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THE BUTLER

COLLEGIAN

2 2009

Indianapolis, Indiana

Established 1886

Vol. 124 Issue 2

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER

Campus braces for possible H1N1 outbreak Jennifer Pignolet jpignole@butler.edu The first week of classes brought more to campus than the worries of homework and the sweet smell of the Atherton Union dining hall; the threat of an H1N1 influenza outbreak at Butler University now looms.

Health Services alerted the Butler community last Friday that a student had tested positive for Influenza A, the same virus connected to 95 percent of all H1N1 cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer testing all flu patients for H1N1, but all Influenza A cases are to be treated like confirmed cases of H1N1.

With the World Health Organization’s declaration of H1N1 as a phase 6 pandemic, the highest level possible, appropriate measures need to be taken to inform the Butler community about how to deal with a campus outbreak, Director of Health Services Vicky Rosa said.

“This has spread all over the world,” Rosa said. “It’s a fast-moving, highly contagious flu. People need to be made aware of what they can do as far as preventive measures.”

Rosa said this strain of flu is particularly significant because, while it hasn’t necessarily caused more deaths than the average flu strain, it has killed people in the 18- to 24-year-old bracket who do not have underlying conditions and normally rebound quickly after a case of the flu.

“Flu doesn’t usually have people die who aren’t immune-compromised or don’t have something that would exacerbate the flu,” Rosa said.

As of Aug. 28, the CDC reported 8,843 people in the United States had been hospitalized as a result of H1N1, with 556 deaths. Eighty-six of those deaths were people ages 5 to 24.

The H1N1 strain’s impact is increased by the fact that it has not replaced the standard seasonal influenza but has only added to the mix.

The infected student, identified only as a male member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, sought treatment off campus but reported his test results to the Health Center Friday.

Within hours of Health Services’ awareness of the situation, Butler notified all members of the Butler community, including parents.

“From there we moved forward with our communicable disease plan,” Director of Public Relations Courtney Tuell said.

The plan, in its original form, is in place for any kind of outbreak. However, with the national and international news making H1N1 the center of attention since April, the university was able to adapt its plan by the start of this semester to fit a possible H1N1 outbreak, Tuell said.

Rosa said she checks several government health Web sites daily for updates on

Collegian photo by Mary Landwer

BUTLER MOVERS: The 1,000-student choir, featuring roughly 100 dance students, will perform beyond Butler. A smaller version of the choir will perform at Oranje, an Indianapolis art event, later this month.

1,000-student movement choir at Butler Caitlin O’Rourke corourke@butler.edu Dancers and the rest of campus will soon be uniting in the kick-off event for the campus and citywide Mahler Project, started by Dean Peter Alexander in the Jordan College of Fine Arts (JFCA).

The dance department is holding a 1,000-person movement choir Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Butler Bowl as their first contribution to the Mahler Project.

“The Mahler Project is a celebration for Gustav Mahler’s [a famous Austrian composer and conductor] death day anniversary,” said Jackie Vouga, stage director for the movement choir and a junior at Butler.

She said all the departments in JCFA—and also other art organizations around Indianapolis—will be contributing different events. Each event, whether it is a movie, play or dance, will be inspired or written by a German artist.

The movement choir, for example, was started by Rudolf Laban, Vouga said.

“Laban was a German expressionist who brought the expressionism movement into the dance world,” Cynthia Pratt, one of Butler’s dance professors and the faculty member in charge of this event, said. He primarily did his work in Germany.

“Originally, Laban had movement choirs in Germany because he was not happy with how the world was turning industrial, and he wanted to bring the community back together,” Leslie Dodge, one of the three student choreographers for the movement choir, said. “I think that’s what we’re trying to do as well.”

Along with Dodge, Holt Walborn and Jamie Ripsky are also choreographers. Pratt gave three haikus on which to base their movement, Vouga said. The students then came up with simple choreography that people who aren’t trained dancers can understand and perform.

The haikus will be read during the performance so the audience will have both audio and visual, Vouga said.

The choir has already been recognized by the Indianapolis See CHOIR Page 4

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Campus work decreases with economy troubles Hayleigh Colombo hcolombo@butler.edu While students across the board may see their wallets shrink with the present economy, Butler University has seen a decrease in the number

of student job openings available on campus this fall.

“The economy has directly affected on-campus employment this year,” Jane Clarke, coordinator of on-campus employment, said. “There

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are fewer openings this year across campus.”

Clarke said the reason for the decrease in job openings is that many juniors and seniors are keeping their jobs on campus rather than seeking off-campus jobs. “[Upperclassmen] are more interested in keeping jobs they’ve had on campus because the outside doesn’t have as many part-time jobs available,” she said.

More students were rehired to the same jobs they had last year, making it hard for other students, she said.

Junior David Radick said he continues to work on campus mainly as a source of extra spending money.

Radick, who has worked for the Irwin Library circulation desk for two years, said he feels lucky for finding a job on campus when he was an underclassman.

“A lot of my fraternity brothers are looking for jobs because of the economy,” Radick said.

Richard Bellows, execu-

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tive director of financial aid, said the search for an oncampus job this year may be a way for students to not only gain extra spending money but to alleviate some of the financial burden college tuition puts on families.

“Families don’t have the flexibility and extra income to go around, so they’re going to have to look for other ways,” Bellows said. “[The economy] puts more pressures on the family and students to figure out how they’re going to fund their college education.”

Students presenting financial need might also be eligible for the federal work-study program, Bellows said.

“We have had more financial need,” he said. “We’ve seen families that have lost bonuses and other opportunities. There are students who are certainly eligible.”

Clark said the number of students who qualify for work-study, a federal program whereby students can

earn money that does not change their need base when they apply for financial aid the following year, has increased this year.

“More students were eager to work on campus because they had [that] opportunity,” Clark said.

Whether a student qualifies for the work-study program or not, Clark said working on campus provides a benefit for both students and the university.

“It’s kind of a two-way street,” Clark said. “[We] really appreciate all of the contributions that students make in their on-campus employment.”

Clark said the university has faced a challenge because of the increase of minimum wage in the state to $7.25.

Clark said the increases have made the students who apply slightly more aggressive.

“I sense that there is more eagerness to work on campus,” she said. “Students want to stay here.”

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campusbriefs Chemical smell at Ross Staff Report collegian@butler.edu Ross Hall was evacuated and four people, including a Butler University Police Department (BUPD) officer, were given oxygen after detecting an ammonia-like odor on the third floor of the building last night. “[They] were overcome with the smell,” Director of Public Safety Ben Hunter said. No one was taken to a hospital.

Resident Assistant Josh Bedel, one of the four checked out by paramedics, said his eyes watered and he started coughing when he went upstairs to help evacuate.

BUPD evacuated the co-ed dorm at 8:40 p.m. and called the Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD), which dispatched at least five fire trucks, two ambulances and a hazmat unit to the scene. Officers diverted traffic from all four roads surrounding Ross Hall and prohibited students from gathering on the front lawn.

Firefighters opened all the windows and doors to the building to allow ventilation of the smell, which Hunter said might have been the result of mixed chemicals, although an exact cause has not been determined.

“We’re confident it’s aired out,” Hunter said.

IFD allowed students back in the building at 9:50 p.m.

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Butler Connection to replace Digest Rachel Brummer rbrummer@butler.edu Prepare for change as the Butler News Digest finishes its run as Butler University’s daily news source this fall.

The Digest will transform into the Butler Connection, which will function as a Web-based newsletter. Before its launch—tentatively late next week—students, faculty and staff will receive an e-mail with information concerning the change and submission guidelines.

The Digest currently serves as a daily, text-only list of news. The Connection will deliver only the specific day’s headlines, the date and a link to access the rest of the newsletter.

“This is sort of a tease that you get every day saying that day’s news,” Director of Public Relations Courtney Tuell said.

Once the home page of the Butler Connection is accessed, the reader will see a brief summary highlighting the important information underneath each headline. If the reader is interested, the full article can be viewed after clicking the link.

There will still be three issues sent out daily—one each for students, faculty and staff. Additionally, it will be sent out earlier in the day, around 9 a.m., and be more organized, Tuell said.

“We knew from feedback from the community that one of the things they thought about the Digest was it is really long,” Tuell said.

And students are glad their feedback warranted change.

“I think the organization is a lot better because when I would look at the Digest, there was so much stuff going on, I would end up not

looking at all of it,” junior Nicole Hangartner said. “This helps you see ahead of time what’s in it and if there is anything you’re interested in.”

“I read the Digest anyway,” sophomore Lauren Verner said, “but the new newsletter might be less time consuming in that I can access only what I want to read.”

The newsletter will consist of four categories: announcements, today’s events, upcoming events and people.

The “people” section is a new feature. It provides any member of the Butler community the opportunity to submit items, such as congratulatory or sympathy notes and social happenings affiliated with campus.

Another feature of the Web-based Connection is its ability to display pictures, graphics and video to complement the information.

Submission guidelines are still in effect for those wanting to provide news items. Personal advertisements, lost and found notices, flyers, posters and off-campus or non-university affiliated events are not accepted for publication in the Digest or the Connection.

However, the submission process has changed. Story submitters must now fill out an online form found on the Connection site.

In addition, the Connection will archive its news.

“News will be archived until we, as university relations, feel it needs to go away,” Tuell said. “That could be a year or so later.”

Hangartner said she thinks the archives are a good idea.

“I remember last year I would delete a Digest and realize there was something I wanted to know out of it,” Hangartner said.

Collegian photo courtesy of University Relations

UPDATE: The Butler Connection will be organized so daily campus events and announcements are archived on the site.

Tuell said she hopes the updated Digest is as helpful as intended.

“The Butler Digest was great, but it’s now five years later, and it was really important for us to bring something new to campus that we thought would be helpful,” Tuell said. “We see it as a tool that really connects you to all of the Butler news.”

