Aug. 22, 2012

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TKE chapter shut down Officials are mum on what prompted the closure of the fraternity this summer.

JILL MCCARTER JMCCARTE@BUTLER.EDU

EDITOR IN CHIEF

It’s been more than three months since Butler University administrators shut the doors of Tau Kappa Epsilon’s Gamma Psi chapter.

A report came in near the end of the spring semester that led to an investigation of the house.

Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson would not disclose what the complaint against the organization was.

Following the investigation, the university and the national organization made the joint decision on May 14 to close the chapter.

Administrators had been keeping a close eye on the fraternity’s actions in recent years, and national headquarters officials said they had stepped in to work to fix the problems within the chapter.

“We’re not in the business of shutting down our chapters,” said Tom McAninch, director of communications and public relations for TKE’s national headquarters. “We want to see everyone succeed.”

A number of risk-management concerns have been documented over the past three or four years.

“Everything is a teaching opportunity to help (the chapter members) understand what they should be doing and why they should be doing it,” McAninch said.

“They didn’t take that opportunity to learn from those mistakes, they just continued to make them.”

Though he wasn’t aware of the specific concerns, McAninch said that concerns could have included academic standings, recruitment issues or daily chapter operations.

Soon after the decision was made, TKE president Seth Schmitt filed an appeal.

Schmitt declined to comment for this story.

Greek organizations, as outlined in the student handbook, can receive conduct charges for violating campus policies, state law or their respective council’s constitution and bylaws and are entitled to a hearing.

Most hearings are overseen by the Greek Conduct Review Committee, which includes the dean of student life and the director of Greek life. In this case, since most had left for the summer, Johnson oversaw the hearing.

Though he said he could only speak in broader terms, Johnson said that closing the chapter was the best decision for everyone involved.

“In the end, it’s what was good for the university, the fraternity and the students,” Johnson said.

University President Jim Danko said that while he played little role in the process, he was aware of the situation. The fraternity’s actions, Danko said, were serious enough that people were at risk.

“You hope that your students do the right thing,” Danko said. “You all are adults and should set the bar.

You know what’s wrong and right.”

Students who lived in the house have found housing on or off campus. The future of the property is still up in the air, Danko said. There is a possibility that the university could end up with the house, though it is currently owned by the organization.

Arts, Etc, Check out progress on the Schrott Center.

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Sports: Watch out for new rivals that come with Butler’s new conference

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Opinion: Changes must be made before Butler grows.

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MOVE TO THE ATLANTIC 10

Butler swaps conferences early MARISSA JOHNSON MKJOHNSO@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

The question still lingers as to why Butler University made the decision to move to the Atlantic 10 conference a year earlier than planned, regardless of whether it was for the best.

President Jim Danko announced on May 2 that Butler was moving to the A-10 from the Horizon League.

“We considered many aspects and came to the conclusion

This way we are only benefitting a year early.

BARRY COLLIER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR that this was the best move for the athletic program and the university as whole,” Danko

like originally planned.

“When you decide to leave for another conference, you obviously think that’s a benefit to you, and this way we are only benefitting a year early,” athletic director Barry Collier said.

The fact remains that the decision was made quickly--a month after the initial decision to play an additional season in the Horizon League before moving.

Virginia Commonwealth, or

COMING UP Look for more on the move to the Atlantic 10 in next week’s issue, out Aug. 29.

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said.

Just a month after the initial announcement, the decision was made to switch conferences immediately, rather than wait until the 2013-14 academic year

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Butler welcomes largest class in history HOLLY BIGGS

HNBIGGS@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

Blue III isn’t the only thing that’s grown this year. The incoming freshman class of 2016 consists of 1,111 students, a significant increase from the 926 who enrolled last fall.

Application numbers at many colleges around the country have dropped; however, Butler has seen a 43 percent increase in applications over the past two years.

“Some of that is that students are applying to more colleges than they did even two years ago,” Dean of Admission Scott Ham said. “However, we cannot take away from the fact that the promotion Butler received during two national championship runs helped make Butler a household name.”

Prospective students became attracted to what the university describes as the “Butler Way” once Butler became a more familiar school, he said.

“This is just another demonstration of how Butler has quickly become very prominent on the national and international

scene,” Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson said.

“When you bring in the next largest class ever, that’s saying that Butler’s a hot commodity, and we want to continue to feed off of that.”

The quantity of the incoming class is not the only feature that should be in focus, said Tom Weede, vice president for enrollment management.

“This is not just the largest group that has enrolled,” Weede said. “It is tied with last year for being the best academic class that we’ve ever enrolled.

It has more diversity in it, and people from different places bring different parts of a conversation, and that enriches everybody.”

The incoming freshman class possesses a variety of students, including Lilly Scholars, volunteers, athletes and musicians.

“All of these things together will make it a richer, fuller Butler,” Weede said. “It’s just a great group of students coming in.”

Freshman Kelsey Malcom said she likes the size of her incoming class because it’s more open and has more opportunities for people.

However, she said she doesn’t want Butler to outgrow its identity.

“I would kind of like to see them keep the number (of incoming freshmen) the same, only because if it gets too big, some may feel like it’s losing its unique quality,” Malcom said. “You don’t want it to lose anything special it might have had by the size it was known for.”

Alex Correa, a freshman pharmacy major, was also drawn to Butler for its size, as well as its pharmacy program.

“I’d like to see a bigger name, not just a bigger class size,” Correa said.

In response to the largest class size, the university has pulled together additional resources to make this week and year run more smoothly.

Some aspects of Welcome Week had to be adjusted in order to meet the needs of all incoming students.

More student orientation guides were on staff to keep the group sizes manageable, and additional Butler faculty and student volunteers helped on move-in day.

“I think everything has gone smoothly,” said Kelsa Reynolds, Student Government Association

Butler University is facing a time when the incoming classes continue to grow. The current expected freshman class size of 1,111 students shot up from last year’s class size of 926.

Upperclassmen were offered alternative housing opportunities to help accommodate freshmen.

In 2003, additional housing options were offered when Butler’s incoming freshman class totaled 976 students. This was, at the time, the largest class size in Butler’s history.

“This is not the first time we’ve had the next largest class ever,” Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson said.

“Each year, we’ve utilized what resources and partnerships we have in order to address and provide additional space that we need.”

One of these partnerships

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BUTLER ENROLLMENT THROUGH THE YEARS Data from Institutional Research. Graphic by Jill McCarter

2002

There were 939 freshman ten years ago. Of those, 173 were pharmacy majors.

The university’s enrollment dipped in 2005.

Freshman enrollment was 865.

KELLY ROSTIN KROSTIN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

2010

2008 2005

Housing full with large enrollment

934 students started their first year at Butler.

The most popular major was pharmacy.

SPORTS 5 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 8 | OPINION 10 | WELCOME WEEK 12

For the first time in Butler history, more than 1,000 freshman enrolled in fall 2010.

2012 Butler’s welcomed its largest class—1,111 students.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

Sexual misconduct policies updated in student handbook TARA MCELMURRY TMCELMUR@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

Sexual misconduct incidents now must be investigated with or without the involvement of a victim, per new policy changes at a national and university level.

The 2012-13 edition of the Butler University student handbook contains updates due to new obligations from the U.S. Department of Education released in April.

The harassment and sexual misconduct parts of the “Rights and Responsibilities” section now have clearer definitions of what those acts involve, as well as how the university should handle them.

Sally Click, dean of student services, worked with the student affairs department over the summer to train and learn how to update these sections under the new regulations.

“We’ve got to think about this differently,” Click said.

Click said the major change came with how the university will handle violations dealing with gender and sex.

These regulations spur from the “Dear Colleague” letter released from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education.

The department issued the letter to remind schools of their responsibilities after finding that universities all over the country are not able to address issues of sexual assault and uphold the provisions of Title IX, a law passed in 1972 to remedy gender discrimination.

The letter indicated universities need to treat sexual assault more like a civil rights violation, not a code of conduct issue, Click said.

The result is that instead of a student conduct hearing, there will first be a preliminary investigation and then, potentially, an administrative review.

“The ‘Dear Colleague’ letter made it clear that we can not go on with business as usual,” Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson said. “We can’t just rely on the Butler Way.” Click said in the past, the investigation of sexual misconduct was “victim-centered.” Student affairs let the victim decide how far and how fast to investigate.

Now, if the office becomes aware of an issue, a minimal investigation is required with or without the victim’s involvement.

If it is determined that a code of conduct was violated, the investigation will move to an administrative review, where either Click or Irene Stevens, dean of student life, will question the accused person, any witnesses and the victim.

In the past, the accused person was allowed to question the victim.

The new requirements do not allow that to happen.

Click and Stevens will act as “fact finders” and make the ultimate decision if it was “more likely than not” the offense happened.

If the facts are inconclusive, the case will be dismissed, Click said.

If it is determined that a sexual

misconduct guideline has been violated, the alleged offender has the right to appeal. But if found guilty, sanctions including suspension and dismissal from the university can be imposed. Alleged offenders may also be prosecuted under local or federal law.

