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INTERNSHIPS IN SPOTLIGHT Business program No. 2 in US CCOM position cut SARA PRUZIN SPRUZIN@BUTLER.EDU PRINT MANAGING EDITOR The College of Business recently was ranked No. 2 in undergraduate internships by Bloomberg Businessweek, and the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is trying to make it easier for its undergraduates to gain experiential learning. Programs differ around the university, but seek the end goal of helping students become more qualiﬁed and competitive for jobs when they graduate. COB students are required to complete two internships before they graduate. Mary Ellen

Wolfsie, director of COB’s career development program, said that this requirement helps add to the college’s Businessweek ranking. Wolfsie said the rankings are valuable in attracting both prospective students and internship sites. “It at least makes them aware of us, and the employers are more likely to give us a call,” she said. The COB has a four-year career development program that forces students to look at internships very early. Students are assigned a career mentor their freshman year and an internship coordinator usually during their junior year. The career development ofﬁce staff also helps

with outreach and connecting students to internship opportunities. Senior marketing major Anna Carie has interned for Finish Line in Indianapolis, Johnson and Johnson in New Jersey and Mindshare Media Agency in London. She said the COB’s structure helped her to ﬁnd internships and decide what she wanted to do. “Internships are amazing because they are a glimpse into a company,” she said. “You can ﬁnd the pieces you love and get to the next level.” Carie will be working for Johnson and Johnson on the East see cob page 3

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JILL MCCARTER JMCCARTE@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR Butler University’s College of Communication will not fund its internship coordinator position next year. Program directors will be responsible for overseeing the students in each of the college’s six programs. “Internship coordination will revert back to the way that we’ve been doing it since 1975,” CCOM Interim Dean Bill Neher said. Under the current curriculum, an internship is required of all journalism and strategic communication majors and is

In these ﬁelds, you cannot get a job without an internship. MARY ELLEN WEITEKAMP

FORMER INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR

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Partners of Butler’s top dogs on university payroll

arried at work COURTESY OF DAVID WAITE

‘He taught lessons about growing up’ HAYLEIGH COLOMBO HCOLOMBO@BUTLER.EDU EDITOR IN CHIEF

aul Sandin will be remembered for what he didn’t say. A ﬁercely active listener—Sandin’s eyes sparkled as he nodded his head thoughtfully during a conversation—the Butler University Speaker’s Lab director and senior lecturer taught his students that the key to leadership isn’t delivering fancy speeches, but treating everyone with grace and dignity. “He taught you hard things about emotional subjects, really just lessons about growing up,” said alumnus Todd Bolster, a former Speaker’s Lab employee who said he took 11 classes with Sandin. “He handled it with so much grace.” Sandin died at St. Vincent’s Hospital on Friday night from acute renal failure, or a sudden dysfunction of the kidneys. He is survived by Laura, his wife, and Erin, his daughter. He will be remembered at a memorial service in the Reilly Room at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Senior Nick Faris said he realized Sandin wasn’t an average professor when he brought a box of what seemed to be useless, dated compasses to his leadership class and then directed students to spin around, stop and then look at which way they were pointing. As expected, everyone was facing different directions, Faris said. “It was then that Professor Sandin said everyone in life has a different purpose, and as a result their lives go in different directions,” Faris said. “The compasses we were holding were a symbol for us to realize that we all have a true north, and we were to use the compass to guide us straight on our path once we ﬁgure out our purpose.” College of Communication Interim Dean Bill Neher, who ate lunch with Sandin most days, said there was not a dry eye in the classroom on Monday when Neher visited Sandin’s Communication Ethics course. “The students are truly shattered by the loss,” Neher said. “He meant so much to them as a mentor.” Senior Maria Mayer said that Sandin’s gentle and calm presence forged an easy friendship between them. “I will miss waving to him every time I walk down the Fairbanks Center stairs,” Mayer said. “He genuinely was interested not only in a student’s see sandin page 2

Jim Danko University President

Bethanie Danko University Relations Associate

Jamie Comstock Former Provost

Larry Williamson Instructor

Ron Caltabiano JCFA Dean

John Mugge Multimedia Coordinator

Laura Behling Associate Provost

Mariangela Maguire Associate Professor

Mary Macmanus Ramsbottom Associate Provost

John Ramsbottom Guest Lecturer

It is unclear whether positions were created solely for purpose of hiring spouses, partners. HAYLEIGH COLOMBO HCOLOMBO@BUTLER.EDU EDITOR IN CHIEF

utler Blue II and Trip are not the only related top dogs that work in the same ofﬁce—several of Butler’s top administrators have spouses or domestic partners on the university payroll. Butler’s practice of hiring its employees’ partners—including those of the university’s president, former provost, two associate provosts and a dean—is consistent with trends in higher education, said Marcia Dowell, director of university relations. At Butler, following the trend— 36 percent of U.S. academics are couples—meant the hiring of a university relations associate, a political science instructor, visiting professor, an associate director of pre-professional studies and a multimedia coordinator. Dowell said these positions needed

to be ﬁlled at Butler in order to serve students. The Board of Trustees approved hiring First Lady Bethanie Danko as the university relations associate, which she said is a big role with a modest salary. “It is indeed a demanding professional position with a schedule nearly as busy as that of the leading spouse,” Bethanie Danko said. Her schedule includes fundraising, advancement, communication and event planning, along with appearance requests, including recently helping with Blue II’s birthday party.

Former First Lady Suzanne Fong was not on the university payroll. Bethanie Danko also worked with Jim Danko at Villanova University before their 2010 marriage. At the Villanova School of Business, Jim Danko was the dean, and Bethanie Danko was the assistant dean for marketing and strategy. In order to preserve continuity in a trailing spouse’s career, it also is good practice to hire loved ones as long as all university employees follow human see partners page 4

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Revitalization adds beauty and utility to garden The plants in the apothecary garden are used in pharmaceutical drugs. Photos by Reid Bruner

Butler University community members celebrated the revitalization of the apothecary garden on Tuesday morning.

Butler University’s apothecary garden was site of revitalization. BROOKE DEADY BDEADY@BUTLER.EDU

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Butler University ofﬁcials are hoping to spread some beauty around campus with the revitalization of the apothecary garden. An apothecary garden features plants and herbs that are used in pharmaceutical drugs. “The garden brings an awareness to people,” Phil Villani, a biology professor, said. “People don’t realize that medicines come from plants.” Located along the walkway between the Pharmacy Building and Robertson Hall, the apothecary garden was established by Waqar Bhatti, a longtime College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences professor who died last year. Yesterday a revitalization project reception was held, which included a talk about medicinal plants, a choral performance by the Butler Chorale and a discussion on the art installation. There are two separate sections

of the garden that house different plants sparked by where they come from and what they do. The traditional Chinese medicine garden presents peonies, which can be used in a “four thing soup” that was a sort of tonic in Chinese medicine for women. Garlic is also found in this garden. If garlic is crushed or cooked, it produces a sulfur-containing compound that is biologically active and has some therapeutic values, Kim Beck, an adjunct medicinal chemistry professor, said. Dianthus, also in the garden, can be used to treat illnesses of the kidney and urinary tract. “Most of the plants here are medicinal, but some are here to beautify the area,” Beck said. For example, the beautyberry produces a vibrant purple berry that Beck describes as “remarkable.” The other garden is the Native American and Western European medicinal herb garden. The Madagascar periwinkle in this garden is known to have anti-cancer agents in it, and it is modiﬁed into a pharmaceutical drug. While some plants may be

marketed as pharmaceutical drugs, others are simply there because they have a history of being medicinal plants. For example, the common bearberry isn’t marketed, but it can be used as a diuretic to treat urinary infections. The garden holds historical value because it showcases where medicines come from. “Nature can design amazingly complex structures with therapeutic action,” Beck said. “It’s a pretty amazing designer.” The apothecary garden on Butler’s campus is supposed to be a living lab where the plants can be used for study purposes in biology and pharmacy. Becky Dolan, the director of the herbarium, said the garden presents informal science education because it is in a high trafﬁc area. This spring, the garden has been revitalized as part of the Earth Project. Students, faculty and staff got together one Saturday to plant everything. Beck that the groundskeepers have been extremely helpful and really friendly when it has come to this project. “I hope to get a student organization created to maintain the area,” Beck said.

Eric Stark leads a group of his students in singing to commemorate the opening of the pharmacy garden. They performed many songs, such as the “Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful.”

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PROFESSOR REMEMBERED FOR LEADERSHIP FROM PAGE ONE learning process but their lives.” After starting at Butler in 1996, Sandin cultivated the Speakers Lab from a program that served 18 students in its ﬁrst semester to a program that now registers about 2,200 students each academic year. Lauren McNulty, a senior Speakers Lab tutor, said working with him at the Speakers Lab made her realize Sandin’s own leadership style. “I really think that he was a transformational leader,” said McNulty, who took 12 classes with Sandin. “He inspired his students to do great things, to please him and better themselves.” Frankfort Mayor Chris McBarnes, a 2011 Butler graduate, said Sandin’s transformational leadership qualities came from the fact that he saw more in people than they saw in themselves. “He had a way of pulling out the best in me,” McBarnes said. “I owe everything to him.” Before he died, Sandin was in the process of implementing an additional leadership component to Butler’s organizational communication program—a subject that he taught several classes about and a trait that he worked tirelessly to develop in his students. Jim Gilkey, a 2010 graduate, said Sandin gave him the ability to practice discernment in his professional and personal relationships. “Being able to see beyond the façade changed the dynamic of a lot of my relationships,” Gilkey said. “It was more than just coursework. It was our lives.” In class, Sandin engaged students by supplementing traditional teaching methods with non-traditional material to keep his lectures lively. In his transformational leadership course, he examined side by side the traits of contentious rebel Che Guevara with peace activist Mahatma Gandhi, because he saw lessons everywhere. “He almost made it seem like a journey,” said junior Andrew Wray, who took three classes with Sandin, including an independent study this semester. “He empowered his students to come to their own conclusions but helped us along the way.”