Campus Brief

Graduation rate increase necessary to improve Butler’s ranking Olivia Ingle oingle@butler.edu Butler University took second place in the Master’s Midwest category of the 2010 “U.S. News and World Report” America’s Best Colleges.

Last year, Butler held fourth place and has been one of the top 10 schools for 21 consecutive years.

Butler was recognized as one of 34 colleges and universities nationwide with an outstanding study abroad program. Butler was also named a best financial value among Master’s Midwest schools, one of 80 colleges and universities in the nation identified as having an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching and one of 77 institutions nationally recognized as “Top

Up-and-Coming Schools.”

“That’s external opinion,” President Bobby Fong said, “but it’s other people saying, ‘When I think of schools that really care about undergraduate teaching, I think of Butler.’ It really means a lot.”

“U.S. News” gets information for rankings from statistical reports and an annual poll that it conducts with chief academic officers, such as provosts and deans.

The top 10 schools ranked in the Master’s Midwest category include Creighton University, Butler University, Drake University, Xavier University, Valparaiso University, Bradley University, John Carroll University, Truman State University, Hamline University and the University of Evansville.

Fong said the new strategic plan is all about moving Butler

up to first place.

“Some of the most important priorities in the new strategic plan are we want to continue strengthening academic programs and opportunities for experiential education and study abroad,” Fong said. “We want to be judicious in terms of facilities that we build in the future that would support an education.”

The future not only appears bright for Butler as an institution but also for its students, according to the report.

Butler was recognized for having a freshman-retention rate of 87 percent and a six-year graduation rate of 72 percent. The sixyear graduation rate has increased 10 percent in the past nine years.

“I think the most important thing for Butler’s success is continuing to increase the six-year graduation rate,” Fong said.

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Fong travels Europe, writes book over summer Rachel Brummer rbrummer@butler.edu Butler University President Bobby Fong can add two more things to his résumé for the start of the school year: author and European backpacker.

Fong spent his summer on a three-month sabbatical, during which time he and his wife, Suzanne, finished the first draft of the book they are coauthoring: “Going to College: A Primer for Parents.”

The purpose of their book is to offer an introduction to, and guidance on, the college search process.

“We wanted to specifically address the question of the college search process from the viewpoint of parents because that was where we were coming from,” Fong said. “We thought we had something to offer.”

Fong said he believes parents have quite a bit of knowledge about their children, and this knowledge can help the child make a decision about which college is the right choice.

“The parents can provide a context, a support, some guidance on where to go,” Fong said.

University students agree that Fong’s advice will be helpful to parents and children alike, as the search for the perfect college fit begins.

“I think Dr. Fong’s book will be very helpful to families putting kids through college for the first time because, for me, it was overwhelming trying to figure out by myself what would be the best fit,” sophomore Paige Ashton said.

“My parents didn’t really help me,” sophomore Evan Keller said. “I wanted a pharmacy program, so I knew this was a good school for that. I figured out where I wanted to go without a lot of external help.”

Aside from co-authoring the guide, the next major event of the Fongs’ summer was to embark

Collegian photo courtesy of President Fong

EXPLORING ENGLAND: Butler University President Bobby Fong and his wife, Suzanne, hiked through the ruins of Crackpot Hall on a 17-day backpacking trip in England this summer. on a 17-day backpacking adventure through England.

“We had read an article some years ago about this coast-to-coast walk in England, and I said to her, ‘I’m on sabbatical, why don’t we do this?’” Fong said.

The duo traveled 192 miles with a firm called Contours Walking Holidays. The trail took them from the Irish Sea on the west coast to the North Sea on the east coast. While crossing the waistline of England, they walked through three national parks: The Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the Yorkshire Moors.

Though the journey was designed to take 12 or 13

days, the Fongs finished it in 17, walking eight- to 15-mile legs.

The trail was a little tougher than a typical stroll in the park.

“You really did need a guide, a topographical map and a compass,” Fong said. “In a number of places, it simply wasn’t clear.”

Fong said his favorite part of the journey was climbing in the Pennines, a mountain range serving as the spine of England.

“You had a sense that you were at the top of the world for a while there,” Fong said. “Just being above the cliffs, watching birds flying below you, seeing the tides come in and slam against the stone

cliffs. That was spectacular.”

They passed through Grasmere, a village in Cumbria, England, where the poet William Wordsworth lived.

“Both my wife and I were English literature majors, so we know the poetry,” Fong said.

The trip was not without its challenges. The weather threw the duo plenty of curveballs, Fong said. In the first few days, England experienced a heat wave. Temperatures reached the high 80s and were accompanied by high humidity.

“Being from Indiana, we knew enough to drink,” Fong said. “Sue and I, on those days, ended up draining maybe three liters of water apiece.”

The most important thing Fong said he got out of the trip was a sense of balance.

“The wonderful thing about hikes and experiences like that is that the world narrows to what you’re doing for the day, the hour and the moment only,” Fong said.

Feelings of success and accomplishment were celebrated by the Fongs when the journey was over.

“We’re not young, we’re not tall and we planned something that was within our ability to accomplish,” Fong said.

At the President’s Convocation during Welcome Week, Fong shared a lesson he learned on the trip with the freshmen: The most important person you’re in competition with is yourself.

“It wasn’t a matter of trying to keep up with the other hikers, just like here at Butler, their missions are not to compete with one another but to set goals appropriately for themselves,” Fong said.

“We have become a community rather than a bunch of competitors.”

For a detailed journal account and pictures of the Fongs’ trip, visit the President’s Perspective page on the Butler University Web site.

HRC Rec Fest aims to interest students in campus recreation Olivia Ingle oingle@butler.edu Butler University’s Health and Recreation Complex (HRC) is kicking off the school year with Rec Fest, an outdoor event that offers various activities, including fitness classes, a Slip ‘n Slide and more.

“Rec Fest is the HRC’s version of Block Party,” Terese Schurger, assistant director of

recreation and aquatics, said. “There are different activities for different areas and information about our programs, hours, intramurals and clubs.”

Schurger said the Aquatic Center’s contribution to Rec Fest is the Slip ‘n Slide, and individuals will be present to promote the swim club.

Other activities to be offered at Rec Fest include basketball contests, yard games— including corn hole and hillbilly golf—a rock

Collegian photo by Maria Porter

S TAYING FIT: Students take a break from class to get in shape through one of the many fitness classes offered by the HRC. Rec Fest will allow students to take these classes on a shorter test run.

climbing wall and group fitness classes.

“We’re also going to have the staff from all of the various areas of the Health and Recreation department available to talk about each area,” Director of Recreation Scott Peden said.

The goal of Rec Fest is to inform everyone, particularly the students, about all of the HRC has to offer, Peden said.

“We have a lot of equipment at the HRC that people usually don’t know about, like sleeping bags and cooking appliances.”

The HRC staff also hopes to expand participation in the intramurals program this year.

The number of club sports offered at Butler has tripled in the past three years.

“We just want to get feedback from students on what sports can be offered,” Peden said.

“And we want to maximize participation.”

Peden said he also wants to increase participation in fitness programs through more outreach with the programs, especially in the residence halls.

“If you have a unit or floor that would like to do a group fitness class in a residence hall, we will take an instructor to your place,” Peden said.

There will be short fitness classes on the lawn at Rec Fest, allowing potential students to sample a class before enrolling.

“It’s an incentive for people to come and stay around,” Schurger said. “We’re going to have raffle tickets for the people who come. Our big prize is a $100 Visa gift card.”

Small rubber ducks hidden can be found across campus to be redeemed at Rec Fest for additional prizes. And free Qdoba will be offered to all attendees.

Rec Fest will not only give students a chance to win prizes; it will also give them a basic

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“I hope the freshmen learn about what the HRC is about,” Betsy Craig, a student Rec Fest organizer, said. “They need to come and make an informed decision about it.”

Rec Fest will also be an opportunity for students to learn about more than 30 club sports available on campus.

But students don’t have to spend the entire time at Rec Fest learning. They will enjoy themselves too.

“Everyone should just come to have fun,” Schurger said. “It’s mid-afternoon, and the perfect time for a study break.”

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NEWS INFLUENZA: Administrators tailored the communicable disease plan to fit H1N1.

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the situation nationally and regionally.

Purdue University and Earlham College, both within 70 miles of Butler, reported their first cases of Influenza A this weekend as well.

“It’s estimated 60 percent of the population is going to be affected by this,” Rosa said.

The Butler student with Influenza A was isolated in his room in the Sigma Nu house until he was fever-free for 24 hours without medication. Rosa said she kept in contact with him throughout the weekend and that he is back in class this week.

Sigma Nu President Alex Isaacs said

Aug. 27 2:14 p.m. – KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PARKING LOT An officer took a report of a hit and run traffic accident.

Aug. 28 12:11 p.m. – OFF CAMPUS LOCATION An officer took a report of a theft of personal property.

several measures were taken in the house to prevent the spread of the disease.

Health Services provided members of the house with a bleach solution to disinfect “anything hands would touch,” Isaacs said.

The fraternity brothers have also been using disposable plates and cups, and any food or drink remaining in the infected student’s room was thrown away. The student had his own bathroom during his time in isolation.

Five to 10 students in Sigma Nu who had minor flu-like symptoms were tested, but all were negative for Influenza A, Isaacs said.

Isaacs also said the air filters in the house will be changed in the next few days since the virus is airborne.

Rosa added that the virus can live on surfaces for up to eight hours.

With the heightened anticipation of an outbreak, Health Services devoted a section of its Web site to dealing with H1N1 and Influenza A. Rosa said that while her staff and the Butler administration are taking measures to promote good hygiene as the best line of defense against any strain of the flu, students will be able to receive a flu shot from the Health Center for free starting at the

7:18 p.m. – BUTLER TARKINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD An officer arrested an individual for public intoxication.

11:23 p.m. – CANAL PATH An officer took a report of an attempted theft.

Aug. 29 12:50 p.m. – APARTMENT VILLAGE An officer took a report of a fire alarm activation.

Aug. 30 1:20 a.m. – ROSS HALL An officer took a report of a liquor law violation.