Along with an administrative review, allegations of sexual misconduct are reportable under the Clery Act, a law that requires universities to keep records of crime statistics.

All reported incidents of sexual assault will be investigated in coordination with the Office of Student Affairs, said Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety.

Click said she thinks if more people know an investigation might take off in a way a student is not comfortable with, the new process may work against the desire to address sexual misconduct situations.

“We’re really trying to balance what we need to do to be compliant, what we need to do to support our students and how we help everybody involved in a situation,” Click said.

Students can keep themselves and their friends safe by reading the updated handbook and knowing their rights before a situation happens, Johnson said.

“We all need to step up our game as far as knowing what those rules, policies and compliance issues are,” Johnson said. “If you see something, you need to tell someone.”

Facts on Sexual Violence National Institute of Justice, 2007

10%

of females will be physically forced to have sexual intercourse before they graduate high school.

6%

of undergraduate males will be victims of attempted or actual sexual assault.

20%

of females will be victims of attempted or actual sexual assault during their time in college.

Summer theft targets bikes

Photo by Heather Iwinski

MARAIS JACON-DUFFY

MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Butler University Police Department’s crime log showed 16 thefts reported on campus between June and August.

BUPD staff said this was actually a fairly quiet summer.

Locations of thefts varied from residence halls to academic buildings. One item accounted for over half of the total summer thefts—bikes.

Bikes and small electronics are the most common stolen items on campus, detective Bruce Allee said.

“These people stealing bikes blend right in with the rest of campus,” Allee said. “They’re young people, and they wear backpacks to blend in. But then they whip the wire cutters out of their backpack and break through the locks. Then they ride them to a pawn shop.”

There is still something students can do to protect their rides, although it may be unnerving that bikes are being stolen while locked.

Allee said every student should invest in a U-lock.

Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety, also attested to the effectiveness of U-locks.

There has never been a case of a bike stolen at Butler that was secured with a U-lock, Hunter said.

“If you want to keep your bike,” Allee said, “you need to get a U-lock.”

Another way to protect a bike on campus is to take advantage of a new database that BUPD can now use to recover stolen items.

Hunter, said BUPD purchased a

contract with a national database that compares the serial numbers of items reported stolen on campus to items that are pawned all across the nation.

“As of right now, giving BUPD your bike’s serial number is a voluntary action,” Hunter said. “If the numbers of bike thefts don’t go down at all, we may move to make this registration of bikes mandatory.”

Other summer thefts revolved mainly around items being taken from cars or off-campus houses in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood.

“The biggest mistake here is leaving cars unlocked and keeping valuables visible,” Allee said, mentioning iPods, GPS devices and cell phones in particular.

“Students also think that it’s okay to keep their house or dorm rooms unlocked for just a little while if their roommate will be home soon,” Hunter said. “This is just as dangerous. A lot can happen in the half hour the door is unlocked.”

“In a case where a laptop was stolen from a house on Berkley, the residents weren’t even sure if their door was locked or not,” Allee said. “Please just always lock your doors.”

But besides just locking up, students can be proactive in protecting their property.

“Reporting suspicious activity is always very helpful,” Hunter said.

“If we can catch these guys before they do any damage, that’s the bestcase scenario. And with the largest freshman class in Butler’s history, now is the time more than ever to look out for your fellow students.”

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Printing still free despite new display RYAN LOVELACE RLOVELAC@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Photo by Heather Iwinski

Scaffolding is seen outside Hinkle Fieldhouse, which is currently undergoing its first major renovation since the early 1990s. Exterior work will be completed this winter.

Hinkle Fieldhouse undergoes major exterior, interior renovations COLIN LIKAS CLIKAS@BUTLER.EDU MANAGING EDITOR

The first major renovation of Hinkle Fieldhouse since the early-1990s is progressing as expected, school officials said.

“Overall, I think it has gone well,” Richard Michal, executive director of facilities, said. “It has been challenging, but we knew it would be getting into it.”

Michal said he views the renovation as two distinct projects: exterior renovation and interior renovation.

Work on the exterior, which has occurred through the summer, is made easily apparent to observers due to scaffolding blanketing the building.

One of the major aspects of the exterior renovation involves Hinkle’s windows.

Michal said the project will replace all the glass and glazing and restore the windows’ original steel frames.

“A lot of the glass is original from 1928,” Michal said. “What we’re hoping to accomplish is to put in a type of glass that won’t require us to have blinds all the time.”

An added complication of the window work lies in the panes, which all need to be custom-cut.

Bruce Arick, Vice President for Finance, said each window has individual panes because there were no standards when Hinkle was built.

The second aspect of the exterior work is the tuckpointing of Hinkle’s bricks and limestone.

This process requires workers to grind away at the old mortar that sits between pieces of brick and limestone so they can spread new mortar.

“There were some of those 103-degree days where (workers) were

FRESHMEN: HISTORIC CLASS SIZE FROM PAGE ONE

vice president of operations.

“It’s really neat to see not only the faculty and staff working but everyone coming together to welcome the largest class here on Butler’s campus.”

“We’ve added more support and resources for what we have traditionally done,” Johnson said.

“Everyone is pitching in, and they are determined to not let anyone slip through the cracks.”

To deal with more longterm solutions, the New Student Success Task Force met again this year to discuss potential directions for the future. Comprised of Butler staff and faculty, the committee makes proposed solutions to help Butler

up on the scaffolding with grinders and, God bless them, they were under the heat,” athletic director Barry Collier said.

Arick and Michal both said the external renovations could not have come at a better time, as some of Hinkle’s exterior had begun to break apart.

In summer 2009, structural issues with the building’s brick façade caused some bricks to fall through the roof of the West Gym. This damage necessitated emergency repairs in fall 2009 and summer 2010.

While the scope of the internal renovations is not set in stone, Collier said he has several plans to improve the athletic and academic experiences of all Butler student-athletes.

The list of potential improvements includes the construction of a studentathlete academic success center, a sports medicine and training room, a new weight room and updated locker rooms.

“We’re talking about the body, mind and spirit of each person being supported in a way that allows them to be positive about their possibilities,” Collier said.

Michal said the infrastructure of Hinkle, which includes telecommunication, power, electricity and water, will also be looked at during the renovation process.

While some plans are still being nailed down, a grant attained by the university in April 2011 keeps the project from changing too much.

The Save America’s Treasures grant, which is administered by the U.S. National Park Service, provides Butler with $700,000 for renovations and comes with strict reporting requirements, Michal said.

and its growth. They have been working to ensure that every student’s needs are met, dealing with challenges such as housing, classes and campus activities.

“If we understand what those challenges are, then we can actually find ways to meet the challenges,” Johnson said.

Weede said Butler’s hope is to see moderate growth over time that’s well planned to ensure that students have the Butler experience.

The university wanted to have a larger class than last year but wanted incremental growth, Hamm said.

“We don’t want to lose what makes Butler special,” Hamm said. “We want to make sure that any growth we have is fully supported at all levels—physical structures, faculty and staff, and support across the board.”

Michal said every decision- from paint color to the glass used in the glazing of windows- has to be run by the National Park Service for approval.

The grant will help to offset the cost of almost half of the exterior work, which should cost the university approximately $1.7 million, Arick said.

The amount of money raised by Butler in its ongoing private and soonto-be-starting public campaign will help determine the final cost of the internal renovations.

“The generosity of our donors allows us to sustain the building and make improvements that otherwise wouldn’t be possible,” Collier said.

Another important factor in the renovations has been the potential for them to hinder Butler’s athletic teams.

Dust, dirt and building materials are visible throughout the fieldhouse, especially in the upper level.

Michal also said that while work on the building’s north, east and south windows is either complete or close to complete, he is concerned about the high windows in the west and the scaffolding occupying some spectator seating.

Volleyball coach Sharon Clark’s team has had to practice in the West Gym until recently. Work is being done on the other side of the gym’s south wall, and drilling can be heard during team workouts.

“It’s been a difficult transition for us this preseason,” Clark said. “Trying to keep (our equipment) and the floor clean has been a big issue.”

Despite this, Clark acknowledged that she felt the renovations were necessary.

“The end result is absolutely better for our current and future studentathletes,” she said.

A new printing display depicting dollars instead of credits does not mean students have to pay.

When most students log in to a Butler computer, they will see a new display that shows they have $42.00 available to use for printing this year free of charge.

That is equivalent to the 1200 credits students received last year, Scott Kincaid, Butler IT’s Chief Information Officer, said.

Kincaid said any student who exceeds the allotted credit limit will not be charged for overages, meaning students of every academic discipline can print endlessly whether or not they paid for it.

Professional-phase pharmacy students will find an allotment equivalent to more than 4,000 credits this year because of the $950 they paid as a part of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ mobile computing program, which provides students with a laptop and other accessories, according to Kincaid.

“I don’t know if it’s fair or not,” said Emily Dubord, a sixth year student and P4 in the pharmacy program. “In theory it doesn’t seem like it would be (fair), but it doesn’t seem to be an issue.”