On Feb. 21, lecturer Paul Sandin spoke with Marci Kolb, a student working on a proﬁle for one of professor Kwadwo Anokwa’s introductory journalism courses. Here is part of the interview.

Photo courtesy of David Waite

Senior lecturer Paul Sandin poses with a group of Speakers Lab tutors. Sandin passed away last Friday. Sandin is the author of a widely used communication ethics textbook, which he cowrote with Neher, but Wray said he was just as interested in hearing from students as he was in sharing his vast industry knowledge. “It was always framed as, ‘Let’s have a conversation about this,’ or ‘What do you think about that?’” Wray said. Class participation was extremely high in his classes, said student Alexandra Pierce, who took four classes with Sandin. Katy Schrage, Sandin’s academic advisee, said his teaching style was unique. “He taught me how to think critically, question the unquestionable,” Schrage said. Nick Perry, who graduated in 2009 and managed the Speaker’s Lab, said Sandin made students accountable for their own learning because he wanted to prepare them for life after Butler. “He was much more concerned with how his students would be successful in the real world rather than their ability to regurgitate information from a textbook,” Perry said. “He really wanted to cultivate strong leaders. That was refreshing.” Sandin also was an advocate for students outside of class in good times and bad,

especially in matters of confidence. “[He] gave me hope when I felt incapable of my abilities as a student,” said senior Maureen Bamiro, who took her first class with Sandin this year. Students often would line up after classes to tell Sandin about their lives. “I knew he would truly listen to me,” said William Alexander, who took six classes with Sandin. McBarnes said Sandin’s influence went beyond Butler students. In February, McBarnes invited Sandin to lead a leadership summit for 50 elected and appointed officials in Frankfort. Sandin gave a three-hour presentation about leadership and communication, which McBarnes said transformed the culture of politics in his county. “We’re getting things done because of the wisdom he shared,” McBarnes said. “This cooperation is something we’ve never had before.” As McNulty nears graduation, she said she’s keeping the true-north lesson close to her. “He taught me what my fixed point is,” McNulty said. “We’re leaving Butler not only as smarter students but as better people because of him.”

M.K.: What is your favorite Butler memory? P.S.: One of them is the first year I was here. It was just kind of magical. I knew right away this was a place I wanted to work. The people I met—it was a lot different than it is now. It was much more of a community. But that whole year was kind of magical. Second was the NCAA run, the first year and just how incredible it was. It was cool for Butler to make it to the Final Four and then to the championship game. The heartbreaking, last-second shot. But that was incredible. M.K.: What are your goals and ambitions as a professor? P.S.:I think I probably have three or four years left to teach. So I don’t have a lot of new goals. My goal has always been empowerment of students— encouraging them, coaching them, trying to get them to think for themselves. M.K.: What do you hope you leave behind when you leave Butler? P.S.: A legacy of being pro-student and being very accessible. And being one of those faculty that students can always go to and talk to. I have a lot of relationships with former students even today. They will call up, and we will get coffee at Starbucks or have dinner or lunch or whatever. Usually, they call around specific changes in their lives. They just want to talk some things through. And that means more to me than just about anything.

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Danko adds staff to presidential suite CHRIS GOFF CGOFF@BUTLER.EDU

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Butler University President Jim Danko created a new position in his office and filled vacancies in two others, he announced in an April 2 memo. The university now has an executive assistant to the Board of Trustees, a role filled by Carol Wroblewski. Wroblewski is a former associate provost at Butler. She will communicate with trustees and work to involve them in university events, tasks previously left to the president’s assistant. Danko hired Heather Vaughn, a former Rolls-Royce official, as his executive assistant. Vaughn replaces former Bobby Fong aide Ellen Clark, who retired after Fong left to become president at Ursinus College. Cate Marshall replaces the departed Velinda Bennett as office assistant. Marshall was a board

administrator for the Indianapolis Department of Public Safety. “What is common when you had a president in place as long as Bobby, you have staff changes,” said Ben Hunter, Chief of Staff and Executive Director of Public Safety. “This restructuring increases our flexibility.” Hunter moved his office from the Butler University Police Department to the president’s office in January. Although most of his duties haven’t changed, Hunter assumed one major new one: direct oversight of compliance with state and federal regulations. “By heart, I’m a policy wonk,” Hunter said. “Now that the staff is in place, it affords me the ability to get to those projects and those issues.” Hunter said priority must be given to following the Clery Act and Title IX law, and he can now do that by working more closely with Danko. “It’s a good fit,” he said. “It works out well with my background.”

Wroblewski, approaching 15 years of experience at Butler, said her position is a work in progress since she started work March 19. She remains in the process of meeting the Board of Trustees. “It’s fascinating to get to know this diverse group of people so intimately involved with the university,” she said. Wroblewski holds weekly phone conversations with Chair John Hargrove. Vaughn is in her ﬁfth week at Butler, and Marshall is in her fourth. Each said working with Danko is exciting. “I can appreciate his perspective,” Vaughn said. “He’s business-minded. I have a similar mindset.” Marshall said the Butler community has been very welcoming. “I’ve been thrilled with people just stopping by to introduce themselves,” she said. “I couldn’t be happier.” Danko was out of town and

unavailable for comment. Hunter said Vaughn, Marshall and Wroblewski ﬁt Danko’s innovative style of leadership. “You want a president’s ofﬁce that’s inviting and has great dynamics,” Hunter said. “President Danko has achieved that. It’s nice to have outstanding people who will offer a great atmosphere when people walk in the door.” Hunter also said having a liaison to the Board of Trustees is a critical step. “You have the board guiding our university in so many ways, having so many meetings a year, so it is important strategically,” Hunter said. Wroblewski, who holds a doctorate degree in counseling psychology from Ball State University, said she doesn’t know how Clark managed board relations on top of other duties. “I am more than busy,” Wroblewski said. “That leads me to believe she was doing an

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DISAGREEMENT ON MOVING FORWARD FROM PAGE ONE

Photo by Josh Morris

The L. Ben Lytle Professional and Career Development Program ofﬁce is located in the main ofﬁce of the Holcomb Building.

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COLLEGE INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS DIFFER FROM PAGE ONE Coast after graduation, and Wolfsie said Carie’s experience is not uncommon. Wolfsie said many companies use internships as a recruiting strategy, and about 45 percent of students end up working where they intern. The career development program and the four-year focus on professional work exist to help students determine where they should intern and eventually work, Wolfsie said. “It really should be a strategic stepping stone toward what you would ultimately like to do,” she said. “Before, students were frantically taking what came along because they hadn’t been proactive. I don’t think that’s the case anymore.” Pharmacy students are also required to participate in experiential learning, and the college is trying this year to make the experience as smooth as possible. Students are required to complete 300 hours of time in different pharmacy settings, usually after their third and fourth years of school. Trish Devine, the co-director for experiential education in COPHS, said that students used to have to find placements on their own, but this year the college is placing them. Devine said this makes it much easier for both students— who usually want to fulfill the requirements while home for the summer—and preceptors, the pharmacists overseeing the students. “Area preceptors were getting bombarded with phone calls, and students were having a difficult time finding them,” she said. Students don’t interview for placements or fill out applications, and Devine said college staff will

Students need to take advantage of all the opportunities presented to them that can help them get to where they want to go. GARY BEAULIEU ICS DIRECTOR

make calls for students to try to make connections. “They were frustrated trying to find a site,” she said. “Even though you give directions on how to make a contact, most of them struggled with that aspect.” Once placed, students learn something from every experience—whether they liked it or not—and it can lead to other professional opportunities or jobs, Devine said. “If it wasn’t something I was passionate about or didn’t see a benefit for, I definitely would not be in this role,” she said. The college has also been piloting software to place sixthyear students in their 10-monthlong rotations. Devine said these rotations are critical to both gaining the knowledge needed to be a pharmacist and starting a new career. “We tell them to treat every rotation like a job interview,” she said. In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Jordan College of Fine Arts, requirements and procedures differ. One program that requires an internship and offers resources to its students in a structured way is the engineering dual degree program. Jessica McCormick, who is the academic program coordinator for the program, said that the internship requirement for engineering students sets it apart from other engineering programs. Each student is required to

complete an internship while other universities’ programs may encourage but not require them. There are about 150 students in the program, and about 25 to 30 interned last summer. At the end of their sophomore year, students have a one-hour career development class about how to look for internships, develop résumés and utilize to career fairs. They work with alumni in industry. Students have access to Internship and Career Services here and through IUPUI’s engineering office and Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. “The resources are good before they go out, because they know how to present themselves, and we can help them put their best foot forward and help them make the best impression they can,” she said. Gary Beaulieu, director of ICS, said that whether or not a student’s college has a program like those in COPHS or COB or in a supportive program in other colleges, the ICS office can help them. He said that while his office works on a “broader basis,” he doesn’t see much difference between working through a collegewide program or working with ICS. “I think they’re equally as important and equally as good,” he said. “Students, regardless of where they are and what major they are in, need to take advantage of all the opportunities presented to them that can help them get to where they want to go.” ICS helps students prepare their résumés, research areas, network with employers who may have opportunities and practice interview skills. About 1,000 students a year utilize its services. Beaulieu said the office staff also reach out to alumni and companies in order to create opportunities for all students in what he said is a competitive internship market. “We’re here to help no matter what direction you want to go in,” he said. “And we have services for every student on campus.”