2:24 a.m. – BUTLER TARKINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD An officer took a report of a sick person.

2:46 p.m. – APARTMENT VILLAGE An officer took a report of a sick person.

Collegian photo by Rachel Senn

CLEAN UP: Sigma Nu, a fraternity house on campus, is the residence of the student who was diagnosed with Influenza A last week. Measures have been taken at the house, including bleaching all surfaces, to avoid transmission.

Indiana caps financial aid Jennifer Redmond jredmond@butler.edu Despite the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana’s (SSACI) decision to reduce Indiana funding of financial aid awards to students by more than 31 percent this fall, enrollment at Butler and other Indiana colleges have not suffered, Butler officials said.

“Enrollment continues to be at an all-time high,” Richard Bellows, executive director of financial aid, said. “So despite the cut in state aid, despite the economy, the enrollment has been very positive.”

Bellows said that while the enrollment at Butler only slightly increased this fall, enrollment at two-year colleges is at an all-time high.

Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana experienced a 28 percent increase in enrollment this fall, according to an August Associated Press article in “Newsday.”

Bellows said although he thinks the high enrollment is positive, SSACI needs to rethink their financial decisions. “[High enrollment] is a great problem to have, but it provides some real serious challenges,” Bellows said. “I’m all for [increasing access] to higher education, but the state hasn’t pushed the two-year program until now and hasn’t figured out how to support [all schools].”

Bellows said a reason for his concern is that the federal government is simply pushing down financial responsibilities to the state, and the state has yet to figure out the best

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plan of action.

Tom Weede, vice president of enrollment, said he thinks the SSACI decision hurts schools like Butler.

“Sometimes when the economy is so bad, there are no other options,” Weede said. “It’s a shame for Butler and other schools that offer some of the highest financial aid.”

Weede said he thinks the decision negatively affects students who enrolled in college earlier than 2009.

“Those who are sophomores now came here believing they would be receiving [the same amount of aid] all four years,” Weede said. “I believe it violates the promise the state made.

“Now the families and students are forced into the position of picking up the state’s [monetary] responsibility.”

While the state has decreased its funding, it seems the decision could be attributed to the problems the current economic situation has produced, Bellows said.

“There have been big reductions overall,” he said. “People are just not spending money.

“Times are tough for all of us, but there is a new demand out there for education.”

Bellows said that although he does believe the present economic worries affect Butler students and families, the university community has been relatively lucky.

“We have families that have made good decisions with their jobs and in their lives to keep their families financially strong,” he said. “We’ve been blessed.”

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end of the month. However, a standard flu shot is not effective against Influenza A. The CDC Web site said an Influenza A vaccine is in the works, but Rosa said it may not be approved by the Food and Drug Administration until October or November.

Dean of Student Services Sally Click said even when a vaccine is approved for use, students at universities may not be the first to have access to it.

“College students were supposed to be in the first priority list, but now [there may be] fewer doses [than anticipated],” Click said.

“We may not want to hang our hat on a vaccine.”

Click said the campus community will continue to be updated if more cases appear within the community or if the CDC changes its recommendations for treatment.

“We just have to monitor the situation, and maybe we’ll be really lucky,” Click said. “But we’ll probably have a lot of people who have the flu.”

Rosa said any student who experiences flu-like symptoms should be seen by a doctor, on or off campus, but all results should be reported to the Butler Health Center so the administration can track any progress of the disease.

Symptoms of the flu include a fever greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, sore throat, cough, stuffy or runny nose, chills, headaches, body aches and fatigue.

Rosa said most cases of the flu, even the H1N1 strain, are mild and do not require much treatment, but all cases should still be reported.

“If you get the symptoms caught early enough, there are anti-viral [medications] that can be given,” Rosa said, “but a lot of it is just waiting out the symptoms.”

If a large number of students are diagnosed with Influenza A, Rosa said the plan is to encourage students to go home if they live reasonably close.

Tips for flu prevention, including hand washing and disinfecting common areas, can be found on the Health Center’s Web site.

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community. Oranje, an Indianapolis art event in September, has asked for a repeat performance at their event, but perhaps only with about 50 of the original cast, both Vouga and Walborn said.

However, prior to that event, the performance will be open to the community at large. Pratt said they are not focusing solely on Butler for this event.

Right now, the main task is getting 1,000 people to participate, Vouga said. Rehearsals will be held this week and next for anyone who wants to participate.

Pratt said that during the actual performance, all 100 dance students will be in the choir. Each student will have 10 people around them, so they can watch the dancer and remember the correct movements.

“We tried to do movement that was more innate and more human, movement that anyone could do,” Dodge said.

Students and faculty involved highly encourage everyone on campus to be part of the choir.

“It’s something new that I definitely haven’t done before,” Walborn said. “It’s very fun and exciting.”

Collegian photo by Mary Landwer

WARMIN’ UP: Dancers for the choir practice routines that can be easily learned by non-dance majors. For every 10 non-dance majors performing, there will be one dance major to lead movements through the show.

-Bal l room Dance Presents S wi ng Dance Reilly Room 10 a.m.-midnight

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Segway Seduction Butler Police are loving their new rides, but what do the Segways do for us?

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A Joint Effort OUR POINT THIS WEEK: Mexico’s move to decriminalize small amounts of drugs offers a new approach at defeating violent cartels.

A leader has finally realized that aggression only breeds more aggression. After years of warring with drug cartels and spending billions of dollars to incarcerate addicts and track down dealers, the Mexican government, led by President Felipe Calderón, has quietly but effectively decriminalized small amounts of narcotics, including marijuana, methamphetamine and LSD. After a similar proposal failed as a result of pressure from the U.S. in 2006, drug-related violence continued to escalate, driving Mexican officials to use military force to combat the threat of warring gangs. Unfortunately, this tactic has had little effect on the business of the drug cartels, and drug-related violence in Mexico has reached a very volatile breaking point.

The new drug policy, in stark contrast with the country’s previous hardline stance, stipulates that anyone found with less than five grams of marijuana, 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams of methamphetamine, half a gram of cocaine or .015 milligrams of LSD will not be prosecuted. Instead,

they will be considered addicts and encouraged to find treatment for their addiction.

We at The Butler Collegian applaud this progressive attempt at reining in Mexico’s drug problem. Since the previous course of action made little to no impact, due to the overwhelming power of the drug cartels, a non-violent, legislative solution is now far more feasible.

By decriminalizing personal use amounts of narcotics, the Mexican government has made it easier for officials to concentrate on the real problem: large operations led by violent drug lords.

The law also mandates that state police can arrest dealers with up to 1,000 times the amounts specified for decriminalization, making it far easier for federal authorities to focus on the drug traffickers (those with more than 1,000 times the decriminalized amount) instead of minor dealers.

Now, state and federal governments can more efficiently work together to bring down these criminals.

The effect of this policy on users may be positive as well.

Instead of incarceration in a prison, where they undoubtedly come in contact with even more illicit substances, addicts are recommended to seek treatment. They are placed in a much safer environment where they can receive the help they need without fear of repercussion.

Since these small-time users will no longer be incarcerated, more prison space will be available for dangerous offenders. This will relieve the prison system of unnecessary inmates, reduce crowding and ease the drain on public funds.

The new policy also combats Mexico’s history of police corruption. In the past, police have used the threat of jail time or offered bribes to coax users into confessing, but crooked cops could be effectively neutralized due to decriminalization.

We will have to wait to see if Mexico’s new, proactive approach will really take the air out of the drug cartels’ tires.

But for now, it is clear that the policy represents a chance for positive change in Mexican society. It is certainly a step in the right direction.

Kennedy legacy talk needs some balance Chris Goff cgoff@butler.edu Much has been made of the “Kennedy Curse”—unrivaled political talent blunted by nearly unimaginable personal tragedy on the national scene.

It is a terrible paradox forever ingrained on the American consciousness; icons fallen short of their apex, lives and careers of a famous New England family ended all too soon.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy took a bullet to the brain as president. Robert Francis Kennedy took a bullet to the brain while campaigning to become the president.

Early last Wednesday morning, however, when Edward Moore Kennedy died in his sleep of an incurable cancer of the brain, the circle of the “Kennedy Curse,” real or perceived, seemed to close. Sen. Kennedy, D-Mass., completed 77 years of life and left behind one historical career.

Ted Kennedy had fought the hex, finally receiving the time denied his older brothers to make an indelible mark on American government. A tenure of 46 years in the Senate provided that profound opportunity.

Oh, sure, “Teddy” once tried to become president. An attempt at the 1980 Democratic nomination went down in defeat to sitting President Jimmy Carter. The run was undermined by a bizarre 1979 television interview in which the senator became at once silent and then bewilderingly tongue-tied when simply asked why he wished to win.

Yet it isn’t hard to imagine Kennedy, at that point in the middle of his career, simply being relieved to outrun the demons of his brothers’ assassinations by America-hating cowards. The campaign trail, while not politically fruitful, had not cost him his life. And, as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson theorized last week, a failed presidential run may have allowed Ted, the Kennedy heir, to leave the shadows of JFK and RFK and make a life of his own.

The coverage of that life on television and in print for the past week has been fascinating to watch unfold. Generally, reporting has extolled the “Liberal Lion of the Senate” as the ultimate champion of the downtrodden, perhaps the greatest legislator of the 20th century.

All of which may be true, as Kennedy sincerely felt for the poor and sick and maneuvered about Congress with an unbridled political savvy.

But the legacy of Edward Kennedy requires more than tragedy to evaluate, more than professional significance to fully assess, because beyond the praise of the past week lies a record full of ineffective (at best) or destructive (at worst) policies.

To speak plainly, and to even put aside a life of deplorable personal behavior that included heavy drinking, infidelity

and leaving a young girl to drown in the back seat of his Oldsmobile, Kennedy just wasn’t the walk-on-water hero he now seems to be.

