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The Butler Collegian is struggling financially—along with other school newspapers and the nation’s newspaper industry—and is searching for new business models and revenue streams.

Changes in technology and the recent recession have resulted in advertising revenue falling from a high of $42,000 seven years ago to a new low of less than $20,000 last year.

In the midst of this upheaval, Butler University has cut direct funding support by more than 50 percent, from a high of $22,000 13 years ago to just under $9,700 last academic year, leading to several years of budget shortfalls.

During this time, the university’s expectation for advertising and subscription revenue increased $12,000, leading to several consecutive years of shortfalls.

Last year’s shortfall totaled nearly $30,000.

“I don’t think there have been any conversations in the president’s cabinet or the executive council about the funding of The Collegian because it just hasn’t risen to that level,” Butler President James Danko said.

Even with these financial pressures, The Collegian received national recognition for

My feeling is that Butler should be celebrating its champions, not cutting them back.

DAN COOREMAN NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY BUSINESS SECTION EDITOR editorial quality: a 2011 ACP Pacemaker Award and the 2012 Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Dan Cooreman (’76), an editor of The New York Times Sunday Business section, served as The Collegian’s editor in chief his senior year. He said he feels the university is handling the support of The Collegian’s budget shortfall incorrectly.

“My feeling is that Butler should be celebrating its champions, not cutting them back,” Cooreman said. “You guys are champions, and you work as hard on what you’re doing as anyone else in any extracurricular activity.”

COST-CUTTING MEASURES The Collegian brought in approximately $18,600 through print and online advertising fees last year, according to Collegian records.

Subscriptions, at $45 per academic year, numbered 43 last year, bringing in less than $2,000.

While producing revenue has been a struggle for The Collegian, producing enough to offset its costs has been even more difficult.

The Collegian’s largest expenses are student salaries and printing costs. Last year, student pay amounted to around $26,000 while printing costs totaled $23,000.

To combat costs, The Collegian has made changes. A decision was made this summer to cut all staff members’ wages in half this school year. The editor in chief makes $38 per week, while staff reporters and photographers earn $7.50 per assignment.

The Collegian also cut the number of newspapers printed from 2,600 a week two years ago to 1,500 a week this year.

The Daily Reporter in Greenfield prints The Collegian at an initial cost of $630 per week. The Collegian puts out 26 issues per academic year.

In addition, The Collegian staff cut food costs on Monday deadline nights. Last year, The Collegian spent more than $1,100 on see FINANCES page 4

ASSESSING THE VALUE OF STUDENT JOURNALISM MALLORY DUNCAN MSDUNCAN@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. ASST. EDITOR The Butler Collegian has been publishing since 1886. The impact it—and other student newspapers—can have on their respective college and university campuses can be far reaching.

“College papers are essential because not only do they just help the students learn how to do journalism but they help the campus community,” said David Cuillier, president of the Society of Professional Journalists and director of University of Arizona’s School of Journalism.

“Without (newspapers), we’ll fall apart.

Without that, people won’t know what’s going on around campus. There’s only so much you can get from people’s Facebook and blogs.”

A college or university’s campus newspaper is one place student journalists can hone their skills in the field.

Gary Edgerton, dean of the College of Communication, also believes in the significance of a student newspaper.

“I think (a student newspaper) is very important, especially with an institution that has a journalism major,” Edgerton said.

“I think the college’s point of view and certainly my point of view (is), it’s part of a college education.”

Student journalists aren’t the only group on college campuses that can learn from a student newspaper.

“The student newspaper covers not only the student news but the faculty, staff, events that come to campus as well as holding student and administrative officials alike accountable,” said Craig Fisher, Butler’s Student Government Association president.

“As officials, we need something like The Collegian in all honesty.

“It’s without them that we sometimes lose touch with students and how students are feeling, especially when it applies to accountability. It’s kind of a backwards answer from the SGA president to want to be held accountable.”

Beyond the education received from working on a newspaper staff, student journalists learn lifelong lessons while simultaneously strengthening their resumes. “(My life) would be vastly different.

My first internship would not have been the result of what I produced in clips,” said Dan Cooreman, who served as The Collegian’s editor in chief his senior year and is currently an editor for The New York Times Sunday Business section. “If I had to put myself out there with undergraduates from Indiana University showing clips from the Daily Student, I would lose. It would’ve

changed everything.”

Student newspaper experience, including that gained from The Collegian, is a way for students to show future employers what they can do through both sample writing and design pieces. “(Being a student journalist) is the only way one gets in the career really,” said Cullier, SPJ president. “You learn by doing. That’s the case with most of us. You only learn so much in the classroom with journalism. It’s really something you’ve got to practice.”

Russ Pulliam, the Indianapolis Star’s associate editor, said the lessons learned in a student newsroom can be valuable to people in most any line of work. “(Student journalism) can teach anybody—but especially the future journalists—how to write a story. If you can just write the first two or three paragraphs and get the who, what, where and all that— get it all in the first two or three paragraphs and still write interesting 20-word sentence—that’s a skill that can be used just about any place,” Pulliam said.

Practice makes perfect, and Fisher said he hopes The Collegian will be able to have this outlet for years to come.

“It’s kind of a scary thought (not having the Collegian around),” Fisher said. “This has been around since 1886. (The Collegian)

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is one of campus’ best traditions. That’s something that I would never want to lose.”

David Therkelsen, interim director of the National Scholastic Press Association, agrees with Fisher about the gravity of the repercussions from this potential loss.

“That’s 40 students (at The Collegian) who would not have the rich opportunity to, at a very young age, develop skills that will serve them lifelong.”

Student journalism, in any capacity, is part of Butler’s traditions. Butler President James Danko said he realizes the importance of an enduring Butler tradition.

“I think the value of what you’re going through is extraordinary, and I’m supportive of it,” Danko said. “I see (The Collegian’s financial concerns) as not an obstacle. This is the first time I’m hearing about it. I think it hasn’t risen to a level where people are aware of it.”

This week, The Collegian has begun informing Butler of its current financial situation—a situation that Fisher said could result in impactful changes to an important part of campus culture. “(The Collegian) is up there with all the great traditions Butler has,” Fisher said.

“It’s one that students need around campus. When you lose your traditions, you lose your livelihood of what makes campus so special to everyone, past and present.”

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Butler announces parking changes

MARAIS JACON-DUFFY

MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

Butler University announced changes to parking rules for the remainder of the semester via email Tuesday.

Student will now be allowed to park in three different “A” lots, typically for faculty and staff parking, between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. and in another “A” lot near Irwin Library between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Also, some parking in the Hinkle Fieldhouse lot has been reopened for “HV” pass holders--Apartment Village residents.

In an email to the Butler Community, Bill Weber, Butler University Police Department assistant chief said the decision to make changes to parking rules mid-semester is atypical.

However “the feedback [BUPD] received from campus was very good and warranted immediate action,” Weber said.

The new changes will go into effect tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 17.

Weber’s email also attributed the decision to make parking changes to feedback from the student body, faculty and staff, the parking committee, a parking consultant and the Student Government Association.

The Council on Presidential Affairs conducted a transportation survey on Monday in Starbucks and the Health

and Recreation Complex.

Participants who volunteered to take the survey were asked what lot they park in, the frequency which they drive, how long it takes them to find a parking spot and how many parking tickets they have accummulated this school year.

The survey also gauged responses on the idea of a neutral lot, where anyone can park, and whether or not parking in “A” and “C” lots should be open to all after 6 p.m.

CPA already hosts a bike share program and a shuttle bus for students to use. The popularity of these programs was also surveyed.

CPA members working the Starbucks table Monday said they saw a good amount of traffic to their table and said a large number of students did participate in the survey.

Junior Kate Carroll, vice president of Administration for SGA said the idea for this survey came from the current conditions of parking on Butler’s campus.

“Obviously, [the administration and Board of Trustees] took the summer and worked with a parking consultant and task force to make the already imposed changes,” Carroll said. “But a topic like this does not get solved overnight or on the first try necessarily.”

Carroll said the survey session was a form of CPA’s survey chat forums

Pink October: Bulldogs battle breast cancer KATIE GOODRICH KGOODRIC@BUTLER.EDU

During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the familiar Butler STAFF REPORTER blue around campus is replaced by a new color--pink.

Since 1985, October has been observed as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by a collaboration of groups including the American Cancer Society. They focus on raising awareness and educating people about breast cancer, according to the NBCAM website.

Several Butler University organizations are promoting NBCAM around campus.

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.

The Butler campus community has numerous chances to get involved in the fight against breast cancer. Student organizations and athletic teams host events where everyone can participate and raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and those affected by the disease.

Bulldogs Against Breast Cancer is a student organization that promotes awareness, raises funds, and volunteers at several cancer walks in the Indianapolis community.

BABC was created four years ago by Laura Spieth in memory of her mother who passed away from breast cancer, said sophomore Katelyn White, the vice president of BABC. “October is an insane month for us,” White said. “But it’s a lot of fun.”

that are held three or four times per semester.

“The university listened to positive ideas put forth by the students, faculty and members of the Parking Committee and moved these ideas forward. Is this the end of changes?

