The tuition remission policy shows appreciation for the faculty and the work they do for the university. The revised policy would not lessen the value of that.

As the Faculty Affairs Committee discusses the proposal, members should consider how to help our expanding university accommodate all its students better.

Contact copy editor Maggie Monson at mmonson@butler.edu.

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Visit www.thebutlercollegian.com to read a separate column on tuition remission, submitted by dance professor Stephan Laurent-Faesi.

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Faculty Senators: Potential change sends bad message At the final meeting of Faculty Senate last spring, [vice president of finance and administration] Bruce Arick presented [proposed] changes to the tuition remission policy, approved by the Board of Trustees in December 2012.

We were told that an uptick in students attending Butler under tuition remission caused financial concern, but precise numbers about the long-term persistence of this issue were not presented.

Although discussion was taking place to change the policy by at least December 2012, there seemed to be no plan to share the impact it would have on faculty and staff until the very end of the academic year, when many people depart for the summer and momentum against a troublesome policy can easily wane.

In a rare moment in the Faculty Senate, a motion was unanimously passed without abstention which stated, “The Senate strenuously objects to the proposed revisions to the tuition remission and exchange policy and asks that further discussion involving the entire Butler community be held in the fall of 2013.”

The policy allowed for full tuition remission of spouses/ domestic partners and dependents of faculty or staff after they had faithfully served the university for a period of nine months.

The new policy would only allow for 50 percent remission after a full year of service, and then 100 percent remission after three years.

Though salaries for faculty at Butler are lower than many of our peer and aspirant institutions— including practically all of our new Big East colleagues, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual college survey—the tuition remission benefit has proven a very attractive draw for many faculty and staff.

There are plenty of stories of people choosing to come to Butler, and, then, not taking jobs

with higher salaries precisely because they see this benefit as more valuable to their families than a bit more money in each paycheck.

As Butler seeks to establish itself as a leader in education, this [potential] change in the tuition remission policy seems at odds with that goal. Why shouldn’t we lead the Big East in enabling families, regardless of how new they are to the Butler family, to be able to afford to attend the school that they dedicate their life’s work to?

When other Big East schools provide benefits unavailable to Butler faculty and staff— including on-site childcare, paid Family and Medical Leave Act, accessible lactation stations for nursing mothers and lower healthcare costs—we who work at Butler have to wonder why the tuition remission benefit is being reduced for future generations of Butler employees.

Many of us believe this kind of change sends a bad message to potential faculty or staff who might second guess the commitment that Butler has to those of us who put so much time and effort into creating the best educational experience we can for Butler students.

Signed, Chad Bauman Brooke Beloso Christopher Bungard Terri Carney Vivian Deno Katharina Dulckeit Lee Garver Brent Hege Lynne Kvapil Stephan Laurent-Faesi Andy Levy Gail Lewis Ali O’Malley Sakthi Mahenthiran Tibi Popa Jon Sorenson Ann Savage Eloise Sureau-Hale Robin Turner Harry van der Linden Michael Vance Jeanne VanTyle

Policy proposal dilutes education If changed, policy could push away strong professors and hurt students The new proposed tuition remission could make the university money, but will diminish the quality of Butler’s education.

Butler is in a network of universities that have a set agreement with regard to employee tuition exchange. The current plan states any employee in the network can send any of their family members to any university tuition free, granted they fulfill the prerequisites.

Currently, Butler faculty and staff only need to work here for nine months in order to get full tuition waived for their family members in accordance with the tuition remission program. The new plan will make faculty and staff work for one year to get a 50-percent tuition discount and three years for a full

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While proposed changes to Butler tuition remission and exchange policy might not directly affect many students, it could turn away the highest quality faculty that Butler could hire. tuition remission.

This new plan will make Butler less desirable to prospective employees.

Highly acclaimed professors could opt to work at another university because the burden of bearing college tuition these days is absurd.