To understand his legislative career, you must first realize the predetermined philosophy with which he tackled most issues. Unlike JFK, a strong proponent of tax cuts and robust national security, Edward was a determined liberal, a “conviction politician” as the Wall Street Journal described him. Kennedy was the Congressional weather vane that always pointed left. “For half a century,” wrote the New York Post, “he was the preeminent symbol of liberal orthodoxy in America.”

But that liberal orthodoxy created its share of mishaps.

In 1973 and 1974, with American combat troops out of Vietnam and our South Vietnamese allies on the brink of survival, Congress, led by Ted Kennedy, passed the CaseChurch Amendment preventing any future military assistance, a veritable white flag.

Once Richard Nixon left office in 1974, Kennedy voted to cut off the financial aid that South Vietnam needed to maintain a viable army. The North Vietnamese, noticing America had abandoned the fight, reopened hostilities and took Saigon by April 1975.

Tens of thousands of American supporters were left to die alone in Vietnam. In neighboring Cambodia, more than one million people were killed as the communist Khmer Rouge took power. Kennedy’s actions helped deal the U.S. a humiliating international setback and denied our military a chance to save the lives of untold numbers of innocent people.

He made costly domestic mistakes, too.

In the 1960s, with America’s large cities at a crossroads, the Massachusetts senator threw his weight behind President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs: model housing, food stamps and welfare.

For decades, Kennedy escalated funding of those initiatives, even as their bias toward social dependency and blockage of economic revival grew apparent. Under an expanding welfare state, out-of-wedlock births in black families exploded from 24 percent in 1965 to 64 percent in 1990.

But Kennedy didn’t seem to notice. Unfazed by destruction of the African-American family unit and American inner cities, Kennedy stubbornly opposed his own party’s president, Bill Clinton, on welfare reform and refused to admit the failures of the Great Society to the day he died.

Then there was President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 appointment of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Just 45 minutes after the nomination, Sen. Kennedy launched one of the most disgraceful political attacks of modern times.

“Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions, blacks would sit at seg-

regated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, school children could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists would be censored at the whim of government and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens for whom the judiciary is often the only protector of the individual rights that are the heart of our democracy,” Kennedy said from the Senate floor. “No justice would be better than this injustice.”

Like that classless treatment of Bork, Kennedy’s take on abortion was equally difficult to square away. Although a practicing Roman Catholic with deep ties to cardinals and bishops, he flip-flopped on the issue.

In 1971, the senator said, “I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights—the right to be born.”

But Kennedy became, not only pro-choice, but also propartial birth abortion, voting against a 2003 ban on the procedure that easily passed among other senators.

Oddly enough, he became framed as a defender of women’s rights despite a lifetime of disrespect for women, a pattern of behavior visible to anyone who seeks an honest assessment of Kennedy. According to the late Michael Kelly, writing for “GQ” magazine in 1990, “During [Kennedy’s first] 22-year marriage, his extramarital affairs were numerous and barely hidden.”

Writer Suzannah Lessard in 1979 called the senator’s treatment of women “a severe case of arrested development, a huge babyish ego that must constantly be fed.”

It is just one more contradiction to the legacy of Ted Kennedy being written after his passing. Despite his many accomplishments, the deeper you dig into his life, both personal and professional, the uglier the details seem to be.

Perhaps the fact that Kennedy managed so often to end up on the wrong side of policy and decency and yet still was able to garner widespread respect of colleagues and the status of a giant is the surest sign of all that the “Kennedy Curse” is no more.

This Week in Washington Rested and Refreshed: President Barack Obama returned to work Monday after a week-long vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. First on the agenda should be figuring out Afghanistan, where more U.S. troops died in August than any other month in the eight years of the war.

Quotable: “I think it’s inevitable that we will pass health insurance.” – The late Sen. Ted Kennedy, DMass., made this yet-unfulfilled statement in 1979.

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Jacko-Mania proves we are a United States of entertainment

Make your voice heard!

Matt Heinsen Contributing Writer

Send a Letter to the Editor to collegian@butler.edu or bring a copy by Fairbanks Room 210 Butler police roll on new wheels. Is it worth the cost? connected with students is invaluable. The Tom Fryska Segways can assist in this matter. tfryska@butler.edu Personally, I’m not a fan of Segways.

For one, I think they look rather silly. But that’s only an aesthetic concern. What truly bothers me about the Segway is that it just seems lazy.

Every time I see one, I’m reminded of those personal transports from the movie “Wall-E.” For those of you who don’t know, “Wall-E” presented a vision of the future in which mankind has evolved into a race of morbidly obese individuals who essentially live in their own personal transport chairs. I’m one of those people who figures that if anyone really wants to travel from point A to point B, they probably should just get up, get some exercise and go for a walk or ride a bike.

When I heard Butler University and Butler University Police Department recently obtained two new Segways for the fairly high price of $12,600, my knee-jerk reaction was to consider them a waste of money. It turns out, though, that’s only half of the story.

While Segways, thankfully, have not caught on with the public at large, they have increasingly been used by police departments around the world.

Segways have been employed by police departments in Chicago and New York and malls across the nation.

What’s more, they were even used by Chinese anti-terror forces during the Beijing Olympics (though, in that case, the Chinese tactfully renamed the Segways “Anti-Terror Assault Vehicles”).

The two new Segways admittedly present some benefits for BUPD. While cruising at the comfortable speed of 12 mph, officers can cover greater distances on Segways than if they walked.

The use of Segways lets them travel those distances without getting tired. In addition, when riding on the Segway, the officer stands on a platform, which gives him an increase in height; this, in turn, lets officers see over the heads of crowds, allows them to be better seen and enables them to be rather approachable.

As BUPD tries to focus more on community policing, the ability to be approached, trusted and

Despite these potential benefits, however, I am still not quite convinced that the Segways were a worthwhile purchase. While they do offer BUPD another tool with which to do their work, the Segways only offer surprisingly modest improvements on what resources and abilities BUPD already had.

For example, while officers who use Segways are much more approachable than officers who are stationed in patrol cars, the truth of the matter is that police who ride bikes or walk their beats are just as approachable as those who use Segways.

While Segway officers are currently getting more attention than any of their counterparts, it’s only because the Segways are new to Butler. Once this initial curiosity with the new vehicle dies down, Segway-riding officers will probably get the same amount of attention as their counterparts.

Furthermore, officers who patrol on bicycles actually tend to cover more distance than those on Segways do (unless, of course, they are traveling uphill). The height benefits of the new patrol vehicle only seem to be modest in their scope. In terms of actually chasing criminal perpetrators down, Segways aren’t particularly useful, since even the most modestly in-shape person can outpace a Segway. And, without the ability to mount curbs or go off the pavement, Segways have little capacity to chase down offenders.

However, the crux of this issue isn’t necessarily the Segways themselves; rather, it’s the cost of the Segways and what we get for that cost. True, $12,600 is only a small portion of Butler’s total budget, but it doesn’t take much imagination to think of all the places on our campus that are in need of reform, remodel or even replacement.

All of those fixes cost money, and with our university on a fairly tight budget nowadays, it seems that Butler says, more often than not, that it just doesn’t have the funds to do everything that it would like to do.

Perhaps if our university didn’t spend so much on nice, but ultimately unnecessary, amenities— things like two new Segways—Butler would have the money to spend on the projects that are necessary and that we students would appreciate more.

out seriousness in public discourse. Kate Gosselin provides an excellent example. Other than having sextuplets, a reality program (“Jon & Kate Plus 8”) and conflict with her husband, You may have heard, but on June 25, 2009, she has done nothing for America that would Michael Jackson passed away. merit gracing us with her presence on “Larry Undeniably, he was a great musician, per- King Live,” “Today” or “The View.” former, dancer, entertainer, failed plastic surgery Is there a need to continually broadcast the triicon, tabloid target, tragicallyals of Britney Spears, Oprah misunderstood eccentric and, at “America might reach Winfrey’s tweets, Michelle times, philanthropist. The Obama’s wardrobe or the circuma point where news boom of the Internet, illegal stances regarding Michael downloading and declining Jackson’s death? This increasing record sales will likely keep his takes a complete form imposition of light-hearted leisure albums some of the highestupon the information industry valselling of all time. The music ues the frivolous, ridiculous and of entertainment.” industry will be forever grateful unimportant over the significant, for his contributions. solemn and serious.

But that is it. The man And it’s not just that popwas not Ted Kennedy. culture fluff has been incorpoWhere was the overwhelmrated into mainstream news. ing media hoopla surThe news itself is now being rounding the death of great presented as entertainment.

Americans whose work Colorful graphics, catchy will leave a lasting music and flashy videos are the impression upon the fabric norm in a regular news teleof American society? Why cast. The cable news networks is there still such a large further make a spectacle of the fuss about Jackson’s news with rosters of outdeath? landish character pundits.

All of this leads to a CNN’s Lou Dobbs recently much more significant found himself in the midst of point. Americans are Obama’s Birther controversy. becoming less engaged in Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and public discourse and more MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann engaged in entertainment. regularly criticize each other.

Offhand, I know more Glenn Beck, formerly of CNN about Jackson’s apparent and now of Fox, seems to homicide than I do about think President Obama has a health care reform. That’s problem with white people, not only embarrassing but comments which have cost also a tragic resignation of him dozens of advertisers. what American life is If we are not there already, quickly becoming.

America might reach a point More than 31 million where the news takes a compeople watched Jackson’s plete form of entertainment. funeral service from the My assertions should not Staples Center in July. A come across so as to disrespect Collegian photo from MCT Jackson in any way. In fact, I total of 18 television networks broadcast the service. Quite frankly, this am a huge fan of his music (I own his “Number hysteria should not be happening.

Ones” CD). Yes, his death was tragic. It may So what exactly is happening? leave a lasting impression upon the practices and Entertainment news is ruling actual news. values of medicinal ethics.