Tyler Johnston, a Butler IT project Manager, said the IT department compiled information three years ago showing COPHS printed excessively more than every other college on campus.

Butler then instituted printing allotments via the PrintSmart program to “make the most responsible use of Butler’s printing resources and support our commitment to be environmentally responsible,” according to Butler IT’s website.

Johnston used the PrintSmart software that relies on a 2003 UC-Berkeley study to show that all users killed a total 77.09 trees last

academic year because of the 6,206,105 sheets of paper printed between Aug. 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012.

Derek Smith, a consultant on sustainability in the paper, print and packaging industries, said Butler is misleading its students.

In the United States, he said, just fewer than three trees are planted for every tree cut down, and forest cover is greater than any time since 1900.

“The truth, almost invariably, is they’re reducing the costs of paper consumption, not the environmental impact,” Smith said.

Kincaid said the program saves Butler close to $0.035 for every page not printed.

In the 2011-2012 academic year, Butler students printed 1.6 million pages less than in the 2009-2010 academic year, before the PrintSmart program began.

Johnston said the IT department tried and failed to track down how much less paper was purchased because each department buys its own paper.

While IT failed tracking down how much paper was purchased, it can succeed in tracing Butler students’ printing habits.

Using the PrintSmart software, Johnston said “you can see who printed what where.”

Johnston said the ‘what’ refers to the title of what is being printed, not the content of what was printed.

Johnston also said each department will now receive a monthly report detailing its printing habits and added that his department has not dug into data regarding students in the last couple of years.

“There’s been no reason to,” Johnston said, “and we don’t want there to be.

We just want people to be responsible.”

“If somebody is printing five thousand or ten thousand pages, we can go tap them on the shoulder,” Kincaid said.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

SGA president has new goals, aims for accessibility After summer retreats, SGA executive board is eager for a new year and new projects.

MARAIS JACON-DUFFY MJACONDU@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER

The Student Government Association’s office in Atherton Union has a new look.

The door was open, and boxes were scattered everywhere as SGA President Mike Keller stood atop a step stool, remodeling the room.

“I have no complaints about last year’s SGA group,” Keller said, “but this year we’re going to focus on some new goals.”

Keller said SGA wants to make changes that are more than cosmetic.

“ We ’ r e working w i t h Butler IT right now to make a nicer, e a s i e rt o - u s e website,” KELLER: SGA president Keller said.

Keller looks to the new year. said the w e b s i t e will be online in September, and students can volunteer to receive a weekly newsletter via email.

Keller said his biggest goal was being physically accessible.

“I really want students to feel like they can just stop by the SGA office any time,” Keller said. “Our

door will always be open.”

After two summer retreats and multiple mini assemblies, SGA has come up with a list of over 100 goals for the 2012-13 school year.

“We definitely want to continue on the great foundation that was left for us,” said Scott Nemeth, vice president of administration. “We’re going to inherit some really cool grants and projects this year.”

Those projects include new Brita water stations as part of the Council on Presidential Affairs Green Operations sector and a new bike rental system that will give students the opportunity to check out bikes.

“We want to make more big projects out of student ideas,” Nemeth said.

SGA has already begun scheduling coffee chats in Starbucks,

I really want students to feel like they can stop by the SGA office any time. Our door will always be open.

MIKE KELLER SGA PRESIDENT where students will get a chance to talk to SGA and Butler officials about changes and ideas they would like to see implemented.

SGA also wants to distribute more surveys to students to help prioritize the projects for the year.

One of SGA’s largest annual

Grab & Go lunches add to options HOLLY BIGGS

HNBIGGS@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

In a new section of Atherton Union, students and staff adjust to the new facility while construction continues.

Photo by Heather Iwinski

Atherton gets a facelift LAUREN STARK LSTARK@BUTLER.EDU

COPY CHIEF

A $2.5 million renovation and expansion to the Atherton Union Marketplace greeted students for their first meals of the semester.

The project has a dual purpose of creating more space and making cosmetic changes.

“It was obvious that we had a facility that was aging and inadequate,” Sally Click, dean of student services, said. “It will be a really welcome change.”

Not all changes were completed when the first meal was served, however.

Jerry Carlson, director of maintenance services, said that the addition will not be finished until Sept.

15.

“That is just taking longer because they had to tear down a wall and add some space outside,” Carlson said.

The addition will house a Mongolian grill and provide around 100 more seats.

Dining services is making efforts to accommodate students, especially during the lunch rush, Michelle Bryant-Jones, director of dining services, said.

The UClub adjacent to the Marketplace is open for seating when it is not being used for an event, she said, and a Grab & Go lunch option serves students who don’t have time to wait for a seat.

Click said the décor of the addition will match the existing style, updated over last year’s winter break.

The renovations inside the current structure, which began during last semester’s graduation week, were completed just before students arrived for their first meals.

These include a brick pizza oven and a bakery where students can see food prepared in front of

them.

Dish service has been upgraded as well, Carlson said. Students will put their trays on an accumulator, a carousel-like machine that continuously rotates to bring dishes to a washing station in the back.

“It was a much-needed addition,” he said. “We’re pretty excited.”

The renovations have already added about 75 new seats.

Bryant-Jones said she hopes the students will enjoy the overall experience.

“You’re being offered variety,” she said. “You have space. You have a great atmosphere. You have a great meal.”

The money for the $2.5 million project comes from capital investments in the contract that Butler University has with Aramark, its food service vendor, Click said. Butler students’ money is not being used in this construction.

Click said these improvements happen every few years because of the contract.

“They’re looking at keeping those spaces fresh,” she said, “and it’s really helpful to have that capital to do that.”

Capital has been used in the past for Starbucks and Residential College dining renovations.

The changes came because students wanted them, Click said. After meetings with the Butler Cuisine Bureau and members of the Council on Presidential Affairs, the plan was created to match students’ needs and desires.

Click said she is excited to see how students react to the space.

“I really do think our environment shapes our experience,” Click said. “I think people will really enjoy being there.”

Atherton Union Marketplace will not be completed until mid-September, but Butler University officials have worked to make sure getting food will not become an inconvenience.

Grab & Go lunches will be offered to accommodate people during the delay, especially those who want to avoid long lines around noon.

“It’s more of a convenience thing until we get this section [of Atherton] opened and we have all of our concepts,” Michelle Bryant-Jones, director of dining services, said.

“We’ve had years where we’ve kind of done this even without a largest class ever,” Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson said.

“We thought this year we should definitely do it.”

Students can pick up Grab & Go lunches at two different locations on campus. One table will be set up on the patio outside Starbucks, and another in the Reilly Room alcove area.

During the busy lunch hour, students can scan their student identification cards inside, where they will get a ticket to take to one of the two tables.

Students will find lunch items such as sandwiches, chips, cookies, cups of fruit and bottles of soda.

This new lunch feature is only temporary, Sally Click, dean of student services, said. It will ultimately be based on the demand and feedback.

Click said students can join the food committee or talk to Atherton managers to offer ideas and comments to make their dining experience even better.

“We’re trying to have as many points of service as possible,” Click said. “If we’re not meeting peoples’ needs, we just need to hear about it.”

Feedback can be submitted to food@butler.edu.

Increased parking permits pay for new software KELLY ROSTIN KROSTIN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Butler parking permits cost $15 more than last year because of a vote by Butler’s parking committee.

The committee vote approved a $75 price tag that will remain frozen for two years.

“If they’re going to raise prices, they should use the money towards helping to manage parking better,” said sophomore Katie Cessna, who brought her car to campus again this year.

The increased fee will help pay for a new parking-related software system to be used in the future. The police department is choosing between three different types.

The current system is ten years

old and outdated, according to Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety.

“We want to get more green and intuitive,” Hunter said. “The system we had was not intuitive.”

The new software will help the Butler Police Department give out parking citations more efficiently.

BUPD may hand out citations via email and a tracking system designed to find cars parked in violation of the 1989 agreement with the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association may be in the works.

The agreement outlines that Butler students cannot park in the surrounding neighborhood, including 44th Street, unless they have a lease in the neighborhood or own a home.

“Sometimes we end up ticketing

people that, quite honestly, don’t deserve to be ticketed,” Hunter said.

If faculty, staff and students are associated with the neighborhood but choose not to bring a car on campus, they have a BTNA permit option this year. This permit is issued at no charge.

“We created a separate permit so it reduces your frustration of seeing that little green envelope on your car,” Hunter said.

Hunter said he hopes that, if the new system works well, there will not be a need for the BTNA permits in the future.

“It [is] something that is important to try out this year to see how it works to reduce the current frustrations we have,” Hunter said. “It is a learning curve for us, but, at the same time, we have

Photo by Jaclyn McConnell

A new Butler parking permit on display. to be cognitive of increasing fees with tuition and other fees.”

BUPD will choose which system works best after this year’s trial run.

projects is the Butlerpalooza concert.

Butlerpalooza is scheduled for Sep. 7, and while the artist may soon be revealed program board chair Stevan Tomich said he is sworn to secrecy.

“I really can’t tell anything, but this year there will be an after party in the Reilly Room after the concert,” Tomich said.

