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Opinion: Columnists Alexa Smith and Jeremy Algate duke it out about alcohol comsumption on Butler’s campus. Page 11 Sports: The football team fell to Drake Saturday at the Butler Bowl. Page 5

A&E: Editor Caitlin O’Rourke explores what’s new in Holcomb Gardens. Page 8

Cease and desist order issued to Phi Kappa Psi JILL MCCARTER

JMCCARTE@BUTLER.EDU NEWS EDITOR

A Butler University fraternity has been given a cease and desist letter to halt all operations until an investigation of an alleged sexual assault can be completed. The ofﬁce of student affairs ordered members of Phi Kappa Psi to stop operations on Sept. 15 so that the Butler University Police Department can continue its investigation regarding a sexual assault that occurred on Sept. 11 on the property. Under the cease and desist on operations, members of the fraternity are allowed to sleep and eat in the house, but cannot hold social events or activities. “This was not an indictment of the fraternity,” assistant chief of police Andrew Ryan said. “This was just to say that there was an assault that happened at that location.” It is unusual for a Greek organization to stop operations, said dean of student life Irene Stevens. Stevens said it has been about ﬁve years since Butler issued a similar order. “It would have to be a pretty serious incident before we would

HOMECOMING KICKS OFF ‘I love the ‘90s’ this year’s theme Independents seek more ownership | SEE PAGE 3 GRACE WALLACE GWALLACE@BUTLER.EDU ASST. NEWS EDITOR Start reliving childhood, Butler University—the theme for Homecoming 2011 is “I love the ‘90s.” Students gathered in front of the Atherton Union steps as the theme and teams were announced at last night’s Homecoming kickoff. “Growing up in the time, I love the ‘90s,” junior Sandy Meers said, “I wish it was the ‘80s though.” Freshman Kristina Parro said, “I love the ‘90s—it’s fun.” Students will notice there are a few changes to this year’s Homecoming—instead of assigning speciﬁc categories, the teams are picking their own favorite television show from the 1990s to act as their individualized themes. Senior Katie Gordon said, “I think it’s cool that everyone picks their own rather than assigning see homecoming page 3

send a cease and desist letter like we did in this case,” Stevens said. Levester Johnson, vice president of student affairs, said that he makes the call whether or not to stop the operations. “We have those from time to time where there’s a moment where we all say ‘What’s really going on here?’ and we have to stop things to get that question answered,” Johnson said. “So right now, we’re trying to ﬁnd the answers.” There have been cases of sexual assault where fraternities or sororities did not have to stop operations, and it is a case-by-case decision, Johnson said. “There can be one serious thing where the bar has just been crossed or it could be a series of instances that have shown us a pattern or a history that needs to be addressed,” Johnson said. Other instances where a similar order could be issued are cases of serious hazing, a “culture of dealing drugs at the house” or a major repeated problem with alcohol violations, Stevens said. The incident on Sept. 11 is being investigated under police sergeant see phi kappa psi page 3

Campus seeks to raise awareness of sex assault BROOKE DEADY BDEADY@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER This week is Sexual Assault Awareness Week on the Butler University campus, and it seems like it couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. The awareness week is held at the beginning of every school year. Sarah Barnes-Diaz, health education and outreach programs coordinator, said that people are thinking that this awareness week is very timely because of the alleged sexual assault Sept. 11, but in reality, it is always a timely awareness week on campus. There are different focuses throughout the week to help inform students that sexual assault is an issue and to educate them about it. Barnes-Diaz explained that they are raising awareness about the problem, educating students and letting them know that everyone can do something to help prevent sexual assaults. Another focus involves simply deﬁning the term “sexual assault” and encouraging students to step up if they see something suspicious.

“We bring up the role of the bystander,” said Barnes-Diaz. “There is no such thing as an innocent bystander when it comes to sexual assaults.” There are activities going on all week, including “10 Moves Every Person Should Know” at the Health and Recreation Complex. This is an event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tonight that will be teaching students 10 self-defense moves. Recently, a timely warning was sent out to inform students of a sexual assault on campus. Since the distribution of the warning, Barnes-Diaz and Andrew Ryan, assistant chief of police, said they feel like students are afraid to report any sexual assault incidents because they feel like it will be sent out to the entire campus. “If there is an unknown suspect and that person might still be on-campus, only then is a timely warning sent out,” said Ryan. “Very few [timely warnings] are actually issued.” He said that students shouldn’t be afraid to report anything. see assault page 3

Dining services doesn’t fare well in health inspections Campus dining halls received more than 50 total health code violations during inspections this year. KYLER NAYLOR KNAYLOR@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF WRITER

While not always the most appetizing, food provided by oncampus dining facilities is always expected to be at least safe to eat. But the regularly conducted inspections by the Marion County Health Department are known to

reveal some of the complications that result from providing daily meals to an entire student body. This year alone, C-Club has received 24 health code violations, compared to Residential College dining hall’s 18 and Atherton Union’s 22, up from 19, six and seven from last year, respectively. “Campus dining services, like with other food-providing establishments, have a standard they must meet,” said John Althardt, public relations coordinator for the Marion County Health Department. “We treat the campus facilities the same way we treat other

restaurants. Everyone is held to the same standards.” In a statement via email, Aramark Dining Services said the following: “Serving safe, nutritious and quality food is our top priority as we work to deliver great experiences for our customers. “We have rigorous quality assurance and food safety processes, and we are committed to continuously enhancing them. “We have regular inspections from the Marion County Public Health Department at all of our see health code page 4

Mushrooms and black beans sit in bowls over ice in C-Club.

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Photo by Taylor Cox

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

SGA’s narrow vote doubles volunteerism budget JILL MCCARTER JMCCARTE@BUTLER.EDU

NEWS EDITOR

The ayes had it when members of Butler University’s Student Government Association passed a motion that doubled the volunteerism budget to $20,000 last Wednesday. In its original plan, volunteerism made up $10,000 of SGA’s $683,822 overall budget proposal. The original budget was calculated using numbers sent to the organization by university officials to estimate the amount of money SGA receives from the $144 each full-time student pays in activity fees each semester. When it was discovered that the numbers had been higher than the university expected, SGA officials found themselves with nearly $20,000 unaccounted for in the budget, leaving student organization representatives to determine what efforts the money should fund. During the Sept. 14 SGA assembly, senior Anna Roueche, representative for the Council on Presidential Affairs, motioned to increase the volunteerism budget by $4,000 to fund more volunteer efforts in the community similar to Bulldogs into the Streets. In discussion, members of the assembly voted to table the motion until more information was available to determine how the additional money would be spent by those working in the Volunteer Center. At the Sept. 21 assembly, associate director of the PuLSE office Julie Pakenham, who supervises the six student workers of the Volunteer Center, answered questions and explained how the Volunteer Center

works within the current budget. “We’ve been working with a university budget to pay our student workers, and we just don’t have enough,” Pakenham said. “I’ve had to cut back on hours and on the number of students who can work in the office.” On average, Butler student workers, including Volunteer Center workers, make anywhere between $7.25 and $8 an hour. “I would love to pay my student workers more,” Pakenham said. “I know that they work hard and deserve some extra money. With an increase, we could potentially increase their hourly wages.” Right now, the volunteerism budget does not pay for Bulldogs Into the Streets. That event, which costs about $10,000 to fund, Pakenham said, has been paid for by a PuLSE office fund since a grant by Sallie Mae was cut. Several members of the assembly began to whisper when a representative from Bulldogs Being Bigs made a motion to add $10,000 to the volunteerism budget, which she said could be used to add more events similar to BITS throughout the year. “When I heard the proposal, I was floored,” Pakenham said. “That’s doubling our budget. I didn’t think it would pass. “At the same time, we don’t intend to change our spending philosophy just because we have more money.” Some student assembly members, including a representative from Phi Delta Theta, said that while SGA does have an extra $20,000 that was not in the original plan, it would be unwise to spend all of that money now. Others, including junior Kelly

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The Student Government Association narrowly approved a motion to double the volunteerism budget to $20,000 at its last assembly. Cassady, representative of the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference, said that money not spent this year is not useful, since there is no way of knowing whether the money will be the same next year. “We shouldn’t be thinking about next year’s budget,” Cassady said. “We’re looking at what numbers we have right now, so we’re thinking about now.” Junior Andrew Erlandson, the representative from Frisbee Club, said that the amount of money proposed seemed as if it was too high and that “after a week, there

SGA allocates extra funds for class ofﬁcers GRACE WALLACE GWALLACE@BUTLER.EDU ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