Americans are probably the most entertained But was Jackson’s death that much more notepeople in the world. For evidence, look no fur- worthy than the loss of a soldier in Iraq? ther than the proliferation of Hollywood, televiThe infiltration of entertainment into the news sion programming, video games and the occurred long ago. His death simply amplified Internet. reality and magnified the problems associated Unfortunately, Americans simultaneously are with stock market reports and pop culture icons little informed of pressing issues. By becoming as bedfellows. engrossed in entertainment as a medium that Simply put, we must ease our attention away constitutes relevant news, we are losing the from the “National Enquirer” spectacles that go sense of reason that has governed our culture for on around us and start engaging ourselves in the centuries past. more pressing issues of our lives. The circus Entertainment mixing with news has wiped needs to leave town.

Joe Celebrity (I-Hollywood, USA) needs to leave politics to the politicians, stay away from Washington Claire Rutledge Contributing Writer Sen. Joe Lieberman is exasperating. Democrats have not forgiven him for supporting John McCain for president, and Republicans need resuscitation for all his party flopping.

Certainly more amusing is Alec Baldwin’s frustration with it all. One might be tempted to think that Baldwin, entertainer and native New Yorker, would be oblivious to Lieberman, ID-Conn., in the Senate, but alas, no.

In an interview for “Playboy,” perhaps done to show off to his company in the magazine, Baldwin denounced with showman’s finesse Lieberman’s chutzpah in Congress, saying he had “no use” for Lieberman. Baldwin even discussed the possibility of running to replace Lieberman.

In response, Lieberman went on CNN to say that such a race would “make my day.” Last Monday, Baldwin retracted his statements, but, still throwing punches, said sarcastically that it was because “there are so few moderate Republicans left.”

The important, and more constructive, point is not that Baldwin vs. Lieberman would be a hilarious sight in American politics, but that Hollywood has heft. Celebrities have influence to get their views out to a broad spectrum of citizenry that would take

millions of dollars in campaign ads for a politician to achieve.

However, this sort of clout does not directly translate from box offices to votes. Even if Baldwin had confirmed an intention to run, his chances of victory could have been measured on a nanoscale. With senatorial incumbency at 90 percent and four terms behind Lieberman, it would be equally likely that Tupac would rise from the dead, be Green Party candidate and win in Utah.

Moreover, between Lieberman’s political malarkey and Baldwin’s private shenanigans, the good people of Connecticut just might have fled to Canada.

Still, to defend the realism of Hollywood’s stature, think of other politically involved stars. The brightest example is U2’s Bono. Besides being able to recognize Bono’s yellow sunglasses, people can easily identify his philanthropic causes.

Now think of Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind. An ordinary Hoosier would not have a clue what Bayh’s platform is outside of his party’s.

This is a depressing reality. As entertaining as the briefly discussed Senate race might have been, Lieberman—for all his faults—is a trained politician. Baldwin has been little more than a high-profile activist for PETA. This is not to say that politicians cannot achieve parallel fame to an entertainer. Recent events have brought a whole new angle

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to this discussion. With the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, DMass., one of the last superstars of politics has faded away. Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Al Gore achieved similar political stardom.

These few politicians, with seniority and experience a celebrity activist could only dream of, mightily influenced politics and are remembered as much for their policies as for their personalities.

They won a rarity—the best of both worlds.

Many current politicians are well known but not always for the right reasons. Scandals of every gradation have colored reputations of those who claim they serve the American public. Perhaps this is the reason celebrity activists receive excessive publicity unbecoming of their truth worth. They are not held to the same standards as those who dedicate their careers to American politics.

Lieberman would certainly have defeated Baldwin in a Connecticut race, but a highly publicized Senate battle could have left the veteran senator vulnerable. Lieberman faces an uphill battle as is, with an approval rating of only 45 percent. Plus, he is estranged from both major parties and cannot win with any other.

Though no stranger to manipulating the media, the last thing Lieberman or the state of Connecticut needs is a race mired by a meandering and tasteless celebrity press. Dystopian it may be, but leave the politics for politicians.

What was your favorite part about Welcome Week?

By Mary Landwer

“Coming back to the new, beautiful DG and reuniting with all of my friends.”

Laura Spice junior

“Finally being finished with my job for the summer. ”

Mike DeMarco senior

“The Hypnotist and Block Party.”

Kyler Clark sophomore

“Greeks on the move and getting to meet all the new Butler families.”

Stew Smith junior

“Moving in and getting to see all my friends that I haven’t seen in awhile.”

Rachel Jacobucci sophomore

‘Taking Woodstock’ to the Screen Ang Lee’s adaptation of Elliot Tiber’s Woodstock memoir portrays the festival from a new view.

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Butler performers take on opera in Italy Amy Rensink arensink@butler.edu

This past summer marked the fourth year Butler University School of Music faculty member Mary Anne Scott accompanied a group of students to Novafeltria, Italy, for La Musica Lirica, an annual international music festival. The program lasts from June 22 through July 24 and focuses on perfecting the art of opera in talented singers and performers. Faculty members include college professors and professionals in the opera genre.

“Opera is like the Olympics of singing” because students are immersed in that world with professionals, Scott said.

Each year, students across the United States audition for a spot in the program. Close to 200 auditioned nationally, and 65 were selected to attend. About eight Butler students auditioned at Butler last February. Seniors Zac Colby and Dane Suarez, juniors Katy Merriman and Jonathan Tigert and Butler alum TJ Bourne were those selected from Butler to attend.

Suarez said he did not audition with the rest of the Butler students but later decided to send in an audition on CD. To find funding to cover tuition and expenses, he held a concert in a church in his hometown of Princeton, Ill.—not only raising enough money for his trip but sparking the town’s interest in opera music.

La Musica Lirica required a lot of work from the students,

including professional training, a few operas, four performances of individual scenes and weekly concerts. Students received vocal coaching from Italian singers from the Rossini Opera Festival. Colby had to learn his role in two weeks after he arrived in Italy.

“It was really condensed and intense,” Colby said. “It was very surreal.”

A typical day in Novafeltria included Italian class in the morning, lessons and rehearsals in the afternoon, performances in the evening and ending the night at the Caffè Grande Italia, Merriman said. Scott referred to the café as the hub of the village.

“There, it was like time had a different meaning,” Scott said.

The students and faculty made friends with the café employees and residents of the village.

“I had one person tell me, ‘I hate when the Americans leave.

It’s so boring,’” Merriman said.

While the village is small, it contains a large amount of energy and atmosphere. In the summer, there are many outdoor festivals, including a summer solstice festival and a westernthemed evening with people dressed up as cowboys with accordions. Every Monday morning, there is a market in the piazza packed with various foods and goods.

In addition to the time spent in Novafeltria, students took trips to other Italian locations. The small country of San

Collegian photo courtesy of Dane Suarez

THAT’S AMORE: From left, Jonathan Tigert, Zac Colby, Mary Anne Scott, Dane Suarez and Katy Merriman pose for a picture while taking a break from rehearsing and performing to visit Firenze, Italy. They also visited Venice and San Marino.

Collegian photo courtesy of Dane Suarez

TAKING THE STAGE: Zac Colby, Katy Merriman and Dane Suarez performed “Falstaff” outside a castle in San Marino.

Marino inside Italy was a favorite for Merriman.

“I remember being there and saying, ‘This is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been,’” Merriman said. She spent time walking around the stone pathways surrounding the castle before her performance in the castle’s former moat.

The time spent practicing and performing gave Butler students a point of reference in the opera world. The program enhanced the students’ confidence level and technical skills, Scott said.

“It was good to get out of the context of a small undergraduate school,” Merriman said. “It gave a good perspective of where I stand.”

In addition to gaining personal confidence, Scott said that Butler students represented themselves and the university well on an international basis.

“These were the best students and the best summer yet,” Scott said. “The Butler students were very popular among the rest of the group, and I never worried about them causing any problems.”

For Scott, the summer program is an important part of her life. She said she gets recharged every year she returns and loves watching the growth in students.

“It’s such a nurturing environment,” Scott said. “It really starts to feel like a second home.”

Each student was able to take something away from the experience. For most, it was confidence, but many also gained a heightened interest in graduate school.

“This program is a gateway to many other things,” Scott said.

Merriman has remained in contact with many of her mentors from the program, including John DeHaan from the University of Minnesota’s School of Music, who hopes to add Merriman to his graduate program.

In the future, Scott would like the five weeks to count for course credit. Until then, the program remains a memorable experience for those involved and a stepping stone to bigger and better opportunities. Auditions for next summer’s trip will be held early in the spring semester.

“After the summer, there is a huge difference in these students,” Scott said, “and they don’t even know it yet.”

Robbins packs childrens book with character, wit for grownups Ben Niespodziany Contributing Writer In “B Is for Beer,” Tom Robbins, the author known for classic novels such as “Jitterbug Perfume,” “Skinny Legs and All” and “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” takes a different angle in his first published novella. Throwing out the multiple story lines, over-the-top quirky characters and surreal events, Robbins is left with a stripped-down tale about one of the most universally enjoyed beverages.

Robbins’ new approach is evident by glancing at the cover of the book, which reads, “A Childrens Book for Grownups” and “A Grown-up Book for Children.” Complete with pictures and explanations

“B is for Beer” BOOK REVIEW

By: Tom Robbins Ecco Press

Rating:

5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor

for big words like “podiatrist,” this 126-page ride, told in the style of a bedtime story, is packed full of witty fairies, exotic locations and information about beer.

The terrific characters in “B Is for Beer” discuss, in depth, how beer is created, as well as how much beer is sold globally every year. A little too informative about adult beverages at times, Robbins manages to slap the reader back to the adventurous story and keep the rhythm moving.

The story revolves around Gracie Perkel, a sixyear-old girl with a fascination for beer—specifically, the many different beers constantly guzzled by her seemingly all-knowing Uncle Moe. When her curiosity elevates and her favorite uncle blows her off, she decides to try out the mysterious beverage.

The result is a visit from the Beer Fairy and a trip through time and space, in “A Christmas Carol” style, in order to learn about the pleasures and dangers of alcohol.