program. The internship coordinator currently oversees these internship experiences of more than 60 creative media and entertainment, journalism and strategic communication students. The internship program was created more than 20 years ago by Mary Ellen Weitekamp. Weitekamp worked as a fulltime employee of the university for more than 20 years before retiring in July 2009. Before the college’s creation in 2009, the internship program was housed in the Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism. “In these fields, you can’t get a job without an internship,” Weitekamp said. “And for businesses, you can’t get an intern if you don’t know who to go through. We worked to make sure all the pieces fit.” As the current internship coordinator, Ed Kanis conducts interviews with interns and with the providers twice each semester and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the internship and the students, assesses possible sites and maintains a database of the past internship providers. “I do everything in my power to make sure that students have someone to talk to if a problem comes up,” Kanis said. “It’s important to have someone on your side during an internship.” Providing students with an opportunity to land the internships they need to successfully land a job is the primary concern for some program directors impacted by the decision to cut the program. “If an internship site sees that another school’s system is easy to navigate and that there is one person to make sure they can get an intern, they’re going to say, ‘Forget Butler, let’s get an intern from Ball State,’” Nancy Whitmore, journalism program director, said. “We’ll go by the wayside.” The faculty and staff of the journalism program are on the same page, Whitmore said, and they understand that internships are a critical part of a student’s résumé. “If the internship program as it stands now goes away, the journalism program will pick up the pieces and start over because the students need it,” Whitmore said. “It would be such a significant burden.” Kenneth Creech, the creative media and entertainment program director, said the internship coordinator position has been valuable for students in the program. “We talk about knowledge in action all the time in this college, and this is not encouraging that ideal,” Creech said. Students in the strategic

incredible amount of work.” Wroblewski said the trick, though, is to decide what information is need-to-know. “That’s the core issue this ﬁrst year,” she said. “I would hate to waste these busy peoples’ time.” Vaughn said her biggest job is managing Danko’s calendar. She said her new position applies many skills used in a 15-year career at Rolls-Royce. “I just like helping people,” Vaughn said. “I feel that’s what my purpose is. It’s me.” Vaughn said she has enjoyed Danko’s sense of humor. “I don’t know if we’ll end up doing practical jokes,” she said, “but we’ll keep it lighthearted.” Vaughn applied to be Danko’s aide after serving with Hunter on Indianapolis’ Super Bowl Host Committee. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard Butler is a wonderful place to work,” Vaughn said. “I felt I made a very good decision. It’s proven so.” communication program are required to complete an internship, and Mark Rademacher, an assistant professor, said that students are seeing the value of the internships and are completing two or three before they graduate. “However the dean decides to structure how it’s done is completely up to the dean, but I think that employers have seen that Butler’s program is so wonderful that they will continue to use our students either way,” Rademacher said. When Weitekamp held the position, she was also working as an administrative assistant. Her position was funded through the school of journalism. The position has been funded by the provost for the past three years and not from the college’s fund, Neher said. Neher refused to comment on where Weitekamp’s salary went when she retired. Interim Provost Kathryn Morris declined to comment, saying that since the issue was about a speciﬁc college, the administrators within the college should address it. Whitmore said that it was her understanding that Morris told Neher to discuss the matter on a collegewide level. Both Whitmore and Creech said that the college has not met to discuss the position’s future. “I don’t know what discussion we could have,” Neher said. Neher said that the internship experience for the students would be identical with or without the position. Senior public relations major Emily Elliott credits the opportunity for her experience at Conrad Indianapolis, Danica Racing and the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association to Kanis and the guidance he’s provided. “If the administration took the time to realize that this is what is best for students, I have a feeling people would be talking about it,” Elliott said. “But no one seems to have realized that.” Those at the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association, an internship site for many Butler students, think the decision to not fund the position is not in the best interest of students or internship sites. “Internships are really like training runs for a marathon career,” said Chris Gahl, ICVA vice president of marketing and communications. “It doesn’t seem like that value is realized by everyone at the university.” The internship experience would most certainly not be the same if Kanis didn’t keep the position, said Bob Schultz, the vice president of Borshoff, a popular internship site for students. “What you would lose is Butler’s calling card,” Schultz said. “Right now, you have something that sets the university apart from every other school in Indiana, and you are running the risk of losing that.”

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Keller reappoints Coons to VP of diversity programming BEN HORVATH

BHORVATH@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Student Government Association President-elect Mike Keller appointed UnoBlessed Coons to the vacant SGA vice president of diversity programming position. Coons currently serves in that role. Due to SGA rules, there was no eligible candidate for the position. Therefore Keller had to go through SGA assembly to open up the position to applicants. Keller said there were four “qualiﬁed” applicants, but Coons was the best option. “R.E.A.C.H. has many challenges currently, and she has the ability to overcome these challenges,” Keller said. Coons’ experience and

knowledge of the job is why he chose her, Keller said. “Uno has already had a trialand-error period,” Keller said. Due to the resignation of last year’s diversity vice president early in the school year, Coons wasn’t chosen until September. This shortened her term and left her without a planning period during the summer, Keller said. The lack of a planning period was the most difﬁcult part of serving this year, Coons said. “I didn’t want R.E.A.C.H. to do nothing,” Coons said, “so I took the challenge and stepped up.” Giving Coons a full term to serve will greatly beneﬁt R.E.A.C.H. and her ability to serve, Keller said. “I would like to see what Uno can do with a full term,” Keller said.

After receiving applications, Keller and R.E.A.C.H. adviser Julie Pakenham interviewed the applicants, Keller said. Pakenham said she gave Keller the pros and cons of each candidate and asked questions during the interview process. “I have background information that a new SGA president would not have,” Pakenham said. “I’m here to give Mike tips on issues.” Following the interview process, Keller said he and Pakenham collaborated and came to a consensus. “It was ultimately Mike’s decision,” Pakenham said. Keller said this appointment does not contradict his promise to bring new faces to SGA. “The vast majority of the executive board is new,” Keller

said. “It doesn’t hurt to have some previous experience. There are advantages of having some experience.” The extended appointment process put R.E.A.C.H. behind schedule, Pakenham said. “There’s a tight appointment time for SGA as it is, and this made it more difﬁcult for R.E.A.C.H.,” Pakenham said. “There’s still enough time to get things lined up.” R.E.A.C.H. will make it a priority to increase its prominence on campus, Coons said. “Diversity is a challenging topic and can make people uncomfortable, but R.E.A.C.H. needs to make sure it is a large part of the student experience,” Coons said. Keller said he and Coons

have discussed the possibility of expanding the R.E.A.C.H. board as a way to strengthen R.E.A.C.H.’s presence. Coons and Keller each said R.E.A.C.H. needs to be more inclusive. “There is a special emphasis on marginalized minorities,” Coons said, “but R.E.A.C.H. is not only for them but for all students.” Keller said he agreed. “We need to try and get a diverse group of members to appeal to a broad group of people,” Keller said. Coons said she is happy to be serving during the next academic year. “I’m excited about a lot of things,” Coons said, “summer and planning, ﬁnding new ways to celebrate diversity and having more conversations on diversity.”

CPA summit to assess diversity RYAN LOVELACE RLOVELAC@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Butler University is holding its first diversity summit to discuss how diversity will fit into plans for Butler’s future at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the Ford Salon at Robertson Hall. The event, cosponsored by R.E.A.C.H. and Council on Presidential Affairs, will seek to explain the definition of diversity and develop an assessment of the current state of diversity at Butler. CPA Chair Mike Tirman said this event will be important for the future of Butler. “For us to take on a more prominent national role, diversity’s going to play a big part in that for Butler,” Tirman said.

Tirman said he hopes to be able to provide the Campus Climate Advisory Committee with a list of goals and ideas that came from students who attend the event. Tirman said he thought the inclusion of a question about a students’ sexual orientation could be one such idea. Mike Keller, the Student Government Association President-elect who has been invited to the event, said he understands the beneﬁts that people could see coming from such a question but would caution against such an idea. “I always think we do better when we try not to categorize people as much,” Keller said. “I think that…helps us build a more integrated and better community.” Keller said he’s looking forward to listening to people with different perspectives of Butler.

For us to take on a more prominent national role, diversity’s going to play a big part in that for Butler. MIKE TIRMAN CPA CHAIR “Sometimes people are just ignorant to the diverse issues, but I think that’s OK,” UnoBlessed Coons, the SGA vice president of diversity programming, said. “This is where you should be learning about those things— college.” Coons said the summit is important,

Financial aid packages tailored to students KYLER NAYLOR KNAYLOR@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR As course schedules are filling for next semester, financial aid is always something on students’ minds this time of year. With tuition and room and board increases, most students want as much financial aid as possible. For 2011-12, 28 percent of Butler University’s expense budget was dedicated to financial aid, totaling $47,672,800. The total amount of financial aid distributed was $102,928,535, which includes Butler funds, guaranteed student loans, state and federal aid such as the Pell Grant, and other outside awards. “We are the largest source of aid for students that enroll here, by a significant amount,” Tom Weede, vice president for enrollment management, said. “Unlike a state institution, our revenues come from our students, so we are able to distribute it as we need.” Eighty-seven percent of Butler University’s revenue comes from tuition and room and board—all student-paid fees. Vice President for Finance Bruce Arick said that financial aid comes from two separate “buckets” of funding: university expense, or unrestricted aid, and endowed funds. He said a financial aid package starts with state and federal aid and then adds endowed and unrestricted aid to fill it up based on the student’s merit- and need-based circumstances. “They’re dipping into both of the buckets to come up with the best financial scholarship awards that they can for each individual student,” Arick said. “The packages end up being almost customized to the student.” Of all students at Butler, Weede said about 91 percent receive some sort of financial aid. “We didn’t set out to have it that way, but when you work in a system that is tailored to each individual family’s circumstances and each individual student’s circumstances, each package is very much tailored to the individual that is enrolling,” he said. While Arick estimated the average student aid package to be between $10,000 and $12,000, Weede said he doesn’t think about it like that. “We have 4,000 individual

EXPENSES BY CLASSIFICATION Auxiliary expenses 2%

Mandatory transfers 6%

Athletics 5% Residential life 4%

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Senate to vote on core curriculum funding OLIVIA INGLE OINGLE@BUTLER.EDU

ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR

Instruction 25%

Physical plant 4%

Information resources 5%

because the open forum provides students with different perspectives. “I think that [the open forum] is the most important part,” Meg Haggerty, the associate director of student affairs, said. “You can’t come to a table with only one perspective. You have to be able to see it from multiple different angles.” Haggerty said she will be attending because of her role as adviser to the Campus Climate Advisory Committee. The event will include students and faculty who have been invited because of their involvement in relevant student organizations or because of their known ability to contribute to the conversation. Students who have not been invited can contact Tirman or Coons to secure a place at the event.