It would be a shame if this new remission plan was the deal breaker that scared away top candidates for a position. The new benefits plan could be the detail that makes Butler a second option to a prospective worker.

That could result in a less

qualified person filling the employment void. Butler cannot continue to improve at a rapid rate by hiring B-level talent.

In the past few years, Butler’s student body has increased in population and in talent. The average high school GPA in the freshman class was 3.76 this year.

The university needs to continue hiring the best talent it can in order to give the students the education they deserve.

Represenatives of the university travel the nation to raise money and promote the great things going

on here. The proposed plan could water down students’ education by scaring away top teaching talent.

Administrators need to decide if they want to turn Butler into a business or keep it a university.

Tuition rises annually and students have continued to pay it.

In return, these students should get the best available education and not have a diluted product because the best talent will not want to work here.

Contact Opinion editor Rhyan Henson at rhenson@butler.edu.

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Securing social media Social media is a common way people expose themselves How many people think about the consequences of posting online?

Protecting one’s reputation is becoming the most important digital security measure people take in today’s world. Personal pictures and other incriminating information may only be a few clicks away. With the creation of social media and other Internet posting sites, everyone has a responsibility to not only protect his or her own digital reputation, but also to consider the potential consequences of personal posts.

Most people have a Facebook account and, at one point or another, have seen a person post something inappropriate.

Once words and images are posted, the whole world can see them. These posts become a part of people’s identities, and these posts can be very damaging, especially when looking for work. In October 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported employers were checking social media profiles as part of their prescreening process.

Peter Maulik of the company Fahrenheit 212, told the newspaper he made hiring decisions based on what he discovered about candidates on Twitter and LinkedIn. Maulik said these posts gave him insight into what kind of people he was considering for his team.

But caution online isn’t only about protecting one’s reputation for prospective

TONY ESPINAL employers. People should think about the potential consequences of posting videos and pictures of other people on these sites. Such posts may inadvertently cost a friend a job, the respect of his or her peers, embarrassment or a constant painful memory.

In 2008, eight teens were arrested for beating another teen. They filmed the beating and then posted the video on the Internet. This year three teens from Steubenville, Ohio were prosecuted for sexually assaulting a young girl who had been drinking at a party.

They videotaped the assault and showed it to their friends at school.

Even here on Butler’s campus, inappropriate posts now become a part of student identities. Back in 2011, The Collegian reported on a Facebook event called “Roofies and Randos,” where students would arrive at parties and receive the drug from Pez dispensers.

The event was reported to have been an inside joke between friends. However, once again, the dangers of posting without thinking took their toll. The event spread across Facebook, and eventually the university got involved. These students, in the name of a prank, were publicly embarrassed and investigated for their incredibly offensive inside joke.

“It’s making me look like a bad person,” said one of the perpetrators to The Collegian.

The damage goes even further.

The Collegian also reported one of the students was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Now, the fraternity’s reputation may have been damaged by an event in which it had no part.

I try never to judge because we all make mistakes.

However, even though I have never met the individuals involved, it’s hard to get past reading about the incident.

That is how far-reaching these consequences can be.

Now I probably know what you are thinking: those were crimes and my pictures are just of just me having fun.

True. However, think about what those online videos have done to these victims.

What was done to them was posted on the Internet and has become a part of their identity. Hopefully, one day, it will all be a distant memory for them, but it doesn’t change that this incident may be a part of each relationship those people may ever encounter. Imagine if you and your friends had been those students explaining their “inside joke.”

So, the next time you’re taking incriminating pictures of your friends or feel like posting explicit posts on your social media sites, take a second to stop and think about the damage you could potentially be causing yourself or the people you care about.

Contact columnist Tony Espinal at tespinal@butler.edu.

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Dramatic works like “The Book of Mormon” have been famous for containing mature and offensive content.

Don’t shy away from risque Butler university has a superb fine arts program, but what should we censor and what should be considered art?