Unlikely, I’m sure more positive ideas will come to our attention,” Weber said in an email to the Collegian.

Sophomore Annie Sparrow said she likes that she will be able to park in “A” parking near the library at night.

“I don’t like walking across campus by myself at night,” Sparrow said.

“Now I can go to the library late at night and I don’t have to find someone to bring with me.”

Junior Aaron Wentzlof said he is pleased with the parking changes for the Hinkle-AV lot particularly.

“It was so annoying to come home from class and see an empty parking lot right in front of my apartment that I wasn’t able to park in,” Wentzlof said.

“I couldn’t think of a single reason why that lot shouldn’t be HV parking.

It is nice to see the university actually listening to us, though.”

A student petition to open the Hinkle lot to HV pass holders began circulating amongst the student body in September. Earlier this month, Weber said he encouraged any peition or opinion anyone has because he said he hears “great ideas that turn into changes because of students.”

As students return from fall break, BABC will kick-off its “Pink Week.” Throughout the week, BABC will hold different events and fundraisers.

On Wednesday, anyone who wears pink will get a small giveaway if they go to the gazebo by Starbucks. Also on Wednesday, a luminaire walk will honor survivors and all those who lost their lives to the disease.

On Friday, the group will be “Dyeing for a Cure.” For a small donation, you can tie-dye a shirt on the mall.

The men’s soccer game Saturday will have a BABC tailgate where the group partners with Colleges Against Cancer and Relay for Life because it is also respect life month.

This year, the club has set a goal to raise $500 in October.

From a t-shirt pre-sale, they have already raised $300.

All money raised by the group either goes to BABC for continued fundraising and events or Susan G. Komen For the Cure, the nation’s largest breast cancer organization, White said.

The student organization volunteers at cancer walks in Indianapolis, and they have a team entered in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. The group is also looking into volunteering at hospitals in the area this spring.

White said she believes in the importance of raising awareness for the entire student population.

“Students need to be aware that this is a huge issue,” White said. “Breast cancer is a very prominent disease in both men and women. It’s important to raise funds and raise awareness because you never know who this could impact somewhere down the line.”

White knows the impact that a breast cancer diagnosis can have. Her aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer and fought for 16 years before passing away. White joined BABC to honor her.

“I do it because I want something good to come out of her losing her battle,” White said. “I feel that if I am a part of a breast cancer organization, raising awareness, raising funds, then I am doing my part to make sure her name lives on.”

Part of an Apartment Village lot (top, lot 27), three areas behind the Holcomb and Pharmacy Buildings (center, lots 18, 19 and 20) and an Irwin Library lot (bottom, lot six) will see parking changes starting Thursday.

Sophomore Tori Farr got involved with BABC after seeing the organization at Block Party her freshman year.

“Breast cancer is something that is close to my heart,” Farr said. “My mom had it. I want to let people know that it does happen.”

White and Farr said they like the “pink” athletics the most out of all the BABC activities. BABC plans entertainment for the games during time-outs and breaks in play.

“It’s something fun that we get to do while we are raising awareness,” White said.

Many professional sports teams have donned pink accessories or uniforms to promote breast cancer awareness month. That trend has influenced many college teams to follow suit, and Butler’s are no exception.

Lindsay Martin, manager of sports marketing and promotions, organized the pink football game. The team wore pink wristbands and used pink tape when it played Stetson University October 5.

Martin said the idea for the games came from the athletic department.

“Honestly, our coaches brought it to us,” Martin said.

Butler’s first “pink” game was women’s volleyball in 2006.

When women’s basketball coach Beth Couture was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, the movement gained major momentum at Butler.

“It really took off when coach Couture was diagnosed,” Martin said. “It had always been an important topic, but now it really hit home to us in our department.”

The athletics department works closely with BABC and St. Vincent’s Hospital where Couture received treatment, Martin said.

Martin said the games unite campus around a common cause.

“It’s a cause that most people care about,” Martin said.

“Something like breast cancer touches everyone. Most people on campus have a connection to maybe not breast cancer specifically, but cancer in general. Even if you’re not a sports fan, it’s a cause you can get behind.”

Fairbanks, Gallahue users hope for key card access

DONALD PERIN DPERIN@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

The Fairbanks Building and Gallahue Hall are the only major academic buildings on Butler University’s campus without access via student ID cards.

The Student Government Association, along with the Department of Maintenance Services, eventually hopes to install key card access to those buildings, with priority being put on Fairbanks.

“Our goal was to get Gallahue done last year, but SGA wanted to do Fairbanks so we got an estimate for them,” said Jerry Carlson, director of maintenance services. “It wasn’t high enough to get funded for this year. So we’re going to bring it up again this year. It was number two or three on our list, but it just didn’t get funded.”

SGA president Craig Fisher said the department of maintenance services quoted the project at around $12,000. Fisher also said SGA had

the funding for the project but instead put the money towards the outdoor study area by the Holcomb Building, which became the SGA and the Council on Presidential Affairs’ biggest project of the year.

Fisher added that key card access to Fairbanks is still high on SGA’s list of projects and is ranked third behind improving parking and sidewalk drainage on campus.

“It is something that we’re aware of, that students could very much benefit from,” Fisher said.

“Whenever student money is spent on projects like these, the biggest priority is that we do the projects that most students will benefit from.

We understand, in Fairbanks, that it’s important for all students to have access.”

Junior strategic communication major Natalie Pike said she wants 24-hour key card access for Fairbanks to give her more time to work on homework and projects with the building’s computer labs and edit bays.

“I really want (key card access) because I don’t have time to do homework or work on projects till late at night, and it would be nice to be able to get into the building without having to call BUPD,” Pike said. “I feel like almost every other building has key card access, so why not Fairbanks?”

Sophomore digital media production major Maurice Simmons agreed with Pike, saying that with some sort of access for most the other academic buildings on campus, college of communications students should have 24- hour access as well. “(Key card access) will allow people who are in the college to get in there and give them time to get their work done, instead of being in a rush to get stuff done,” Simmons said.

Carlson said that if SGA puts the key card access high enough on its list, that installation could happen as soon as next summer to be available to students by the fall 2014 semester.

“Moving forward, we need to

Photo by Rachel Opperman

Frequent users of the Fairbanks Building and Gallahue Hall hope the buildings will obtain key card access in the near future. put together some sort of timeline so we can budget it so students can use that as soon as possible,” Fisher said.

He added that he is hopeful to see some sort of progress made by the end of the academic year.

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Butler celebrates Homecoming

ALEXANDRA BODE ABODE@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Butler University was invaded by wizards, secret agents, cheshire cats, oompa loompas, flappers, mythical creatures, lions, tin men and scarecrows.

The theme of Homecoming 2013 was “books turned into movies” and each sorority, fraternity, residence hall and the commuters were paired up and assigned a specific book that was adapted into a movie.

Throughout Homecoming week, activities such as lawn decorations, Yell Like Hell and banner competitions allowed each team the opportunity to get points that were added together to determine a winner.

Saturday was the day of the Homecoming football game and other events.

The day started at 8 a.m. with Butler’s Biggest Tailgate

in the Hinkle Fieldhouse lot.

The lot was covered with tents, vehicles, food, games and Butler fans for a majority of the day.

Beyond Hinkle, Butler also hosted activities for alumni, students, and fans.

Another event -- a student favorite -- was the annual fraternity Chariot Race.

Each fraternity on campus participates in this race down Hampton Drive.

“Chariot races are much more than a race,” said Zach Walter, a senior member of Sigma Chi. “It is a great way to build brotherhood bonding as well as provide a source of entertainment for the alumni on Homecoming.”

This year, there was controversy over who actually won the Chariot Race.

The winner depends on whom you ask.

According to Jimmy Butler, a junior Phi Delta

Theta member, Sigma Chi would not race the Phi Delta Theta team in the final round.

“It’s a big deal to our fraternity and their fraternity because they say they are six times undefeated, but they won’t race us,” Butler said.

Many Butler alumni returned to campus as class reunions and reunions of specific colleges and Greek houses were going on throughout the day.

Ann Yater, formerly Ann Niebrugge (‘88) returned to Butler for the weekend and said things haven’t changed much.

“It is great to be back,” Yater said. “The band still plays at halftime, the Homecoming candidates still come out. The campus buildings have changed but it is still Homecoming.”

All these activities and many more led up to the main event of the day: the Butler football game against

Members of Alpha Chi Omega, Sigma Chi and ResCo residents on their Alice in Wonderland themed float.

Photo courtesy of Liz Subrin

the Campbell Camels.

At halftime, the Homecoming court candidates walked onto the field.

The Delta Gamma representative, Kelsey Lindsay, was crowned queen and the Delta Tau Delta representative, Derek Brown, was crowned king.

“This is super cool,” Lindsay said. “I was on Homecoming court in high school but this is such an honor to represent my university and to know that the students chose me to represent them.”

At the conclusion of the third quarter, the announcement of the overall

homecoming winner was made: the men of Lambda Chi Alpha and the women of Kappa Alpha Theta were named 2013 homecoming champions.