Admin and general 12%

Student services 5%

Financial aid 28%

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Lilly Scholars State higher ed $3,801,047 $2,284,718

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Outside awards $3,350,416 Other loans $10,387,185

Guaranteed student loan $31,017,301 Total Butler funds $47,427,701 Perkins loan $1,237,500 Pell Grants $2,766,667 ﬁnancial aid packages,” he said. “When you talk about an average package, it’s meaningless because no one is average. We custom-build a ﬁnancial aid package based on (a student’s) circumstances.” Weede said he often hears from students at this time of year who

Faculty Senate members read through a motion Tuesday that could urge Butler University administrators to fund and staff the core curriculum, which is $400,000 short of funding for next year. The motion states, “It is imperative that the university fully staff the current core curriculum, which was approved by the faculty in 2005. “We must ensure that we have sufﬁcient funding and faculty positions to support the core curriculum,” it reads.

have been offered more money from another school but want to come to Butler if the university can match the aid. “Our answer is typically, ‘Good luck at that school,’” Weede said, “because we’re trying to create a match rather than buying people.”

resources policies, said Elaine Johnson, director of compensation and organizational development. “It’s within the best interest of the institution to help a trailing spouse find employment,” Johnson said. “I certainly can’t say it’s a bad idea.” Is the payroll bloated with unnecessary positions in order to satisfy the desire to support partners? “Whether they are created for anyone specifically, there’s no way anyone can say,” Johnson said. The university is required to publicly advertise its full-time position openings, Johnson said, which it does on Career Builder. But if positions are contract or adjunct positions, Butler does not ordinarily post job openings, Dowell said. The university denied The Collegian’s requests for the oncepublic position advertisements. The policies that Butler has in place that relate to inter-institution couples include a conﬂicts of interest policy and consensual relationships policy.

The Senate decided to take two weeks to think about the motion and will discuss and vote on it at the next meeting on April 24. “This has always been a problem,” said Elizabeth Mix, associate professor of art. “I think it’s beneficial that we have a serious conversation about it.” Tom Dolan, a biology professor who serves on the university’s core curriculum committee, said the point of the motion is to get the core curriculum taken care of and to get a decision made. “If this motion is a way to support a discussion about funding the core, then view it as that,” Dolan said. The conflicts of interest policy states that conflicts could arise when an employee evaluates or has direct or indirect control over the work or performance of his or her romantic partner. Johnson said the human resources office currently is in the process of reviewing its policies in order to make sure they are updated and being followed. Despite the high number of spouses and domestic partners who are on the payroll, Johnson said she is not aware of any complaints from the rest of the university about this practice. The human resources management office is open to hearing from all individuals about complaints, she said. “We’re not here to police the university,” Johnson said. “We have to depend on other individuals to make us aware when there might be things happening in the university that are against policy.” Bethanie Danko said she hasn’t noticed any conflicts of interest while working with her husband at Butler. “It’s been a non-issue,” she said. “Although we often discuss issues with each other and voice our opinions on the pros and cons, I wouldn’t characterize this kind of dialogue as presenting any divergent or conflicting interests.”

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BASEBALL

Gelwicks, Risi lead comeback win AUSTIN MONTEITH AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

The downtown digs of the Indianapolis Indians became the home of Butler baseball yesterday as the Bulldogs (18-15, 6-6) faced Ball State at Victory Field. Two eighth-inning home runs gave Butler an 8-6 comeback win over the Cardinals (722, 3-6). After grabbing an early 1-0 lead, the Bulldogs gave up six runs in the third inning. Senior pitcher Dom Silvestri was charged with all six of Ball State’s runs. The first two Cardinal batters of the inning walked and singled, setting up four consecutive run-scoring at-bats. Butler whittled away at the lead by scoring two runs in the fifth inning and another one in the sixth, cutting the score to 6-4. Junior designated hitter Pat Gelwicks struck a two-run home run to tie the game at six in the eighth inning. Two batters later, junior first baseman Jimmy Risi hit a go-ahead two-run home run to give the Bulldogs an 8-6 advantage. With the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning, junior pitcher Chase Byerly held off the Ball State rally by striking out

sophomore shortstop T.J. Weir and forcing a groundout from sophomore first baseman Cody Campbell. Prior to the contest, junior catcher Radley Haddad said playing in a professional ballpark like Victory Field is the dream for many players. “All of us as college baseball players have the goal to play at the next level,” Haddad said. “Playing in a bigger stadium, getting our name out there and putting Butler on the map is pretty cool.” Junior infielder Lucas Calderon said he was also excited to play at Victory Field. “Ever since you’re a little kid, you want to play on a professional field and in one of the nicest minor league ballparks,” Calderon said. Calderon’s family in Florida was also able to watch the game since it was televised. “[I’m looking forward to] the chance to play in a televised game because that means my family back home in Miami will be able to watch me,” Calderon said before the game. Prior to taking on the Cardinals, the Bulldogs visited Horizon League opponent Milwaukee for a three-game series. Butler fell to the Panthers (11-17, 6-6) in

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Butler junior designated hitter Pat Gelwicks (left) prepares for a pitch during the Bulldogs’ 8-6 win over Ball State at Victory Field yesterday. the rubber game Saturday, losing 16-4. The Bulldogs committed four errors that helped the Panthers score five unearned runs. Butler junior centerfielder Jack Dillon picked up two hits and an RBI in the loss. Butler picked up a 3-2 win in Friday’s game at Milwaukee thanks to an odd first inning inside-the-park home run in the first inning by senior right fielder Mike Hoscheit. With runners on first and second, Hoscheit hit a fly ball to right field, and the

foot of Milwaukee sophomore right ﬁelder Ryan Solberg became stuck in the fence as he was ﬁelding the ball. With Solberg unable to break free from the fence to make the play, Hoscheit, junior designated hitter Pat Gelwicks and Risi scored the Bulldogs’ only runs of the game. Butler lost the series opener Thursday in a 14-2 loss to Milwaukee. The Bulldogs will host Illinois-Chicago for a three-game series starting Friday.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Recruit Dunham third in Mr. Basketball voting COLIN LIKAS

CLIKAS@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

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Former Butler student Shelvin Mack, seen in the men’s basketball team’s 2010 Elite Eight game against Florida (left), became a member of the National Basketball Association’s Washington Wizards in 2011.

Alumni given chance to see Mack play again COLIN LIKAS

CLIKAS@BUTLER.EDU SPORTS EDITOR

For parts of three men’s basketball seasons, Butler fans had the opportunity to watch former student Shelvin Mack play at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Now Butler alumni have the opportunity to witness Mack in action in a NBA game. Organized by the Butler University Washington, D.C. Alumni Chapter, the event will give Butler alumni and students in the area the chance to see Mack and the rest of the Washington Wizards host the Cleveland Cavaliers Saturday in the nation’s capital. Monique Wise, associate director of alumni programs, said the idea of seeing a Wizards’ game was mentioned during a chapter conference call last fall. “Several committee members had brought up the idea of attending a Wizards game so we could see Shelvin play because it would be Shelvin’s ﬁrst year, and he is a Butler alumnus,” Wise said. In addition to taking in an NBA game, attendees will get to take part in a meet-andgreet with Mack after the contest. Wise said Mack did not hesitate to say yes when asked if he would do a meet-and-greet. “He was very excited that Butler alumni would want to come and see him,” Wise said. “He was very honored and very happy to hear that.” This is the second such event that a Butler alumni chapter has organized this year. The school’s Atlanta chapter arranged for alumni to attend a game between former student Gordon Hayward’s Utah Jazz and the Atlanta Hawks earlier in the NBA season.

Attendees for that event also got to meet with Hayward after the game. Lauren Cialone, president of the Washington, D.C., chapter, said that the Butler alumni office handled the logistics of setting up the event, including securing tickets and communicating with Mack. Cialone said she feels the event is a great opportunity for alumni who live outside of Washington, D.C. “There are folks and families who live a little farther out, and this gives them a chance to be able to come out here for the weekend and participate in the activity,” Cialone said. Wise said the event was not easy to set up because of the NBA lockout, which shortened the current season. Wise said the alumni office also had to work around Butler President Jim Danko’s “Imagine the Possibilities” tour in addition to finding a game that a majority of alumni could potentially attend. Michael Landes, a 2008 graduate and member of the Washington, D.C., chapter, said the event could not come at a better time, especially with many local Butler alumni being involved in election season activities. “Everyone’s really excited,” Landes said. “They want to see Shelvin and show their support for him during the game.” Tickets for the event cost $35 each, and Wise said that 20 tickets had been sold as of Monday morning. Landes said those who are already attending the game are “pumped, big time.” “I know the Wizards have been kind of lackluster lately as far as their record, but nobody really cares about that,” Landes said. “It’s a pretty good opportunity.”