Time will tell if SGA is ready for its latest challenges, but Keller said he has tremendous faith in the group.

“I’m just constantly amazed by this new group’s enthusiasm,” Keller said.

“If we keep it up, I really think that we’ll be able to make some positive changes to the campus this year.”

HOUSING: STUDENTS MOVE IN TO CTS ROOMS FROM PAGE ONE

is the Christian Theological Seminary apartments, located at the intersection of 42nd street and Haughey Avenue. This option was also offered in 2003 and 2010.

Upperclassmen living in this alternative option pay the Residential College rate, which runs at approximately $5,370 per year for a double room. Fiftynine students plus one resident assistant will be living there this year.

Accommodations were made in the freshman dorms as well.

Fifteen rooms in Schwitzer Hall and 10 male Ross Hall rooms were converted from double rooms to triple rooms. This has been used as an answer to growth before.

Ross has a capacity of 500 students while Schwitzer can now hold around 470 students thanks to the basement renovations that occurred there two years ago, which added more dorm rooms.

“We’re not in a (housing) crisis situation,” Karla Cunningham, director of residence life, said. “I think our facility staff has done a nice job of making sure the rooms are set up with plenty of room and floor space for each student.”

Freshmen who voluntarily opted for the converted triples pay a reduced room rate of $3,210 per year instead of the normal double rate of $4,810 per year.

“I thought at first I wanted a double room, but then, I considered the triple,” freshman Benjamin Abel said. “I’ll be able to save money. It could use a little bit more closet space, but other than that, it’s pretty good so far.”

The increasing freshman classes and sophomore year retention rates contribute to the population growth.

“We’re getting into the phase where policies on housing are being evaluated in order to accommodate increasing numbers,” Johnson said. “We want to do what’s best for Butler.”

What’s best for Butler, Johnson said, depends on feedback and opinions straight from the student body, families and faculty.

“Right now, we’re at a stage where we all need to work together to come up with a strategic plan on moving forward,” Johnson said.

“We’re trying to find answers to where we can max out at providing the true Butler experience.”

The strategic plan includes opinions on the size of the university over the next few years, and, if it does grow, the possible addition of a new dorm.

“We always need to be looking at what’s the best housing option for students and making good decisions,” Cunningham said.

Nothing is currently set in stone. The New Student Success Task Force, which is comprised of faculty from different departments, was first established in 2003 to deal with the new growth that year.

Johnson and the force are merely etching out possible plans for the future.

“We want this to be an inclusive process by which people are providing feedback to the thoughts and ideas that are out there,” Johnson said. “In the end, it’s in everyone’s interest to make Butler the best Butler it can be.”

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Conference change creates new rivals KYLE BEERY KBEERY@BUTLER.EDU

Butler University athletics will face a change in competition following its the early departure from the Horizon League for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

They also expect to rise to the occasion.

Administrators said they feel that Butler teams will still be top competitors in the A-10, as they were in the Horizon League for many years.

“With all of the aspects in mind, we came to the conclusion collectively that it was the best move for everyone,” athletic director Barry Collier said.

The A-10 is quickly becoming known as the premier midmajor conference in men’s college basketball.

Tom Crowley, associate athletic director for internal affairs, said the men’s basketball team will compete night in and night out, but he expects other Bulldog teams to perform well.

“We can’t know for sure until it happens, but we believe all of our teams can compete in this league at a high level,” Crowley said.

The A-10 consistently sends multiple teams to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, including four last season. But basketball is not the only competitive sport. The conference had 26 postseason appearances in different sports in 2011-12 seasons.

Highlighting postseason appearances was Charlotte’s national runner-up finish in men’s soccer and the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team making the Sweet Sixteen. Xavier’s men’s basketball team also made the Sweet Sixteen in the basketball tournament, further solidifying its prominence in the Midwest.

Five of the members in the A-10 conference used to be in the former Midwestern Collegiate Conference with Butler.

LaSalle and Duquesne had short stints in the conference while Xavier, St. Louis and Dayton were more long-term.

Collier said this will help form significant regional rivalries and solidify the current rivalry with Xavier.

“Clearly the Xavier game has been of national interest to ESPN and college basketball and is probably the reason that most people see that as a big rivalry,” he said.

Tom Eiser, an associate athletic director at Xavier, said proximity itself helps the rivalry.

Eiser expects the A-10 to remain competitive from top to bottom in many sports.

Bernadette McGlade, A-10 commissioner, said the rivalry between Butler and Xavier is significant but that they are not the only two teams that will be competitive.

“The beauty of this league is that, overtime, you will see new rivalries develop as the teams become familiar,” McGlade said.

Butler baseball coach Steve Farley expects his team to

continue to compete in the new league. He said they don’t know a lot about the new East-Coast teams, but scouts are working on preparing the team.

Farley said their goal is to finish in the top seven of 13 teams and make the conference tournament.

The A-10 will have 16 teams this year before returning to a 14-team league in 2013-14 with the departure of Temple and Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE 49ERS

DAYTON FLYERS

DUQUESNE DUKES

LOCATION: CHARLOTTE, N.C. YEAR JOINED: 2005 (Leaving in 2013) ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 20,000

LOCATION: DAYTON, OHIO YEAR JOINED: 1995 ENROLLMENT: MORE THAN 7,700

LOCATION: PITTSBURGH YEAR JOINED: 1976 ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 5,700

Men’s soccer is currently ranked second in the nation.

The volleyball team won the 2011 A-10 championship.

Women’s basketball has had four consecutive seasons with 20+ wins.

FORDHAM RAMS

GEORGE WASHINGTON COLONIALS

LA SALLE EXPLORERS

LOCATION: WASHINGTON D.C. YEAR JOINED: 1976 ENROLLMENT: MORE THAN 10,000

LOCATION: PHILADELPHIA YEAR JOINED: 1995 ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 4,500

Swimming and diving finished second in the 2012 A-10 championship.

Men’s golf won the A-10 championship in 2012.

Men’s cross country is predicted to take its second-straight A-10 title.

UMASS MINUTEMEN

RHODE ISLAND RAMS

RICHMOND SPIDERS

LOCATION: AMHERST, MASS. YEAR JOINED: 1976 ENROLLMENT: MORE THAN 21,000

LOCATION: KINGSTON, R.I. YEAR JOINED: 1980 ENROLLMENT: APPROX.13,000

LOCATION: UNIV. OF RICHMOND, V.A. YEAR JOINED: 1997 ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 3,000

Softball has had 21 NCAA apperances and 23 A-10 titles.

Men’s track and field finished second in 2011-12 A-10 outdoor championship.

Women’s tennis has appeared in the NCAA tournament four consecutive times.

SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS

SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS

ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES

STAFF WRITER

LOCATION: NEW YORK YEAR JOINED: 1995 ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 8,200

BUTLER BULLDOGS LOCATION: INDIANAPOLIS YEAR JOINED: 2012 ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 4,300 15 sports will compete in the A-10 conference beginning in fall 2012.

LOCATION: PHILADELPHIA YEAR JOINED: 1982 ENROLLMENT: MORE THAN 5,400

LOCATION: ST. LOUIS YEAR JOINED: 2005 ENROLLMENT: MORE THAN 8,400

LOCATION: ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. YEAR JOINED: 1979 ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 2,000

Men’s cross country is projected to place third in the A-10 with 18 returning runners.

The volleyball team has two A-10 titles since 2006.

Women’s basketball made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2011-12 season.

TEMPLE OWLS

VCU RAMS

XAVIER MUSKETEERS

LOCATION: PHILADELPHIA YEAR JOINED: 1982 (Leaving in 2013) ENROLLMENT: MORE THAN 27,000

LOCATION: RICHMOND YEAR JOINED: 2012 ENROLLMENT: MORE THAN 23,000

Men’s basketball earned its fifth consecutive Men’s basketball has made appearances in the NCAA tournament in four of the past six appearance in the NCAA tournament in years.

2012.

LOCATION: CINCINNATI YEAR JOINED: 1995 ENROLLMENT: APPROX. 4,400

Men’s basketball has made appearances in the NCAA tournament in 11 of the last 12 years.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

Butler alumni run in Olympics Former Bulldogs represent the British Isles in Olympic marathons.

AUSTIN MONTEITH

AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU ASST SPORTS EDITOR

Butler University was well represented at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as graduates Scott Overall and Ava Hutchinson competed in the marathon.

The former Bulldogs competed close to home, with London native

Butler alumna Ava Hutchinson, seen running for the Bulldogs, placed 68th in the women’s marathon at the 2012 London Olympics.

Overall running for Great Britain and Hutchinson representing Ireland.

Matt Roe, Butler cross country and track and field coach, said that it was his predecessor Joe Franklin, who began bringing runners from the British Isles to Butler.

“He got one international athlete, and that led to two,” Roe said. “They were in a supportive environment, and it ended up being a kind of word-of-mouth type of recruiting.

“Now, we have a long range and line of student-athletes from the U.K. that have had a lot of success, and (Butler) became a destination for international athletes.”

Overall arrived at Butler in 2004 to continue his college education and further his running career.

