Some Butler University students may soon have different core curriculum requirements than the rest of the student body.

A proposal that would give Butler’s colleges the power to exempt students who entered Butler before the end of the 2011-12 school year from completing the Speaking Across the Curriculum requirement passed Faculty Senate’s curriculum committee. It will be brought to a vote at the meeting on Nov. 27.

The motion was created because there may not be enough speaking courses offered in all colleges to allow students to meet the requirement before the May 2014 graduation date,

said Bob Dale, curriculum committee chair, in an email.

“I hope that, by the summer, there will be enough new courses to meet the need,” Dale said. “If so, there will be no need to suspend (or waive) the requirement for anyone.”

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Freshmen may be excluded from committee

Student Government Association’s Election Oversight Committee proposed a resolution to permanently allow only members in at least their sophomore years onto the committee, going against last year’s temporary suspension of the rule to allow freshmen.

This decision comes after a review in SGA, and the assembly will vote today on whether to make the rule a permanent change.

“Last year the EOC got into some trouble when they didn’t really look at the constitution very closely when forming the committee,” SGA President Mike Keller said.

“They added freshmen when the constitution specifi cally said that they can’t be.”

Sophomore James Schubert, who served as chairman on last year’s EOC as a freshman, said he thinks

this was the wrong decision to make.

“I think they are going to struggle to get participation now,” Schubert said. “Freshmen tend to be the least busy, and they have the best opportunity to get involved.”

Keller said the process would benefi t from members of the EOC having a year of experience before being on the committee because collegiate elections are different from high school.

“I think it’s defi nitely a good permanent change,” Keller said. “It is for the best for the committee to have older students taking on a serious role.”

Schubert was planning on being a part of the committee this year but said his plans have changed.

“I will be withdrawing my name because of that decision,” Schubert said.

PuLSE Offi ce Director Caroline Huck-Watson assists the EOC in

the decision process and said she believes that this resolution is good for the school year.

“Based on what our participation looks like I can say that this year, having older students is fi ne,” Huck-Watson said. “But I can see another one-year suspension just in case we need to add more students.”

She also said she doesn’t believe this resolution to be a result of poor performance from previous years.

“I can see why SGA thought this resolution would be a good thing by having experienced students,” Huck-Watson said, “but I personally could see EOC being a good way for freshmen to get involved.”

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Traffi c concerns are at the top of the list for some Butler-Tarkington residents when it comes to the construction of a possible parking facility.

Butler University offi cials presented a proposal for the facility to the neighborhood association on Monday evening.

Ben Hunter, chief of staff, and Rich Michal, executive director of facilities, introduced the preliminary design to a room of about 20 board members and residents.

Local residents expressed concerns with the plan, which ranged from environmental issues to traffi c fl ow.

One Butler-Tarkington resident said her concern is the traffi c fl ow during construction and Hinkle events.

“I do agree that the parking structure is overdue,” she said, “but my immediate concern is the traffi c fl ow on Sunset Avenue and whether or not it will pour into the side streets where I live.”

Hunter explained how priorities have changed for the university’s parking concerns.

“The original plan for a parking structure was very long term,” Hunter said, “and we want to make it a short-term plan.”

The planned parking structure could be located behind the Schrott Center on the current Clowes Hall parking lot.

Sunset Avenue would remain open because that road is much too populated to ever consider being closed, Michal said.

“The only way that would ever be closed would be temporarily for street-scape construction and creating a boulevard feel with green space in between traffi c fl ow,” Michal said.

Both Hunter and Michal also said the plan has not yet been approved, but they hope the Board of Trustees will do so in the next few months.

The facility could add 1,000 parking spots, about 300 beds and potential retail space.

Jeremy Stewart, neighborhood association president, previously told The Collegian that his main concern was street parking near campus.

“The important thing is mostly getting concentrated parking,” he said. “If students have a spot they can park, it’s going to help neighbors keep people out of their yards.”

“Best-case scenario, the garage will be a 12-month build time,” Michal said.

If all goes as planned, the structure could be fi nished by August 2014.

Neighbors provide input

JEFF STANICHJSTANICH@BUTLER.EDUASST. NEWS EDITOR

PARKING GARAGE

Whitnie Goins (left), a tutor at

the Speakers Lab, evaluates

Alicia Helfrich as she prepares a

speech for one of her courses. The Speaking Across

the Curriculum requirement will be

the subject of a vote in Faculty Senate

after Thanksgiving.

Photo byHeather Iwinski

SPEAKING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

evaluating the

CORE

Photo by Heather IwinskiAlicia Helfrich takes advantage of the Speakers Lab with the help of Whitnie Goins.