Butler men’s basketball commit Kellen Dunham ﬁnished third in the voting for the Indianapolis Star’s Mr. Basketball award. Gary Harris of Hamilton Southeastern High School won the award, while Park Tudor High School’s Yogi Ferrell ﬁnished runner-up in the voting. The results were released last Sunday. Dunham was also announced as a member of the 2012 Indiana All-Stars

team last Monday. Only 13 senior players are chosen for the team each year. The 6-foot-5, 175-pound shooting guard recently completed his ﬁnal season at Pendleton Heights High School and led the state in scoring average with 29.5 points per game. Dunham is ranked 78th on this year’s ESPNU 100,

a list of the top-ranked high school basketball players in the nation. On Monday, Dunham also announced via Twitter that he would be wearing No. 24 at Butler next season. The last two Bulldogs to wear those digits were forward Brian Ligon, a 2007 graduate, and forward Avery Jukes, a 2010 graduate.

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IN BRIEF

Softball splits games at Morehead State The Butler softball team traveled to Morehead State yesterday and won one of two games. The Bulldogs (14-23, 5-4) tallied double-digit runs for the first time this season in an 11-5 victory over the Eagles (11-23). Trailing 5-4 entering the seventh inning, Butler went on the offensive and scored seven runs against Morehead State’s bullpen. In the first game between the teams, Eagles junior Katie Pfost pitched a complete game shutout, and Morehead State won 1-0. Over the weekend, the Bulldogs took

two out of three games from IllinoisChicago in a Horizon League series. The Flames (15-19, 3-3) captured an 8-4 victory in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday at BU Softball Field. UIC tallied eight runs in the first four innings of the contest, and Butler was never able to recover despite rallying in the seventh inning. With the win, the Flames avoided the sweep and ended Butler’s fivegame winning streak. The Bulldogs dominated the first game of the doubleheader, winning by a score of 9-0 in five innings.

Junior pitcher Jenny Esparza pitched a complete game, recording five strikeouts and allowing three hits. On Friday, Butler won a 4-3 nailbiter in the first game of the series. Freshman second baseman Kristen Boros, senior designated hitter Erin Falkenberry and senior catcher Mallory Winters all hit home runs for the Bulldogs. Boros also was named the Horizon League Player of the Week on Monday. Butler will host Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis for a pair of games Thursday. -Kyle Beery

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Men’s golf finishes 10th at Indiana The men’s golf team placed 10th of 16 teams at the two-day Indiana Invitational, which concluded Sunday. Junior Andrew Wegeng led the team, shooting a 2-over-par 215 to finish tied for 12th place. Wegeng had the lowest score for the Bulldogs on both days of play, ending the first day with a 2-under par-69. Wegeng’s performance was not enough to move Butler up the standings,

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however, as the team ended the first day in 11th place. The team’s showing at Indiana was a stark contrast to its first-place finish in the Big Four tournament at Crooked Stick on April 5. In that event, the Bulldogs swept the top three individual positions, with Wegeng and senior Alex Walker tying for first place overall with a 3-overpar 75. Freshman Andrew Eiler captured third place with a 7-over-par 79. -André Smith

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Track and field grabs three individual titles A majority of the Butler track and field team members competed in the Miami Invitational over the weekend. At the Miami Invitational, which was hosted by Miami of Ohio in Oxford, Ohio, Butler grabbed three individual titles, as well as a handful of top-10 finishes. On the women’s side, junior Kirsty Legg won the 1500-meter run in a time of 4:27.63. Legg defeated Miami of Ohio redshirt senior Kelley Miller by six-hundredths of a

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second. Led by freshman Tom Curr and senior Madison Roeder, Butler’s men also came home with a few top-10 finishes. Curr won the men’s 1500-meter run in a time of 3:47.46. Roeder recorded a firstplace finish in the men’s 5000-meter run, topping a field of 34 other athletes. The men’s squad finished sixth of 14 teams, and the women took eighth place out of 18 teams. Butler will visit Terre Haute for the Pacesetter Invitational Saturday. -Beth Werge

Photo by Rachel Anderson

Butler senior pitcher Breanna Fisher (right) winds up during the Bulldogs’ 8-4 loss to Illinois-Chicago Saturday.

Women’s tennis tops Wright State The Butler tennis teams experienced different results in their respective matches against Wright State last weekend. The Butler women’s tennis team defeated Wright State 5-2 on Saturday to collect its third victory in Horizon League play this season. The win against the Raiders (8-10, 2-2) moved the Bulldogs (4-14, 3-1) into fourth place in the conference. In doubles play, sophomores Stephanie McLoughlin and Gabrielle

Rubenstein were victorious in the No. 1 spot, and the duo of junior Brittany Farmer and sophomore Caroline Hedrick won the No. 2 match. The Bulldogs will take on Milwaukee at home Friday. Butler senior Stephen McLoughlin was the only Bulldog with a victory in the men’s tennis team’s 6-1 loss to Wright State Saturday. McLoughlin won at No. 6 singles to help the Bulldogs (3-17, 2-2) against the Raiders (15-4, 4-0). The Bulldogs will take on Green Bay at home Sunday. -Kyle Beery and Marissa Johnson

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MIAMI INVITATIONAL, APRIL 7

BUTLER VS WRIGHT STATE, APRIL 7

INDIVIDUAL SCORES Wegeng: 2-over-par 215—tied for 12th place Eiler: 9-over-par 222—tied for 43rd place Walker: 10-over-par 223—tied for 48th place TEAM SCORE Butler: 879, 10th place of 16 teams

WOMEN’S 1500-METER RUN Legg: 4:27.63—1st place MEN’S 1500-METER RUN Curr: 3:47.36—1st place MEN’S 5000-METER RUN M. Roeder: 14:34.92—1st place

MEN’S SINGLES (S) AND DOUBLES (D) No. 1-S: Arguello (WSU) def. Woldmoe (BU) 6-4, 7-6 No. 1-D: Clark/Joblin (WSU) def. Weldon/Woldmoe (BU) 8-6 WOMEN’S SINGLES AND DOUBLES No. 1-S: Hedrick (BU) def. Tuscany (WSU) 6-2, 7-5 No. 1-D: McLoughlin/Rubenstein (BU) def. Lewis/Peresetsky (WSU) 9-7

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Crowds stay small for spring sports AUSTIN MONTEITH

AMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Photo by Rachel Anderson

Redshirt senior shortstop Kayla Gray (left) is seen taking a practice swing during Butler’s doubleheader against Illinois-Chicago Saturday, which drew a crowd of 150 to the BU Softball Field.

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Children are seen watching the Butler football team’s game against Drake on Sept. 24, 2011, which drew a crowd of 2,339 to the Butler Bowl.

Men’s basketball and football dominate the athletics scene not only at Butler but also at universities across the nation. Because of this, spring sports often take a back seat to these fall and winter sports no matter how well teams might be doing, and attendance statistics reﬂect this. Junior ﬁrst baseman Pat Gelwicks, a member of the Butler baseball team, said he thinks revenue is a big factor in the turnouts for spring sporting events. “Football and basketball are the sports that are the moneymakers for the athletic(s) department, and they have bigger facilities because of the number of people who go to their games,” Gelwicks said. “I also think that sports like basketball and football are more publicized, and that’s how it is in other places too.” According to the NCAA, an average of 7,178 people attended each Butler men’s basketball game at Hinkle Fieldhouse during the 2010-2011 season, the most recent season with available statistics. The Butler football team saw an average of 2,619 people walk through the gates of the Butler Bowl per game during its 2011 season.

Attendance figures for spring sports such as baseball, softball, golf, tennis and track and field are not available on the NCAA website. Of Butler’s spring sports, only baseball and softball have attendance figures included in their box scores on www.butlersports.com. The largest home crowd of the ongoing season for the baseball team was 277 for a doubleheader against Wright State on March 24. In a game against Loyola of Chicago on March 31, the softball team drew a seasonhigh 187 fans. Senior first baseman Erin Falkenberry said she thinks softball does not get as much exposure as other sports and cited the location of the softball field as a reason why. “I don’t think there’s that much publicity or promotion for softball games, so that could be why,” Falkenberry said. “I don’t think a lot of students know about us, and with our location so far away from campus, I don’t think, unless you’ve been out there, that you’d know there’s a softball field out there.” Baseball junior infielder Bob Akin said the numerous games that baseball and softball teams play during their seasons could factor into why few people attend games. “We play four or five games a week and play the

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same team for several games in a row,” Akin said. “With basketball, there’s one big rivalry game to go to, so I think that has something to do with it.” Gelwicks also said the number of games that are played in a season, as well as Butler’s small enrollment, could have something to do with the lower attendance. “The fact that we play so many games means there’s a bit of a spread-out crowd,” Gelwicks said. “Plus, Butler’s a smaller school. Most schools that get large crowds are bigger public schools.” Unpredictable spring weather could also play a role in the low number of fans at sporting events, considering that the majority are contested outdoors. “It’s usually colder during our season, and people don’t want to sit in the cold for three hours,” Gelwicks said. While Falkenberry said having more fans at home games would be appreciated, the low attendance does not bother her. “It doesn’t bother us,” Falkenberry said. “But we would love to get the support that other teams on campus get.”

TRACK AND FIELD

Obstacles, jumps, water confront steeplechase runners MARISSA JOHNSON

MKJOHNSO@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

A tradition that started in the British Isles in the 1800s is now one of the more unique events in collegiate track and field meets. The steeplechase is a 3000-meter race that involves jumping over 35 obstacles—one every 100 meters. Barriers similar to hurdles make up 28 of these obstacles, and the other seven obstacles are water jumps. “It’s different than any other event,” junior Shelbi Burnett, who has competed in the event for three years, said. “It’s definitely fun and keeps me engaged.” The steeplechase event in track and field is a human version of the steeplechase horse race. In the original version of the event, competitors would race horses between the steeples of churches in different towns. Churches were used as markers because they were easily seen from a distance by the participants. It first became a sport for human runners at Oxford University in 1860. At that time, it was a twomile cross country race. In 1965, it was turned into the flat race with barriers that it is today. “I really like the novelty of the race,” Burnett said. In Indiana, the steeplechase is not a track and field event at the highschool level but is standard in collegiate competition.