With the same quarter that can be used to purchase a gumball, Butler University class officers were planning events for each and every Butler student. That is, until members of the Student Government Association passed a vote Sept. 21 doubling the budget for class allocations. The vote to move $4,000 from the more than $30,000 cushion budget to the class allocations budget passed by a large margin during SGA’s last meeting. The class allocations budget, which comes from student activity fees paid by every fulltime student at the university, alllows on average each class to have 25 cents per student in the student body, Dan Schramm, vice president of finance for SGA, said in the meeting. The low monetary supply made it difficult for the class officers to provide events throughout the year for their respective students while maintaining enough to put on bigger events like the annual senior class wine tasting, senior class president Chris Beaman said. Most officers do not even spend the budgets, Beaman said, which allows it to roll over to the next year. “Our thought was we can not really do anything with $1,000 per year and also be able to leave enough to provide for the events

during senior year,” Beaman said. Schramm said the SGA budget increased nearly $20,000 from the original proposed budget. As the executive board felt that the cushion was large enough already, this opened up new options for the money to be spent and alloted. Though the vote clearly passed, there was some opposition from members of the assembly as to whether the $4,000 should be given to the class officers of each grade. Alliance representative Taylor Meador said she did not see a point in moving more money to the fund if the money already allocated is not utilized and spent on projects. “If that money has not been spent already, why would you need more?” she said. Beaman said the increase in money would allow for more flexibility within the class allocation budget and relieve the pressure of needing to save that money for senior year events. “I got a little bit of pushback when I first brought this up,” he said. “In my opinion, people are not always seeing the money because class officers are leery of spending it and afraid they do not have enough money for the entire class.” Beaman also said he found that seeing where every aspect of the SGA budget goes is interesting because to truly see where every cent was being spent, it would take

over a year’s worth of assemblies. Schramm said he was not sure if this would be a standard addition to the SGA budget, but thought it would be a debated topic during the new budget process. “In the spring when exec makes the new budget, I guess it will be up to assembly whether the money will stay for next year or whether they don’t think that was an appropriate use of the student activity fee,” he said. Beaman said his ultimate goal is to see a class bond over a yearly event put on by the class officers, similar to the senior wine tasting. “My biggest thing is I want classes to establish a tradition,” she said. “I want every class to establish something that they see as a tradition that they do every single year,” he said. “I think allowing that extra $1,000 will allow for that.” Beaman said he feels it is extremely important to maintain the closeness of the class, and the best way to do that is by continuing to hold events that allow class members to interact with one another and unite for a common goal. “In a sense, I think that class officers should have more flexibility and more availability to plan specific events that would be the caliber of a program board event,” Beaman said. “I think things like [class traditions] are not only helping to unify classes, but they are also helping to unify campus.”

is still no exact answer about where that money is going or what it’s being spent on.” The discussion was closed after about 15 minutes, and members of the assembly passed the vote by a narrow margin that required SGA executive board to count votes, an action not common at assembly. “My eyes welled up,” Pakenham said. “I was so overwhelmed and grateful and surprised.” Jon Himes, who acts as the Volunteer Center’s student director, said that student workers are all grateful for the increase and are looking to promote volunteer

projects around campus. “We want students to see a tangible result with this extra money,” Himes said. “In the future, we don’t know if the money will be there. Just as easily as the money was added, it can be taken away.” The added money, Himes said, is reﬂective of what SGA can do for the student body. “I think it says a lot about what our student government assembly values,” Himes said. “It’s my hope that this budget increase will not only beneﬁt Butler students, but the surrounding community as well.”

CPA budget increases ANDRÉ SMITH AMSMITH5@BUTLER.EDU

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The Council on Presidential Affairs had its budget increased this year to about $12,000 from last year’s budget of $9,000. Mike Tirman, CPA chair, said the council needed the increase in order to effectively sponsor the group’s planned events for this year. According to the Student Government Association’s website, CPA “works actively and positively toward the betterment of the Butler community by advocating student concerns to the Butler administration.” Tirman said he lobbied for the increase to achieve this goal. “Our mission is to make Butler a better place for students and to take concerns from them to make a positive contribution to campus,” Tirman said. “I advocated [SGA President] Al Carroll for the increases so we could put on more events for students to voice their opinions.” The money goes toward many events sponsored by CPA, Tirman said. One of the events is the Coffee Chat in Starbucks, where students ﬁll out a card with a suggestion on how to improve campus. Then, the student receives a free tall drink from Starbucks, courtesy of CPA. Joanie Smith, sophomore elementary education major said she went to many of the Coffee Chats last year. “I think it is a fun way for students to voice their concerns about campus. And you get free coffee out of it. What’s not to like?” Funding also goes toward guest speakers and giveaways at CPA events, such as the Green Summit, where a comedian will come to encourage students to be more sustainable. CPA also pays for catered breakfasts with administrators. These breakfasts serve as a way for CPA members to voice student concerns to Butler ofﬁcials. Katie Palmer, CPA academic affairs coordinator, said these meetings make a big impact on Butler. “These allow us to advocate

for students who have a dream or idea and help it become a reality,” Palmer said. Matt Kasper, CPA chair for the 2010-2011 school year, said in an email to The Collegian he thinks CPA needed more funds to effectively enact their intended events. “There were activities I was hesitant to fund because I was possibly going over my budget, but we did all the events we planned,” Kasper said. “In order to improve those events, they would have needed more funds.” Kasper added that when he was CPA chair, he did go over budget but was able to get funds from other SGA sponsored boards. “[Tirman] is smart to have lobbied for more funds so he will not have to ask other boards second semester and not compete for funds if SGA funds any NCAA tournament games.” Tirman said that funding for CPA comes from the money allotted to SGA from the student activity fee in tuition. Some students said they ﬁnd the funding excessive. “What do they even do?” sophomore Kaitlynn Brooks, chemistry major, said. “Twelve thousand dollars seems like a lot of money for a group I feel like not a lot of people know about.” Palmer assures students that the money goes to good use. “It is students’ money being used to beneﬁt the students,” Palmer said. “We are students too, so we use our best judgment when it comes to the budget.” Palmer said she added that more students should tell CPA their suggestions. “A lot of times college kids complain but do not voice their concerns,” Palmer said. “Then nothing gets done. But if they voice their concerns to CPA, then something is going to happen.” Students can email their suggestions for improvements on campus to cpa@butler.edu or visit the Coffee Chats.

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Priority scheduling ﬁts busy schedules Photo by Maria Porter

To better accomodate student athletes like basketball guard Chrishawn Hopkins and other groups on campus, registration and records allows priority scheduling. committee, said Sondrea Ozolins, flexible of a schedule as possible AARON KELPIN registrar. minimizes any inconveniences they AKELPIN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER Prior to this, students in Butler’s might have to deal with. Between practices, weight honors program and students with Student athletes only have training, conditioning and meetings disabilities were the only ones given slightly different circumstances with athletic trainers, Elizabeth priority in class scheduling. in that they only receive priority Jennings, a forward for Butler The reason for priority scheduling scheduling during the term in which University’s women’s basketball is that each of these groups of their sport is in season. Basketball is team, spends about 40 hours or students has special conditions they the only exception because it takes more per week juggling team have to meet or restrictions they place during both terms. responsibilities on top of her must work around. Each semester, the three classwork. “It helps students with a barrier priority groups are combined and Because of their hectic schedules, they couldn’t overcome on their randomized by class standing each semester Jennings, a junior, and own,” Ozolins said. and then given scheduling the rest of the university’s studentHonors students have very appointments. Senior student athletes get priority scheduling. specific courses they must complete, athletes, senior honors students, and Although athletes may be the so making sure they have the senior students with disabilities get only group of students that one opportunity to get enrolled in those first dibs on scheduling. After them, might guess gets priority when it courses is important, Ozolins said. all other seniors are worked into the comes to class scheduling, they are Rachael Essig, a junior biology system, then juniors with priority, actually one of three sub-categories and pre-med major who is in the then all other juniors, and so on. of students for whom scheduling honors program, said that her Scheduling priority for all other priority is deemed necessary. priority for scheduling equates students is based on their class Jennings said she thinks athletes out to approximately 20 additional standings, determined by the total benefit from priority scheduling credit hours to her class standing. number of credit hours a student because student-athletes’ “I don’t deny that it gives me has earned. contribution to the university’s an advantage over non-honors The higher a student’s standing, athletic programs balances out any students,” Essig commented. the sooner he or she is allowed to “unfair” treatment of non-student One of Essig’s honors classes schedule; the sooner he or she is athletes. during her freshman year was at allowed to schedule, to more classes “I can see how people would 2-4 p.m., which interfered with he or she has available to them. disagree, but I don’t think they see most science lab times, so having Ozolins expressed that priority the whole gist of what’s going on.” her scheduling priority allowed her shouldn’t be considered an exclusive Athletes are actually the most to get into a required lab at a less privilege, but it also can’t be done recent group to receive priority common time. on a case-by-case basis. scheduling privileges, which was Students with disabilities If a general group with just enacted by Faculty Senate often must work around medical appropriate reasoning for receiving in 2010 after almost five years appointments or physical obstacles, priority is presented, they will be of consideration by the athletic Ozolins said. Being able to have as considered.