Requirements could changeRYAN LOVELACERLOVELAC@BUTLER.EDUASST. NEWS EDITOR I hope that, by the

summer, there will be enough new courses to meet the need.BOB DALECURRICULUM COMMITTEE CHAIR

see curriculum page 3

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Students stress over scheduling

Students continue to register and plan for classes this week as they deal with capacity issues and time confl icts.

“I think registering for classes is as stressful as fi nals week,” sophomore Andrea Baker said.

Baker said she experienced stress planning for science classes that are applicable to her pharmacy major.

“My concern was getting into the organic chemistry class that I wanted,” Baker said. “They originally start out with less spots in o-chem classes than there are people who need to take the classes.”

Baker said there’s an allotted number of spots for each professor. Then, once those spots all fi ll, the

see registration page 4

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Photo by Tara McElmurryFreshmen members of SGA may not have the opportunity to join the Election Oversight Committee this year.

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Butler Univeristy Police Department and other campus groups will review the recent lockdown on campus.

So far, assessment of the situation has been positive.

“I think, all in all, it went well, but there’s room for improvement,” Assistant Police Chief Andy Ryan said.

Ryan said he recieved positive feedback from students and parents about how the lockdown was handled, especially regarding BUPD’s communication with the campus.

Campus was locked down Sunday, Nov. 4, after a robbery at a nearby CVS turned into a police chase on the campus.

Ben Hunter, executive director of public safety, said a debriefi ng is being planned with representatives from groups all over campus to review how the lockdown process went from all ends.

“It’s one thing to say, ‘Yeah it went fi ne from our perspective,’” he said. “That doesn’t mean it went well from other folks’ perspectives.”

Overall, Hunter said he thought the lockdown went well.

“From my standpoint, when no one gets hurt and we’re able to send a message out and we’re able to protect the campus, life and property, it’s a good day,” Hunter said.

Hunter said this doesn’t mean the campus won’t be

looking at external and internal processes and how they can improve.

Ryan said deciding when the university should go into lockdown is done on a case-by-case basis.

The dispatcher made the decision in this case, he said. There’s a button in the dispatch center, and, once pressed, the card readers all over campus go into lockdown mode.

The campus was not in a total lockdown at fi rst, Ryan said. BUPD offi cers had to manually lock some doors that do not have card-reader access at Gallahue Hall, Robertson Hall, Fairbanks Center and Jordan Hall.

“We could really use some more funding for more card readers,” Ryan said.

Once a lockdown is called, BUPD handles the situation at hand. In this case, offi cers helped the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department catch one robber.

When the robber was secured, BUPD offi cers went through each building on campus to search for his accomplice.

During the lockdown, students are expected to listen to BUPD’s communication and stay off campus, but that is not what Assistant Police Chief Bill Weber found.

“When I was out walking, I still saw students out and about,” Weber said. “Just because we lock down a building, we cannot force you to stay in.”

Weber said students might not have listened to BUPD’s warnings because they did not

get the message or because students did not feel it applied to them.

Ryan said most students did cooperate, but he said he thinks they might have not taken it seriously at fi rst.

“People have to make informed decisions, and that’s why we’re trying to give them the information as quickly as we could,” he said. “I wish they would trust our judgment as the university police department to recognize the seriousness of the situation.”

Students walking around campus when they should be indoors could also cause confusion with the investigation and search for potential danger, Ryan said.

“IMPD had K-9s with them to help with the search,” Ryan said. “Dogs don’t care who they bite.”

During emergency situations, BUPD only has one dispatcher to fi eld all calls.

Weber said it’s important for students to subscribe to DawgAlert for their email or phone because that is the best way to fi nd out what to do in an emergency situation.

Each department on campus is supposed to have an emergency response plan, Ryan said.

This case was Butler’s fi rst lockdown. Ryan said the only other time the campus has come close to being on lockdown is when Offi cer James Davis was shot in 2004.

The planned debriefi ng will take place after Thanksgiving Break.

TARA MCELMURRYTMCELMUR@BUTLER.EDUNEWS EDITOR

Search continues for HR director

The search for Butler University’s new executive director of human resources is drawing to a close.

Search Committee Chair Bill O’Donnell said he is very confi dent the new director of HR will be named before the end of the semester.

“It’s very visible that all the candidates we are considering bring great experience and different perspectives to this role,” O’Donnell said. “They have all proven themselves to be very skilled communicators and any of them would be very successful in the position.”

The position has been vacant most of the semester after Jonathan Small stepped down.