It’s different than any other event. It’s deﬁnitely fun and keeps me engaged. SHELBI BURNETT JUNIOR For this reason, it takes a special kind of person to race the event. Burnett said competitors need to have the endurance of distance runners and the strength and ability of hurdlers to get over barriers. Freshman Kodi Mullins said the most important thing, however, is to be mentally tough. “It’s all in your mind,” Mullins said. “If you think you can do it, then you can do it. You have to have the conﬁdence.” Mullins said the race is extremely demanding physically and is tough on the bodies of competitors. The barriers are 36 inches high for men and 30 inches high for women, but unlike traditional hurdles, these barriers do not move. “If you hit the barriers you’re going down,” redshirt sophomore Craig Jordan said. “There was a professional runner who had to get plastic surgery on his face. “It’s fun, but if you mess up, you can get hurt.” Not only are the barriers dangerous, but the race in general takes a toll on the

body. “It’s longer than any other hurdle event,” Burnett said. “It’s jarring and tough, so you don’t race it that often.” One of the most unique parts of the race is the water jump. Athletes have to jump over a barrier, but there is water on the other side. The farther the participant jumps, the shallower the water is. “It’s nerve-racking going into it, but I love it when I can just clear it with ease,” Mullins said. Jordan said he received a crash course in jumping water pits in his inaugural steeplechase competition. “My ﬁrst race, the whole team was at the corner by the water pit,” Jordan said. “I didn’t want to clip it and fall, so, out of nervousness, I over-jumped it and landed right in the water.” This is one of the reasons that Jordan said he now considers the water pit one of his favorite parts of the race—but only when he is a spectator. “Honestly, my favorite part is sitting down watching it,” Jordan said. “If you go to the water pit area, you’re watching people fall down, and it’s pretty funny.” Burnett agrees that the event is fun as a spectator but said that her favorite part is simply competing. “You can’t race the steeple,” Burnett said. “There are always barriers in front of you to trip you up, but I just like the challenge.”

OVERTIME: Quiet coaches needed Photo courtesy of MCT

Coaches of athletic teams are hired to provide leadership and usher in success at all levels of sport. They are expected to help athletes improve at their respective sports while also instilling real-world values in them. Not all coaches do their job the same way, though. For example, some coaches like to spend time talking to the media, and others do not. A coach talking to the media is a typical experience in the sporting world. However, some coaches go too far and become the focal point of their teams. This should rarely be the case, and most coaches do a great job at shunning attention. Ozzie Guillen, the manager of MLB’s Miami Marlins, does not fall into this category. Guillen ignited a ﬁrestorm in his new city—he was formerly the coach of the Chicago White Sox—by saying he loves former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Florida boasts a large Cuban-American population that hates Castro and is now asking for Guillen’s head. Through this, Guillen has burdened his teams and

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caused them to worry about something other than the game itself. This is not what a good coach is supposed to do. John Tortorella, the manager of the NHL’s New York Rangers, also consistently brings negative heat upon his team, because he cannot keep his mouth shut. Tortorella was ﬁned $20,000 last Saturday for criticizing members of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tortorella has brought undue negative attention to a team that was at the top of its game for most of the recently completed regular season. Just because he feels the need to sound off publicly about issues does not mean he should do it, especially when it can only cause problems for those who he is supposed to be leading and helping. We get laughs out of coaching rants from the likes

of Guillen and Tortorella, but they serve no legitimate purpose because they are not meant to help anyone or fix anything. Sometimes a coach becoming the focal point of his or her team has some merit. For example, Stan Van Gundy, the coach of the NBA’s Orlando Magic, recently went public about one of his players apparently trying to get him fired. That said, Butler sports fans should consider themselves lucky—they do not have to deal with coaches who have overbearing egos and large mouths. Men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens always directs attention away from himself, as do Butler’s other coaches. Baseball coach Steve Farley, tennis coach Jason Suscha and volleyball coach Sharon Clark—the three longest tenured Butler coaches—have all achieved success without blabbing to the media. Quiet coaches in sports can be a blessing in disguise. Hopefully, Guillen and Tortorella can figure this out in the near future. Contact sports editor Colin Likas at clikas@butler.edu.

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Students stay long after lights go down KEVIN VOGEL KJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU

week’s opening is ongoing.

STAFF WRITER

As the sun set on Thursday, Lilly Hall was bubbling with activity. Musical scales and melodies echoed outside the practice rooms on the second floor, classes were wrapping up in the ensemble rooms on the first floor, and the Butler Theatre was alight with people preparing for a week of tech rehearsals. “[Lilly] is my place of solace,” said sophomore dance major Elizabeth Simoens, adding that she likes to dim the lights of the dance studios at night and dance improvisatorially alone or with a pianist. “It’s like playtime,” she said, smiling. Lilly Hall is full of creative energy during the day. It is the home of the Jordan College of Fine Arts as well as the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, American Pianists Association, Dance Kaleidoscope and other arts organizations. As the night set in on Thursday, Lilly Hall began to change.

Thursday 9:30 p.m.

The basement is eerily empty. The only sounds echoing off the walls are my footsteps. Two girls chat in the lobby by the Butler Theatre on the ﬁrst ﬂoor, where rehearsal for this

Thursday 9:47 p.m.

A group of men in suits, all awaiting initiation into Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, sing together in the “old Lilly lobby” on the southwest corner of the building. They hold the red books given to all initiates, which contain the history and meaning of the organization. James Caleca, sophomore music education major, was initiated into the men’s music fraternity on Thursday evening. He laughed and said that he and his fellow initiates decided it would be “a good idea to prance around Lilly Hall serenading girls” before the ceremony. Judging by the smiles on the audience, they were right.

Thursday 10:37 p.m.

On the third ﬂoor, Simoens works with a group of instrumentalists on a music and dance collaboration piece. Simoens commissioned this work from graduate composer Brian Spicklemire for a performance at a student choreography showcase next year, but it will be premiered on Saturday at Spicklemire’s composition recital. The dance is also on tomorrow’s Composers’ Orchestra concert but without Simoens. Using Laban scales as a foundation, Simoens said she plans to weave

her movements through the sounds of the instrumentalists, picking out musical “asides” to emphasize in order to avoid repetitive ﬂowing movements. She has also developed a thematic movement, crossing all spatial axes, that will tie the piece together.

Thursday 11:22 p.m.

The second — ﬂoor music practice rooms are largely empty. Viola, piano and trumpet music ﬂoats down the corridors from various directions. A music student is asleep in the old lobby.

Friday 12:55 a.m.

After rehearsal, a group of theater students watch an episode of AMC’s television show “The Walking Dead” in the theater design lab.

Photos by Anne Carpenter, Marcy Thornsberry and Reid Bruner

Friday 2:22 a.m.

The last musician leaves her practice room and heads home for the night. The ﬂuorescent lights in the hallways buzz, awaiting the sunrise and the inﬂux of students for morning classes. The metal door locked behind me, and the crisp air enveloped me as I left the building in the small hours of Friday morning, surprised and inspired by the mix of diligence and lightheartedness that is Lilly Hall after dark.

Top: Leslie Lank and Daniel Barnes bond backstage of the production “The Love of Don Perlimplin.” The two star as Don an Belisa, an unlikely couple destined for love. Left: Tricia Frasure practices late into the night perfecting her notes and learning music. Far Left: Matt Blandford lounges in the lobby of Lilly to catch up on some reading. Many students think of Lilly as a second home where they can hang out and socialize.

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Boys in heels Adventures of the Theater Department with “The Love of Don Perlimplin” SARVARY KOLLER SKOLLER@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

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Daniel Barnes and Leslie Lank play the title roles in “The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the Garden.”

A world of dreams and men in high heels is coming to Butler University in the theater production of “The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the Garden” this weekend. The final mainstage play this year was written by the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. The play follows the story of Don Perlimplin, a reserved bookworm, and his love for the thrill-seeking Belisa. Senior theater and Spanish major Daniel Barnes plays the main character, Don Perlimplin, in the production. Even as a seasoned Butler theater department actor, Barnes said that this character is particularly difficult to portray. “It’s a really hard role,” Barnes said. “The show is only about an hour, so I have a minute and a half to fall in love with this girl and a half hour to complete his entire journey.” Associate professor of theater Elaina Artemiev is directing the show and has incorporated some of Lorca’s Spanish flair into

the production. The play will feature some of Lorca’s poetry in his native Spanish tongue. As a Spanish major, Barnes said he is up for the challenge. “The Spanish poetry is so flowery and beautiful,” Barnes said. “It fits well in the play, so it was a good choice to add it. People won’t need to understand Spanish to appreciate it.” In addition to intense character development, the play features extravagant costumes and scenery. Barnes said he has embraced his feminine side to become Don Perlimpin. “I’m wearing heels,” Barnes said. “Yes, heels. Obviously I’ve never worn them before, so I definitely had to practice walking in them. The costumes are very unique. At one point, I have horns as well.” Madeline Carey, a sophomore arts administration and theater major, is the stage manager. She said she has monitored costumes and design throughout the whole production. The setting of the play is what gives it character. “Everything is very dreamlike, but it’s not supposed to be reality,”

Carey said. “It’s set in an illogical dream land where nothing has rules or makes sense.” As stage manager, Carey said she facilitates the logistics of the show and makes sure the production runs smoothly. Butler’s mainstage performances offer students of all years in the theater department the opportunity to experience play production. “The faculty have played an important part in the process by directing and designing, but the students really have to dip their toes in everything, especially in a small cast of six people for ‘Don Perlimplin,’” Carey said. Freshman theatre major Elysia Rohn said she is also reaping the beneﬁts of a small-casted show. “This is my ﬁrst bigger role here at Butler, so it’s nice to come into it with a cast that’s pretty much like a family,” Rohn said. “Don Perlimplin” will be open to the public on April 13-14 and 19-21 at 8 p.m. and April 15 and 22 at 2 p.m. in Lilly Hall Studio Theatre 168. Tickets can be bought on the Butler Theatre website for $10 for the public and $5 for students.