Finishing the day off with a movie-worthy ending, the Bulldogs earned a Homecoming victory against the Campbell Camels 35-14.

2013 Homecoming King and Queen

Photos by Erin Marsh

Kelsey Lindsay of Delta Gamma, 2013 Homecoming Queen

Kelsey Lindsay is a Pharmacy major from Terre Haute, IN. In her sorority, Delta Gamma, she serves as the Vice President of Membership.

This year, Lindsay was a Student Orientation Coordinator for Welcome Week, and she teaches group fitness classes at the HRC. Lindsay volunteers her time at St. Vincent New Hope, an adult daytime care facility.

Derek “Breezy” Brown is an engineering major from North Vernon, Ind. He is a member of Delta Tau Delta and also works as a Butler Student Ambassador.

“I’m very honored to be this year’s homecoming king.

I love Butler just like we all do,” Brown said. “It means a lot to me that the Butler Community thinks I am a good representation of the school I care so much about.”

Derek Brown of Delta Tau Delta, 2013 Homecoming King

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013

Butler grads find jobs more easily than average student EMILY WILLIAMS ECWILLI2@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

Butler University’s Internship and Career Services department offers career advising, internship opportunities, job resources, on -campus employment services, networking and workshops.

ICS holds 80 events each semester to help Butler students and alumni network.

“Employers look more seriously at people with experience who start early,” said Gary Beaulieu, director of ICS. “Students wait too late to get out on the job market.”

Internships often can lead students to a job.

Rachel Senn got a job with

Fox 59 in Indianapolis the week before she graduated.

“I got really lucky and did an internship with Fox 59 second semester of my senior year,” Senn said. “It was the only internship I did all of college.

My internship went from three in the morning until 11 a.m. for six months.”

Senn said many of her digital media and journalism classmates did have a hard time finding jobs. Some started with freelance work, but ultimately moved in other directions like PR or graphic design rather then film and television. They were offered more part time jobs, which do not give benefits.

Sara Tarantino graduated from Butler in 2013 and found her job two months later.

FINANCES: STRUGGLES CAUSE CONCERN

POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES The Collegian does not receive any money from the $288 student fee paid by Butler students each school year.

The New York Times’ Cooreman said he feels there “needs to be a fee from somewhere for a basic student voice on campus.”

The Star’s Pulliam said the student

GARY BEAULIEU

INTERNSHIP AND CAREER SERVICES DIRECTOR

She works for Nissan North American Headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee.

“Butler did a good job preparing me for the workforce,” Tarantino said.

Tarantino said the most attractive asset of her Butler education was her internship experience.

It’s an important tradition at Butler.

And I think it’s one worth continuing in any way we can.

FROM PAGE ONE food. This year, through a deal with the Broad Ripple Jimmy John’s restaurant, Jimmy John’s provides staff with sandwiches and potato chips every Monday night in exchange for a half-page ad in each issue.

The Collegian loses an varying amount of advertising revenue each school year due to meal deals done with local restaurants and businesses.

David Cuillier, president of the Society of Professional Journalists and director of the University of Arizona School of Journalism, said the evolution of journalism has created difficulties for news print publications.

“The journalism industry is going through a lot of change right now,” Cullier said. “That’s whether you’re a commercial news operation or a student operation—(you’re) trying to figure out how to monetize it.”

Indianapolis Star associate editor Russ Pulliam, whose family donated $5 million in 2000 to create the Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism and to help build the Fairbanks Building, said collegiate and professional newspapers have struggled to produce consistent revenue in recent years.

“Our funding is running out in the news media that I work in—from advertising—and we’re having to find other ways to pay for both personnel and distribution,” Pulliam said.

“If your funding runs out, you go find other funding. That’s what we’ve always found in journalism.”

The Butler community is a great way to make connections.

CRAIG FISHER BUTLER SGA PRESIDENT newspaper at his alma mater Williams College in Massachusetts received a fee from each student when he was enrolled there.

The Society for Professional Journalists’ Cuillier said he feels it is worthwhile for students to pay a student fee or subscription fee for their school’s newspaper. The University of Arizona’s Daily Wildcat receives $3 a student per semester from student fees, according to Cuillier.

Craig Fisher, Butler’s Student Government Association president, said about $190 of each individual’s student fee goes to SGA. Fisher said that could change with a recommendation by SGA and subsequent approval by the SGA Assembly as well as Butler’s Student Affairs office and the Board of Trustees.

Fisher said it would be “The Collegian’s call” if it wished to seek funding from the student fee, adding that he was aware of the “worthy priority of being unbiased” tied to such a decision.

“I think (giving a portion of the student fee to The Collegian) would probably be welcomed as long as we work out the logistics,” the SGA president said.

“It is a student newspaper, so it is benefitting the students,” Fisher continued.

“It’s an important tradition at Butler. And I think it’s one worth continuing in any way that we can.”

“Having two years of ‘real world’ experience really set me ahead of other candidates that just graduated from school with no experience,” Tarantino said.

Butler networking can be found at ICS and is a free lifetime service for any Butler alum.

Internships, networking and career assessments are just a few of the ways to put oneself in the best possible situation for job placement, Beaulieu said.

“Never panic; there is always help out there,” Beaulieu said.

“Organize yourself, talk to ICS and network with professors.

Eighty-five percent of the job market is driven by who you know, and the Butler community is a great way to make connections.”

Robert Marcus, Butler’s financial planning and budgeting executive director, said The Collegian also can look to one of three sources for “budget relief.”

The first option is to appeal to the College of Communication for permanent funding.

Marcus said last year’s CCOM budget was $2.7 million, and that this year’s is $2.9 million. A majority of the budget goes to faculty salaries, Marcus said.

“The College of Communication really cannot (permanently fund The Collegian),” Marcus said. “They do not have a lot of spare money lying around.”

Gary Edgerton, CCOM dean, said the college will always help The Collegian in any way it can.

“We support The Collegian as much as we can in the same way it has been supported in the past,” Edgerton said. “I think that what you should think about in terms of what’s happening with The Collegian is what’s happening in the journalism world in general.”

Edgerton said some college and university newspapers “are simply doing it entirely on the web now,” which results in “less of a cost.”

The second option is requesting shortfall coverage be funded by the provost’s office.

“The provost does have some contingency dollars and flexibility,” Marcus said, “but also just a huge amount of need and competing needs.”

The provost’s office previously provided funding to help cover The Collegian’s shortfalls but has provided no funding the last two years.

Provost Kathryn Morris declined to comment for the story.

The third option for funding is looking at the university in general to fill the budget shortfall.

For university funding, the president’s cabinet looks at needs, available funding and Butler’s strategic plan.

“If (a group’s need) is found to be meritorious, (the university) fund(s) it permanently, and the problem goes away,”

I put the milk in the bowl before the cereal.

I love Breaking Bad, but not meth or bald chemistry teachers.

Ron Burgundy is my career inspiration.

I really despise getting my picture taken.

I’m a sophomore journalism major and sociology minor from Terre Haute, Ind., and

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94%

of Butler graduates are employed or in graduate school six months after graduation

51%

of college students in America have a full time job after graduating

I don’t know what serious point in finances we’re at with The Collegian, but I suspect we’re able to take care of it.

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Marcus said. “If not, the problem stays. The last four or five years, we’ve been sitting on (The Collegian’s budget shortfall).

“I think, basically, between the college and the provost, they’ve found a way to fund it.

But no one has come forward to say, ‘We’ve found a way to fund it permanently.’”

Danko said he is not worried about covering The Collegian’s shortfall.

“I don’t know what serious point in finances we’re at with The Collegian, but I suspect we’re able to take care of it,” Danko said. “I don’t look at this as a significant obstacle in terms that we could keep this thing viable.”

A budget shortfall of nearly $30,000 remained after university funding was provided each of the past two years. This shortfall was covered by the School of Journalism.

“I think one thing (The Collegian can do) is create cuts where you can, show the university you’re doing what you can (to reduce budget shortfall),” said The New York Times’ Cooreman, the former Collegian editor in chief.

“But I think there’s still a responsibility of the university to keep its student newspaper going.”

Freshmen impact religious groups NATALIE SMITH NSMITH1@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF WRITER

Despite their respective differences, Butler University’s religious clubs have in common one thing beyond coexistance: The phrase “Holy freshmen.”

Butler’s religious organizations felt the impact of the class of 2017.

Membership increased more than usual this year.

Matt O’Brien, a junior and member of Cru, a Christian organization on campus, said he saw an increase in the number of people attending religious services.

“A lot more people come to Sunday Mass and Cru meetings than they have in my previous years,” O’Brien said. “I think that a lot of freshmen have helped to make that number bigger.”

Needa Malik, senior and vice president of Butler’s Muslim Student Association, said the number of active MSA members doubled in size when freshmen joined.

“You’d be surprised at the amount of students who don’t stray from their religion when they go to college,” Malik said.

“Students here have so many religious organizations and events to get involved with that they find a community in it and stay.”

Leah Dagen, a junior, said she noticed the same about Hillel, the Jewish organization.