“The NCAA system is massive (in the United States), so you have to compete at a higher level than you would if you just stayed in the U.K.,” Overall said. “You’re pushed harder (in the United States) in terms of competition, and the training environment at the universities means you’re training with a team and you’re training for the same races.

“I think it was definitely a good move on my part to go out there.”

Overall competed in long distance competitions, such as the 5,000-meter run, while at Butler but was unable to qualify for the Olympics in the event.

Last September, he ran his first full marathon in Berlin. He beat the Olympic-qualifying time by 65 seconds, finishing fifth with a time of 2:10:55.

While competing for Butler, Hutchinson mostly competed in the 1,500-meter run but had never

run a marathon until last October in Dublin.

She qualified for the Olympics by finishing the Houston Marathon in a time of 2:35:33.

The event was her second career marathon.

Darren Gauson, Butler assistant cross country and track and field coach and a former teammate of Overall and Hutchinson, said that Overall made the right move in transitioning to the marathon.

“In the 5K, the Olympic Games standard was 13:20, and he was knocking on the door but not quite getting there,” Gauson said. “In the 10K, he really just decided to bypass that and move to the marathon, and he ran 2:10 at Berlin and ran really well from there.”

As the day of the contest arrived, Overall said the atmosphere of the Olympic marathon was unlike any race he had ever experienced.

“I don’t think I’m ever going to race in a marathon or a halfmarathon like that,” Overall said.

“The crowds were four or five deep all the way around, and it was just ridiculous on the course.

It was just constant noise for over two hours.”

Overall finished 61st at the men’s marathon with a time of 2:22:37.

Stephen Kiprotich from Uganda won the men’s race in 2:08:01.

Hutchinson came in at 68th in the women’s marathon at 2:37:17.

With a time of 2:23:07, Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia finished first in the women’s marathon.

Overall said his finish in the heat-plagued race disappointed him.

“I should have finished in the top 20, I would think,” Overall

Photos courtesy of Butler Sports Information

Butler graduate Scott Overall, seen in a collegiate race, competed for Great Britain in the men’s marathon of the 2012 London Olympics. said. “Had I raced a bit more conservatively in the first half, I wouldn’t have suffered as much in the second half as I did with the heat.

“It’s just kind of one of those days when, unfortunately, it was the Olympic Games, and I had a bad run on the day. But you know, I’m looking forward to other races now.”

Overall now has his sights set

on the New York City Marathon in November as he begins to prepare for what is hopefully another Olympic run.

“I’ve been lucky enough to go to one Olympics, and I don’t want to remember my Olympic experience just on that one race because it wasn’t very good,” Overall said. “So I want to go to Rio and sort of try and perform better.”

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

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A-10 move received warmly by coaches PETER BROWN PBROWN1@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Butler University’s move to the Atlantic 10 Conference brought praise from coaches of several different athletic teams on campus.

Men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens said the move to the A-10 was no surprise and that the conference is one of the best basketball conferences in the county.

“It is one heck of a basketball league, and [it will be] strong this year,” Stevens said.

Stevens also said that this move provides his team a better chance of entering the NCAA tournament.

Last year, the A-10 sent four teams to the NCAA tournament, whereas the Horizon League sent only one.

While there may be greater opportunities in basketball, softball saw no change in its quest for a championship.

The softball team must win the A-10 tournament in order to advance to the NCAA championship tournament, just as it was required to do in the Horizon League.

Despite this challenge, coach Scott Hall called the move a great opportunity and said he is excited for different challenges.

Hall, who enters his third year as Butler’s coach, said though he

“Butler will have to grow and evolve in certain respects in its new home, no question. But it won’t have to change what it is at its very core.”

-Eamonn Brennan ESPN.com writer

“I have a hard time understanding how it can be good for your student-athletes to ship them 1,500 miles across the country every week.”

-Mark LaBarbera Valparaiso athletic director

“Butler, which already operated and scheduled much more like a high-major than a mid-major, adds credibility and another high-level basketball program to the A-10.”

-Zac Jackson Fox Sports Ohio writer

was just getting adjusted to Horizon League play, he is glad the move was made.

“I’m excited for the change,” Hall said. “Butler is a better fit for the A-10.”

As a spring sport, softball has more time to prepare for its new opposition. Hall said his upperclassmen are excited for the change in competition and scenery.

Men’s soccer coach Paul Snape also had a positive reaction to the move.

“We can really establish ourselves (in the A-10),” Snape said.

Butler’s change in conference entry date was altered over the summer,

and, as a result, soccer and other fall sports have had little time to prepare for their new opponents.

Snape said his team moved on because there was nothing they could do.

Snape said the team was lucky that it did not have to change its packed and competitive schedule despite the quick move.

Stevens, Hall and Snape all said that this move will be great for the university within and outside athletics.

All three said they believe the move to the East Coast will drastically help their teams through recruiting, exposure, demographics

and new markets.

Snape said more people will see the Bulldog signage, and the move exposes Butler to a region that may not know a lot about Butler.

“Whether you’re looking at academic reputation, recruitment of students, athletic competition and branding and so forth, it’s getting our brand out there on a bigger stage,” athletic director Barry Collier said.

Stevens said that the exposure of Butler on the East Coast should help build the school’s reputation nationwide. “[The move] will show how ‘The Butler Way’ is the way to go,” he said.

Volleyball welcomes first season in Atlantic 10 CLARE LINTZENICH CLINTZEN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

The new will meet the old this fall as the Butler volleyball team prepares for another season on the court.

The new is the fresh competition the Bulldogs will face in their first season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The old are the four starters returning to the team—junior middle blockers Maggie Harbison and Claire Randich and sophomore outside hitters Kelly Kyle and Belle Obert.

Also returning are sophomores Jadyn Yarling and Brooke Ruffolo, who will share time at the libero position.

Coach Sharon Clark said sophomore middle blocker Erica Stahl, a transfer from Cincinnati, is a player to watch this season for the Bulldogs.

Clark also said she expects the team’s captains, senior

outside hitter Rachel Barber and junior setter Morgan Peterson, to rise into key leadership positions.

Peterson, a transfer from Middle Tennessee State, will fill the role of setter for Butler.

Members of the team and coaching staff said they are excited by the new challenges and opportunities they will face in the A-10.

Players said they are eagerly anticipating traveling to new locations and facing both new teams and previously nonconference opponents within the A-10.

Butler was ranked seventh in the A-10 preseason coaches’ poll following last season’s campaign, which saw the Bulldogs go 16-14 overall and 11-5 in Horizon League play.

Defending A-10 Conference champion Dayton was unanimously selected as this year’s preseason favorite to win

the conference. Xavier was picked to finish second.

The Midwest contingent of A-10 teams—specifically Dayton, Xavier and Saint Louis—are teams that players and coaches said they are most excited to play.

“Those [matches] have a little more meaning for us personally as we have played those teams in the past,” Clark said. “Because of their location and membership in the A-10, they are built-in rivalry games for us.”

Despite the new conference, Clark said the team’s expectations are the same as they have always been.

“We have been working hard to be the best team we can be this preseason in order for us to play our best,” Clark said.

Clark said she places an emphasis on focusing on each match individually.

The team’s goal to win the conference remains the same despite new competition.

The team has been busy in its preparation for the upcoming season and, with a short turnaround, has wasted no time in scouting its new competition.

Coaches assigned each player an A-10 team to scout and introduce to the rest of the Bulldogs, focusing on everything from style of play and last season’s results to school locations and mascots.

Ruffolo said she feels Butler has an advantage because some A-10 schools have not faced Butler in the past.

“My personal goal for this season is just to wow everyone,” Ruffolo said. “I don’t think teams expect a lot out of us, and we want to prove them wrong.”

The Bulldogs have their first chance to do so this Friday at the DePaul Invitational, with matches against Indiana State, Eastern Illinois and host DePaul.

The team will play its

Collegian file photo

Sophomore outside hitter Belle Obert (left), seen in a match last season, was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team last year. first home match on Sept. 7 against Western Illinois as

it hosts the annual Butler Classic.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

New students serve Indianapolis community MARIA LEICHTY MLEICHTY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Lawnmowers ran, shovels sliced into the ground, leaves rustled as they were stuffed into trash bags, a leaf blower roared on the sidewalk and 90 voices penetrated the 75-degree summer air.

“If it’s not growin’, it’s goin’,” an instructor shouted to the volunteers.

These were the sounds at St. Paul Street last Friday, where 66 freshmen, 22 group leaders and two coordinators completed their last service project as Ambassadors of Change.

Ambassadors of Change is a five-day Pre-Welcome Week program that Butler freshmen have participated in for the past 16 years.

“In a nutshell, we want to introduce the freshmen to the Indianapolis community and hopefully get them to consider what their role is in it,” said Julie Pakenham,

one of the professional staff involved with AOC. “This year’s group let themselves be very open to the experience.”

The 66 freshmen were split into 11 groups, each led by two leaders who participated in AOC when they were freshmen.

Junior Daniel Peterson, a group leader, said AOC was a great way for new students to meet other freshmen and leaders on campus.