Lyric theater sets sail with “H.M.S. Pinafore” ANNE CARPENTER ACCARPEN@BUTLER.EDU ARTS, ETC. ASST. EDITOR The lyric theater students are taking to the high seas of laughter for their latest spring production. Set in the 1800s, “H.M.S. Pinafore” is a classic love story about Josephine (played by junior Lacey Kriston and sophomore Gina Ceragioli), the daughter of a captain, destined to be married to a much older Sir Joseph Porter (played by junior Rafael Porto). The catch? Josephine falls in love with Ralph, a lowly sailor, played by both senior Pete Weldy and junior Myles Pinder, who must prove he is worthy of the captain’s daughter. While the show is technically an opera, Weldy said that it feels more like a musical. Thomas Studebaker, the producer of the show and an assistant professor of voice in the Jordan College of Fine Arts, said the

students have put together a “really, really funny” production. “It’s a silly show,” Weldy said. “It’s not so heavy.” Studebaker professionally sang for many years, and this production is his ﬁrst time in front of the curtain. “I have never taught anything like the opera program, “ Studebaker said. “I’m really enjoying it very much.” Porto said the show is a great way to dive into the world of operas and classical music for a number of reasons. “The subject matter is funny, it’s in English, and it’s catchy music,” Porto said. “You don’t have to be classically trained or oriented to enjoy it.” A sense of humor and fun is all that is needed to appreciate this opera. Cody Nedina, the staging director, said the group has plenty of that to go around. “They’re talented kids,” Nedina

said. “They are very supportive of each other. You don’t always see that. They’re cookin’.” Nedina said that he has done a lot of operas, but this show is a completely different experience because of the actors’ abilities. “For a small school,” Nedina said, “there are some really, really talented people.” Porto said Butler’s small size gives students more opportunities to perform and hone their skills. One skill the actors had to master for the show was the art of mimicking a British accent. “Mine’s not so good,” Weldy said. “It’s a lot of hours sounding crazy, going over lines in your room alone.” Studebaker said the best part for him was seeing the production come together. “It’s been great seeing how it’s all fallen into place,” Studebaker said, “Seeing students light up for

Photo by Marcy Thornsberry

The Butler University Lyric Theatre performs “H.M.S. Pinafore this weekend at Shortridge High School. Lacey Kriston (pictured) plays Josephine. the ﬁrst time.” Porto said that, because of people like Studebaker and Nedina, Butler Lyric Theatre has evolved and become even better than before. “It’s a real hands-on class,” Porto

Dev featured at Butler’s ﬁrst music festival CAITLIN O’ROURKE COROURKE@BUTLER.EDU ARTS ETC. EDITOR Classes are wrapping up, exams are approaching and Program Board’s concerts committee and MEISA, the recording industry club, are providing students with one last shebang. The annual spring concert line-up was announced Wednesday. Dev, Zion I, DJ Benzi, Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes and The Tribe and Big Cats! will perform at the ﬁrst Butlerpalooza, scheduled for April 21 on the mall. “We wanted to do something different, so we’ve been planning this since July,” said Maddie Silverstein, junior and concerts co-chair. “We wanted to do a festival because we wanted to be able to diversify the music that Butler students listen to.” Headliner Dev is a hiphop based artist that most students have probably listened to on the radio. She’s performed on hits such as “Like a G6” and “In the

Dark.” Silverstein said her committee was very excited to get Dev as its headliner. Silverstein also liked that they had a woman headlining. Zion I is also a hiphop group that focuses on “futuristic” sound and socially conscious lyrics. DJ Benzi is a fairly well-known disc jockey who has mixed songs by both Mike Posner and Diplo. Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes is a local rock band from Kokomo. Sophomore recording industry studies major Brad DiCarlo does vocals and plays the guitar and drums in the band. They previously played in the Reilly Room in February. “This is one of the more legitimate shows we’re going to be able to play,” DiCarlo said. “Dev is a pretty big artist, so we’re excited to share a stage with her.” Finally, The Tribe and Big Cats! is a rap group that sticks to the idea that rap can be fun without being stupid, and meaningful without

Photo courtesy of the concerts committee

This year’s spring concert will be a semi-music festival held on the mall. getting too heavy. “We’re trying to push rap places it hasn’t been before,” Spencer Wirth-Davis (or Big Cats) said. While the band members have never played in Indianapolis before, they’re always excited to play at a college. “You know you’re going to have a good built-in crowd,” Wirth-Davis said. “It’s always well-promoted and well-run. College shows are always a lot of fun for us.” As for the rest of the show, Silverstein said it’s been a great experience for herself

and her two co-chairs, Kyle Wehr and Kevin Hansen. “There have been a lot of speed bumps, but it forced us to think on our feet and work with the administration,” she said. “We’re really happy with the outcome. We’re hoping we’ll be able to do the same thing next year.” The festival will last from 4:30 to 10 p.m. on April 21 on the south mall close to Jordan Hall. The concerts committee is also planning on bringing food trucks to the festival, although none have yet been lined up for the event.

said. “Your ﬁnal is the performance. “Either you make it or you break it.” The show will be performed April 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. and April 15 at 3 p.m. at Shortridge High School. Tickets are $5 for students.

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core curriculum program $400,000 in the red. Four percent increases in tuition. Recent controversies whirling around campus seem to be following the tone of money, money, money. Despite all of these fiscal mishaps and concerns, Butler University’s administration stands unfazed with its hands on its wallet. Butler President Jim Danko will be hiring three “advising staff” for the sole purpose of “mitigating student concerns.” While these three overqualified individuals fill up space in the administrative offices, several committed, necessary faculty and staff are being undervalued. From faculty put on constant one-year contracts—deservedly or not—to the elimination of the College of Communication’s internship coordinator, people on campus directly involved in

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MATT KASPER

State ID requirement is keeping young people from voting in primaries.

he right to vote is under attack across our country, and this attack originated in our state. Beginning in 2008 when the U.S. Supreme Court backed Indiana’s 2005 law that forced voters to show photo identiﬁcation, thousands of senior citizens, the poor and minority voters have been locked out of casting ballots. Butler University students have also been affected because we do not have a state-issued identiﬁcation card saying that we are residents, since we are enrolled at a private institution. Students at Purdue

University or Indiana University could use their student IDs as proof of residency. This action is keeping college students from voting and registering, and lawmakers should recognize the impact. U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn said that not since the days of Jim Crow has he seen such an organized and direct attack on the voting rights of Americans. The attack on college students is only occurring in states where conservatives control the governor’s mansion and the legislature, such as in Indiana. The motivation is part of an effort to restict millions of voters out of a fear that our generation will be more engaged and more informed. This year there are 64 million eligible young voters, and 90 million will be eligible by 2020. Young voters who turn out to the polls tend to vote for Democrats. In 2008, young students delivered two-thirds of their votes to Barack Obama. Conservatives will create barriers for voting under the cause of preventing voter fraud. But these laws disenfranchise our generation,

fund the core or save some vital positions, Danko’s administration has taken money from the same “underfunded” system to pay for three positions. Instead of making pay equitable or expanding swamped departments, money is spent on installing ﬁreplaces in Atherton and purchasing a Charger for the Butler University Police Department. Instead of concrete, honest solutions and outlooks on Butler’s multitude of issues, we have more evasive answers and mixed messages about Butler being a “community of care.” Enough politicking. Enough unclear goals and innovation funds. Butler administrators, if they really believe we live in a community of care, should prioritize spending to improve the very reason for their existence: the students and their educations.

since the laws create many barriers for those registering to vote. Under Indiana law, each person who registers to vote must state his or her permanent address. But for Butler students, some have permanent addresses out of state while others make their campus address their permanent address. There is no rule on legal residence that applies to all college students, and each case is very different. Nevertheless, with the May 8 primary right around the corner in Indiana, Butler students should know that if they wanted to vote and are not registered, they are out of luck. They had to register to vote by Monday—29 days before the election. But I do not blame students for missing the deadline since they had no idea about the law, or they probably thought that they were unable to register to vote in Indiana. However, they can still register to vote for the general election in November even if they live out of state. A social security number, and an address in Indiana, such as a residence hall, are required to register. But the confusing part about the

voter ID law is that some people might not have an Indiana issued photo identification card. The Butler ID might get students into the Health and Recreation Complex, but it will not allow them to vote. They can either go to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and get a free voter ID card, or they can even bring their passport and use that as a voter identification card when voting. This is often a misconception. At this point, college students are confused and frustrated over this process, resulting in low turnout numbers of young people—which is exactly what the conservatives want. Defenders of this law will say that they are trying to prevent voter fraud. But not only would impersonating other voters oneby-one be an absurd strategy for stealing an entire election, there is already a deterrence for this: five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Sadly, these laws have disenfranchised many college students across the country and on Butler’s campus. Contact columnist Matt Kasper at mkasper@butler.edu.

Elevators a hazard to handicapped students HAYLEIGH COLOMBO

In emergencies, slow elevators become more than just a nuisance.