O’Brien sees religion as a form of identity for students who come to Butler.

“I definitely wouldn’t have come to Butler if it didn’t have all the opportunities for Catholics that it does,” O’Brien said. “A lot of students’ identity is their religion.”

However, even with the new members’ arrival, in some students’ eyes, religious presence on campus has stayed relatively the same.

“Religious presence is in the middle at Butler,” O’Brien said.

“It’s not full-force where everyone has to give you their view, but it’s not behind closed doors either. It’s a happy medium.”

Some students believe the Center for Faith and Vocation does its job of getting all students’ beliefs represented on campus.

The CFV has 11 religious clubs that call it home. It aims to keep all groups connected to each other to foster a sense of religious community.

“We all share the CFV, which immediately sends the message that we all want to coexist,” Dagen said.

Some students said they feel a more Christian presence on campus than any other religion.

“While the biggest influence on campus is definitely Christian, MSA and other small groups do things to give ourselves a presence on campus,” Malik said.

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Photo courtesy of Cole Smith. Illustration by Taylor Meador

Cycling team keeps on rolling Competitive cycling is a sport that isn’t very well known outside the Tour de France. But that hasn’t deterred a group of students from helping the cycling club grow at Butler University.

In its seventh year of existence, the club has gone from six riders competing in one or two races a year to 16 riders, and potentially, a full 16-race schedule in the 2013-2014 school year.

The club started as a predominantly mountain biking club.

Members added a road cycling aspect to the club in 2008 which was able to draw more interest. The team now also competes in several track races each year.

The club has official club sport team status, and it receives much of its funding from the Student Government Association. It has applied for a grant this year and is waiting for approval.

The club has five women and 11 men, which is enough to have competitive teams for both genders.

Senior club president Cole Smith said he has been riding since he was young but did not start riding competitively KYLE BEERY KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

until he came to Butler in 2010. He heard about the club and decided to give it a try.

“I used to just ride for recreation,” Smith said. “And then after joining the team, that really got me to the competitiveness of collegiate cycling.”

Senior Joe Blommel also picked up cycling on a whim.

Blommel joined after his sophomore year at Butler.

“I had ridden my bike about 10 times in my life before I decided to do this,” Blommel said.

Like Smith and most other riders, freshman Hunter Hughes biked before college but is taking it to the next level this year.

“I haven’t raced before, but I ride a lot,” Hughes said.

The club has its first competition this weekend at the Hilly Hundred in Ellettsville, Ind. Smith said the Hilly Hundred isn’t an official competition for the club, but it will be a good tune-up race before the actual season begins in late February. The team will ride 50 miles Saturday and 50 miles Sunday, which is a large increase from the standard 25 miles.

Smith said the team uses fall competition as a way to introduce new riders, like Hughes, to riding in a pack, as they may not be familiar with it.

On a typical race weekend, the club will arrive at its hotel Friday night and race Saturday morning. Saturday night is typically spent doing homework in the hotel before racing the second leg Sunday morning.

Smith expects the team to compete in 16 races this year.

“Last year was a big year,” Smith said. “We had five top-10 finishes, and we had a girls team, and we had one girl go to nationals.”

Smith said only one female rider was in the club when he joined, and there weren’t any females at all until 2008, when the road-racing team was added.

Anne Gerard raced in nationals last year, finishing 27th of about 50 riders.

“It was amazing to see all the people that showed up,” Gerard said. “They were really strong and really good. There were schools with much bigger teams.”

Gerard hopes to improve on last year’s performance and get back to the big stage.

“I’m planning to get out to a few more races than I did last year and keeping up with training to improve on what I was last year,” Gerard said. “My ultimate goal is to end up back at nationals.”

OVERTIME

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Miller opens new frontier for recruiting Butler men’s basketball coach Brandon Miller has big shoes to fill.

Miller follows an unprecedented level of success left behind by former head coach and current Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens.

Not only did Stevens help lead Butler to consecutive national championship games in 2010 and 2011—he went to the NCAA tournament five times in six years, won four regular-season Horizon League titles and compiled a career record of 166-49.

However, Miller can accomplish something that Stevens never did during his time at Butler.

As Butler’s coach, Stevens successfully recruited only one top-100 player—Kellen Dunham— according to ESPN.com Miller hasn’t even coached a game yet, and he could potentially have two top-100 recruits coming in next season.

Miller received a commitment from Kelan Martin, a 6-foot-6-inch power forward from Louisville, Ky., last week. Butler is reported to be in the running for former UCLA recruit Trevon Bluiett.

Bluiett is a 6-foot-5-inch small

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forward from Indianapolis’ own Park Tudor. Blueitt had originally committed to UCLA this August but reopened his recruitment Oct. 4, citing the school’s distance from home as his motivation.

The Bulldogs pursued Blueitt in his original recruitment, and Kyle Neddenriep of the Indianapolis Star reported that Butler is in the mix for Blueitt yet again.

The fact that Butler is even on these top players’ radar is a testament to what Stevens accomplished while at Butler.

However, Miller is proving that he is no slouch either.

Getting high-profile recruits to commit to a school that just lost the most successful coach in its history is no small task, and Miller might do it twice over.

Basketball is one of the few collegiate sports where a top

THURSDAY Women’s soccer at DePaul 4 p.m.

Butler to host preseason scrimmage

recruit or two can turn a program around—or in Butler’s case, keep the program from tailing off. Fans aren’t expecting Butler to become the next University of Kentucky, but seeing top-ranked recruits coming in should help ease the transition from Stevens to Miller.

The rational Butler fan will not be surprised by a rough season this year.

Miller is by no means in a win or go home scenario this season.

However, if the team falls short of expectations over the next three or four years, Miller’s coaching seat will start to heat up.

If Miller continues to excel on the recruiting trail, then he shouldn’t have to worry about losing his job any time soon. Miller will benefit from the added talent of top recruits, and a coach who can recruit successfully will have an easier time selling the positive direction of a program.

No one knows for sure how the first-time coach Miller will do during in-game situations, but if his first few months on the job are any indication, the men’s basketball program is in good hands yet again.

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STAFF REPORTER

Butler Bulldog fans will get a sneak peek at this year’s men’s basketball team this month.

The team is holding a Blue vs.

White scrimmage that is open to the public on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Fox Sports 1 organized the event. Each of the 10 Big East teams will hold simultaneous scrimmage games, which will be broadcast on national television through the network.

The event will feature Butler players facing each other in a practice game. Butler cheerleaders will also be performing, and there will be an autograph session after the game.

Joe Gentry, director of sports marketing, said people can consider the event as the official start of Butler basketball in the Big East.

“We’re excited to tip off our first season in the Big East with this event,” Gentry said. “It’s great that we can give our fans their first opportunity to see our 20132014 team and to get autographs

afterwards.”

Butler fans will have the chance to see six freshmen in action.

Possibly the most anticipated debut, though, will be that of new head coach, Brandon Miller.

“It’s a great event,” Miller said, “not only for the Butler fans but for the entire Big East. Everyone is excited for this season to start, and this is a great way to kick it off.”

Both the players and coaches are encouraging fans and the Dawg Pound to show up in numbers.

The coaches are hoping the event is similar to an in-game atmosphere.

“We want the freshmen to get a feeling for what it’s going to be like in Hinkle this season. Lots of energy,” Miller said.

Junior point guard Alex Barlow said he is also excited to play in front of a crowd for the first time this year.

“It’s going to be fun,” Barlow said. “It’s exciting for us players too. Getting to play in front of fans with the Dawg Pound going wild for the first time this year. We’re all excited.”

The show will air on Fox Sports 1 at 9 p.m.

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Men’s soccer at Georgetown 1 p.m.

Women’s soccer vs. Xavier 1 p.m.

Volleyball at Creighton 2 p.m.

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Men’s soccer vs. Creighton 7 p.m.

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FOOTBALL

Bulldogs earn Homecoming win over Camels BEN SIECK

BSIECK@BUTLER.EDU ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The Butler football team has now won three straight games, coming off a Homecoming win against Campbell.

On Saturday. The 35-14 win brought the Bulldogs’ overall record to 5-2 and their Pioneer Football League record to 3-0.

Butler came out of the gates firing on all cylinders.

The Bulldogs scored 14 points in both the first and second quarters, while shutting out Campbell (1-5 overall, 0-3 PFL) in the first half.

Senior Quarterback Matt

Lancaster and senior running back Trae Heeter led the way for the Bulldogs, each scoring two touchdowns.

Heeter ran for a gamehigh 134 yards on 21 carries.

Heeter currently leads the PFL in rushing with 763 yards and has more than a 150-yard cushion between himself and the second-best rusher.

Lancaster got it done with his arm and legs, passing for 231 yards and a touchdown while rushing for another 81 yards and a touchdown.

Lancaster’s favorite target on the day was senior wide receiver Brendan Shannon.

Shannon hauled in 10 passes for 166 yards. No

WOMEN’S SOCCER The Butler women’s soccer team (9-4-2 overall, 2-3-0 Big East) picked up its ninth win of the season by defeating Providence (8-2-2, 2-1-1) 2-1 in overtime on Saturday. It was Butler’s second victory in Big East Conference play.