The specifi c duties of this job include the recruiting, hiring, training and development of Butler employees; the arrangements of pay packages and benefi ts; and oversight of Title IX requirements and legal work.

The director of HR works under Bruce Arick, vice president of fi nance and administration.

Arick said he hopes to see the position fi lled by a strong leader with good social interaction skills and a vast knowledge of policies and procedures.

“This person will be very relational on campus,” Arick said. “HR touches all employees, so I want there to be a high comfort level between them and the staff and faculty.”

O’Donnell said the best way to describe the role of the director of HR is “the chief people offi cer.”

The person fulfi lling this role will serve as a direct line between President Jim Danko and staff and faculty, O’Donnell said.

O’Donnell said changes described in the Strategic Plan make the

position especially important.“We need someone to be able to

sit down with President Danko and explain how faculty and staff will react to these changes,” O’Donnell said. “When it comes to change, the absolute worst thing you can do is just drop it on people.”

Arick said students will also benefi t from the fi lled position.

“This person will be physically visible to students’. However, there will also be a sort of ripple effect that will affect them specifi cally,” Arick said. “With a strong, well-trained and well-developed staff, students will be able to have a better experience on campus as well.”

Arick said he wants to have the chosen candidate in offi ce as soon as possible.

“I would love to have the chosen candidate in the job by the end of the calendar year,” Arick said. “I think it’s safe to say that, at the least, we’ll start out second semester with a new director of HR.”

O’Donnell and the search committee plan, on conducting their fi nal interviews soon.

MARAIS JACON-DUFFYMJACONDU@BUTLER.EDUSTAFF REPORTER With a strong, well-

trained and well-developed staff, students will be able to have a better experience on campus as well.

BRUCE ARICKVICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE

AND ADMINISTRATION

Dale said the course defi ciency is most prevalent in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Unlike other colleges that may offer one speaking course for the majority of their students, LAS dean Jay Howard said his college would need to offer 15 to 30 different courses for the approximately 30 different majors in the college.

“Are we going to tell hundreds of students, ‘Well you can’t graduate because you didn’t take this course, and the reason you didn’t take this course is because we didn’t offer it?’” Howard said. “That would not go over well.”

Janis Crawford, the Speaking Across the Curriculum coordinator, said she expects the senate will approve the proposal because the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences needs it to be approved in order for its students to graduate.

“There’s just not enough courses,” Crawford said. “My hope is that we can get more courses so that we won’t have to do this again.”

The curriculum requirement

must be satisfi ed by an upper-level course that requires students to give three presentations, one of which must be revised and presented again.

Diane Timmerman, Faculty Senate member and theatre professor, said the reason the requirement was made for a 300- or 400-level course is because upperclassmen have more to say than they did as underclassmen.

“People are fi nding it diffi cult in some areas to get the students’ speaking time to mesh with the rigorous course demands of a 300- or 400-level course within the majors,” Timmerman said.

The requirement is the only core course that has prerequisites, meaning the class often becomes a part of students’ majors.

“It’s nice that it’s good and effective as part of your major,” Crawford said. “I think people feel like it applies more if it’s part of your major than just a basic public speaking course.”

Howard said that was not the original idea, and students were supposed to be able to take classes outside their major that would fulfi ll the requirement. Students cannot do so because of the prerequisites.

Howard said the curriculum committee implemented and enforced a restriction that went unapproved by the Faculty

Senate. It does not allow for the speaking requirement to be fulfi lled by courses that also fulfi ll the Writing Across the Curriculum core requirement.

“You can’t meet both requirements with a single course, even if all the expectations for each of those requirements are fulfi lled in that course,” Howard said.

Howard said eliminating this restriction would go a long way to solving the problem and easing the burden of LAS professors who teach the majority of core curriculum classes.

Dale said the curriculum committee has been examining this restriction.

“It was thought that meeting both sets of criteria in a single course would occur at the cost of losing too much other course content,” Dale said. “We are currently reevaluating that opinion.”

The issue of whether or not colleges have the authority to suspend a core requirement for a limited period of time will be debated by the Faculty Senate and determine the fate of this requirement, Dale said.

If the senate approves the proposal, Howard said LAS would suspend the requirement for the applicable students and said it would buy Butler time to fi x the problem.

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A Butler University freshman helps brighten children’s cancer battles by granting their wishes to take their minds off illnesses for a little while.

Elizabeth Niemiec started the Little Wish Foundation when she was 17 years old.

Since then, she and the organization have since granted 145 little wishes.

Niemiec was inspired to start the foundation when a close family friend named Max died from cancer.

Max wanted to get a dog—a wish that sparked Niemiec’s idea for the foundation.