“It allows you to establish a social network base and find clubs and organizations to be involved with at Butler and the greater Indianapolis community,” Peterson said.

David Ediger, a freshman who participated, said he had volunteered a lot in high school. He said he knew he wanted to connect with people who were serviceoriented.

Fourteen leaders from the Indianapolis community talked with the freshmen

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about service early last week at the Active Citizen Breakfast.

The leaders represented local organizations such as Exodus Refugee Organization, Indy Reads and Wheeler Mission.

Freshman Hannah Meinen lived in the Indy area and said she had volunteered at one of the centers before, but had no idea most of the volunteer organizations existed.

The 11 groups were assigned to different service projects throughout the week, and everyone reunited for the Fuller Center service project on Friday.

Ediger hauled wood across a lawn, focused on his work amid the bustle of activity.

Meanwhile, Meinen pushed a wheelbarrow, wearing a “happy birthday” ribbon with a smile on her face. It was her 19th birthday, and her group leaders had

given her the ribbon earlier that day.

Acts of service were not the only good thing to come out of the program. New friendships also blossomed.

“By the end of the week, everyone came out of their shells,” said Alyssa Setnar, a sophomore group leader.

Chip Gibson is a senior citizen who lives on St. Paul Street. He said it is hard to navigate through the yard with his wheelchair, so it takes a long time to do yard work.

The Ambassadors of Change participants cleaned up his yard and helped pull his bushes out.

“They do appreciative work,” Gibson said. “They make a half-hour work out of something that I would get done in three days.”

The hands-on volunteering was not the only focus of AOC, said Kevin Knaus, a senior coordinator.

“After every service project, we would emphasize reflection and talk about who we impacted and how it will change our framework for thinking,” he said.

If the longevity of the Ambassadors of Change program is indication, many more communities like St. Paul Street will be impacted in the years to come.

Photos courtesy of Kevin Knaus Top background: This year’s AOC T-shirt given to program participants.

Top Foreground/Bottom: AOC volunteers performed yardwork on St. Paul Street in Fountain Square last Friday

Schrott Center on track for completion SARVARY KOLLER SKOLLER@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. ASST. EDITOR The Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts will open this spring on schedule.

Senior project manager Craig Hardee said most of the summer construction took place inside the center itself, as the outside structure is nearly complete.

The exterior site work also concluded this summer, and the surrounding parking lots and sidewalks will be open for classes this week.

The inside of the center features a stage with an intimate seating capacity of around 400. The hall is significantly smaller than Clowes Memorial Hall, which seats 2,000 people, but the new stage will nearly equal the size of that in Clowes.

Hardee said even the back row of seats is close to the action on stage in such a small-seating hall.

“In a smaller hall, the audience will be full, and the students will be able to interact with the audience in a way that supports their educational mission,” he said.

Ronald Caltabiano, dean of the Jordan College of Fine Arts, explained that the Schrott Center was built to provide students with a smaller, more realistic rehearsal and performance space for JCFA ensembles.

He added that classrooms will also claim space at the center to provide

students with hands-on learning.

In addition, Caltabiano said the Schrott Center will house an art gallery to showcase student projects.

Howard Schrott, a Board of Trustees member and sponsor of the Schrott Center, described the facility as a positive addition to Butler’s campus.

“I fell in love with the concept of having this facility and all the good that I think it will do so many people,” he said.

“I was so happy to be involved with this project and be a lead benefactor, but by large, this has been the university’s project.”

Hardee also expressed his gladness to have had a hand in the project.

“It’s really gratifying and exciting to be a part of something that is going to directly change people’s lives in a very positive way,” he said.

The cost of the project, Hardee estimated, is currently running at about $15 million.

The Schrott Center is currently in the running for the U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification.

LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, recognizes buildings and centers that effectively implement green design and environmentally friendly practices.

The Schrott Center has reached silver certification thus far in construction.

Hardee said they are working towards the gold certification by implementing

functional technology to reduce waste and environmental cost.

Photo by Rafael Porto

The Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts is on track to open in spring 2013.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

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Art Review: “Snapshot” An engaged visitor with an interest in art history will find “Snapshot” extremely rewarding.

KEVIN VOGEL

KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. EDITOR

In this era of Instagram and iPhoto, it is difficult to imagine a time when photography was a practice exclusively for professionals.

The dawn of amateur photography in the late 19th century, following the invention of handheld cameras, is the subject of a special exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art this

Henri Rivière’s photograph “A couple entering a public building” makes use of empty space, shadow and texture.

summer.

“Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard,” which runs through Sept. 2, contains photographic prints, paintings, lithographs and sketches from seven different artists who experimented in photography more than 100 years ago.

“Snapshot” was organized by the IMA in collaboration with the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The exhibit is unique in that the photographs from the professional-artists-turned-amateur-photographers were largely never meant for publication.

Ellen Lee, Wood-Pulliam senior curator at the IMA, helped bring the exhibit to fruition. Although photography was an artistic medium at the time these artists were active, she said they did not think of their own photography as art.

She said the artists used photography as a means of experimenting with perspectives, cropping and light, which influenced their paintings and drawings.

The exhibit is, first and foremost, a historical presentation.

Visitors encounter short biographies of each artist and a large reproduction of the instruction manual for an early handheld Kodak before they see any photos.

The proceeding rooms present a fairly dry but extremely interesting study of each artist and his work in photography.

If you are looking for beautiful paintings, there are a few. “Noële and her mother” by Maurice Denis and George Breitner’s “Girl in Red Kimono” are a few standouts.

The exhibit is comprised mostly of photographs, however.

Of these photos, there are a few gems. Henri Rivière’s “A couple entering a public building” was my favorite, presenting a captivating sense of movement and activity despite being a still photo.

Denis’s portraits of his family were also highlights. The photographs exuded the warmth and tenderness of Denis behind the lens.

Lee spoke passionately about a series of photographs by Henri Evenepoel of his bedridden son, Charles.

“Evenepoel must have put the camera right up against the rails of the crib, and you get this very abstract composition,” she said. “The pattern and the light on the iron crib against all these other textures, I think, is so beautiful and pretty modern. I like the way it gradually reveals itself.”

This is the mentality that a visitor to the exhibit must have in order to enjoy the photographs.

One will find nothing new when first looking at the pictures for content. There are family portraits, photos of city life and a few of buildings and construction that call to mind

Photos courtesy of IMA

Maurice Denis’s “Noële and her mother” is on exhibit at the IMA through the first week of September.

the work of contemporary photographer Scott Hocking.

One must instead look at the photos for composition.

This exhibit does a great job in explaining how amateur photography was revolutionary.

For example, I looked at a photo and saw a woman walking down the street. Alone, the photo was not new or intriguing. Guided by the placard nearby, though, I noticed the long shadows of the gentlemen in the background and the diamonds of light between the woman’s arms and her torso.

Visitors will find much to gain from this exhibit if they keep in mind that the focus is historical, and actively engage with the exhibit. Easily accessible beauty and walls of impressive oil paintings can be found in a different area of the museum.

Another tip for visiting: take a break.

The exhibit takes about an hour and a half to explore thoroughly. It is easy to become fatigued after using the magnifying glass to examine the small photographs and reading each of the information placards.

Walk around outside for a few minutes after the room on Bonnard to refresh yourself. Don’t worry, a ticket stub will get you back into the exhibit.

Tickets are $4 for the duration of the exhibit, and admission is free for IMA members as usual.

The exhibit is well worth the price of admission and fits in nicely with the IMA’s diverse permanent collection.

An unengaged visitor will probably not get much out of it, though.

COMMENTARY

Philosophy of “Arts, Etc.” KEVIN VOGEL

Why are you here, dear reader? You have come to “Arts, Etc.” to find what exactly?

What “et cetera” means in the context of a liberal arts university is difficult to pin down.

Students, faculty, staff, parents and other community members have many different interests that this section might address.

Our publication also has the duty to cover the art world on campus and in our city.

Indianapolis offers much in the realm of art: a fulltime symphony orchestra, professional theaters, dance companies, art galleries and much more.

Butler University beams with creativity as well.

We have one of the best dance schools in the nation, a passionate and growing art + design program and extremely active music and theater departments.

All at Butler bring ingenuity and aesthetics to their own fields, no matter their profession or major.

My mission as editor this year is to experiment and bring The Collegian an arts section like it has never had before.

I intend to delve deeper into art than this section has done in the past.

I aim to broaden the horizons of the students and other community members by expanding our coverage.

The “Butler bubble” that looms over our campus

hinders the artistic growth of those who live under its shadow.

This year, my staff and I are determined to do the following things: • We will write hardnews articles on topics that affect art and life at Butler and in Indianapolis.

• We will write humaninterest pieces and features on those aspects of the Butler community that make us unique or that we think will interest you.

• We will review art on and off campus in order to foster deeper understanding and build ties between the Butler community and Indy art venues.

• We will explore interesting people and exhibits that are coming to Butler and to the city.

Therefore, I challenge you, dear reader.