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I like controversy and conversation that arises from art. Growing up, my family and I spent hours in theatre seats, watching shows like “Rent,” “Spring Awakening,” and, most this school year. recently, “The Book of Mormon.” Last year Of those productions that raised questions I saw the latter Tony award-winning show, was the R-rated puppet show, “Avenue Q.” a religious satirical musical written by Parents mistakenly assumed the show was the creators of “South Park,” and walked for kids despite the information provided by away thoroughly entertained. Although Clowes when promoting the show.

I recognized the potentially offensive Butler’s venues provide students and material, I couldn’t resist seeing the show for the surrounding Indianapolis area with a second time a few months later. the ability to formulate their own opinions Besides “The Book of Mormon,” shows about art. like “Hair” and “Rent” have grazed “What parents think is risqué is not newspapers with their success for years. what students think is risqué,” Lingenfelter With each of these shows consisting of foul said. “It’s the audience’s, not the venue’s, language and sexual behavior, I began to job to determine whether it would enjoy or wonder: Is modern art successful only if it’s even want to attend a performance or not. controversial?

Do your research, and know what you’re I became curious as to whether Butler paying to watch.” accepted the fact that nowadays popular I also began to understand that these productions often contain inappropriate shows aren’t popular because they are material. After speaking with Joshua controversial. They are popular because they Lingenfelter, director of marketing for are good works of art.

Clowes Memorial Hall, I quickly learned “‘Book of Mormon’ wouldn’t be successful that I was oblivious to Clowes’ history and if it wasn’t a good story,” Lingenfelter said. it’s openness to provocative art.

The controversial productions are worthy “[Clowes] is very much a curator. We of their critical acclaim, and that is why try not to censor,” said Lingenfelter. For Clowes doesn’t flinch from housing them. years, Clowes has housed shows that are notoriously mature. It is continuing this trend by bringing productions like “Flashdance” and “Memphis” to the stage Contact columnist Abby Bien at abien@butler.edu.

Transfer students struggle to fit in at Butler Fitting into a new school can be socially, academically and mentally hard on new students Day one: You move into your new dorm as a freshman in college. By the time you are halfway unpacked, you are pushing your parents out the door, locking it and never looking back.

Day two: You are swimming in freedom with no parents, no rules and no worries.

Day three: You meet a few new people during orientation. Things seem to just be going okay.

Day too many to count: You want out.

When arriving at college, the thought may never cross your mind that you might not like the school you have chosen to attend. I had no idea, upon leaving for summer break last year, I would never return. There are thousands of colleges in this country, and you are truly rolling the dice when choosing the perfect school.

Changing colleges is hard, and the best ways to get settled are by finding friends, resources and feeling welcome at your new university.

A multi-day transfer student orientation and those dreaded organized activities are essential to making a college your new home.

Here at Butler, freshmen and transfer students usually move in four days before classes begin. This year new students participated in a number of resource fairs, panels and, of

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course, convocation. Transfer students were not required to take part in an orientation group or to be present at Welcome Week events like “The Quest” or “Student Life at Butler” presentation.

The only events mandatory for transfer students were Butler University Convocation, “Butler Remix,” and college and departmental meetings. According to Emily Burke, Butler Associate Director LRC, the Remix is the official transfer orientation during Welcome Week.

In my opinion, The Remix was not quite enough.

The Remix was highly informative and helpful. However, more than one uniquely designed transfer student activity could help for an easier transition. In past years, Butler has utilized more panels and breakout sessions that, I think, should be tried again. This time students would need to attend in order to make the multi-day orientation successful.

Three additional events were not required yet transfer-specific, like the “Transfer Student Dessert Reception,” “New Student Photo” and

“‘Fuel Up For Block Party’ Transfer Student Dinner,” Hardly any of the approximately 58 new transfer students attended these events.

“I do wish that more transfer students had shown up to the transfer events, but that isn’t the school’s fault,” said Amanda Sabel, a transfer junior from Santa Monica College in Los Angeles.