Even by reading the brief description on the back of the book, it is obvious that this whirlwind journey is indeed a fresh, new voice for the now 73-yearold Robbins.

While shorter than his previous eight novels and the only one with illustrations, “B Is for Beer” retains the humor and originality of his past work with a new spin on literature that will keep his readers smiling and entertained.

Using his clever and often sarcastic voice, Robbins discusses beer with such beauty and hilarity that if a recovering alcoholic were to read the first chapter of his novella, they might slip into a drunken relapse.

A quick read and delight for all ages, “B Is for Beer” is the perfect selection of literature to whiz through during a lunch break with a frothy pint by your side or before bed. Only if you fit the demographic of “A Childrens Book for Grownups,” though.

Collegian photo from Flickr/billmcintyre

PINT OF RHETORIC: Tom Robbins delivers a new novella, a bedtime story on the topic of beer. The book is his shortest but includes the same wit and humor for which Robbins is known.

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“What I Go to School For”

“Don’t Be A Dropout” - James Brown

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“ABC” - Jackson Five

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“Campus” - Vampire Weekend

05.

“Adult Education” - Hall & Oates

06.

“Me and Julio Down By the School Yard” -Paul Simon

07.

“What I Go to School For” - Jonas Brothers

08.

“School” - Nirvana

09.

“Hot for Teacher” - Van Halen

10.

“Teacher Teacher” - .38 Special

HOROSCOPES VIRGO

PISCES FEB. 19 MARCH 20

AUG. 23 SEPT. 22

Lay off the sarcasm this week, Virgo, because your friends will be sick of it. Be forthright and sincere, and bake cookies. Give ‘em hell next week—they will never see it coming.

Did you know that C-Club sells gallons of Arnold Palmer now? The stars vote that you buy one. They are delightful.

LIBRA

ARIES MARCH 21 APRIL 19

SEPT. 23 OCT. 22

Are you interested in real estate, Libra? Because when I Googled you, it said that you would be especially successful in the real estate business this week. Really. You know what to do.

Love could be in the air for the single Ram so be sure to keep up on your oral hygiene. Nobody likes mouthwash, but nobody likes trenchmouth either.

SCORPIO

TAURUS APRIL 20 MAY 20

OCT. 23 NOV. 21

Your significant other may behave strangely this week, you crochety old crustacean. Be patient and maybe offer to cook dinner—especially if you catch the apple of your eye eating uncooked bricks of Ramen noodles again.

SAGITTARIUS

You will have a craving to reconnect with old friends this week. You know what they say: Make new friends but keep the old because one is silver and the other hasn’t returned the copy of ‘Mean Girls’ that you let her borrow last winter.

GEMINI MAY 21 JUNE 20

NOV. 22 DEC. 20

When it comes to your career, avoid gossip this week, Gemini, but do not avoid “Gossip Girl” because that show rules. The stars would like you to buy the second season on DVD for your local astrologist.

Be sure to get some me time this week, Saggy.

Devote a good couple of hours to catching up on television, eating fatty breakfast foods, ignoring text messages and engaging in other wholesome indulgences.

CAPRICORN

11.

“Kooks” - David Bowie

12.

“Another Brick in the Wall, Part II” - Pink Floyd

13.

“I Can Tell that We are Going to be Friends” - White Stripes Have an idea for our next Playlist of the Week?

Send submissions to arensink@butler.edu.

by Kelsey Truman Staff Astrologist

CANCER JUNE 21 JULY 22

DEC. 21 JAN. 19

Whoa, Capricorn! You are as uncommunicative and non-transparent as a faceless, out-of-touch administration. Open up with your friends and family about how you are spending all of their money.

You will feel very sleepy this week, Cancer. Plan out this semester’s napping schedule now to save you stress later.

AQUARIUS

LEO JULY 23 AUG. 22

JAN. 20 FEB. 18

This is your week for romance, you feisty lion, you. You will get along especially well with Libras and Capricorns. Find out which of your most attractive acquaintances are Libras and Capricorns and turn on the charm.

The scatter-brained Aquarius needs to get its scabby paws on an assignment notebook. That way you won’t end up pulling all-nighters on Red Bull the first week of classes.

Arctic Monkeys take leap forward Drew Schmidtke dmschmid@butler.edu Things could have turned out much worse for the Arctic Monkeys.

The band, out of Sheffield, England, met immediate success in 2006 with their debut album, “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.” Great critical reaction and Internet buzz helped make this album the fastest selling debut for an English band, a title previously held by Oasis’ “Definitely Maybe.”

Since, and despite, their early success, the band has maintained a steady output, releasing “Favourite Worst Nightmare” in 2007 and now

“Humbug” CD REVIEW

Arctic Monkeys Warner Bros. Records Domino Records Rating:

5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor

their third record, “Humbug.” Massive success at a young age frequently leaves bands in shambles, setting the stage for some uninspired follow-up work. Luckily, the Arctic Monkeys are aging well. This in itself is an impressive feat, considering vocalist and lead guitarist Alex Turner was only born in 1986.

“Humbug” was recorded in 2008 and produced

by Josh Homme, best known as the frontman of Queens of the Stone Age. Homme’s touch is easily noticeable; the album, as a whole, feels older and darker. The batch of songs laid out by the band provides a great landscape for Turner’s ominous stories.

Turner’s songwriting tends to focus mostly on observational tales from young English culture.

He frequently stars in the show—like in the first single, “Crying Lightning.” Turner sings, “The next time that I caught my own reflection it was on its way to meet you, thinking of excuses to postpone/You never look like yourself from the side, but your profile did not hide the fact you knew I was approaching your throne.” His dark sense of humor continues to weave its way through the lyrics, and Turner ends up sounding like a cross between Morrissey and British rapper Mike Skinner, aka The Streets.

In addition to “Lightning,” another highlight is the sexy “Dangerous Animals.” Here, a bouncing bass riff holds the structure for a menacing wall of fuzzed-out guitars. The music is a perfect match for the lyrics; the whole song feels full of sexual frustration: “Pinned down by the

Collegian photo courtesy of Flickr/Pilulapop

MONKEY AROUND: The Arctic Monkeys performed live in Vienna in July 2009.

The Monkeys toured extensively last summer, and will hit the road again this fall. dark/When fighting with my sheets, nearly crying in my sleep/Yes, I’m battling that well-told gripe, the most restraining type/You should have racing stripes the way you keep me in pursuit.”

“Dance Little Liar” starts with spacy guitar riffs and a throbbing bass line that pulses through Turner’s story of deceit: “Just like those fibs to pop and fizz, and you’ll be forced to take that awful quiz/And you’re bound to trip, and she’ll detect the fiction on your lips, and dig a contradiction up.” The song climaxes with a huge gui-

tar line that sounds just as painful as the chorus: “And the clean coming will hurt, and you can never get it spotless/When there’s dirt beneath the dirt, the liar takes a lot less time.”

The Arctic Monkeys are clearly a talented group; they have made that fact evident over the course of three albums. While “Humbug” is a departure, it still manages to sound like an Arctic Monkeys’ album. It also contains plenty of fine moments that hopefully point to the bright future of the band.

Lee helps honor Woodstock’s 30th anniversary with new film Amy Rensink arensink@butler.edu This weekend marked the 30th anniversary of the infamous music and arts festival, Woodstock. Film partners James Schamus and Ang Lee collaborated to bring the novel “Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life,” by Elliot Tiber, to the big screen in the movie adaptation, “Taking Woodstock.”

Schamus and Lee, known for films such as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” hold nothing back in telling the true story of how Tiber, played by Demetri Martin, saved Woodstock.

The movie begins by introducing Tiber and his parents, who own a small resort in upstate New York, which is a struggling, run-down motel that receives little to no business.

Tiber, a designer and painter, remains at his parents’ side in order to make certain that the motel is not shut down for any reason. Every year, while helping to maintain the motel and serving as the president of the town’s chamber of commerce, he arranges a small music and arts festival for the town.

When the quirky, contemporary dance troupe living in his barn inform Tiber that the highly-anticipated Woodstock Festival is banned from its original venue in New York, he realizes that, with his permit and acreage, he could offer his town as the new Woodstock venue.

Michael Lang, portrayed by Jonathan Groff, comes to scope out the town, bargains with a nearby farmer for his 600 acres and the rest, as they say, is history.

The festival, which originally estimated an audience of 10,000 people, brought in half a million attendees who survived off the farmland for the long weekend in August.

What I loved about this film was seeing the festival through the eyes

of the concert-goer instead of through a journalist’s camera or pen. The film shows it all: freedom, sexuality and greed. It even takes the audience through a five-minute acid trip when Tiber runs into a hippie couple living in a Volkswagen van.

However, this film did not come without its fair share of clichés.

Included in the cast is a perpetually high and twisted Vietnam veteran played by Emile Hirsch and a town full of conservatives who want nothing to do with the hippie festival. Some of these characters simply came off as underdeveloped.

Also embedded in the story line was Tiber’s own struggle with

homosexuality and the urge to leave home to be an artist in San Francisco. This part of the story, in conjunction with awkward dialogue, made it seem simplified and predictable.

At times, scenes seemed too long, but Schamus and Lee made up for this in slow-motion montages set to Danny Elfman’s music.

Overall, the film was well constructed. It just seemed to make this almost-factual story into an unbelievable fairy tale.

In the end, the story portrayed is one that needed to be told. In honor of Woodstock’s 30-year anniversary, it seems at least appropriate that the story should be adapted to the screen by respectable filmmakers and with a talented cast of actors. It can’t be left without saying that the film is very entertaining and gives a whole new perspective on the famous festival and those who made it happen.

“Taking Woodstock” MOVIE REVIEW Focus Features Directed by: Ang Lee Starring: Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber and Imelda Staunton Rated: R

Collegian photo courtesy of Flickr/Galactinet Prensa

FEELIN’ IT: Tiber, played by Demetri Martin, bonds with two hippies on an acid trip in Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock.”