I challenge you to read this section every week with no preconceptions, to allow yourself to be surprised and excited by what we offer. I challenge you to engage us with your own opinions, interests and story ideas.

Most of all, I challenge you to break free of the umbra and dance in the light.

Get off campus and explore the cultural districts.

(Broad Ripple is not the only one.)

Watch movies you would not usually view. Go hear lecturers present on time travel and polar bears, or attend a Butler Symphony Orchestra concert.

There is so much more to experience at Butler and in Indy than any one person can enjoy, but it is a pity if you don’t try.

So why are you here, dear reader, when there is a world to explore outside these pages?

Photo by Maria Porter

The Health and Recreation Complex uses way too many lights at night and Reid took cool pix of it.

The Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall in Robertson Hall is one of the many venues at Butler University where cultural events are held.

Photo by Rafael Porto

Butler Cultural Requirement needs improvement, students say SARVARY KOLLER SKOLLER@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. ASST. EDITOR The Butler Cultural Requirement, a part of the core curriculum for freshmen, sophomores and juniors, may not be fulfilling its purpose, Butler University faculty and students said.

Butler students must attend at least eight cultural performances, seminars or public lectures that the administrators of the requirement specify.

Associate Provost Laura Behling came to Butler in the fall of 2009 and installed the Butler Cultural Requirement for the fall of 2010.

She said the purpose of the program is to help students realize the richness of cultural events here at Butler.

“Part of it is to help students understand essentially what is right on their doorstep,” Behling said.

“Education doesn’t only take place in a class.”

Some students and faculty said they feel the available list of event options doesn’t allow for a diversity of culture that would interest a wider range of students.

English Professor Joseph Colavito said that students should be able to talk to administrators about attending events outside the list of preapproved options.

“The faculty may have one idea about what constitutes culture, but they need to be open to what someone else might consider to be culturally interesting,” he said.

While students can fill out an

“The point is to encourage students to develop the habit of going to events because they want to go.”

PAUL VALLIERE RELIGION PROFESSOR application to receive credit for different events not on the requirement list, explained Behling, these events must take place at Butler. Students cannot receive credit for cultural outings to the surrounding Indianapolis area.

Colavito said that the requirement should encourage students to find their own cultural interests, to embrace those interests and to become more involved.

To this end, he said the university should allow for a more diverse array of cultural events, including events located off campus, in order for students to truly benefit from the program.

“The requirement is a good thing, but I think specifying how you can fulfill it is problematic,” he added. “It’s like saying one thing is more cultural than another.”

Religion Professor Paul Valliere said he questions the requirement’s effectiveness, although he does not view it negatively.

He said he would like to see an assessment of the program to see

whether it is effective and worthwhile.

“Forcing students to attend eight events a year doesn’t add up to anything as far as I’m concerned,” he explained. “The point is to encourage students to develop the habit of going to events because they want to go. I would like to see a study of whether the requirement succeeds in its purpose.”

Valliere said he would like to see students attend events because it is the right thing to do, whether students are supporting friends or acting as culturally-aware citizens.

“Student initiative is the best motivator,” he said. “There is something culturally interesting going on at Butler almost every night of the semester, so we have to be grateful for that.”

Sophomore Sofia Valdivia has completed three of her required events so far. While she is supportive of the program and its purpose, she said there are certain elements that could be changed to improve the program.

“I think that eight events is a lot,” she said. “It’s hard enough to get some of my friends to come to even one choir concert. I think one cultural event a year would be better.”

Valdivia acknowledged that the requirement encourages students to experience new forms of art.

Colavito said the program has the opportunity to become very successful if more opportunities are presented and more student input is integrated.

“I would like to see it become a venue for students to celebrate different forms of culture,” he said.

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The national spotlight put Butler on the map, but it could strain the university’s infrastructure and atmosphere.

Approximately 1,100 firstyear students poured onto Butler University’s campus Saturday to begin their studies.

The record-breaking freshman class comes with plenty of potential, vibrancy and energy.

Still, the ever-expanding enrollment could end up forcing administrators to cut corners in facilities, infrastructure and student life.

Housing, parking and budget allocations have all caused strife on campus in years past, so it is crucial that administrators take a look at how expansion could impact our university.

Recently, it seems that university officials have been optimistic about the university’s future.

Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson was optimistic about Butler’s buckling capacity and the university’s ability

to handle it.

The university has been getting bigger and bigger over the years and each time, he said, administrators have found extra beds, allotted more parking spaces and scheduled more courses.

The university has swiftly dealt with the enrollment issue when it has come up.

In 2010, when the entering class was record-size, school administrators made the necessary changes to ensure that everyone had a place to live on campus.

While Butler technically might not be facing a housing crisis, there is no doubt we are closing in on the inability to house all students.

Total occupancy numbers for non-Greek housing, including all the residential halls, University Terrace and Apartment Village, sum up to more than 2,000.

Thus, the 1,111 first-year students alone will use around half of the non-Greek campus housing.

Although a new residence hall— along with expansions to existing ones—are in the master plan, there is no concrete timeline for these additions yet.

Similarly, construction of a parking garage is in the works, which would surely alleviate the parking crunch Butler students and

faculty face now.

But there are still too many questions that have gone unanswered about the parking solution.

The location, cost, timeline and logistics for a parking garage are still up in the air until final proposals make their way into the hands of Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety.

The small-school vibe is part of Butler’s appeal. If Butler continues to expand, it’s important that administrators consider how to maintain that caring atmosphere.

The New Student Success Task Force, a committee formed from various campus groups, has been planning ways to ensure all students continue having positive Butler experiences.

An administrative goal is to keep class sizes relatively small by creating more course opportunities, thus preventing a shortage of classes and faculty, Johnson said.

In the end, the coalition tacked on a few courses and hours.

By examining just these concerns, it becomes apparent that the administration does not have clear answers.

While the potential parking garage will eventually mitigate

traffic issues, it does nothing to fix the problem unless it’s planned soon.

Although more course hours and opportunities were added in order to control class sizes, those same tactics may not work when more students enroll in the coming years.

Real, sustainable solutions need to be created in the next few years to match the ever-mounting interest and enrollment at Butler.

Otherwise, actual housing, parking, infrastructure and financial crises could be imminent.

More students than just seniors need to be allowed to live off campus.

More parking spaces or a parking garage must be built and a cap must be placed on the number of parking permits allotted.

Improvements must be made to the academic buildings.

More faculty and staff must be hired to balance the student-tofaculty ratio.

And all of this must happen soon.

While this unprecedented number of new students gives the campus much to be excited about—a new sense of life—growth should be coupled with solid ideas about Butler’s future in order to sustain the current level of expansion.

Bike owners, be proactive to prevent theft JEREMY ALGATE

In the past year, Butler University has suffered a series of bicycle thefts. Students, faculty and staff reported nine stolen bikes in the past three months.

The Butler University Police Department can do very little to prevent future thefts, so the responsibility falls on the bike owners.

The worst possible response to crime involves blaming the victim.

No one should try to hold the victims accountable. That goes for all crimes.

Police officers do their best to track down reported thefts, especially by checking local pawn and bike shops.

However, the officers cannot simply take any bikes that resemble the property of Butler community members without a unique identifier.

Students, faculty and staff need to work proactively to prevent more thefts, said Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety.

Although BUPD should be notified about any theft, bike owners should take the necessary measures to protect their belongings.

Serial numbers, for example, make it possible to track possessions sold through pawn shops.

Bike owners should keep those numbers on file.

The Butler community should not, however, prepare for a crime wave.

“The number of thefts is actually lower than usual,” detective Bruce Allee said.

“I think one stolen bike is too high,” Hunter said, “but bicycle theft usually runs in sprees.”

Typically, the culprits look for opportunities: high-quality bicycles with cheap locks and few observers.

The police cannot do much to prevent those opportunities.

And in all fairness, the officers probably have higher priorities.

But bike owners can take better precautions. Hunter said the best ideas are recording bike serial numbers and investing in steel U-locks.

The culprit is probably one

Photos by Heather Iwinski In light of recent bike thefts, campus bike riders should take extra precautions to keep their property safe, such as purchasing steel U-locks (left) versus cheaper locks.

group of people who is also connected to Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis, University of Indianapolis and Marion University, Hunter said.

They are organized and look like they belong on college campuses.

They work quickly and efficiently to break cable locks.

Realistically, the police cannot do much to prevent theft on this end.

But pawn shops must upload serial numbers of items to a database to which BUPD subscribes.

The university already offers a bicycle registry, but the system is voluntary and not well publicized.

“I’m really going to task the police force to say we need mandatory bike registration with serial numbers on campus,” Hunter said.

Obviously, this is a work in progress upon which everyone can improve.

All bike riders on campus need to be a little more cautious, invest in better quality locks and take down the identifiers for valuables.

The alternative might be even worse: trying to profile people who belong on campus.

Contact columnist Jeremy Algate at jalgate@butler.edu.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

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Housing options fail to solve larger problems DONALD PERIN

Butler University’s freshman class of 2016 is the largest class in the university’s history.