ASSAULT: AWARENESS WEEK FROM PAGE ONE

Since the report of the recent alleged sexual assault on campus made local news, BarnesDiaz said she is concerned that publicity will deter students from reporting any future incidents. “There is a certain set of criteria that needs to be met involved in reporting and sending out a warning,” she said. Barnes-Diaz also reminds students of the Victim Advocate Program, which is a free and conﬁdential 24-hour hotline for students to call if they need counseling or advice on what they should do if they have been sexually assaulted. This program is a useful tool to help facilitate the reporting process, she said. If students are afraid to report a sexual assault, Barnes-Diaz wants to remind students that nothing is done or said outside of what the student wants. Ryan said that students can make a decision on how they want to go through the process, and the Butler University Police Department and Victim Advocate Program will help students if they need advice through the process. “For a campus this size, we have a wealth of resources available, from the Victim Advocates Program to BUPD to the counseling

HOMECOMING: COMMITTEE TEAMS UP

FROM PAGE ONE everyone a theme. It levels the playing ﬁeld.” There is also a new “Celebrating Responsibly and Canned Food Drive” event on Tuesday night of Homecoming week. Peers Advocating Wellness for Students is teaming up with the Homecoming Committee to bring alcohol awareness speaker Mike Denton to the event. Admission will be one canned food item per student. This year will also include working with the Volunteer Center to put on a community service event to be announced at a later date. Programs for Leadership and Service Education

For a campus this size, we have a wealth of resources available. SARAH BARNES-DIAZ HEALTH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS COORDINATOR center,” Barnes-Diaz said. “There are multiple students, faculty and staff that have also become committed [to helping students].” Caitlin Jackson, president of Demia, stated via email that considering the recent events at a campus fraternity, it’s particularly important for the students to be aware of the support network available to survivors of sexual violence. “It is my hope, following the recent public occurrence of sexual assault on Butler’s campus, that all fraternities on campus critically examine how they may be perpetuating a culture of violence against women and to work with Sarah Barnes and PAWS to ensure that their houses are safe places for people to be in the future,” Jackson said in an email. Demia will have a PAWS table Thursday in Starbucks from 2 to 4 p.m., to advocate for safe, consensual sex and to promote the free HIV/STI testing at the Health Center ofﬁce.

director Caroline Huck-Watson said the Homecoming committee is focusing on incorporating more service into the event and involving the Indianapolis community. “The committee has done an excellent job,” she said. “They have taken each step with a thoughtful and intentional approach in creating an energy on campus and the community with an overwhelming sense of Butler pride.” The old favorite, “Midnight Snack,” is also being revamped this year into “Snack Attack.” Instead of facing the mad rush for food in the Reilly Room, Homcoming Committee will be using golf carts to deliver food to the sites where lawn decorations are being worked on. Rob Miller, assistant

director of the PuLSE ofﬁce, said, “I think the idea behind this is to avoid a large group of people coming into a small space at the same time.” Huck-Watson said the event has grown past its original intention of simply providing a break from lawn decorating. She said she thinks this change will bring the event back to its original roots as a kind of “fuel-up opportunity.” Miller said he hopes the changes to this year’s Homecoming will be the starting point for establishing connectivity between the campus organizations and the city of Indianapolis. “Homecoming is about creating an atmosphere,” he said. “It’s not about the competition, but about everyone being a signiﬁcant part of this institution and this community.”

IC denied its own Homecoming team HAYLEIGH COLOMBO HCOLOMBO@BUTLER.EDU

EDITOR IN CHIEF

This year’s Homecoming team pairings are similar to those in years past, much to the dismay of Independent Council executive board members. Residence Halls are paired with Greek Houses as usual, but there are new rules for how their Homecoming preparations have to take place because of concerns that independent students weren’t adequately included. IC members said they lobbied the PuLSE office and the dean of student life to have their own Homecoming team this year because they want more independent students to participate in Homecoming. “No one knows what it’s like to be an independent on campus better than independents on campus,” said Hannah Wysong, an IC executive board member. “Independents don’t have any ownership of Homecoming.” Members from the PuLSE office rejected the proposal for a new team. “While I appreciate you taking the time to consider this option, this option is not viable at this time. This decision has been made after several conversations and sorting out many pros and cons of several options,” said Rob Miller, assistant director of the PuLSE office, in a Sept. 14 email to Wysong. New Homecoming rules are in place to keep independent students involved fully in Homecoming plans, said dean of student life Irene Stevens. Planning meetings now are required to be held in places other than Greek houses where they normally have been held in years past. Also, there are specific liaisons who are designated to represent independent students’ interest. Another new requirement is having a required number of students from each entity within a

PHI KAPPA PSI: INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

FROM PAGE ONE Tony Rivera. Both Chief of Police Ben Hunter and Ryan said that since the investigation is ongoing, their department is unable to comment on the speciﬁcs of the case. When the investigation wraps up, the case will be turned over to the ofﬁce of student affairs, which will complete its own investigation to determine how to handle the situation. As of press time, no case regarding the incident had been turned over to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department or the

Homecoming group to show up to any given event. “We thought that these options were going to be better to get more independents involved,” Stevens said. The discrepancy in how large an independent team would be versus a Greek team was the primary reason that the PuLSE office decided against a completely independent Homecoming team, Stevens said. Wysong said she met with PuLSE office director Caroline HuckWatson last November to get the ball rolling, and as far as she knew, the idea was going to be approved. Homecoming co-chair Camryn Walton told Wysong in an Aug. 3 email that Miller and Huck-Watson approached her about the idea of an independent team and that she liked the concept as long as they could work out fundraising logistics. Wysong said she drafted a $620 Homecoming budget and was eventually able to get it approved through the office of residence life. Even though the PuLSE office eventually rejected the idea, Miller offered Wysong the option of creating a commuter Homecoming group. Amie Wright, IC president, said the idea wasn’t exactly what she and Wysong wanted but that it was a step in the right direction. “We saw that option as more of a foot in the door,” Wright said. At the Homecoming kickoff, Walton announced residence hall pairings. The concession to offer commuter students their own group is not reflected in the list. Wysong said even though she’s glad the new regulations will keep independent students more involved in the Homecoming planning process, she’s not pleased that they can’t have their own group. “I’m exasperated,” Wysong said. “Essentially, this decision directly affects independents, but we have no control over it in the end.”

Marion County Prosecutor’s Ofﬁce. To Ryan’s knowledge, no sexual assault case that occurred at the university has been turned over to the court system. Shawn Collinsworth, the national executive director of Phi Kappa Psi, said the fraternity voluntarily stopped operations in cooperation with the university’s investigation. “We are always happy to help with campus administration in situations like these,” Collinsworth said. “We’re not shut down. We’ve simply voluntarily stopped operations in accordance with the university and the investigation.” It is important to note, Collinsworth said, that

members of the fraternity have not been directly linked to the investigation. “Obviously, in situations like this, where something has happened on chapter property, we run the risk of it damaging the reputation of the chapter and of the fraternity,” Collinsworth said. “We want to make sure that all houses are safe for both men and women, so we’re doing all we can to cooperate and work with the investigators as they move forward.” It has been released that BUPD has a person of interest—a male student— but more details were not released as of press time. It is unclear when the investigation will be completed.

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Multicultural enrollment could strain diversity programs Demia president: Groups should ‘reach across the table’ to protect diversity.

Student organizations in Efroymson Diversity Center:

HAYLEIGH COLOMBO HCOLOMBO@BUTLER.EDU

EDITOR IN CHEIF

Student groups at Butler University said they’re going to work harder to protect diversity in their organizations in light of the lower freshman multicultural enrollment this year. “It is absolutely imperative that student organizations reach across the table and work with each other,” Caitlin Jackson, president of Demia Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, said. Should the enrollment have a negative effect on membership numbers, students will need to work more with other groups, Valerie Davidson, director of diversity programs, said. “Students will realize the value of reaching out and realize there’s real strength and power in collaboration,” Davidson said. Freshman Rithvi Melanta said despite the need to reach out, people tend to stick to the groups they’re familiar with. “It’s harder for groups to be diverse when students stay in their comfort zone,” Melanta said. “The numbers are deﬁnitely eventually going to have an effect.” Student groups still are getting started, so it remains to be seen if the enrollment will have an effect on student group membership this year, Davidson said. Davidson said Butler’s student organizations are mighty even when their

Photo by Maria Porter

Junior Gabrielle Powell works on homework in the Efroymson Diversity Center. Diversity organizations are worried lowered multicultral enrollment might lessen the amount of participation in their respective organizations. memberships are lower. “You might have fewer people working to accomplish the group’s agenda, but the commitment to the mission is there,” Davidson said. “People are going to roll up their sleeves and get things done.” Jackson, who said she wants to co-host

an event with the Black Student Union, said the effects of a lower freshman multicultural enrollment go beyond membership in diversity organizations. “A decrease in diversity means further marginalizing and silencing voices of diversity,” Jackson said.

• Asian Students Intercultural Alliance • Black Student Union • Butler Alliance • Demia • International Club • Latinos Unidos • Voices of Deliverance Gospel Choir Butler has seven student organizations with ofﬁces in the Efroymson Diversity Center, including Asian Student Intercultural Alliance, Black Student Union, Butler Alliance, Demia, International Club, Latinos Unidos and the Voices of Deliverance Gospel Choir.

Council on Presidential Affairs to host summit to certify sustainability on campus ALY MARTINEZ ALMARTI1@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF WRITER

Graphic by Kyler Naylor

The number of food violations in the last four years is shown for each campus food option.