The Bulldogs will travel to DePaul Thursday for another Big East match.

The Blue Demons are coming off two consecutive shutouts from sophomore goalkeeper Alejandria Godinez.

DePaul’s leading scorer so far this season is sophomore forward Elise Wyatt with five goals, two of them gamewinners.

Sophomore midfielder Sophie Maccagnone led Butler to victory against Providence, scoring a goal in the first minute of overtime.

The match saw back-andforth play in the first ten minutes as both teams tried to figure out each other’s game style.

Providence was awarded a free kick after a foul in the 29th minute, but the shot sailed over the net.

One of Butler’s best chances of the half came in the 31st minute when the Bulldogs were awarded a corner kick, but they could not execute.

In the 35th minute, Butler was awarded a throw-in.

The Bulldogs capitalized on this opportunity, as senior midfielder Mary Allen scored a header goal, giving Butler a 1-0 halftime lead.

Providence scored its first goal of the game in the 61st minute. Friars’ Sophomore forward Catherine Zimmerman broke away with speed and floated a shot right over Butler senior goalkeeper Julie Burton.

Butler had a scoring opportunity in the 88th minute but sailed a shot over the goal, sending the game to overtime.

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other Bulldog caught more than two passes.

Butler’s defense was particularly stout, holding the Camels to 277 yards of total offense.

Campbell entered the contest averaging 305.8 rushing yards per game, second best behind Sam Houston State in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision play.

The Bulldogs were able to keep the Campbell ground game in check, only allowing 184 rushing yards on the day.

The Bulldogs will host last year’s PFL co-champion Drake this Saturday.

As the Bulldogs wrap up

their current three-game homestand, they look to put one more game between themselves and Drake (3-3, 2-1).

Butler is tied atop the PFL with last year’s other cochampion San Diego.

The Bulldogs will travel to California next week in what will be a pivotal game in the standings.

Not only are they playing for the conference crown this year, but for the first time, they are playing to represent the PFL in the FCS playoffs, as the champion now receives an automatic bid.

This Saturday’s battle of the Bulldogs will kick off at 1 p.m. at the Butler Bowl.

VOLLEYBALL The Butler volleyball team took its hot streak to Cincinnati Friday and lost to Xavier in a close five-set match (22-25, 28-26, 25-13, 2527, 9-15).

The Musketeers took the first set down to the wire.

A kill by Xavier freshman outside-hitter Abbey Bessler put the Musketeers at set point. This was followed by another kill by senior outsidehitter Kelsey Dunaway to win the set.

The Bulldogs battled back from the early deficit, regaining momentum by taking the second and third sets of the match and looking to avenge a previous loss to Xavier in the opening weekend of Big East play on Sept. 27.

With the Musketeers in a high-pressure spot going into the fourth set, Butler commited an attack error and had several miscues late in play that proved too much to overcome.

Xavier capitalized on the opportunity to rally back and took the fourth and fifth sets to decide the match. That sent the Bulldogs to their second conference loss, both at the hands of the Musketeers.

“This was a really tough match between two teams,” Butler coach Sharon Clark said. “We had opportunities to finish the match in four, but we just couldn’t find a way to close them out.”

Senior striker Morgan Peterson led the offensive front for Butler, chalking up 48 saves, 15 digs and seven kills in the match. Junior outsidehitter Belle Obert added 21 digs as well as eight kills.

The Bulldogs (16-4 overall, 3-2 Big East) will enjoy the week off before traveling to Omaha next Sunday, looking to return to form against Creighton (12-4 overall, 3-1 Big East). Butler beat Creighton on Oct. 4 when the Blue Jays were ranked 23rd.

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Photo by Erin Marsh

Running back Trae Heeter (left) ran for 118 yards and two scores Saturday

MEN’S SOCCER The Butler men’s soccer team (9-3-1, 3-1 Big East) came out even on its Big East Conference road trip with a 3-2 overtime loss at Marquette (8-3-1, 4-0) and a 2-0 win at Seton Hall (4-6-2, 1-3).

Against Marquette on Oct. 9, the match was scoreless going into halftime.

Coming out of the half, junior forward Zach Steinberger scored the first goal of the match in the 49th minute on a shot into the left corner of the net.

The lead didn’t last long for the Bulldogs.

Marquette sophomore defender Axel Sjoberg tied the match up at 1-1 later in the 49th minute on a header from the right side of the goalkeeper box.

Senior defender Eric Pothast gave the Golden Eagles the lead with a goal in the 51st minute of the match.

Butler freshman forward Vincent Mitchell tied the match in the 85th minute on a rebound goal to send the match into overtime.

The Bulldogs were unable to hold off Marquette’s attacking offense.

Sophomore forward James Nortey put in the gamewinning goal in the 105th minute of the match.

Marquette had 21 shots in the match, nine of which were on goal. Butler had 11 shots with four of them on goal.

At Seton Hall on Oct. 12, the Bulldogs led the charge with a goal by Mitchell in the 39th minute of the match.

Steinberger added comfort for the Bulldogs with a goal in the 75th minute to put them up 2-0.

The Bulldogs will continue their road stretch as they take on No. 9 Georgetown Saturday at 1 p.m.

-Clayton Young

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Mara Olson: a runner’s desire MATTHEW VANTRYON MVANTRYO@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF REPORTER

Fierce—this is the word Mara Olson uses to describe herself. It sums up her attitude in a nutshell.

Olson is a junior on Butler’s cross country team. She has brought her ferocity to each course the Bulldogs have run on, helping lead them to several strong finishes and a NCAA National Championship meet appearance last year.

She used it to win her first collegiate race two years ago at the Illini Challenge.

Olson said ferocity is a necessity in order for her to excel both in the classroom and on the course. “[Being fierce] incorporates a lot of characteristics—determination, passion, tenacity. It really sums up what I’m all about,” Olson said. “A fierce person will persevere until they succeed or realize its not going to happen.”

Junior teammate Katie Good said Olson is a strong competitor.

“She is incredibly gutsy and strong minded,” Good said. She never gives anything less than 110 percent, which is hugely motivational for the rest of the team.”

Coach Matt Roe said that Olson enhances a critical dimension of the team.

“She brings toughness and focus to our team. We have those things already on our team, but we would lose some of it not having her around.”

Roe said that Olson herself to a high standard, and this rubs off on her teammates.

“She holds herself to a really high standard and that’s something that’s important in terms of accountability,” Roe said. “That creates an environment where others hold themselves to a high standard as well.”

Olson has always put the student aspect of student-athlete at the forefront of her focus, however.

Olson was a 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference All-Academic team member and was also the No. 1 student in her class academically at St. Louis Park High School in Minnesota.

Olson said she relishes the opportunity to be a stellar student at Butler.

“It’s never been about maintaining the 4.0,” Olson said. “It’s been about enjoying what I’m learning.

Learning and studying are so much easier when you actually enjoy the material.”

Olson admits that it is sometimes difficult to balance both academic and athletic obligations, but said it is well worth it.

“Athletics help with academics because of the rigid schedule,” Olson said. “Finding a social balance is always tricky, but I very rarely regret being a student-athlete. It gives such a sense of fulfillment in the end.”

Olson has excelled over the course of her cross country career as well— even before she got to Butler.

Olson was a three-sport athlete in high school. None of those three included cross country—she played soccer, basketball and ran for the track and field team.

When the time for college came, she had to make a decision.

“I decided to choose running over soccer because I love soccer, but I really wanted to see what I could do in track and cross country,” Olson said. “It’s a lot easier to objectively see your progress in that sport.”

Olson began running cross country her freshman year at Butler, and she said she has progressed every year.

“Freshman year was a struggle, getting my mileage up,” Olson said.

“Last year, I had a lot better year progressing. This year, I’m finally starting to hit my stride.

“I’ve got the base of miles and I’m more experienced, I know my body better, and I have the mixture of strength and speed. It’s all coming together right now.”

Olson’s high point of this season thus far was a fourth place overall finish at the Roy Griak Invitational, which featured multiple nationallyranked teams.

She led the Bulldogs to a thirdplace overall finish at the invitational.

In addition to winning her first collegiate race in 2011—pushing Butler to a team victory in the event as well—she placed 11th in her only Horizon League Championship meet, took 58th in the 2011 NCAA Great Lakes Regional, and grabbed fifth place in her only A-10 Championship meet.

One of her largest contributions to Butler’s cross country program was a 28th-place showing in the 2012 NCAA Great Lakes Regional, which allowed Butler to receive an at-large bid for the NCAA National Championships.

Despite her individual accomplishments, Olson still puts

Photo by Jaclyn McConnell

Olson and the rest of the women’s cross country team will compete in the NCAA PreNationals on Oct. 19. the team first.

While she places pride in her ability to be a fierce competitor, her team also has the same desire, she said.

“Our team is so fierce this year,” Olson said. “We really do embody that sense of underdog. People are finally coming to terms with the fact that we’re good.”