Rating: 5 = perfect, 4 = outstanding, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor

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Optimism imbues home opener Arika Herron acherron@butler.edu

It’s not often that a team gets to start a season at a higher level than the previous year, but the Butler football team said they are optimistic to do so in Saturday’s season opener against Albion.

“We started off already at the high level we ended at last year,” redshirt senior widereceiver Danny Bohrer said.

“We’re reaching new goals every week and getting better every week.”

Bohrer, who led the team last year in touchdowns, receptions and receiving yards, said the team’s goals are even higher this year than years past, due to the success of their preseason.

“Our goal every season is to win the conference championship,” Bohrer said. “This year that goal is more reasonable than it has been in years past.”

Bohrer is one of 14 returning starters this fall, making the team optimistic for the season to come.

“We returned both sides of the ball, minus a few,” redshirt sophomore defensive end Grant Hunter said.

“Last year, the first day felt

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like we were shaking the rust off,” Hunter said.

“The first day of camp this year felt like the light went on instantly; we hit the ground running.

“There was no down time and that was awesome.”

Not only does the team hope to win the conference championship. Hunter said they also aim to finish the season undefeated and win the Gridiron Classic.

“It’s what we’re going for,” Hunter said. “We expect it.”

And why shouldn’t they?

Hunter, who was named to second team of the 2009 FCS Preseason All-America Team, and Bohrer aren’t the only big names returning for the Bulldogs.

Redshirt junior Matt Kobli returns as the starting quarterback for Butler. Last year Kobli led the league in total offense.

He threw for 2,518 yards last season and had a touch down in 10 of 11 games.

Senior Spencer Summerville, co-captain alongside Bohrer, finished second on the team last season with 66 tackles and 269 yards.

Anchoring the defense with Summerville and Hunter is sen-

ior Derek Guggenberger.

Guggenberger led the team last year with 85 tackles.

Despite the large number of returning players, Voris insists the team has made a lot of strides from last year, and it is not the same team it was.

“You never pick up where you left off,” Voris said. “You start with the fundamentals and build from there.”

Those fundamentals are what the team will be relying on come game day.

“The first game is always an unknown,” Voris said. “It comes down to fundamentals and discipline. We have to be in the right place at the right time.”

With so many returning faces it could be hard to separate last year’s 6-5 team from this season, but the players insist the experience factor and a new offensive style will make a big difference.

“We moved to a spread offense throughout last year,” Voris said, “but we made the total jump last spring.”

Bohrer said the new style should be a little more fun to watch as well.

“This year you’ll see more dynamics in plays and a little

Ashley Breitenbach abreiten@butler.edu Volleyball wins the IPFW tournament, taking the crown 3-1.

Collegian photo by Maria Porter

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: The football team, here in practice, gears up for Saturday’s season opener against Albion. bit more risk-taking because we have more experience in the offense, and we know everybody’s role a little bit better,” Bohrer said.

The defense is also feeling the effects of having more seasoned players. With another year of college football under their belt, Summerville said the team has

Collegian photos courtesy of Butler University Athletic Department

HEADS OF THE GAME: (From left to right) Redshirt Seniors Danny Bohrer and Brian Crable and Seniors Spencer Summerville and Derek Guggenberger will captain the season opener. Bohrer and Summerville are the year-long team captains.

cleared up many uncertainties and upped the team’s confidence. Their motto, “bigger, faster, stronger,” has led to bigger goals.

“We’ll be a lot more explosive,” Summerville said. “Guys know where they’re supposed to be so they can get there and let their football skills take over.

“We’re looking to shut some people out.”

The first chance to put the team’s newfound optimism to the test comes this Saturday, when the Bulldogs face off against Albion. The season and home opener kicks off at 1 p.m. in the Butler Bowl.

“There’s a belief within the locker room that they can be as good as they want to be,” Voris said. “There’s a confidence about they’re ability and trust in their teammates that’s outstanding.”

Returning runners show promise for season opener Ashley Breitenbach abreiten@butler.edu

Volleyball aces road tourney

with experience gained from another season of competition.

The only All-American athletes on Butler’s campus While many students traveled endless miles on come from the cross country team. The team said they aim their way to school, the men’s cross country team to place in the top 15 at the national meet this year after ran endless miles in preparation for this upcoming finishing 29th at the 2008 NCAA championship. season.

Senior All-American Andy A cross country coach Baker said he hopes for a repeat “We have one of the best since 1999, cross country of last year. and track and field head “I want to be an All-American coaches in the country, and this is coach Matt Rowe is enteragain,” Baker said. “I actually ing his third season at the first time that coach Rowe has think I underachieved last year Butler University. but this is the year.”

With higher expectations In a typical training week, recruited everyone on the team. than last year, the Bulldog’s Baker said he runs up to 110 cross country team returns with miles.

Everyone has come back fit and we more experience, which the “I don’t think when I run; there team hopes will help in the is too much pain,” Baker said. “I are truly his team.” long run. don’t think about time. Time is a “Our team is very deep,” - Stephen Lisgo runner’s worse nightmare.”

A UK native, Baker Rowe said. “Nine guys that are Senior, Cross Country expressed his appreciation for lead Division I runners are the team.

“In the UK, running returning.” is not a high priority.

When we run as a team, we The team’s continuity from last year and returning talent have good laughs and jokes.” will make this season one to look forward to, especially

Senior All-American Steve Lisgo hopes to become a scoring member of the team. Scoring members of the team consist of the top five runners in the race.

As a team, Lisgo said he hopes Butler will finish with the top five runners and sweep conference.

With the top runners all returning, the team is more fit and has more experience under their belt.

Lisgo is excited to see what is in store for the team this year.

“We have one of the best coaches in the country and this is the first time that Coach Rowe has recruited everyone on the team. Everyone has come back fit and we are truly his team,” Lisgo said.

Originally a track runner, Lisgo said he’s working hard toward the upcoming cross country season.

“I am not an experienced cross country runner,” Lisgo said. “I have been blessed with speed. It is harder to work on speed rather than endurance.”

In addition to the 12 returning runners, Rowe has added three freshmen to the team.

Freshmen Derek Groves and Craig Jordon both hail from Indianapolis, while freshman Kevin Oblinger joins the team from Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

The team begins its season Friday in West Lafayette, Ind. at the Purdue Open.

The volleyball team was notably absent from the students’ first weekend back on campus.

The volleyball team traveled to Fort Wayne, Ind., for the weekend-long IPFW tournament.

In the first match, Butler defeated the Bulldogs of Drake University. Dominating the 30 match, Drake had problems defending the aggressive offense of Butler. With 57 digs and an average hitting record of 0.324, Butler was unstoppable.

“We started first defensively with a good first pass, which started our offense,” junior Kelsey Labrum said. “Good passes led to good sets, which led to good hits.”

In the second match, played against the home team, IPFW, the Bulldogs defense struggled to maintain the fast pace of the opponent’s hits. While the defensive movement lacked against the first kills of IPFW, Porshia Allen shined offensively with an attack hitting record of 0.471.

At the end of first day, the Bulldogs entered Saturday with a record of 1-1 going into the next match against the undefeated team of Eastern Illinois.

Starting off fresh, the Bulldogs came out aggressively, especially in the serve.

Katie Daprile served three aces in a row to get the Bulldogs off to a good start. As the confidence built up in the players, the passing and successful hitting resulted in a high number of kills.

From the right side, “I attacked well,” Labrum said.

Labrum said EIU was undefeated when Butler played them.

“The loss the day before [IPFW] gave us incentive to aim at their target. We wanted to prove to the tournament, and even ourselves. that we are good and a team that can’t be stopped.”

Junior and middle blocker Jalesa Lee dominated the net with 10 kills, allowing EIU no chance to fight back.

“This tournament showed us how good we can really be,” Labrum said. “We can outsmart other teams and, if we focus on setting the ball to our centers, no one can stop them.”

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Women’s soccer drops game, struggles at start of season Matt Lawder mlawder@butler.edu The women’s soccer team faced off against the weather this past week in addition to IUPUI and Western Illinois.

When lightning stopped the game after 53 minutes of play Friday against the IUPUI Panthers, Butler had to reschedule for Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs had better weather on Sunday, defeating Western Illinois 30, capturing their first win of the season.

Butler did not wait long to strike against the Leathernecks, tallying their first goal in the 11th minute when senior Abbie Kaul scored on a rebound after a corner kick from junior Sarah Phelps. The goal gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the season, but Butler kept pressure on Western Illinois.

The offensive mind-set paid off for the Bulldogs with another goal only eight minutes later. Freshman Katie Griswold fired a shot that bounced off the keeper and onto the foot on fellow freshman Rachael Melendez, who

blasted the ball into the back of the net to give Butler the 2-0 lead. The goal was Melendez’s first of her collegiate career.

“I was really excited,” Melendez said. “It was definitely a memorable moment. And to get it during a win is great.”

“Anytime you can go up in the first 15 minutes, it’s great,” Head Coach Tari St. John said. “It changes the psychology of the game, but we didn’t relent, and it paid off.”

Butler controlled the ball for the rest of the half, easily keeping the Leathernecks at bay.

Butler came out in the second half and padded their lead with a goal from senior Carrie Twyman on a second rebound off the Western Illinois keeper.

The 3-0 lead was more than enough for the Bulldogs, who were pressured only once during the second half when the Leathernecks slid a ball past the goalie, hitting the post. The shot was the Leathernecks only on-target of the game, while the Bulldogs placed 13 shots on-target.

“We were winning 50-50 balls in the

midfield and had fresh legs in the backfield,” St. John said. “One player who stood out for us in the middle was Natalie Galovska.”

Galovska came off the bench and put

in 56 minutes of solid play.

“The [win] definitely puts hopes up,” Melendez said. “We felt like we could have won against Western Kentucky, and we played Purdue

Collegian photo by Rachel Senn

GAME FACE: Sophomore Mandi Kotynski slides for a steal against a Western Illinois player Friday. She finished the game with one shot on goal.

tough. It’s nice to get that boost now.”