HEALTH CODE: VIOLATIONS RAISE CONCERNS

FROM PAGE ONE dining locations. Consistent with our rigorous practices, the issues noted in the inspection reports are all immediately addressed and corrected.” Althardt said the majority of the violations found on campus are non-critical, a grade given by inspectors based on the potential risk of food contamination or foodrelated illness. Because of its number of diners, dining services on campus tend to receive between two to four inspections per year. Some violations, however, he said are classiﬁed as critical. “There was a situation where food was not being held at a proper temperature, and that problem was corrected immediately,” Althardt said. In fact, most problems were resolved on the spot during the inspection. “Some violations are more of housekeeping issues. No obstructions to hand sinks, etc.,” Althardt said. “We don’t want to do anything that would discourage someone from washing their hands. These are more educational issues. Once it’s explained, it makes common sense.” Sophomore exploratory business major Dan Michaels understands this reasoning but says the circumstances are different for students. “I think the difference between violations here and violations in other restaurants is the availability of options. If a restaurant out in the city is given a bad review or cited some violations, customers can go somewhere else. Here, we don’t have that ﬂexibility,” he said. Others expressed concerns

regarding personal health. “Having gotten sick last year from what I think was dining hall food, I think it is extremely important for on-campus food services to do the best they can to keep meals safe for students,” sophomore exploratory business major Kevin Patel said. Other students who hadn’t heard about the violations were a bit unsettled. “I think these violations will make students feel like the situation is worse than it is since we don’t know what the violations are or what they are for,” sophomore political science major Teresa Brooks said. Althardt said the potential for ﬁnes is possible upon repeated violations. “There’s a pretty good incentive to keep things going. Food service providers in the county want to have a good relationship with the health department and follow the codes,” Althardt said. The responsibility for the violations falls on Butler, not the facility or Aramark. “Ultimately, the university is held responsible,” Althardt said. “Aramark is then responsible to the university. It is in Aramark’s best interest to maintain that, and they take that responsibility very seriously. They have a great relationship with the health department.” It is because of this great relationship that problems get handled so quickly. “Are there some things that need to be addressed? Yes. Are there things that can be handled on site? It appears so.” In terms of frequency of inspections, Marion County uses a risk based system. “If you’ve had violations in the past, you are likely to be inspected more often,” Althardt said. “Those who serve large numbers of people are more likely as well. We keep coming back until all the problems are corrected.”

In an effort to create awareness about sustainability on campus and within student organizations, Council on Presidential Affairs will host a Green Summit Oct. 7. The event, which will be held in the Reilly Room, will determine which of the nearly 150 student organizations on campus can be certiﬁed as “green organizations.” “We want to create a more proactive approach to sustainability issues within our student organizations and make a positive impact on how students can be more environmentally aware and concerned,” Mike Tirman, CPA chair, said. CPA recently added $3,000 to its $9,000 budget to help cover costs of the summit, which will include a green comedian and student workshops, Becky Pokrandt, a green operations committee member, said. “We’re going to have students try to brainstorm ways to make their organizations more green,” she said. “Hopefully we can come up with some resolutions before the event is over.” The goal is to come up with initiatives that are both beneﬁcial and tangible on Butler’s campus. “These proposals should be things students will want to embrace,” Tirman said. The committee that created this event started as an idea for a

We want to be a model, a paradigm for other schools so they can look at us and say, ‘Woah, Butler’s doing a great job. They are actually doing something.’ MIKE TIRMAN CPA CHAIR campaign last year. Katie Palmer, academic affairs committee coordinator for CPA, said, “The group is firmly dedicated to taking Butler to the next level [of green development]. “The fact that we are making as big—and maybe an even bigger— impact on other schools and campuses with our efforts is one of the many secondary benefits that come out of doing this.” Student organizations will also be certified as green organizations

if they meet requirements based on paper and energy consumption set forth by SGA. When green operations committee member Ginnye Cubel read an article in Indianapolis’ NUVO Newsweekly about Phil van Hest, a local comedian who grows his own food and makes some of his own clothing, she pushed to invite him to the event. She said she hopes that the comedian will attract more students to the event. “I thought it would be a different mix-up from strictly academic speakers,” Cubel said. “He will be able to incorporate comedy while letting us know what he’s doing in Indianapolis to live a sustainable life.” At the SGA meeting Sept. 21, Tirman said van Hest would charge the organization about $1,000, which was “more than expected.” Tirman said he was not certain about the exact cost, but the price is typical for a guest speaker and is within CPA’s budget. “We’re going to have to pay him, but he’s giving us a discount,” Pokrandt said. Tirman said Butler sets an example not only for its students but also for the community and campuses across the country. “We want to be a model—a paradigm for other schools so they can look at us and say, ‘Woah, Butler’s doing a great job. They are actually doing something,’” Tirman said.

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FOOTBALL

Drake halts Butler offense LUKE SHAW

LESHAW@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

Despite a stone-wall defense in the second half and a record-breaking performance by senior wide receiver Zach Watkins, the Butler football team fell to Drake 24-14 in a battle of the Bulldogs on Saturday. The Bulldogs from Drake (3-1, 1-0) managed to find the end zone first, despite a sack by Butler senior defensive lineman Grant Hunter and an interception by senior linebacker Nick Caldicott. Drake put the Butler Bulldogs (2-2, 0-1) in an early hole with a 6-yard run into the end zone by senior running back Patrick Cashmore. Butler blocked the extra point attempt, keeping the deficit at 6-0. After the Drake touchdown, Butler’s defense continued to hang tough, with junior linebacker Jordan Ridley and junior defensive lineman Jack Tennant nabbing back-to-back sacks. The defensive push sent Drake’s offense back 12 yards and started a Butler drive that carried into the second quarter. Less than a minute into the second quarter, the Butler Bulldogs found the end zone when senior wide receiver Jeff Larsen made a 24-yard reverse pass to Watkins for the touchdown. “We try something every week that keeps them guessing, ‘will they or won’t they?’” head coach Jeff Voris said. “We thought we had that one pretty polished up.” The reception gave Watkins his second school record in as many games. Watkins moved past Dan Bohrer on Butler’s all-time see football page 7

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Senior receiver Jordan Koopman prepares to return a punt in Butler’s 24-14 loss to Drake Saturday.

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Senior wide receiver Zach Watkins (11) attempts to catch a pass thrown by senior quarterback Andrew Huck (10) in Saturday’s conference-opening game against Drake at the Butler Bowl. Watkins ﬁnished the day with seven receptions for 91 yards and surpassed Dan Bohrer (2006-2009) as Butler’s all-time leader in receiving yards.

Butler’s new top dawg Hard work pays off as Watkins breaks second record in as many games. LANCE RINKER LRINKER@BUTLER.EDU

SPORTS EDITOR

Zach Watkins has made a habit of catching passes over the past four years. This season, the senior receiver is making a habit of breaking records. After becoming the all-time receptions leader Sept. 17, Watkins added another notch to his belt, surpassing Dan Bohrer as the Bulldogs’ leader in receiving yards with 2,308. And Watkins made the recordbreaking play in appropriate fashion. Fully extended in the corner of the end zone, Watkins made a leaping touchdown grab that gave Butler a 7-6 lead over Drake. “He’s made some catches that you wonder how in the heck he made,” coach Jeff Voris said. “The one that broke the record, he’s probably laying on his back. That was just the perfect way for him to get it.” Following the game, Watkins deflected his achievement back to his teammates. “I see it more as a team goal than an individual goal,” Watkins said. “At the end of the day, I catch the ball, but it wouldn’t happen without 10 other guys.” Voris, on the other hand, commented on the impressiveness of Watkins, a four-year letter winner, and his recently acquired records. “To have those types of records, you need to be able to find the field early,” Voris said. Watkins did just that, turning

heads as an underclassman with his dazzling catches and big-play ability. Butler receivers coach Kenan Smith knows what it takes to be a successful wideout. Smith was an all-conference receiver at Sacramento State and finished his collegiate career on the school’s top 10 list for receptions. “Zach has some of the strongest hands I’ve ever seen,” Smith said. “He makes catches that sometimes I’m even amazed he makes.” Even so, Smith says that Watkins’ success is as much a product of off-the-field efforts as natural talent. “I would come in to the office in the summer, and Zach would be sitting in the dark watching film,” Smith said. “He is always trying to get better.” Assistant coach Nick Anderson oversaw the Bulldogs’ receiving corps from 2007 to 2010 before focusing specifically on cornerbacks this season. During that time, Anderson watched Watkins mature as both a player and a person. “It has been really fun watching him grow from being a young guy who couldn’t remember one play to a guy who can line up at any position and know what he’s doing,” Anderson said. “The best part for me has been watching him grow as a person and young man.” Four games into his final season as a Bulldog, Watkins has yet to reflect on his Butler career. Instead, the wideout is focusing on the short term, establishing one clear objective: win the Pioneer Football League conference title. “Seeing the seniors hold up that trophy [in 2009] meant a

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Senior wide receiver Zach Watkins (11) celebrates his record-breaking touchdown grab in Saturday’s game against Drake with senior wide receiver Jeff Larsen (7). lot to me,” Watkins said. “It’s something that I definitely want to do.” Senior quarterback Andrew Huck was Butler’s offensive MVP in 2009 when the Bulldogs won a school record 11 games, were PFL co-champions and picked up the first postseason victory in school history. That season, Watkins led the Bulldogs in receiving and scoring while garnering first-team AllPFL honors. His 78 receptions were a league best. “[Watkins] and I have built quite a rapport over the past

four years,” Huck said. “A lot of our success has to do with communicating and making adjustments in the game. It’s definitely a relationship where we both have a lot of trust.” Bulldog fans and players alike are hoping the chemistry and trust Watkins and Huck have developed will equate to Butler victories. When asked if the 2-2 Bulldogs still have a shot to win the conference title, Watkins was confident. “Oh yeah,” Watkins said. “Definitely.”