While this is a reason for Butler to celebrate, it is also a cause for concern: the university has a housing problem.

Student housing options, including apartments at Christian Theological Seminary and rooms at Homestead Suites, have been offered to upper classmen at the Residential College double-room rate.

Administrators did write off the Homestead Suites option due to a lack of student interest, but 59 students plus one resident assistant will live at CTS. It is comforting that the university administration has fall-back plans when it can’t fit everybody into on-

Extra housing options are a good idea, but they do not prevent future housing issues. campus housing.

Still, the university should have prevented this shortfall from ever happening.

These options have been available in past housing crunches.

A hotel near the Fashion Mall at Keystone has been used, and in 2010, the university offered 40 beds in CTS as reported on the Collegian’s website in “Record class size expected for 2012-2013” (June 8).

I learned in elementary school that the importance of history is to learn from past mistakes so they are not repeated.

This basic concept should not go over the heads of Butler administrators.

Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson sent out an email this past June informing the student body of the options.

In the message, he said he had

Higher prices now, bigger changes later Although Butler students may dislike the higher parking price, it is going toward solid goals.

On July 24, Butler students received a brief email on the Butler Connection detailing an increased price of parking decals from $60 to $75.

Although this larger price tag might leave a sour taste in students’ mouths, the extra money will go toward feasible, positive changes.

The message alluded to “new parking-related software,” which left the question of what exactly will be improved.

Butler students can rest assured that this new software is a legitimate improvement.

Among the greatest changes for the citation software is a system that may result in fewer parking citations for students and faculty.

“We wanted to be more green and intuitive with our parking systems,” said Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety.

Currently, the citation system relies on paper.

It also cannot recognize students and faculty living in the nearby Butler-Tarkington neighborhood.

Any faculty, student or member of the Butler community who parks in the neighborhood could be ticketed due to the parameters of the 1989 local agreement with the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association.

This creates a substantial problem for students and faculty living in the area.

If people from the Butler community park on the street in front of their house, they are liable for a citation.

reconvened the New Student Success Task Force in order to tackle the issues presented by Butler’s largest freshman class.

The task force has been convened for past largest-ever classes in 2003, 2007 and 2010.

This group’s goal is to find solutions for the problems posed by these large classes.

The task force ought to be able to stop the problems at the source after facing similar situations before.

Yet it continues resorting to the same old solutions.

Instead of giving upperclassmen the option of living in CTS or other housing, cap the number of freshmen admitted.

Or, better yet, prioritize the expansion of student housing.

“Right now, we’re at a phase and stage where we all need to work together to form a plan,” Johnson said in an interview with the Collegian.

If the planning stage is as far as the administration has gotten on expanding student housing, then Butler students can expect a struggle to find housing in the future.

Contact columnist Donald Perin at dperin@butler.edu.

Photo by Heather Iwinski

The class of 2016, Butler’s largest class ever, packed Clowes Memorial Hall on Saturday for a welcoming convocation.

Construction congests campus but is ultimately worthwhile

REID BRUNER

Now with the advent of the new software, Butler community members can opt for the free Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association permit.

“This is a tool to reduce the frustration of seeing a green envelope on your windshield,” Hunter said.

Basically, the permit allows people who live in the Tarkington neighborhood to park on the street without fearing a citation.

Of course, there is a slight drawback.

Those who use the BTNA permit can no longer park on campus.

Still, it isn’t too terrible a tradeoff considering most of the houses within the neighborhood are a couple blocks from campus.

Even better, within a year, the new system could let those living in the neighborhood park there without the BTNA permit by flagging and recognizing the “do not ticket” cars.

The exact results of this experiment won’t be known for a couple months.

Still, this innovation in the citation system is commendable.

In the midst of rising tuition and fees, shelling out extra money for a parking decal is not so palatable.

But should these new citation systems prevent other students and faculty from seeing that dreaded green envelope, then it’s an extra cost worth taking on.

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

PawPrints

RHYAN HENSON

Photo by Rafael Porto Construction projects across campus, including the Schrott Center, could congest student traffic this coming semester.

Construction projects across campus show the university is making good investments.

Students should use patience while they navigate around the several construction projects on campus.

There are many construction sites around campus, and students should understand that these upgrades are necessary and beneficial.

These developing areas are a good sign that Butler is putting our tuition dollars to good use, especially after raising the tuition for students last year.

Many students, especially those who drive, have likely noticed the construction by Clowes Memorial Hall.

The exterior of the $15 million Schrott Center project is nearly complete.

It is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2013 vice president for finance and administration Bruce Arick said.

Another project on campus nearing completion is the second phase of the Atherton Union renovation.

There will be a temporary wall standing in the dining hall until mid-September Arick said.

A larger student population, coupled with this temporary wall, will increase congestion in the dining hall.

With the integration of the new unlimited meal plan system, the traffic should be less than expected because students have the ability to eat at more times throughout the day.

Another building students should expect having to find detours around is Jordan Hall, which is undergoing renovations on its exterior.

The northeast entrance, currently barricaded by fencing and equipment, will be out of commission for most of the fall semester.

Contact columnist Rhyan Henson at This is due to safety issues, Arick rhenson@butler.edu.

By Jaclyn McConnell

“What do you think about the construction on campus?”

“I look forward to the benefits of the construction.

But, now it’s a pain to work around.”

Amber Mills Junior Art + design

“I think it’s going to be really beneficial for Butler in the future.”

Lauren Chapman Junior Elementary education

said.

Hinkle Fieldhouse has also become a labyrinth in the midst of its recent renovations.

Workers are tuck-pointing bricks and replacing windows, Arick said.

Many of the entrances are not accessible because of safety issues, and scaffolding has been built in front of or around the doors.

The maze of scaffolding and sequence of locked doors make it difficult to find a way into the building.

This is the first of a few phases of renovations to be done to Hinkle, and talks of making renovations to the interior of Hinkle are underway.

“There is a lot they want to improve but not take away from the nature of Hinkle,” Arick said .

Basketball purists can now relax.

Butler students tend to complain a lot, even about the smallest of things.

The slight hurdles of detours, blocked entrances and construction are no exception.

As students groan about the longer or colder walk in the winter months, they should just think about how great all the renovations will look.

Don’t throw a fit of rage.

Don’t complain about how a particular project inconveniences you.

Instead, consider how all these renovations benefit every student in the long run.

“It doesn’t seem like it’s in the way. When it’s finished, it’ll fit right in.”

Joe Sisk Freshman Recording industry studies

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Top: Butler’s newest freshmen class poses for its panoramic picture last Saturday.

(Photo by Rafael Porto) Bottom left: Members of Butler’s new first-year class, the largest in school history, dance during Playfair on Monday. (Photo by Heather Iwinski) Bottom right: Freshmen participate in a conga line during Playfair.

(Photo by Heather Iwinski)

MOVE: SOME QUESTIONS LINGER FROM PAGE ONE

VCU as it is more commonly referred to, was in a similar situation.

VCU announced it was moving from the Colonial Athletic Association to the A-10 just two weeks after Butler did.

The university petitioned for early entrance into the conference as result of a CAA bylaw that would prohibit any Ram’s sport from participating in conference championships.

This could potentially hinder VCU’s chances of appearing in the NCAA tournaments, which was a concern, considering its men’s basketball team has played in four of the last six NCAA tournaments, including five since 2004.

There was speculation from a source with knowledge of the situation that Butler would have faced similar penalties.

However, a contractual agreement between Butler and the Horizon League prevents details of the exit from being revealed.

After the announcement

was made last May, Horizon League commissioner John LeCrone said that the league does not have a bylaw preventing a departing member from competing in conference championships like the CAA does.

President Jim Danko did hint, however, that other Horizon League presidents wanted an immediate departure.

“I don’t think the presidents wanted us to have a swan song in their arenas,” Danko said. “It was like a divorce—the quicker we get out of the house, the better.”

Bill Benner, senior associate commissioner for external affairs for the Horizon League, had no further comments regarding the move, citing the agreement between the league and Butler to keep any information confidential.

Butler had been a member of the Horizon League since 1979. The league was previously known as the Midwestern Collegiate Conference and the Midwestern City Conference prior to that.

Collier said that both parties had discussions about what would be best for everyone and that the decision was made to separate immediately.

A-10 commissioner

Bernadette McGlade said Butler contacted the A-10 with a petition for early entrance.

“We were made aware of a challenging situation that would have made it difficult (for Butler) to remain in the current conference,” McGlade said.

McGlade said she could not comment on the specifics of the situation.

“The unexpected circumstances that precipitated Butler’s request to move immediately were unfortunate, but the decision to accept Butler was an easy and unanimous one,” McGlade said.

The relationship between Butler and the Horizon League will continue, however.

There is a chance that Butler fans could still see rivalry games being played between Butler and members of the league.

“We are open to the possibility of continually scheduling those teams, but there is no formal agreement between us,” Collier said.

All Butler teams will begin competing immediately in the A-10 with the exceptions of football, which is remaining in the Pioneer Football League, and women’s golf, which will participate in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Butler welcomes largest first-year class in history