During the game, the Bulldogs moved some of their players around to new positions, most notably senior Molly Kruger. Normally stationed at forward, she played the entire game at left back.

“We’re still sorting some things,” St. John said. “We have a lot of weapons, it’s just a matter of maximizing our strengths.”

The Bulldogs took the pitch again last night to remake their game against IUPUI from Friday night.

After falling behind in the first half 1-0, Butler pressured the Panthers with several scoring chances in the second half but were halted by the Panther keeper. The Bulldogs had 13 shots throughout the game, but none of them could find the back of the net.

Each team received a yellow card during the second half. However, the pressure from the Bulldogs was not enough to bring them level with their cross-town rivals. Butler lost the match 1-0.

The loss drops the Bulldogs’ record to 1-3 on the season. The Bulldogs’ next match is at Toledo Saturday.

Preason ends on high note Baseball players win CWS crown after 2-0 victory over IPFW Matt Lawder mlawder@butler.edu

Paige Flynn psflynn@butler.edu The Butler men’s soccer team scored a 2-0 win against the University of Dayton in the preseason home opener Aug. 19.

Although the team lost its second preseason endeavor 1-0 at Eastern Illinois University, Head Coach Kelly Findley remains positive about the team’s 2009 debut.

“They looked a little tired [at EIU],” Findley said of the loss, “but we’re looking good and playing hard this year.”

Findley said he is impressed with the 27-man roster, most of whom are returning players.

“Our main goal is to win the conference this year,” Findley said.

Last season, the team went 13-3-4 with a conference record of 5-0-3. With the 2008 Horizon League Championship almost in their grasp, the Bulldogs finished with a 1-0 loss to Cleveland State in the conference finals.

This year, Findley is demanding the best. However, with such a strong conference, the battle will not be easily won.

“Loyola and [University of Illinois Chicago] are definitely our two strongest opponents,” Findley said.

Both teams are coming off strong 2008 seasons—UIC with a record of 12-5-7, and Loyola finishing 14-6-3 with NCAA Tournament appearance.

“I’m pleased overall with the play, the shutout and the win on the road.”

- Kelly Findley Head Coach, Men’s Soccer

The Bulldogs will face an additional challenge when they play both Illinois teams, as well as Cleveland State, away.

With such a large percentage of the roster making reappearances, 17 of whom are upperclassmen, the team is prepared for whatever comes their way.

Returning to his third year at Butler, senior forward Boris Gatzky has more than made his name on the team. In two years,

he has started all but one match and been named to All-Horizon League Second Team twice. A German native, Gatzky finished last season tied for third on the team in points (14) and goals (4).

Kyle Pateros, a junior midfielder, is another player to watch this year. With an impressive résumé, he finished second on the team in goals (6) and tied Gatzky for points (14). Pateros had 20 starts in 2008 and a game-winning goal against UIC. Senior goalkeeper Nick Hegeman recorded 7 shutouts in 16 matches last season, 14 of those as a starter. In 2007, he also had a career-high nine saves against University of Wisconsin Green Bay. “We love to see them come out,” Findley said of the team’s supporters.

In their match last night at IPFW, goals by Hedges and Gatzky led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 victory.

“I’m pleased overall with the play, the shutout and the win on the road,” Findley said.

The regular home season opens Sunday against Xavier.

Three members of Butler’s baseball team, returning outfielders Mike Hoscheit and Brian Padove, as well as Corey Moylan who recently transferred to Butler from the University of Vermont, took part in the National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF) College World Series as members of the Crystal Lake Cardinals. The Cardinals rolled through pool play and the knock-out rounds of the tournament to capture the World Series Title in Toledo, Ohio last month.

All three players joined the Chicago-area team after hearing about it last year from their coaches at Butler and hoped that the team would give them a good chance to hone their skills during the summer months. They didn’t expect to be playing on a team that ended the season with a 51-15 record and major championship.

“Winning [the championship] was totally unexpected,” Padove said. “I didn’t know much about the team when we started setting things up last fall.”

This season was all three players’ first season with the Cardinals, and, at times, the team and season seemed a little overwhelming, the ball players said.

“At times it felt like we played too many games, playing everyday,” Hoscheit said. Hoscheit played in 52 games for the Cardinals, hitting .380 during the season. “But it was all worth it at the end.”

The Crystal Lake Cardinals, a member of the Metro Amateur Baseball League, qualified for the NABF tournament with their impressive regular season record. In the tournament, the Cardinals faced off against the Boyle Braves (Pa.), Mill-Basin MarinersGauchos (N.Y.) and the Chillicothe Capitals (Ohio)

during the pool play section of the tournament.

Going 2-1 over three games, Crystal Lake secured their place in the quarter-finals with a second place finish in pool A. After victories of 6-1 over the Michigan Bulls and 7-6 over Shannon Fence (Ohio) in back-and-forth battle, the Cardinals entered the championship game.

In the championship game, Crystal Lake shut out the Dix Hill Dodgers of New York 3-0, receiving two RBIs from Moylan. In the top of the fourth, Moylan singled in the go ahead and added to their lead in the sixth with a solo home run. Moylan’s play in the championship game, along with a solid performance throughout the tournament, garnered him a spot on the All-Tournament team.

The Dodgers rarely threatened the Cardinals during the final game of the tournament except in the ninth inning, when, with two men on, Dodger Alexander Aurricchio hit a ball deep to left field. Cardinal outfielder Darcy Doyle snagged the ball on the warning track, keeping the Dodgers off of the board.

The Cardinals nailed down the championship on the next batter with a fielder’s choice, after which all the players charged the field to celebrate.

“It was really cool celebrating afterwards with a big dog pile,” Padove said. “It was like winning the real World Series.”

“It was by far the biggest game I’ve ever played in,” Hoscheit said.

With the Bulldogs’ regular season still several months away, the players now have some time to rest before getting back into full swing.

“The [Cardinals] helped a lot with experience and got us playing time,” Hoscheit said.

The three Bulldogs hope to take their successes from the Cardinals and continue it in the spring as they battle against their Horizon League foes.

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Goodell has hands full with NFL’s image Steven Peek speek@butler.edu It seems some players in the National Football League (NFL) never had a timeout, spanking or verbal lashing from their parents. The NFL’s recent years have been spotted with the misdeeds of multiple players in multiple ways. Crimes of contract, misdemeanors and even felonies seem to be commonplace among the NFL’s top headlines, and there is only one sign showing the trend may begin to halt slowly with time: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Michael Vick is perhaps the most prevalent example of an NFL player in trouble with the law. Vick, a former quarterback

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DOING SOME GOOD: Goodell has been cleaning up the NFL and holding its players to a higher standard of professionalism.

for the Atlanta Falcons, was incarcerated for 23 months in federThe commissioner is likely to reinstate Burress if the receiver al prison on dog fighting charges. Vick lost much of his public has no behavioral issues while behind bars. standing for involving himself with an activity that harms aniGoodell’s reputation is one of toughness yet reasonable fairmals, but since his release from federal prison, he has found a ness. His usual response to situations like these is to indefinitenew niche in Philadelphia backing up All-Pro quarterback ly suspend first and ask questions later. It has been clear during Donovan McNabb. his three years as NFL commissioner that he holds the league’s People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other players responsible for their actions. pockets of dissenters have been protesting his signing.

Goodell will have some new situations to handle in the comHowever, Vick seems to be healing his image with the public, ing months. and Eagles fans will surely welcome his assistance on offense.

Denver Broncos Pro-Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall was Goodell has allowed Vick to participate in the final two presuspended last week by his team for the remainder of their 2009 season games and will consider Vick’s regular season eligibility preseason. Head Coach Josh McDaniels said that Marshall’s after week six. insubordination was cause for his suspension, according to Cleveland Browns’ wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth received a ESPN. more lenient sentence than Vick, when he was charged with and “We tried to handle this situation with Brandon as privately found guilty of DUI manslaughter while driving and professionally as we could throughout the in Miami last April. According to ESPN.com, entire process with he and his agent,” McDaniels “Playing in the Stallworth’s blood alcohol level was .126, well said. over Florida’s legal limit of .08.

Evidence of Marshall’s insubordination was NFL is a privilege.”

Two months later, Stallworth pled guilty and shown on ESPN. He was seen jogging during con- Roger Goodell ditioning drills, batting down passes thrown to him was sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years on Commissioner, and punting a football in frustration. house arrest, eight years on probation and a lifeNational Football League time driver’s license suspension.

A future issue with his team or the courts may It may appear that the Browns’ receiver was let cause Marshall to end up in the commissioner’s off the hook. However, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office office. agreed to the deal because of Stallworth’s cooperation with Ben Roethlisberger is also worthy of Goodell’s attention. The police, lack of a previous criminal record and a willingness to two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback for the Pittsburgh accept responsibility for his actions, according to Steelers is currently involved with pre-trial motions for sexual FoxNews.com. assault charges in civil court. The charges have not been comStallworth wasn’t the only NFL player to have legal troubles pletely substantiated. during the off-season. Former NY Giants’ starting wide receiver Goodell’s allegiance is to the fans and the prestige of the Plaxico Burress found himself at the center of a federal gun case league. His job requires him to maintain sources of revenue, fan after accidently shooting himself in the leg last year. bases and a good league image. To Goodell, it is unimportant if Subsequently, Burress pled guilty to counts of criminal an NFL player commits a crime in the eyes of the law as long weapons possession and reckless endangerment, according to as they are positively representing the league.

CNN. “Guilt or innocence as a matter of criminal law is not the Goodell immediately suspended Burress after the guilty plea same as a violation of NFL policies,” Goodell said, according to was entered; he is suspended until he completes his prison senthe Washington Post. tence.

It’s clear the NFL’s image has some recent smudges and will “In deciding whether to reinstate a player, I have stressed my belief be difficult to clean going into the 2009 season. Goodell certhat playing in the NFL is a privilege,” Goodell told BBC Sport. tainly has his work cut out for him.

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