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Bulldogs shine under Butler Bowl lights ZACH ERVIN ZERVIN@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF WRITER

While Saturday night might be all right for ﬁghting, Saturday night was also all right for winning for the Butler women’s soccer team. The Bulldogs (6-5-0, 1-1-0) took on Wright State in the ﬁrst night game ever held at the Butler Bowl and walked away with a 1-0 win over the Raiders (5-4-2, 0-1-1). “The atmosphere is just awesome when the lights are

on,” junior forward Rachael Melendez said. Butler had an early scoring attempt when Melendez drew a penalty shot. But the Bulldogs were unable to cash in, as Wright State sophomore goalkeeper Brooke McCurdy stopped the shot. Butler’s next offensive push came in the 39th minute when freshman Elise Kotsakis blew by one defender before splitting two more near the 15-yard line. Once there, she settled into

a pocket and ﬁred the ball into the net for the game’s ﬁrst and only goal. Butler proved to be up to the task of holding a 1-0 lead, as the defense stayed strong in the second half. Senior goalkeeper Natalie Galovska made three critical saves in the match, including one that denied Wright State in a free kick situation from just outside the box. “All I remember is seeing our defenders get organized,” Galovska said. “I

was just able to get there, and I just reacted to the best of my capabilities.” The Bulldogs outshot the Raiders 15-11, including a 9-3 advantage in shots on goal. With the win, the Bulldogs gained valuable momentum heading into their next match with non-conference opponent Xavier. The match against the Musketeers (6-4-0) will be played under the lights at the Butler Bowl Thursday at 7 p.m.

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The Butler women’s soccer team huddles up for a pep talk before its Saturday match against Wright State.

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VOLLEYBALL

RotoDawg: Butler’s source for fantasy football

Inexperience adds to struggles

Rookies emerge in week 3 The NFL is so hit or miss, it is hard to consistently and accurately predict who will perform well. My predictions are educated guesses at best. I highly advise you come up with your own predictions, but if you are a sofa king and too lazy to do your own research, go ahead and use my predictions to guide you. Rookie running back Mark Ingram finally found the end zone on Sunday, recording his first touchdown as a pro. This week, Ingram’s New Orleans Saints square off against the Jacksonville Jaguars. I figure Jacksonville will play from behind for most of the game, making Ingram a good bet to get a decent number of carries. Another rookie, Denarius Moore, is turning out to be the real deal. Simply put, the guy is a playmaker. Against a stout New York Jets defense, Moore had four receptions and a scoring run. He is capable of big things for the Oakland Raiders’ offense. Injury alerts for this week once again involve Michael Vick. After suffering a concussion last week, Vick got hit quite a few times against the New York Giants Sunday and suffered a hand injury. Although the injury is just a bruise, this is a situation to monitor going forward, as the Philadelphia Eagles will want to be cautious with their $100 million investment. After recommending Kenny Britt in last week’s column, it appears that

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SARA PRUZIN SPRUZIN@BUTLER.EDU

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he has torn his ACL and is done for the year. That is disheartening, as Britt was posting Pro Bowlcaliber numbers. Frank Gore’s ankle woes seem to be lingering, as he was limited late during the San Francisco 49ers’ game on Sunday. If he goes down, so does his team’s hardly-functioning offense. The highly regarded Pittsburgh Steelers defense has been less than stellar so far this season. Last night, it was susceptible to passes to the tight end. If you own Owen Daniels, start him for next week’s matchup between the Steelers and Daniels’ Houston Texans. The story of Chris Johnson so far this season revolves around how he is not living up to his new contract. This can be attributed to rust or his offensive line not generating any running lanes. This week he gets to face the Cleveland Browns, who are allowing the fourth most rushing yards in the league. Scour the waiver wire for these team additions: Nate Washington, Victor Cruz, Torrey Smith, Montario Hardesty and Kendall Hunter. Contact staff writer Jerren Fair at jfair@butler.edu.

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Freshman libero Brooke Ruffolo (left) dives for the ball during Butler’s 3-0 loss to North Dakota State on Monday.

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Members of the Butler volleyball team celebrate a point scored against North Dakota State on Monday.

Inexperience and a low hitting percentage sent the Butler volleyball team to a 3-0 defeat Monday night against North Dakota State. Butler coach Sharon Clark said it has been a growing year for the young team that includes six freshmen. She said this inexperience added to the Bulldogs’ 20 attack errors in the match. “We have erred ourselves out of games this year,” Clark said, “but we’re looking at getting better in each game.” The Bulldogs (5-10, 1-2) had a slow first two sets and ended the match with a .087 hitting percentage, a far cry from the .288 hitting percentage of the Bison (106). Freshman middle back Stephanie Kranda had a strong first set for Butler. She ended the match with a teamhigh nine kills. “[Kranda] is by far the ultimate utility player,” Clark said. “As she gets better playing at this level, she’ll really be a valuable weapon for us.” The momentum was ultimately not in the Bulldogs’ favor, however, with the Bison taking the first set 25-18. Butler sophomore middle back Claire Randich started off the second set with a kill, followed by a series of long volleys. The two teams traded

points until back-to-back kills by the Bison put them ahead 9-5. The kills began a streak of 11 unanswered points by the Bison that ended when the Bulldogs scored on an error. “Those long rallies are always energizing but also deflating whenever you come out on the short end of it,” Clark said. Junior setter Gina Vera said the team tried to regroup between the second and third sets and focus on moving around the floor more quickly. The third set started off tighter with kills by Kranda and senior middle back Maureen Bamiro. The teams were neck and neck early in the set and tied at 15-15 following a kill by Bamiro. They continued trading points, but the Bison pulled ahead and won the set 25-19. The Bulldogs also fell 3-0 Friday against Milwaukee. The Panthers (11-4, 4-0) recorded a hitting percentage of .317, pushing them past the error-prone Bulldogs in three sets (25-23, 25-15, 25-14). Sophomore outside hitter Maggie Harbison led the Bulldogs with six kills and a .333 hitting percentage. Freshman outside hitter Kelly Kyle had a team-high nine kills and five digs in the loss. Butler will hit the road this weekend, taking on conference opponents Illinois-Chicago Friday and Valparaiso Saturday.

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OVERTIME: Conference

change would help Butler B

utler to the Big East.Pause for a moment. Let that

sink in. The Big East. The conference that rules over all others in college basketball. Until recently, the Big East boasted the likes of Villanova, Syracuse, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Marquette and defending national champion Connecticut. Just last week, Syracuse and Pittsburgh jumped ship for the Atlantic Coast Conference in an effort to “provide long-term conference stability in what is an uncertain, evolving and rapidly

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shifting national landscape,” according to ESPN. Now imagine teams like Georgetown and Marquette visiting Hinkle Fieldhouse instead of teams like Detroit or Youngstown State. There has been some speculation as to which schools, if any, will replace Pittsburgh and Syracuse in

the Big East. The Xavier Musketeers have been talked about, as have our beloved Bulldogs. Neither Butler nor Xavier has a Division I football program. Surprisingly, neither do several Big East schools. Georgetown, Villanova, Seton Hall, DePaul, Marquette, Providence and St. John’s all either don’t play Division I football or don’t have a team at all. All of those schools have good basketball programs, just as Butler and Xavier do. My proposition is this: why not have Butler get together with the likes of Xavier, Villanova, St John’s and

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Xavier is one of several schools being named as a possible replacement for Syracuse and Pittsburgh in the Big East. Butler is also part of that discussion primarily because of the basketball team’s recent success.

others to create a basketball super conference of sorts? You could call it whatever you want, but it would eliminate the problem every analyst and fan outside of the “Butler Bubble” seems to have with the Bulldogs: they play in the Horizon League. That isn’t to say the Horizon League is a bad conference to play in. But come tournament time, the selection committee would give more value to a win over Georgetown than a win over Wright State. It would do nothing but help our Bulldogs in the long run. Sure, it would more or less eliminate the appeal that Butler has as the “underdog” or “Cinderella.” However, there comes a time when a team should not be considered a “Cinderella” every year. The Horizon League has been good to Butler since it joined in 1979, but all good things must come to an end. If there was ever a time for Butler to make a move to a major conference, that time is now. They should take advantage of the success of the past two seasons and turn it into something that will beneﬁt Butler basketball, not just in the next ﬁve years, but for years to come. Contact asst. sports editor Matt Rhinesmith at mrhinesma@butler.edu.

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Junior defensive lineman Jace Tennant (right) drags down Drake senior quarterback Mike Piatkowski during Saturday’s game.

