Stories BySarvary Koller ’15

More than 70 rambunctious Girl Scouts poured into the cramped basement of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Plainfield on Friday evening to discuss a topic important to the health of young Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, and Seniors—prevention of prescription drug abuse. Kailey Meadows ’16 teaches some Girl Scouts about prescription drugs.   The kindergarten to […]

By day – and for the last 30-plus years – Duane Leatherman has taught math at Butler. By night – and for the next couple of weeks – he’ll don a shoulder-length wig, spectacles, and colonial garb to play Benjamin Franklin in the Belfry Theatre’s adaptation of 1776, The Musical. “It’s amazing because he definitely […]

Matthew Budi ’15 wants people to know the truth about vaccines, and he is conducting his senior thesis project through the Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to educate Indianapolis residents and contribute to research on vaccination. Budi, a sixth-year Pharmacy student in the Butler Honors program, released an informational video and an […]

Lisa Fischer ’19 grew up on a pumpkin farm in La Porte, Indiana, and neither of her parents went to college. But she said education always came first in her family. She was encouraged to reach for higher education and chose Butler as the university to mold her mind for the next six years. Now […]

Frank Felice describes his new orchestral composition, “Time and Motion,” as the whirling, swirling, and settling of colorful sediment in a glass of water. “It’s as if someone swirls the glass—it becomes more opaque, more zesty in its harmony, and then the piece settles down,” he said. “But it never returns to being completely transparent […]

As students trickle into room 238 at Shortridge Magnet High School, stagnant silence grows to a dull roar of laughter and chatter. Butler University students and Shortridge students catch up over peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, then get to the task at hand: creative writing. Today, they will be crafting their own parodies. One student […]

Students and members of the Butler community have gathered across campus this fall to answer a question: What would you say to a survivor of sexual violence? “I admire your strength,” one said. “It’s not your fault,” added another. “Speak up,” said a third. “We’re here to listen.” Noelle Rich ’16 started the Stand Tall […]

  Mark Pearson ’16 took the elevator ride most aspiring sports journalists dream of—to the press box at Lucas Oil Stadium to cover Monday Night Football. Pearson sat above the crowds Monday, September 15, alongside seasoned sports reporters to cover the Indianapolis Colts vs. Philadelphia Eagles game for BU:30, a Butler University student-run sports media […]

By Sarvary Koller ’15 Senior Engineering major Alyssa Setnar rode her bike to the CUE farm stand on Thursday to pick up some fresh fruit. “It’s a two-minute bike ride from my house, closer than any grocery store,” Setnar said. “It’s actually less expensive than the produce at the store, and I know where and […]

By Sarvary Koller ’15 Marianne Richardson ’14’s fascination with Latin America began at 12 when she visited Monterrey, Mexico, with her father, a doctor who makes service trips to that region. At 15, she spent time interacting with the indigenous people of Guatemala and found herself mesmerized by the Mayan language Quechua. “These people have […]

By Sarvary Koller The temperature hovered around 90 degrees as freshmen Sidney Parrish and Julia Thomas pruned trees at Indianapolis’ Holliday Park. Parrish and Thomas volunteered at the park as a part of Bulldogs Into the Streets (BITS), an annual freshman orientation public-service program organized by Butler University’s Volunteer Center. Gardening and cleaning up Holliday […]