This year’s team began ranked No. 29 in the national polls. A strong showing at the Roy Griak Invitational

SWIMMING

Bulldogs experience youth movement

2013-2014 Swim Team Roster Emily Albertz, Freshman Sarah Baggette, Freshman Emily Bertram, Freshman Claire Butkus, Freshman Mary Cerajewski, Freshman Abby Cutler, Freshman Elizabeth DeVoe, Freshman Audrey Gosnell, Freshman Helen Heimark, Freshman Hailey Jensen, Freshman Emily McCutchen, Freshman Lindsay McDonald, Freshman Genevieve Pena, Freshman Alexandra Smith, Freshman Serena Daley, Sophomore Allie Dvorchak, Sophomore Abigail Gibbons, Sophomore Sarah Gibbons, Sophomore Emma Green, Sophomore Adrianna Kuhl, Sophomore Elizabeth Miller, Sophomore Amanda Wagner, Sophomore Cecilia Rose, Sophomore Milly Sauber, Sophomore Maggie Wright, Sophomore Hayden Engstrom, Junior Abigail Engstrom, Junior Lauren Scotti, Junior Caitlin Weichelt, Junior Megan Boebinger, Junior Kaitie Ring, Senior

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One senior and 14 freshmen. Some coaches might be fearful of starting an athletic season with a team composed this way.

However, this does not apply to Butler swimming coach Maurice Stewart—who has such a team this season.

Stewart said he is as excited as ever for the swim season to begin.

With so many freshmen on the roster—as well as 11 sophomores—a lot of teaching and learning will take place in and out of the pool.

Stewart said the upperclassmen are playing an even larger role than they might normally, since the team is so young.

“A lot of success of the program is because of leadership,” Stewart said. “Girls like (senior) Kaitie Ring and (junior) Hayden Engstrom have helped the transition for the team.

They are a very important part of our success.”

Stewart said it is going to be a new situation compared to high school for every freshman.

“We really want to make sure we embrace the situation,” Stewart said.

“Each of them has a nice background.

They all had good high school and club team careers. They need to understand the workload of college swimming, however.”

To help comprehend and manage that workload, the team is utilizing a big and little sister program.

This program pairs a returning swimmer with a freshman swimmer.

The returning swimmer then educates the new Butler student-athlete on all

Photos by Brent Smith

Audrey Gosnell is one of the many freshmen on this school year’s swim team. aspects of college life.

“Not only do they educate them on academics, but they also help them make important life choices in college,” Stewart said.

When teams have strong chemistry, it generally helps breed success.

Stewart said the bond is already strong between the coaching staff and teammates.

“We really started off really well,” Stewart said. “We are doing a nice job of guiding our freshman class.

Everyone is on the same page, and our expectations are very high this year for being in the Big East.”

Stewart was busy recruiting this year’s class of swimmers from all over the nation.

The team is composed of recruits from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, California, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Michigan, North Carolina, Minnesota and Colorado.

For freshman Sarah Baggette, a Glen Carbon, Ill., native, it has been a new situation for her being away from home. But she said she has enjoyed her time at Butler so far.

Baggette said the big and little sister program has worked well for her. “(Being on the swim team) been a lot of work, but I’m really enjoying it,” she said. “The upperclassmen are great. They are really helpful, and it’s nice to have so many older girls to talk to about problems with school or anything.

“It’s a really good support system, especially since it’s the first time I’ve been away from home.”

With all the team chemistry being created, Stewart said the team’s goals will be larger.

“It’s really great to be back,” Stewart said. “It’s our first year in the Big East.

We are excited to be competing for a college championship.”

improved the Bulldogs’ ranking to No. 20.

The team’s next challenge will come on Oct. 19 at the NCAA PreNationals.

Olson expects the team to perform well and said the Bulldogs have the confidence it takes make a statement.

“We all have that mentality when we step up to the line that we’re going to take it to these schools,” Olson said. “We’re going to give them a run for their money.”

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Bulldogs wrap up fall season JOHN YELEY JYELEY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Photo by Brent Smith

Maggie Wright is a sophomore swimmer for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs have competed in two meets this season, finishing fourth and second.

The Butler men’s golf team concluded its fall season of play with an eighth place finish at the 2013 Flyer Invitational in Dayton, Ohio.

Competing in a field of 15 universities, Butler shot 293 on the first day of play Monday, finishing the tournament on Tuesday afternoon by stroking a 297.

Their overall score of 590 put them just a mere 24 strokes behind the winner Western Kentucky University.

The Dayton Flyers

chipped a 587 on their home green, good for a 7th place finish overall.

On the individual side for the Bulldogs, senior Matt Vitale and junior Andrew Eiler tied for 20th overall in two days of play, both shooting a cumulative 146 on the challenging Dayton course.

Despite a slow start, coach Bill Mattingly’s nineman club managed to turn it around in the final weeks of fall competition.

In addition to their strong showing at Dayton, the team managed a 3rd place finish at home in the Butler Invitational on Oct. 8.

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Photo by Jaclyn McConnell, Illustration by Kevin Vogel

A Love Story, Retold GINNY SPELLMAN

GSPELLMA@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

How do you retell one of the most poignant love stories ever written?

A modern interpretation of William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” must find a way to cut through the other adaptations.

It must be fresh, current and relevant.

Butler University’s theatre department will present its own original production of “Romeo and Juliet” next month, directed by English actor and visiting international theatre artist Tim Hardy.

Unlike other popular versions of the play, Hardy has decided to set the story in the 1920s.

With the play more modernized, Hardy said he hopes the love story will be more relevant to the audience.

Hardy said when Shakespeare is presented traditionally, modern audiences tend to dismiss it because the language and costumes appear outdated.

“But if they look a little bit like we do today—and in the 1920s, they sure do (dress like we do),” Hardy said, “then you relate to it more.”

While Hardy’s goal is to gain the audience’s attention by being more relevant, he said he does not believe Shakespeare’s work will be discredited by updating the time period of the play.

“I read every line again and again to see if anything contradicts (the time period),” Hardy said, “and there is nothing in the play that says it can’t be 1920s.”

Hardy credits his cast for being able to fully realize his vision of the classic love story.

“The Butler students roll up their sleeves and give you everything,” Hardy said. “On the first day, I

Megan Medley plays Juliet in the Butler Theatre’s upcoming production of “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by visiting international theatre artist Tim Hardy.

Photos by Jaclyn McConnell

spoke for two hours—as you do as a director—and explained my concept. “(The theatre students) absolutely bought into my view of the play, which is very violent and passionate.”

Megan Medley, a senior theatre major, plays the role of Juliet alongside sophomore Ian Jackson, who plays Romeo. With Hardy’s adaption of the play set in the 1920s, Medley said she has been able to revolutionize her character.

“Shakespeare gives you these words, and whatever the words bring out of you is the character that comes out,” Medley said. “What’s happening with my Juliet is she’s a little bit more rough and not as girly. She still wears dresses, but she’s very emotional, and she gets angry.”

Hardy’s adaptation will be competing with a new film version that was released Friday as well as two earlier versions that are still popular today.

In 1968, Franco Zeffirelli directed a traditional version of the love story, set in Verona, Italy. The film won two Academy Awards that year and is still considered to be a classic adaptation of the play.

Baz Luhrmann took an entirely different approach in his 1996 version “Romeo + Juliet.” He set the story in present-day California but retained the original text.

“The Zeffirelli version is a very romantic view of the play,” said William Walsh, English professor and Shakespeare expert.

“The Luhrmann one is edgy and dramatizes the violence very effectively, but you lose some of the romance.”

Though these two earlier movies are very different, Rebecca Ries, coordinator of the First-Year Seminar program, said she believes both have a lot to offer.

She also said she would definitely go see the new film.

“As far as my attitude towards the films, I’m always really eager,” she said.

“I know there have been a lot of adaptations of Shakespeare, and, usually, I’m game to watch them. And I’m usually disappointed, but I’m game.”

Walsh said he is not even willing to spend his money to go see the new movie, directed by Carlo Carlei and in theatres now, because it does away with the original text. Ries, however, said she thinks it can be a success if the film is done right.

Hardy said, as a British citizen, he could not accept “Romeo and Juliet” without the passion and music of the original language.

“If you’re going to do ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ nobody could write it a quarter as well as (Shakespeare) wrote it,” Hardy said.

“If you’re going to do Shakespeare, do Shakespeare.”

Both Walsh and Ries said they are enthusiastic about seeing Tim Hardy’s adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet.”

Ries said she is a little apprehensive of the time period Hardy chose.

“For Tim Hardy’s production, I don’t have a read on what’s going to happen,” Ries said.

“I’ll be curious to see why we’re going in the 1920s and not some other (time period) because I don’t know what the argument is for why he’s chosen that particular time period.”

Butler’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” will be held at the Schrott Center Nov. 13-17.

“Even if two or three people will walk away saying, ‘Wow, I didn’t know Shakespeare could be like that,’ or, ‘Wow, I really felt something,’ that’s the point,” Medley said.

Megan Medley and Ian Jackson rehearse for “Romeo and Juliet,” opening next month.