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receiving yards list with 2,308. Butler made the extra point, taking a short-lived 7-6 lead. A Drake touchdown with 6:58 left in the half followed by a successful two-point conversion and another run into the end zone gave Drake a 21-7 halftime advantage. The third quarter was a defensive one for both teams, with a ﬁeld goal by Drake accounting for the quarter’s only points. It would be the last score of the day for Drake’s offense. “[The defense] was up to tempo on game speed,” Voris said. “Everyone was doing their job, being in the right place at the right time.” Butler’s offense made a

late push with a touchdown during the game’s ﬁnal two minutes. Senior quarterback Andrew Huck completed a 27-yard pass to senior wide receiver Jordan Koopman to cut the lead to 24-14. Butler’s defense recovered a fumble moments later, but the ensuing offensive drive ended with Huck being intercepted, preserving Drake’s victory. “We have to move forward and leave this behind us,” Watkins said. In addition to Watkins’ record-setting day, Huck attempted a school record 51 passes during the game, completing 27 of them. Butler will travel to Dayton this Saturday for another Pioneer League matchup.

MEN’S SOCCER

Bulldogs drop league opener ZACH ERVIN

ZERVIN@BUTLER.EDU STAFF WRITER

A dreary skyline provided a ﬁtting backdrop to what turned out to be a lackluster afternoon for the Butler men’s soccer team on Saturday. The Bulldogs (4-3-1, 0-1-0) fell 3-1 to Horizon League foe WisconsinMilwaukee in the conference opener for both teams at the Butler Bowl. The defeat snapped Butler’s 10-match Horizon League regular season winning streak. The Panthers (4-4-0, 1-0-0) wasted little time seizing momentum. Sophomore defenseman James Aschcroft buried a pass into the back of the net off a corner kick in the match’s fourth minute, handing Milwaukee an early 1-0 advantage. The Bulldogs have given up the ﬁrst goal in six out of their eight matches this year. It is a stark contrast to last season’s

squad, which allowed only three goals in its first eight games. Freshman midfielder Zach Steinberger got Butler on the board in the 38th minute when he scored his first collegiate goal on a pass from sophomore forward Adekunle Oluyedun. “Toward the end of the first half we really showed that we could come together and figure out some stuff on the field,” junior defenseman Jared Isenthal said. The 1-1 tie at halftime would be the last bright spot of the match for the Bulldogs. The Panthers opened up the second half like the first, scoring just three minutes in. Senior midfielder Robert Refai was able to put the ball past Butler sophomore goalkeeper Jon Dawson on a play that caught the Bulldogs off guard, allowing the Panthers to grab a 2-1 lead. Milwaukee sealed its victory in the 71st minute when freshman forward

Nick Langford deposited a header into the net. “For them to score that third goal after we were pressing was just frusturating,” Dawson said. The game saw its fair share of physical play. The Panthers committed 17 fouls, including four yellow cards and one red card, while Butler committed eight fouls. Steinberger led the Bulldogs with two shots on goal, and Dawson recorded a career-high five saves in the loss. On Sept. 21, the Bulldogs took down Indiana University-Purdue UniversityFort Wayne 3-1 to pick up their fourth win of the campaign. Oluyedun, junior defenseman Justin Sass and sophomore midfielder Adam Glanzer all contributed goals for Butler. The Mastadons (3-6-1) received a goal from senior midfielder Colin Helmrich. Butler’s next match will pit the Bulldogs against Loyola on Saturday.

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Butler freshman midﬁelder Zach Steinberger (left) evades WisconsinMilwaukee freshman midﬁelder Laurie Bell during Saturday’s match.

DANCE LIKE A MAD MAN Jimmy Fallon plans to move his show to Indy for the Super Bowl, broadcasting live from the Hilbert Circle Theatre Feb. 1-3. But what’s a trip to Indy without visiting Butler? It’s not. Join the ﬂash mob on the Butler Bowl tonight at 8:30 p.m. to do the “Bulldog Bernie.” Be sure to wear your Butler blue or gray! Want more info? Visit the Facebook page, “Fallon Flash Mob.”

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Stop and smell the ﬂowers There’s a new addition to Butler’s gardens. The Thomas E. Willey Memorial Rock Garden, added in memoriam for a former history professor, is just behind the bell tower that you hear ringing as you head off to your 9 a.m. class. With this new addition, we wanted to explore just what is hiding behind Robertson Hall and the majestic Holcomb Observatory. It is,

after all, the product of J. I. Holcomb, who set out in 1949 to make Butler a campus shining. He knew that Butler would not be the oldest, richest or biggest college, but, as he said in a Nov. 1953 Butler Collegian article, “...with Butler having so much natural beauty with the canal river, trees, ravines and large expanses of level ground, it can have the most beautiful campus.” -By Caitlin O’Rourke

PHILOSOPHER’S BENCH

POET’S CORNER

If English is the subject causing you the most pain, visit the greats at the poet’s corner instead. Shakespeare starts the walk off, leading to Lord Alfred Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Matthew Arnold and then William Cullen Bryant, surrounding a tall sassafras tree.

PERSEPHONE

If you have an ethics class getting you down, stroll over to the philosopher’s bench and receive wisdom from the wise ones such as Socrates, Gandhi, Jesus, Thomas Jefferson and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Socrates gets the place of honor, with his face and quote placed on the back wall: “Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy...cities will never have rest from their evils.”

MEMORIALS

Located right in the heart of the landscape, Persephone stares out at the gardens. Built in Paris in 1840 by Armand Toussant, she was a gift from Holcomb in 1950. Persephone was the mythological daughter of Zeus and Demeter and the spouse of Hades. She comes back from the underworld every spring and makes the earth bloom, which makes her a perfect guardian for the gardens.

GARDEN HOUSE

It started with a simple question: where are the restrooms? From there, Holcomb and his building partner Arthur “Art” F. Lindberg started the Garden House, which began as a gardenhouse, tool shed and meeting area, but is now currently used for Butler’s ﬁne arts classes. Walking around, you’ll see plenty of memorials to lost relatives. A bench dedicated to Cinni Burris Hankus reads, “Rinky Dinky Do, I Love You,” and the gazebo was the gift of the class of 1995.

CARILLON

The bell tower stands as the highest point on campus at 130 feet. It was a memorial from Holcomb to his wife. He started construction on it one year after she died. The bells produce 366 different individual tones and tonal blends. Fun fact: there are 63 steps that lead up to the tower.

ROCK GARDEN

It’s the newest addition to the already prospering gardens. An anonymous gift was recently given to honor former history professor Thomas Willey. The garden is located behind the Observatory, surrounding the small waterfall and pond close to the lake. The garden has native plants and close to 80,000 pounds of stone.

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Coffeehouse seeks to bring unknown bands to campus ANNE CARPENTER

2011 Fall Coffeehouse Line-Up

ACCARPEN@BUTLER.EDU ASSISTANT A&E EDITOR

With the school year well under way, it is perfectly natural to be thinking about healthy diversions from all that studying. Strapped for ideas? Student Government Association’s Program Board has just the solution: the Coffeehouse series. This monthly, on-campus concert series is free to students. Free food. Free swag. Katie Carlson, co-chair of Coffeehouse and a junior public relations and advertising major, said that the series wants to bring bands to campus so that students have a break from everyday Butler University life. This reprieve gives students a chance to experience bands that will broaden students’ musical horizons and give bands a little recognition before they hit it big she said. “We strive to bring in acts that are ‘up and coming’ so in a year or two our students can say, ‘I saw them when,’” Carlson said. Indeed, some bands have grown from their humble beginnings at the Coffeehouse and gone on to sign labels all over the country, and one of those bands is coming back. Walk the Moon, who recently signed a record deal with RCA/Sony, will be making an encore performance in the Reilly Room Dec. 2, and Nicholas Petricca, lead singer of the band, said their history at Butler makes them happy to come back. “One of the ﬁrst times we felt like we were really building something away from home was playing for those Butler kids in Indianapolis,” Petricca said. “They’ve always been good to us.” Elissa Chapin, co-chair of Coffeehouse

MOD SUN: Oct. 6 @ 7 p.m. w/Pat Brown (Sing it Loud) and B Rolla in Starbucks THE PASS: Oct. 28 in Starbucks COMPANY OF THIEVES w/ special guests, THE YOUNG HEIRLOOMS: Nov. 3 @7 p.m. in Starbucks

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Walk the Moon performed in Starbucks as part of the Coffeehouse series two years ago. This year, Coffeehouse brings them back for a repeat performance in the Reilly Room. and a sophomore recording industry studies major, said students get Coffeehouse confused with Concerts Committee. In reality, she said the two are opposites of each other. The job of Concerts Committee is to bring in big names. The job of Coffeehouse is to give a voice to smaller bands. The smaller Coffeehouse groups features artists who may not have big names yet. “It’s about providing alternative artists to counterbalance what is being played on the radio,” Carlson said.

Typically held in Starbucks, Coffeehouse tries to bring in at least one event per month, Carlson said. The size of the venue creates an intimate atmosphere for the bands to have an opportunity to connect with the audience and even chat with them afterwards. “These shows are always special to us because it feels like we are sitting in a living room with a bunch of friends singing songs together,” said Marc Walloch, lead guitarist for Company of Thieves, a band coming in November.