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education. This administrative tendency to appear and act out-of-touch affects more than just CCOM. It stretches campus wide. This becomes especially clear when looking 15 years back, during a financial crisis. Despite the severity of the situation, the administration found ways to retain and fund crucial positions, including the internship coordinator. Students, staff and other community members have voiced their worries about widespread issues including parking, hiked tuition, financial aid and underfunded classes and programs. But the administration has not proposed a long-lasting solution or, rather, not prioritized its spending in a way that reflects student concerns. Instead of finding ways to work with the current budget to

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“student concerns” are being removed while Danko stuffs his ofﬁce with unnecessary positions. Even worse, when approached about the elimination of CCOM’s internship coordinator, Interim Provost Kathryn Morris said it was simply a CCOM problem. The problem is that some CCOM majors require an internship in order to earn their degree, not to mention that internships guarantee an increased likelihood of scoring a job after graduation. The provost’s job is to oversee the university and ensure that students recieve the best education possible, and that includes involving herself in the grimy issues of the individual colleges. By writing off the administrationmandated termination of a position that greatly beneﬁts students as a college problem, the administration makes itself appear callous to the concerns students have about their

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Some campus elevators are slow and take a minute or more to arrive.

hen the fire alarm went off in the basement of Jordan Hall on March 15, Kevin Weingartner couldn’t scurry up the stairs with the rest of his Butler University classmates who smirked at the buzzing drone, and were thankful to leave class a few minutes early. For Weingartner, a junior accounting major, getting up the stairs is not that simple. Weingartner was born with spina bifida, a birth condition where a person’s backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth. He has been in a wheelchair since early childhood and relies heavily on the Jordan Hall elevator to get to his classes on time. As the stairways clogged with students, Weingartner waited alone in front of the Jordan Hall elevator, which takes nearly a minute and a half to get from the basement to the first floor of Jordan Hall. “Since it’s a fire alarm, we’re not even supposed to use the elevators,” Weingartner said. But since he has to—and he’s not

the only Butler student who does—the administration should make repairing the elevators a priority. Weingartner said he’s used to waiting for campus elevators, which usually add anywhere from five to 10 minutes to his daily class commute. Most times, Butler’s slow elevator speeds aren’t a huge inconvenience for Weingartner. But during a fire alarm, it gets a little scary waiting for the elevator to arrive. The March 15 fire alarm turned out to be a non-starter, but if it had been a real emergency, it is scary to think about the extra risk for all wheelchair-bound students. The slow speed of the Jordan elevator is not the only issue. Earlier in the academic year, the same Jordan elevator was inoperable off and on for several weeks. And two weeks ago, the Gallahue Hall elevator was broken. But Weingartner will not see this problem solved during his time at Butler. “The Jordan Hall elevators work fine,” said Gerald Carlson, Butler’s director of maintenance services. “The middle one is slow, but it works.” Carlson said repairing the Jordan Hall elevators isn’t a top priority because there are other needs that currently trump it, including the Gallahue Hall elevator, which would be first on the list if funding was approved for elevator repairs. Since repairs don’t look promising in the long run, maybe the next step should be to increase handicapped accessibility. Administrators, take note. Contact editor in chief Hayleigh Colombo at hcolombo@butler.edu.

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The administrative assistant does not need a Ph.D.

or a short-staffed faculty like Butler University’s, the hiring of a person with a doctorate degree is a good idea. Unless it’s to be an aide to President Jim Danko. The level of qualification for the hiring is ironic because the university is dropping its internship coordinator in the College of Communication. This seems to come at a time when CCOM is becoming more popular on campus. Yet, the university is losing qualified teachers and struggling to foot the bill for some programs, like the core. On a broader scale the school could hire more well-qualified professors instead of hiring more administrative personnel. I have interned as a secretary for a boys and girls club. The work wasn’t easy but compared to the office of the president; it had less responsibilities. With that said, I feel confident that someone with a bachelor’s

RHYAN HENSON

Butler should prioritize professors before extra administrative assistants. or even a master’s degree could handle the responsibilities of executive assistant to the Board of Trustees. From my experiences, organizational skills are the most important for any administrative assistant. Certainly anyone with a lot or a little education can be extremely organized.

The most important thing college teaches a student is the ability to prioritize, yet our school hasn’t learned this. I am sure the person Butler hired is well-rounded and everything they looked for in a candidate, but my issue is that we should put someone with that background in a classroom to educate students. We should not put them behind a desk, where their skills will be under-utilized. Butler’s administration has this continual problem of wrongly prioritizing important resources. If Butler wants to employ more people with doctorates, they should do so. Employ those doctors as teachers. Administrative assistants and advisors play vital roles. But without educators, the university ceases to exist. Contact columnist Rhyan Henson at rhenson@butler.edu.

Coons a good pick for VP S

tudent Government Association Presidentelect Mike Keller made a bold move by choosing to have UnoBlessed Coons serve another year as the vice president of diversity programming, but it is a decision that I believe will benefit R.E.A.C.H. and Butler University. This appointment seemed to me, at first, contrary to what Keller said during his campaign about bringing in new faces. However, according to Keller, a vast majority of the SGA executive board will be made up of new members. Nothing is wrong with keeping veterans around. Heck, even Robert Gates was kept on as secretary of defense when Barack Obama took over the presidency. I have not seen a large presence from R.E.A.C.H. this year, and I would like to see a lot more events and visibility in the future. Coons took over after the original vice president stepped down. Despite Coons’ disadvantages, Keller seems to have confidence in her capabilities. “It was not so much other candidates were lacking something, but Uno has had a full year of knowing how to do the job,” Keller said. “She’s already had a trial-and-error period that previous members of exec board did not have. I want to see what Uno can do with a full term.” Taking over as vice president of diversity programming last September made the job difficult.

DONALD PERIN

Keller made the right choice with Coons as VP of diversity programming. However, she made sure that the events that had already been planned actually happened, Coons said. “I hope that everyone continues to have high expectations for us and that we can have a more prominent presence on campus,” Coons said. “I’m excited to come up with new ideas on how to celebrate diversity and to have more conversations on diversity.” I believe that Keller is a man with ambitions and that Coons is a woman who has a great deal of potential with a second year as vice president of diversity programming. Together they can do great things to push diversity forward on Butler’s campus, something that this university desperately needs to embrace. Contact assistant opinion editor Donald Perin at dperin@butler.edu.

Butler, enforce couple policy

Comic by Hali Bickford

Advisers should advise, not lead

hen student leaders apply, campaign for and put hours into their roles, they should also be able to defend themselves on their own. It’s time to take the training wheels off of Student Government Association. While I believe that faculty advisers for Student Government Association have good intentions, some of the actions in assembly leave me thinking they are overinvolved. Last Wednesday, Dean of Student Life Irene Stevens’ announcement at the student assembly is a prime example. In reference to The Collegian’s recent push for data from SGA’s recent elections, Stevens inferred that the push for this information

JILL McCARTER has caused a sort of chaos on campus. “There’s a tone that (SGA adviser) Caroline Huck-Watson or (SGA President) Al Carroll would do anything dishonest,” Stevens said. “I wish the tone was more civil.” Executive board members were appointed to these positions by fellow students. When a staff member—meant to serve the entire university, not just SGA—makes an announcement

like this, it undermines the trust fellow students put in their leaders to make informed, grown-up decisions. SGA assembly is a place for students to take the initiative, so staff advice simply isn’t warranted. Administrators should take a hint from President Jim Danko, who has emphasized his belief that faculty should have supreme reign over Faculty Senate. I would like to see advisers take a back-seat role in SGA. If the Collegian can independently put out a newspaper each week, SGA leaders should be able to do their jobs all by themselves, too. Contact news editor Jill McCarter at jmccarte@butler.edu.

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BY TAYLOR COX

Who would you most like to see in concert at Butler? “Lady Gaga. I’m so going to get judged for that. Or Michael Buble.”

“Frank Zappa.”

Eric Shoemaker Senior

John Kroetz Freshman

“Rapunzel and Flynn from ‘Tangled.’”

Christina Kunda Junior

ccording to some, Butler University functions like a community of care. The university attempts to find work for spouses and partners of professors and administrators, and this brings Butler employees closer together. However, this stands in direct contradiction to Butler’s current policy. According to the “consensual relationships” policy—found on Butler’s website—”the University prohibits consensual relationships” when one partner has a supervisory role over the other, even if it is indirect. Butler needs to enforce its policies. This ensures fairness and allows the university to best spend its resources to help the entire Butler community. The most important thing is that if there is a situation where relatives are working in the university and one of them is a top executive, that person in authority should always recuse him or herself from the conversation, said Elaine Johnson, director of compensation and organizational management. I could not agree more. It is vital both for the university’s integrity and simple efficiency that we minimize conflicts of interest. That starts with high ranking partners recusing themselves. The university administration certainly has the right to employ whomever it thinks best fits the job. But as an organization, Butler needs to recognize that having partners working for the same institution—in the same department, sometimes—creates a conflict of interest. In fact, someone at Butler did think of that. And the university made a

JEREMY ALGATE

Butler should enforce the conflict of interest policy regarding private relationships. policy that forbids precisely this situation. Perhaps because of this very contradiction, human resources is currently updating and reviewing all of their policies for the staff handbook. The university continues to grow and struggles to provide for the core curriculum. If Butler could reallocate money, the administration might find a way to hire more professors to teach those classes. The spouses and partners of Butler’s faculty and staff could be wonderful people. They might even fill vital roles in the university. Where people benefit the university, Butler should be quick to preserve the community of care. But as an organization, we need to take a very thorough and critical look at how best to spend on employment. A real community of care means benefitting the students, not just the spouses of higher-ups. Contact opinion editor Jeremy Algate at jalgate@butler.edu.

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The 6-1 victory propelled the Bulldogs to 18-15 on the season. Juniors Pat Gelwicks and Jimmy Risi each hit two-run home runs in the eighth. Butler trailed 6-4 at the start of the inning. Photos by Reid Bruner

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