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Riddle-me THIS! KEVIN VOGEL KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. EDITOR The crossword puzzle below is dedicated to emeritus professor of mathematics Jeremiah Farrell.

In addition to his current position as an adjunct professor of mathematics and actuarial science, Farrell is also an accomplished creator of crossword puzzles.

His most famous puzzle may be the most well-known crossword puzzle today, which ran in The New York Times on election day in 1996.

The controversial and clever clue: “Lead story in tomorrow’s newspaper.”

The answer?

Well, there were two. Farrell crafted the puzzle such that either “CLINTON ELECTED” or “BOB DOLE ELECTED” would fit.

This impressed professional puzzlers because Farrell had to craft every single intersecting clue to have two answers.

For example, “Black Halloween animal” could be “Cat” (the C in “Clinton”) or “Bat” (the B in “Bob Dole”).

Will Shortz, crossword editor for The New York Times and the leading figure in American crossword puzzlers, called Farrell’s crossword puzzle “one of the most amazing crosswords ever created” in an interview with the Indianapolis Star in 1996.

He still talks about it. When Shortz came to Butler University’s campus last spring, he used the puzzle as an example of the creativity he looks for when selecting puzzles for the Times.

The puzzle is also featured in the 2006 documentary “Wordplay,” which follows Shortz and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

Farrell in 2006 was the first person to decode cryptograms in author Dennis E. Shasha’s book “Puzzling Adventures.”

According to the New York Sun, which covered the story in 2006, Farrell made sense

of clues that were sprinkled throughout the book, like:

“R’X W7g7Y5 dZ 4yc z3AZY2 XA 7Y1ZX3 e6ye h3 XyA yWXZde z3 dy7 2 eZ z3 W7g7Y5 yayce.”

- 3 3 1fXX7Y5d (CJKFCKHD) The clues led to a meeting with the author in Washington Square Park in New York City.

And Farrell was there.

He had gotten on a plane the night before and did what he knew the codes told him to do—look for two men in yellow accompanied by two women in blue just south of Washington Square Park.

Just in the knick of time, he spotted Sasha and his companions.

Sasha called Farrell a “particularly talented natural decoder” in an interview with the NY Sun. Farrell is also the editor of WORDWAYS, a journal that publishes “word play of all kinds: puzzles, novel poems, palindromes, games, magic, unusual lists, etc.”

WORDWAYS is available to the Butler community via the Digital Commons at digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways.

Farrell has been a professor at Butler for almost half a century.

In celebration of Farrell’s service to the university and its students, William Johnston has appropriately crafted a Butler-themed crossword. Johnston is chair of the mathematics and actuarial science department.

The answers will be printed in our next issue on Oct. 30, in the midst of exhibition games for the Butler men’s basketball team.

Try your hand puzzling out the answers to this crossword puzzle, written by Butler University’s William Johnston, chair of the mathematics and actuarial science department. Answers to follow in the next issue.

Crossword Construction Rules PUZZLES MUST BE SYMMETRICAL If you turn a puzzle upside-down, all the black and white spaces should be in the same places.

PUZZLES MUST BE IN ONE OF FIVE SIZES Puzzles should be one of the following: 15x15, 17x17, 19x19, 21x21 or 23x23.

EVERY LETTER MUST BE INTERLOCKED Each letter must be part of one across word and one down word.

THERE CANNOT BE TOO MANY BLACK SPACES As a general rule of thumb, black spaces should not take up more than one-sixth of the puzzle grid.

FEW OR NO TECHNICAL WORDS Crossword puzzles should be accessible to the general public. Some tough words add challenge, but a puzzle full of them decreases the solvers’ enjoyment.

PUZZLES SHOULD HAVE THEMES While not necessary, good puzzles have themes that carry throughout all clues. Finding out the theme of a puzzle adds a fun factor, and satisfaction for the solver.

GO DAWGS!

by William Johnston in celebration of Professor Jeremiah Farrell’s 48th year of teaching Butler students.

ACROSS 1. Simple rhyme scheme 4. Email suffix here 7. A well-known sports cathedral (GO DAWGS) 13. Attractions 15. Smallest lead in baseball 16. What we are (GO DAWGS) 18. Suitor 19. Most common answer(?) to Barney Fife’s query, “Who could be our guest tonight?”

20. Sun beam bathe 23. New head coach (GO DAWGS) 29. Someone on the wrong end of a gun 31. Assistant 32. Sultan headwear 33. Like cooked Pop-Tarts 36. City in Saitama, Japan 37. Italian political theorist _____ Spinelli 38. Team of a former coach (GO DAWGS) 44. Possible location of a facial pin 45. Derogatory tabloid nickname for X-factor singer Sam Bailey 48. Dies _____ 52. Org.’s sport played in 7 across (GO DAWGS) 56. Number 2 is a common one 57. World Welterweight Champion born in Bethnal Green, England 58. Midler and Davis, for example 59. School in Conway, AR 60. End of a count?

DOWN 1. Simple rhyme scheme 2. Mascot for 16 across (GO DAWGS) 3. A feminine high in Spain 4. Poet’s before 5. German article 6. A modern port 7. Hoosier town in Ripley County 8. Ashlyn Forge book _____’s Wake 9. With Mojo, artist on the bluegrass CD ‘Nothing More’ 10. Former owner Ray of the Padres 11. River south of St. Petersburg

12. Abbreviation for a USN rank 14. End of virt?

17. River in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture 20. Pro ______ 21. Prefix with –cephaly associated with skull development 22. Commune town located in the French region Auvergne 23. Uses an auger 24. R2D2, for example 25. Laser eye surgery (var.)

26. Diet-foods label 27. River in Germany 28. Complete makeover 29. Pierce with a knife 30. Martin Scorsese film that won Best Cinematography 33. Like Kameron Woods (GO DAWGS) of 52 across’s men’s team

34. _____ Bishani, Albanian goalkeeper 35. What to give after a restaurant meal 39. Short drama 40. Greenhorn 41. Groups united in scheming plots 42. God of love 45. Tin-Lead solder alloy symb.

46. Council of Eur. Bishops’ Confs.

47. Tirade 48. Hoosier Acad. sponsored by the Pacers 49. What happens at the Speedway 50. Pub orders 51. An English cathedral city and a Tarzan portrayer 53. School in Manhattan, KS 54. And on, and on, and on, …

55. Syllable at the start of a refrain

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OPINION

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Just say no to quid pro quo

Collegian will push through tough times VOTE: 32-0-1 Thank you for picking up a newspaper today. What you hold in your hands is the fruit of an organization that is 127 years old—a newspaper that could have covered the openings of the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building—as well as the incorporation of more than one-fifth of the states in our country. And we don’t want to say good-bye.

This editorial— emotionally agreed upon and written by the staff of The Butler Collegian—is meant to humbly and frankly inform you, our loyal audience and supporters, of the financial state that we find ourselves in this school year.

The Collegian has been running a large deficit for the past 13 years—a deficit, that until two years ago, has been covered almost entirely through university funding and funding from the provost’s office.

Since 2011, the deficits have been made up by the School of Journalism because revenue from advertisements

and subscriptions have not matched up to the newspaper’s costs.

The Collegian staff before now has largely been ignorant of the financial situation of its paper, a fact that we are sure helped lead us into the situation we are in now.

This year, however, finally faced with the actual numbers, we have determined The Collegian cannot survive in its present shape without additional revenue.

In an attempt to reduce the deficit until a more permanent solution can be attained, the staff has accepted 50-percent salary cuts, and we have reduced our circulation by about 1,100 issues.

It has pained us to do so, because cuts in circulation means fewer of you can read our work each week.

We want you to know The Collegian is available online 24/7 at www. thebutlercollegian.com.

Despite these changes, we are doing our best to maintain the high level of reporting that you are accustomed to.

Workplace policies and laws need to change to protect unpaid interns RHYAN HENSON

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The Collegian has won national awards in recent years, including the ACP Pacemaker Award last year and the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award the year before.

We are optimistic that changes can be made to increase revenue streams from a diverse array of sources.

With increased revenue combined with continued support from the university, we believe this paper will survive these troubles.

You can read more about why they exist—and what revenue streams we are considering—in our front page news article.

Until then, we request that you continue doing what you do every week: Pick up

a copy of The Collegian and find out what is going on around campus.

As always, we will continue accepting letters to the editor at collegian@butler.edu.

If you feel so inclined, write a note to President James Danko (president@butler. edu) or provost Kathryn Morris (kmorris@butler. edu) and tell them why The Collegian is important to you as a Butler community member.

It would mean a lot to us, as do your letters to the editor.

Student journalism is all about informing people about situations they may not know about.

The Collegian has been informing readers for 127 years, and all our staff asks is to have the opportunity to continue to do so.

Struggle continues for LGBT community After 25 years the LGBT community is still fighting for true equality in society National Coming Out Day celebrated its 25th anniversary Friday with the theme “Coming Out Still Matters.”

This theme is perfect to commemorate this milestone in the Human Rights Campaign’s international movement. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals still have so far to go before they achieve true equality, legally and socially.