WALK THE MOON w/special guests, hotfox: Dec. 2 in the Reilly Room Take a break from studying, grab some friends and come to Starbucks for a free concert. Starting Oct. 6, Coffeehouse will be hosting a monthly series of concerts featuring music from all genres and styles. Come and get cozy with a cup of coffee and some great tunes.

Butler concert replays Chinese history PETE WELDY PWELDY@BUTLER.EDU

STAFF WRITER

Mao Zedong is known for many things, but an appreciation for nonproletarian art is not one of them. “There is, in fact, no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above all classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics,” he said in 1964. On Oct. 2, at least 100 Chinese-Americans will disagree with Chairman Mao as part of a musical event. “Ask the Sky and the Earth: A Cantata for the Sent-Down Youth” will have its Midwest premiere Sunday at Clowes Memorial Hall. The concert will feature the Butler Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Robert

Grechesky. “Very little art came out under Mao’s regime,” Grechesky said. “China’s cultural revolution changed multiple generations of Chinese. It’s kind of like what Vietnam did to us. It changed their generation like the ‘60s changed mine.” In 1966 as a part of China’s cultural revolution, Mao made a call to more than 20 million Chinese youth to move from their homes in an effort to modernize China. The brutal event is the subject of Sunday’s performance. The cantata is an eightmovement work by composer and businessman Dong Ling-Huo. The piece originally premiered at Yale University and was performed later at Carnegie Hall. Butler’s global

and historical studies department is ﬂying Wei Su, the work’s librettist,in from Yale to speak before the concert. Grechesky said he also hopes that the mayor of Indianapolis will be in attendance. “It’s a terriﬁc crosscultural event,” Grechesky said. Four Chinese choirs will join the Wind Ensemble on the Clowes stage. The choristers are coming from across the country to participate, an expense borne by each individual singer—none of whom are professionals. The Butler Wind Ensemble will be just the third ensemble to perform the work. Grechesky said a Chinese woman wanted us to perform it so much that she marched in and dropped

past concert programs on my desk. “You can just hear the passion in the music,” Grechesky said. “It’s Western music with Chinese emotion. The arts can really bring cultures together.” Brianna Nielson, a junior string bass performance major, visited China this summer. “I actually really like the piece,” she said. “I see a strong correlation between the music and the Chinese landscape. One movement really reminds me of mountains and water, but I guess I have to identify it with my own experiences in China. It’s a really beautiful place.” The concert begins at 3 p.m. with Wu Sei’s preconcert talk beginning at 2 p.m.

Nobel Prize nominee to address peace activism KEVIN VOGEL KVOGEL@BUTLER.EDU

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As the war in Afghanistan nears the 10 year mark, America is on the minds of many and its role in a peaceful future. Cindy Sheehan, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and national Sheehan director of Peace of the Action, will be speaking at Butler University in early October on the topic of “The War Economy and You.” “Sheehan’s tireless work as an antiwar peace activist is typical of the coming to critical consciousness of generations of women, and some men, in that they are radicalized around the tragedy of war,” Vivian Deno, director of the gender, women’s, and sexuality studies program, said. The GWSS program is sponsoring Sheehan’s visit. Sheehan was indeed radicalized by war. After her son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004, she became an outspoken

critic of the wars and the current establishment of the United States, which she calls a “military/corporate empire” on Peace of the Action’s website. “It takes a lot of time, energy, resources, propaganda, money and human personnel to wage wars,” Sheehan wrote to The Butler Collegian in an email. “The effort is a tremendous waste of these resources. On a practical level, these wars are draining our economy and draining our resources.” As a private, mid-sized, Midwestern university, Butler appears to some as untouched by the violence against which Sheehan ﬁghts. However, some students, faculty and staff said they are very much affected by the nation’s foreign policy. “I deﬁnitely think that we forget about the seriousness of the war, probably because we’re very isolated here at Butler,” Megan Wood, a sophomore music education major, said. Wood’s high school classmate from Spencer, Ind. died in Afghanistan in mid-September. He was 19. “To be honest, I had a lot of trouble understanding that he was really gone

for a long time,” she said. “That fact didn’t actually sink in completely until his body was ﬁnally home and I actually saw his casket. During the past two weeks, I’ve thought more about the war than I have in years.” Sheehan also said that college education in the United States is expensive because of the government’s mismanagement of resources—a fact that she said she believes is causing many otherwise paciﬁst young women and men like her son to enlist. Deno said she hopes that Sheehan’s experience and ideas will foster a “meaningful dialogue about the nature of war, our responsibility as citizens of the nation and the world for the wars we have waged and a frank discussion and evaluation of the costs to our nation and others for these wars.” Sheehan’s rhetoric leans toward the incendiary, but she said she still believes world peace is possible. “Yes, of course world peace is practically attainable,” she said “because the people of the world want peace.” Sheehan will speak at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Room at Robertson Hall on Oct. 6.

Photo by Rachel Anderson

Members of the Butler Wind Ensemble gather to practice for Sunday’s musical performance, which depicts a brutal era in Chinese history.

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OUR POINT THIS WEEK: SGA assembly needs a clearer policy on budget allocations and more involved representatives. | VOTE: 26-0-4

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Reps, think twice about SGA budget

eekly Student G o v e r n m e n t Association assembly meetings regarding the budget have become exasperating for guests and representatives alike. The lack of a procedure for how SGA will allocate funds during the budget approval process has resulted in convoluted decisionmaking and an seemingly unfair process for distributing money. Representatives need to take more notice. During the Sept. 14 meeting, it was suggested that the Volunteer Center should receive a $4,000 increase in its budget to expand services. However, some representatives in the meeting requested that the Volunteer Center present a detailed list of how that money would be spent before they would offer an increase. But when other organizations requested money at the Sept. 21 meeting, the requests were voted through without discussion. We at The Butler Collegian are alarmed by the lack of engagement being displayed by student body representatives at these meetings and the lack of a concrete policy for budget allocation for departments and boards. Representatives from student organizations seem to have forgotten that they are representing more than their respective student

Students and representatives need to take the SGA budget process seriously and ask questions about where our money is going. organizations; they are representing the student body as a whole. These meetings should have roughly 150 students expressing the opinions of the 3,953 students who aren’t in attendance. Unfortunately, it has transformed into 150 restless students recklessly voting budgets through because they are eager to leave. It’s time for all representatives to start taking their positions more seriously and for students to start making an effort to communicate with these representatives about what they do and do not want from their campus government. Additionally, there needs to be a plan for how money is given to each item in the budget after the initial budget is solidiﬁed. It is unfair that some

organizations have to prove that they will put their money to good use when the assembly grants them an increase, while other organizations receive unanimous approval to spend extra money as they like without concrete plans. Even though these assembly meetings are used as a ﬁnal approval step for the budget, which is formed during the summer, students and representatives still need to take this process seriously and ask questions about where our money is going. This precedent, if created, will inspire representatives to be more involved in assembly so they can get the money they need to put on programming throughout the school year. Since students’ activity fees are involved in the process, students—whether guests or representatives—need to express greater concern and interest in the budget that SGA puts forth. Students should care where their money is going so that SGA will take more serious steps to create a clearer policy for allocating money within its budget at meetings. It is imperative that the student body actually interacts with SGA—and occasionally criticizes it. After all, that level of engagement is what will further the university as a whole.

rwin Library patrons apparently are chewing on more than just their pencil erasers while they’re studying these days. The library staff on Sunday night put up around 10 “No Chewing Tobacco” signs to try to deter patrons from dipping and then leaving it in the facility’s study rooms. Library patrons who decide to pack their lips with chewing tobacco should do this repulsive activity on their own time and especially not in an indoor facility that thousands of Butler community members ﬁlter in and out of on a daily basis. The reality that the library staff even needed to put up these signs in an indoor community designed to foster a productive learning environment sends grit-sized ﬁberglass shards of disgust through my gums. Actually, that might just be remnants from the spilled chewing tobacco that facilities staff members had to clean up. Forget about the health risks of chewing tobacco (there are numerous). I’m genuinely concerned that a library patron would be so disrespectful that they would leave it to Butler faculty, staff and students to clean up the mess from their leftover dip. Brad Matthies, librarian and head of access services, said his staff put the signs up to try to stop the behavior once and for all, despite the joke he’s heard in his discipline that the majority of people don’t read signs. “I just want the behavior to stop so that the environment is conducive to study, not disgust,” Matthies said. The library shouldn’t need to—and isn’t going to—spend valuable resources, manpower or time having someone walk around and babysit the adults who patronize it. “We certainly can’t turn the library into a prison,” Matties said. “We can’t post armed guards.” University buildings, especially those designed by world-famous architect Minoru Yamasaki, shouldn’t be treated like they are trash receptacles. Staff members who already have the thankless job of cleaning up after us shouldn’t have the misfortune of having to deal with something so unappetizing. I’m sure cleaning up spilled chewing tobacco is right on top of our library staff’s priority list, especially considering Matthies said they’re down a night employee. Yes, it’s probably penciled in right between the citation and interlibrary loan help they just gave you to help you succeed on that last big research paper.