“I saw what a huge impact that little wish made in his life,” Niemiec said. “That made me want to do that for other kids with cancer.”

The foundation started at Memorial Children’s Hospital of South Bend and expanded to Riley Hospital for Children and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent.

The foundation originally sold silicon bracelets and raised funds. The fi rst fundraiser, which included an auction, raffl e and live band performance, raised $11,000.

Students living in Residential College will soon be involved in the Little Wish Foundation.

Resident assistant Emily Welch plans to have students who reside in ResCo help package wishes and write letters for the recipients.

“I thought that this would be a really inspiring organization and

something that students would really want to get involved with,” Welch said.

This is not the only way the foundation was introduced at Butler.

Niemiec also talked to an upper level arts administration class about the Little Wish Foundation.

The foundation is also impactful from a learning standpoint.

Stephanie Fernhaber, assistant professor of management, said real business experience in the College of Business, and actually starting up a business further engages students.

“When I look at this Little Wish Foundation, I think about how impactful it’s been but also how much she has gotten to learn from this experience,” Fernhaber said.

Sarah Barnes Diaz, health education and outreach programs coordinator, said the Butler community of care is about taking care of yourself and also taking care of others. Diaz said the Little Wish Foundation connects to the community of care in this way.

“I think it’s really great that she’s passionate about something and then being proactive,” said Danielle McCormick, president of Peers Advocating Wellness for Students.

Niemiec said she thinks the Little Wish Foundation helped her become more aware of issues and step out of her comfort zone at college.

Even though it did not start at Butler, the foundation shows what Butler is all about in a special way.

For more information on the foundation, visit www.littlewishfoundation.org.

Little wishes make big difference

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Photos courtesy of Elizabeth NiemiecFreshman Elizabeth Niemiec grants little wishes for children with cancer at children’s hospitals around Indiana. She is the founder of the Little Wish Foundation.

Student Government Association members were told the switch to one, unlimited meal plan option would only result in about a 3-percent change in prices to accommodate infl ation. Instead, it increased approximately 6 percent

Sally Click, dean of student services, voiced concerns about last year’s meal plans to SGA, said Katie Cooprider, an SGA representative.

When someone asked how much the price would increase, she remembers Click saying it wouldn’t go up by more than infl ation.

Despite the changes in the meal plan options, SGA was not approached about the pricing changes, Cooprider said.

The minutes from the Feb. 15, 2012, meeting when the new meal plan was presented to students, do not say anything about the difference in price.

“They were looking at it to go up by 5 percent,” SGA president Mike Keller said. “I don’t think there was a defi nitive answer.”

The switch to an all-access meal plan this year is the only option for residents. It includes unlimited swipes and 400 fl ex dollars. Last year, the unlimited swipe plan included 75 fl ex dollars.

Last year, the price for the meal plan was $5,410 for the year. This year, it went up to $5,470, said Bruce Arick, vice president for fi nance and administration.

“I would expect, going forward, it will settle into a more normal increase year to year,” Arick said.

The primary driving forces behind the price increase are the contract with Aramark—which provides the food, labor and cost of the dining facilities—and equipment and maintenance, Arick said.

The negotiations with Aramark were still being dealt with when numbers were presented to SGA, Keller said.

Aramark’s increased prices refl ect the increased cost of living for employees and renovations to Butler’s food services.

Click worked with the Butler Cuisine Bureau, a branch of SGA

that represents students’ interests in the dining halls.

The Butler Cuisine Bureau is a group of students that formed to address student concerns with dining facilities, Michelle Bryant-Jones, Aramark’s senior food director, said. It usually meets with Aramark once a month.

“If they have issues or suggestions that they want to bring up, they come to us during that period,” she said.

The Cuisine Bureau gives

feedback on all dining facilities, including physical changes that need to be made.

“The biggest change we talked about is how we get the students to communicate to us when certain products run out,” Jones said.

The Cuisine Bureau oversaw most of the changes made to the meal plan this year, Click said.

“Food is one of those things everyone has a particular taste and interest (in),” Arick said. “You’re never going to please everyone.”

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Food prices rise more than expected with Atherton updates

Photo by Heather IwinskiThe Butler Cuisine Bureau provides feedback on students’ dining experience to Aramark.

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Students learning to think green

Student organizations have committed to take simple and effective steps in order to make Butler University a more environmentally-friendly campus.

The Council on Presidential Affairs hosted the second Green Summit on Nov. 9 to provide a forum where students can talk about ways to go green.

The students, who represented athletics, clubs and Greek life, thought of ways to be greener.