Many people believe the LGBT community does not struggle with discrimination and degradation on a regular basis anymore.

Being openly homophobic isn’t ‘politically correct’ these days, so those voices are heard less in the mainstream.

But the struggle is still real for those in the BGBT community.

Gay marriage is still not legally recognized in 37 states. In every one of those states, same-sex couples who love each other and want to build a life together will not receive the same legal benefits as straight couples.

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This discrimination extends beyond legal ramifications. Samesex couples receive the message that their love does not have the same worth as that of straight couples. Our laws ostracize LGBT couples who have done nothing wrong.

No couple should be denied acceptance and legal rights based on other people’s opinions of their lifestyles. Gay marriage should be viewed as a human right.

It does not matter if you personally believe that falling in love with a member of the same sex is wrong. This country was built on the belief of individual freedom.

You are free to practice or any religion or not practice one at all.

The freedom of speech is the most impoartant right every citizen is entitled to. You should also be free to love whomever you want and receive the same rights as

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proactive instead of waiting to defend itself against attacks. They created National Coming Out Day to celebrate acceptance and tolerance. This day gives LGBT individuals the platform to talk about equality in a positive light.

Even though Oct. 11 is the only day specifically set aside to celebrate coming out, we always need to be supportive of our loved ones. Coming out as gay can be challenging for some people who fear unjust rejection or discrimination.

Social equality will only happen when people are able to feel comfortable being open about their sexual orientation. It is important for the LGBT community and its straight allies to promote a safe, accepting environment for everyone. Nobody deserves to live in secrecy and fear of their true identity.

Love is love regardles of orientation. Nobody deserves discrimination. Every day should be a day when we can reach out a hand in support of a loved one coming out to their community, because coming out matters.

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

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everyone else.

This is why “Coming Out Still Matters” is such a perfect theme for the day. For the public to accept that gay rights are synonymous with human rights, everyone needs to be able to associate a face of someone they know with the LGBT community.

Every time someone comes out to their friends, family and coworkers, more people are exposed to the reality that gay people are just the same as everyone else and therefore, deserve the same rights.

“When people know someone who is LGBT, they are far more likely to support equality under the law,” the Human Rights Campaign website states. “Every person who speaks up changes more hearts and minds, and creates new advocates for equality.”

National Coming Out Day was created after a group of 100 LGBT activists met to discuss the discrimination that was and is still rampant worldwide. They realized their community usually had to speak defensively in response to anti-gay sentiments, according to the Human Rights Campaign’s website.

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As if working regular hours for no pay isn’t unreasonable enough, coworkers and bosses also want to grab a quick feel these days—and the law allows it.

Earlier this month, a judge ruled that because Lihuan Wang, a former intern of Phoenix Satellite Television, was not paid, she can not sue under workplace sexual harassment laws.

Upon the end of the trial, Gale Brewer, New York City councilwoman, will introduce legislation that will close the loophole. In places like Oregon and Washington, D.C., lawmakers have already passed legislation protecting unpaid interns.

The United States Department of Labor does not have any guidlines or limits to the number of hours an unpaid intern can work, said Gary Beaulieu, director of internship career services.

If interns can work many hours for little pay—which should be a crime in and of itself—at the very least they should have the same right and legal protections as employees.

Interns are younger, more naïve and inexperienced than most other coworkers. This makes them much more vulnerable than most other employees.

Internships are one of the most important ways that young adults set themselves apart from their peers when looking for work. According to a Forbes survey, 66 percent of employers believe that interview performance and relevant work experience are the most important factors when hiring.

The lack of experience and reliance on career advancements makes interns targets for myraid types of abuse in the workplace, not specifically just sexual.

It is bad enough that some employers perceive paying interns as unacceptable, but private industry and the government must at least keep all of their unpaid interns safe from workroom rapists.

An average of 80 percent of students complete a real world experience while attending Butler.

Around 50 percent of those are unpaid, Beaulieu said. Many of the colleges on campus make students complete at least one internship before graduating.

Prospective interns need to know the laws that protect them, to make sure that they do not become the next workplace victim. Lawmakers need to take the neccessary steps to protect those in the workplace who are most vulnerable.

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

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Entertainment dumbs down America Students need to seek out intellectual entertainment, not the repetitive and pretty I love the movie “Inception.”

I thought it had a very interesting storyline, and I happen to be a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan (post “Titanic” days, of course).

Before I even saw “Inception,” I was enthralled by the idea of seeing a movie that one of my friends described as “one of the most complex and mind-bending movies I have ever seen.” So imagine my disappointment when I found the movie to be as intellectually challenging as a game of Chutes and Ladders.

Don’t get me wrong; I still think it was a great movie.

However, it did get me thinking about how far we as a society have fallen from intellectualism when a movie that spells out everything that is going on in simple dialogue is considered mind-bending and complex.

When did we as a society become so entertained by bad writing, cool special effects and catchy lyrics?

I recently looked up the highest grossing movie of all time.

In 2010, the New York Times

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reported that James Cameron’s “Avatar” surpassed his previous blockbuster, “Titanic,” for highest grossing movie ever. What makes me laugh about this simple fact is that “Avatar” was pure garbage.

The movie seemed to be nothing more than “Pocahontas,” “Dances with Wolves” and “Fern Gully” all wrapped up into one lazy storyline.

But Cameron did something very clever to make Avatar so popular, he made it pretty. That’s what seemed to mesmerize people.

The obviously terrible storyline. didn’t catch eyes, just how pretty the pictures were.

It didn’t matter that the movie was a boring, overused plot line.

I came across another fun fact that caused me to shake my head in utter disgust: The best-selling series “Fifty Shades of Grey” was nothing more than “Twilight” fanfiction.

I could easily go into a rant

about how “Twilight” is nothing but terrible writing. Yet people are still captivated by such a terribly written series. They are additionally expected to buy a seperate series that is merely fanfiction based on “Twilight.”

It is okay to enjoy lowbrow entertainment. In fact, one of my favorite shows happens to be “Archer.” The show doesn’t have much going on in the realm of intellectual stimulation.

However, we shouldn’t allow ourselves to be turned off by movies, books or songs that challenge us intellectually and instead embrace it.

Read books that your professors recommend.

Go check out great cinema classics such as “The Big Sleep,” “Casablanca” or even modern movies such as “Drive.”

Give Jimmy Hendrix, the Beatles or even Adele (who I don’t even care for) a good listen before you get sucked into the next Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber hit, which usually consist of the same three words repeated.

Reclaim intellectualism for what it is: A gift for all of us.

Contact columnist Tony Espinal at tespinal@butler.edu.

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Raising the roof off of the debt ceiling

The government’s lack of a solution to the debt ceiling will doom future generations

With the government shutdown, chemical weapons in Syria and squabbling about healthcare reform, it would appear the only thing on the rise for Americans is the President’s blood pressure.

As if this isn’t enough, another crisis looms just beyond the horizon in the form of the government steadily reaching the limit on the debt ceiling.

The debt ceiling is a cap set by congress on the amount of debt the government can legally borrow.

Currently, the debt ceiling is around $16.7 trillion. America is projected to meet that limit Oct. 17, according to the United States Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew. Congress, at that point, will have a few days either to raise the debt ceiling or to face defaulting on its accumulated debt.

With an approval rating in single

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digits, a whopping 5 percent, Congress has done little to inspire its constituents into believing they are capable of solving this budget crisis.

A possibility exists that the federal government could default on its debt later this month, and that would spell disaster for future college graduates in the future.

Many experts are predicting the stock market to crash and foreign trade to decrease; ultimately flinging the country back into a recession.

The job makret, as pitiful as it is, now would be nearly non-existent. Employers would be hesitant to hire the new and now soulless workers of our generation, who will be drowning in student loans.

Normally, the idea of raising the debt ceiling is not so frightening. But in recent years the country’s budget has grown out of control.

So why does Congress have a limit on spending, if it does not actually intend on honoring that limit?

It obvioulsy has not prevented Congress from maxing out Uncle sam’s Visa.

I understand Congress must have its hands full with its members pointing fingers at each other instead of collaborating to fulfill a basic premise of their job: The budget.

But enough is enough.

Congress will likely, for the 104th time,

raise the debt ceiling and postpone this mayhem another year.

However, the debt ceiling is an issue that needs to be addressed beyond the temporary solution of a raise as it has been so many times before.

For this concept to actually work, members need to consider the debt ceiling as a nactual spending limit as opposed to the glorified New Year’s resolution it has traditionally been.

Contact columnist Mitch Riportella at mriporte@butler.edu

LETTER TO THE EDITOR In response to a past Collegian article, a resident of the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association sent a hand-written note to The Collegian. The memo addressed BUPD assistant Police Chief Bill Weber on the recent parking situation on campus.

Officer Weber, Open up this lot. Student autos are now clogging the BTNA neighborhood. Or, as in the old days, restrict freshmen from having autos their first year. Do something.

Bernard Wurger

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CURE Junior Erica Stahl attempts to spike a ball in the Bulldogs’ 3-0 win over St. John’s on Oct. 5.

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