The school is not to blame for whether or not transfer students show up to events.

Administrators like Burke work tirelessly to make transfer students comfortable, and she also makes herself available to students the entire year. However, more mandatory activities to supplement the Remix would have made finding more upperclassmen friends during Welcome Week easier.

As a transfer student myself, I greatly appreciated the administrators who organized specific transfer student events and took the time to make me comfortable and confident in my decision to come to Butler. However, I could not help but feel a little bit out of the loop and the odd man out.

Upon arriving at the resource tent, I was handed a shirt that read “Class of 2017.”

Though I cannot guarantee that I will graduate by 2016, I would have appreciated even an old Welcome Week T-shirt with my true class year.

During convocation, I was ushered by orientation leaders into a new student photo I really did not want to be included in. I was again recognized and addressed as a freshman.

If transfer students had a longer orientation with activities unique for upperclassmen, meeting new people and even friends would have been easier. Welcome Week is a pivotal time since new students often meet some of their permanent friends during those first few days. When thrown into a group of returning students, finding where one fits in is hard. Most upperclassmen have already found their group of good friends and are not always in a hurry to add anyone else. Meanwhile, freshmen are already bonding, simply because they are freshmen.

If it is not efficient for Butler to hold a multiday transfer student orientation again, perhaps more student catch-ups or even a transfer student mentor program could be beneficial to those that need one after classes have begun.

“What I wish for is some events specifically for transfer students during the first few months of school,” said Sabel. “It would be nice to hang out with other people who understand the transition can be difficult.”

As upperclassmen, we have already finished our rite of passage. New to the school or not, we will never be freshmen again.

However, being the new kid is always hard, even for the outspoken extrovert like me.

So now, will somebody please sit with me at lunch?

Contact Opinion assistant editor Taylor Powell at tjpowell@butler.edu.

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What is your fondest memory of Blue II? “It’s probably his presence at the Final Four games and the support he was able to give to the team members.”

Regina Ceragioli Senior Vocal performance

“During Welcome Week, he was walking around and we were all taking pictures of him, and it was one of the first pictures I had at Butler.”

Shannon Suttles Sophomore Mechanical engineering and physics

“I went on a lunch date with my cousin and her kids and after that we went to visit Blue II and Trip.”

Mack Reed Sophomore Psychology

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9/11 MEMORIAL This year, New York City opened the 9/11 Memorial Plaza at the foot of the new One World Trade Center, nearing completion.

Each year on September 11, the thoughts of the nation center at this place, ground zero, where so many lost their lives 12 years ago.

This summer, two Collegian staff members were able to visit the memorial, and The Butler Collegian wishes to share that experience with you today.

We remember.

We rebuild.

Photos by Jaclyn McConnell and Kevin Vogel

Left: The new One World Trade Center towers over ground zero.

Standing at 1,776 feet tall (in deference to the year of our nation’s independence), it is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

Below left: Construction workers rest at the base of the building, which will be completed later this year.

Below right: A reflective pool now rests in the memorial plaza in the footprints of the South Tower, which was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attack. The reflective pools are the largest man-made waterfalls in North America.

The Survivor Tree This callery pear tree was found in the rubble of the World Trade Center one month after 9/11.

It was tranferred to a New York City nursery with its limbs and roots torn apart, and standing at only eight feet tall.

The tree managed to survive its injuries from 9/11, as well as Hurricane Sandy.

It was replanted in the Memorial Plaza at ground zero in December of last year.

A white rose rises from the embossed name of a man who lost his life in Tower One on Sept.

11, 2001. Roses such as this spot the bronze panels surrounding the reflective pools where the names of the deceased are inscribed. The names of those killed in the Feb. 1993 attack on the World Trade Center are also included in the memorial.

The Survivor Tree continues to grow in the plaza as a metaphor for the endurance of New York City, the United States and humankind.