Assault prevention a campus problem

n campus this week, students may catch a glimpse of a large poster board covered in blue thumbprints. Blue is the traditional ribbon color for Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Students who place their thumbprint on the board make a pledge to their fellow students and to themselves to take the initiative in preventing and reporting sexual assaults. I placed my thumbprint on the board, and whether or not students have an opportunity to do so, every Bulldog should make that pledge. Student safety is every student’s responsibility. Butler University students should be especially aware of the problem following the report of a sexual assault at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. Butler University Police Department issued a warning for all students regarding their safety.

JIM HANNA

While the warning is necessary and helpful for students, the pledge makes the issue personal. It represents a commitment by the entire student community, faculty and staff to protect each other and prevent sexual assault. Underreporting is tragically common for crimes of this nature, which is precisely why Sexual Assault Awareness Week is so important. According to Andrew Ryan, assistant chief of police at BUPD, sexual assault is underreported.

It is imperative for students to watch out for each other, encourage victims to report the crimes committed against them and to call out inappropriate actions when they see them. Sexual assault devastates its victims, and the community at large suffers as well. Victims of sexual assault may feel alone, but Butler offers services to reach out and help. Sarah Barnes, coordinator for health education and outreach programs, identiﬁed several resources available to students, including the victim advocate program and 24-hour victim advocate phone line, which provides support to victims of sexual assault or other types of violence. “We want students to take ownership of their safety and that of the community,” Barnes said. She added that sexual assault incidents don’t happen in a bubble,

and students need to be vigilant about contacting BUPD to keep campus safe. That’s what the pledge is all about. “One time is too many,” said Butler Police Sergeant Anthony Rivera. He encouraged victims to come forward and seek help, and he encouraged all students to get educated about preventing sexual assaults. Although sexual assault victimizes individuals, the entire community must ﬁght the problem. So please take advantage of the vast array of services Butler has to offer. Whenever necessary, step up and take action for the health and safety of fellow students, the university and the Butler community. Contact asst. opinion editor Jim Hanna at jhanna@butler.edu.

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Drinking games Two takes on alcohol consumption on Butler’s campus Photo illustration by Rachel Anderson

Campus drinking scare has no substance

JEREMY ALGATE

n the ﬁrst two weeks of September alone, BUPD recorded 10 counts of possession of alcohol by minors on campus. In the same period last year, there were only six “liquor law violations,” total. BUPD’s website does not specify how many of those related to underage possession. It might make one think that the drinking epidemic in this country is going to wipe out this new generation before graduation. But these numbers are less alarming than they seem. Approximately 5,000 Americans under the age of 21 die from alcoholrelated incidents each year, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. This is a tragedy. Every life is sacred, and when even one person dies, society should do its level best to see if changes can be made to prevent future loss. However, the chances of a teen dying from an alcoholrelated accident were about nine in 100,000, and those numbers were trending downward, according to a 2005 study from George Mason University. For college students, that number is lower; not every underage student drinks. In 2009, approximately 20.4 million Americans were enrolled in college, and 64.1% of those students who were underage reported using alcohol in the past month, according to the National Center for Education Statistics and the New York State Ofﬁce of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services.

College students drinking underage is not new, nor uncommon, nor particularly dangerous overall.

That percentage is actually down from the 1980s. In other words, underage drinking in college students is not new, nor uncommon, nor particularly dangerous overall. “It’s kind of an expected part of college. Parents know it happens,” Seth Delofsky, sophomore, said. Delofsky also said he does not drink. Some organizations choose to take that culture into account when they promote changes to alcohol policy. The Amethyst Initiative, for example, is a group of college and university presidents and chancellors who advocate lowering the drinking age to 18 on college campuses. Former Butler President Bobby Fong is one of the major signatories. Current president Jim Danko has not made a public statement on the issue. The Amethyst Initiative claims that the drinking age has developed a culture of “dangerous and clandestine ‘binge-drinking’—often conducted off-campus.” The Initiative cites the hypocrisy of a society where “adults under 21 are deemed capable of voting, signing contracts, serving on juries and enlisting in the military, but…are told they are not mature enough to have a

beer.” The point that is so often ignored is that a 21-year-old is just as capable of binge drinking as an 18-year-old. If you think that’s not true, go to Broad Ripple this Friday and watch the completely legal adults stagger down the street. Underage drinkers are more likely to binge drink, according to many studies. But experts disagree about why that is. Many claim that the inﬂexible ban on alcohol, paired with the proximity of young students and drinking, only increases their desire for alcohol. I can’t ﬁnd a reasonable way to disagree. There’s nothing wrong with Good Clean Fun and programs like it that encourage students to be social without drinking. At the same time, there is nothing wrong with responsible adults consuming alcohol as part of an event. Whether those adults are 40, 21 or 18 is irrelevant. What should matter is responsibility. If a freshman drinks until he or she gets sick every day of the week, he or she is acting irresponsibly. But the same could be said for a 21-year-old student or any other member of society. Partying to the point of illness is dumb, regardless of age, occupation or college enrollment. Some people think that means that alcohol should be more strictly controlled. But I’m pretty sure that didn’t work out so hot last time. Contact asst. opinion editor Jeremy Algate at jalgate@butler.edu

Take a shot at a non-alcoholic weekend

ALEXA SMITH

“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” This “Animal House” quote comes to mind when thinking of college binge drinking: an all-too-common occurrence on Butler University’s campus. According to the Ofﬁce for Substance Abuse and Prevention, college students spend $5.5 billion annually on alcohol, mostly beer. This is more than they spend on books, soda, coffee, juice and milk combined. The practice of binge drinking is dangerous because college students who engage in this weekly ritual glorify it. I always hear the excuse that students at Butler drink because there is nothing else to do during weekends. This is where Good Clean Fun comes in. The organization promotes late-night programming that is “always legal, safe, cheap and hangover free,” according to its Facebook page. Good Clean Fun also announces events on or close to Butler’s campus daily to give students plenty of options that don’t involve alcohol. For example, they recently made an announcement about the Fallon ﬂash mob on the Butler Bowl, occurring this Wednesday evening at 8:30 p.m., homecoming kick-off and the Health and

Save your money, save your time and save yourself the embarrassment. I promise it’s possible to have fun on campus. Recreation Complex’s high ropes course. There’s no excuse not to join them in some nondrinking activities. I was one of those people who just didn’t see the point in spending all my hardearned money on alcohol every weekend. And clearly, I’m not alone. According to data from a 2008 CORE Survey at Butler, “58 percent of Butler students reported that they did not have more than ﬁve drinks in one sitting in a two week period.” However, 42 percent is still too high a percentage of students drinking excessively at Butler. Not only is alcohol expensive (and it is, even if you buy the cheap stuff, because you buy too much of it) but it rarely has positive outcomes. After a night of binge drinking you get to look forward to a sure hangover, likely vomiting, killer headache, lost, stolen or broken objects, embarrassing photos or text messages and an empty wallet.

Sounds like a great weekend to me. Save your money, save your time and save yourself the embarrassment. I promise it’s possible to have fun on campus and still remember it the next day. The social aspect of college seems pointless if one can’t have the coherent fun that comes with it. Believe it or not, but college is the time when you expand your circle of friends and really open yourself up to life around you. However, if you are constantly too sloppy-drunk to take advantage of the opportunities presented within those four years, college will appear as nothing more than a tilted, glassyeyed glimpse of a keg stand. Instead of spending your weekends drinking to the point of memory loss, do something constructive, like visiting the Indianapolis Museum of Art, catching up with old friends, working out, or my personal favorite: sleeping in. Take it from me; it’s very possible to be loud and belligerent in public without losing control. So instead of downing shots all weekend and risking your health, trade in the tequila for some soda and spend your weekend having some actual good, clean fun. Contact opinion editor Alexa Smith at lhsmith@butler..edu

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Paw Prints By: Reid Bruner

“I have to say my kitchen since I can control what goes into my meal.” Kate Siegfried Sophomore

Which on-campus cafeteria do you think offers the healthiest options? “C-Club, deﬁnitely, since they limit how much you eat. So, you don’t over-eat.” Conner Horak Freshman

“Resco does the best job because the options there are far healthier than in the other cafeterias.” Michelle Landfair Sophomore

“Resco is the best choice because there’s more variety in both food and choices there.” Tim Miller Sophomore

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HOMECOMING 2011: I LOVE THE 90s

Hundreds of students gathered at the Atherton Union steps Tuesday to learn about the theme of this year’s Homecoming celebration. I love the 90s was announced as the theme. Special attention will be paid to 90s television shows. Each team gets to choose their own.

LEFT: Kevin Wolf and Kelly Kyrouac play steal the bacon after house pairings are announced. TOP RIGHT: Lauren Wilderson, chair of special events committee announces the theme of Homecoming 2011. RIGHT: Sam Rogers enjoys a free Pixy Stix before the theme and teams are announced. BOTTOM LEFT: Students on special events committee prepare for Homecoming Kickoff on the Atherton steps. BY RACHEL ANDERSON