Senior Alex Tallentire, a member of CPA’s green operations committee, facilitated discussion.

Students’ suggestions included more accessible recycling for students living off campus, reducing use of styrofoam materials in Greek houses and advertising events electronically instead of wasting paper on fl iers and posters.

Julie Pakenham, associate director of the PuLSE offi ce, said one way organizations could go green is by emphasizing the importance of reusable water bottles. Bulldogs Into the Streets asked students to bring their own bottles this year, and as a result, 500 fewer water bottles were used.

The summit’s mission was to motivate the students and give them tools to be greener, Tallentire said.

“In meetings, we recommended groups not have paper handouts and to take virtual minutes,”

Tallentire said. “When groups have discussions, they can put the notes in a Google document or just online. We suggested simple, pragmatic solutions would be the best way.”

The group discussion focused on educating campus groups about those simple changes.

“I think the biggest outcome of the summit was advocating and educating students on green initiatives on campus,” said sophomore Becky Pokrandt, coordinator of the green operations committee.

Pokrandt said the suggestions in the summit gave momentum to the idea of increasing sustainability.

Sophomore Klara Zierk, the representative from Tau Beta Sigma, said the summit made her more aware of the resources her group uses.

“Talking to other students at the Green Summit about all the wasted paper that ends up on campus from student organizations really made me think about how much my organization uses,” Zierk said. “We will defi nitely think twice next time before printing and consider using electronic sources to get word out for events.”

Mark Adler, a Butler alumnus and director of special projects for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, was the event’s guest speaker.

Adler gave examples of his projects, like promoting composting, asking for more bike lanes and accomplishing the goal of planting 100,000 trees throughout Indianapolis in 10

years.Tallentire said he wanted Adler

to speak because his projects could inspire students to think of ways they could implement more green practices on campus.

Scott Nemeth, vice president of administration, said the event came at no cost because Adler donated his time and BRICS donated the refreshments.

President Jim Danko spoke about the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment he signed last spring. He committed Butler to the goal of reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately eliminating its carbon footprint.

“I was most interested to hear about the environmental changes that are being put to work at Butler,” Zierk said. “The new Schrott Center for the Arts is going to be LEED silver certifi ed, which means it will be a lot more hyphenate all round.”

At the event, each table contained an iPad with the event’s schedule. Organizers did not use any disposable products and took electronic minutes.

The effort to go green starts with a few student representatives who can spread the ideas to their groups, Tallentire said.

“It’s important to give leaders and representatives the forum to come and learn more about how they can be more green and effi cient,” Tallentire said. “Getting diverse organizations in one room to come up with solutions is a great thing.”

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caps are raised on the class size. Eventually all students are

placed in a class, but it may not be with their desired professor.

Baker said she was adamant about getting a good professor with a teaching style that she was familiar with, given that organic chemistry is a huge aspect of her major.

“It all worked out for me this time,” Baker said. “I sat with my computer on my lap for almost three hours, just watching the numbers of each professor slowly decrease. That way, the moment it hit zero I could be accepted.”

Freshman Meghan Farrell said she experienced similar stress when she originally couldn’t get into a biology and society class that she needed to fulfi ll her natural world credit.

Farrell said the class had spots open until the moment she had to enroll. It was the only one that could fi t into her schedule.

“The next day, they ended up opening two more spots in the class,” Farrell said. “I got in because I looked at the right time, but it was very stressful.”

Kathryn Morris, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, said course offerings are planned through department chairs and program directors.

She said deans and associate deans inspect class schedules, and the associate provost oversees the core curriculum to ensure core offerings meet student needs.

“We work very hard each semester to ensure that students have the opportunity to take the courses they need in order to graduate on time,” Morris said in an email. “We carefully monitor enrollments as the enrollment period proceeds.”

Morris said this allows faculty to understand which students may have trouble getting into courses they need.

Morris said the decisions to add extra seats to a class or to add an entire class section are made by the deans, the associate provost or Morris herself.

Student advisers can also provide students with permission numbers to get into classes that close if they are vital to their particular schedules.

Cynthia Payne, an exploratory adviser, said when she meets with advisees, she helps them come up

with two or three alternative class choices just in case.

These classes, she said, might help students explore major or minor options or fulfi ll core requirements.

“The great thing about Butler is that we are a smaller institution, which is coupled with an individualized approach,” Payne said. “I think many departments are willing to help students out whenever they can.”

Payne said she always reminds students that there is never a bad time to take an elective class.

“I realize and understand that students are concerned about having their courses count for specifi c requirements,” Payne said. “But more often than not, depending on the major, there is fl exibility in what a student is required to complete in order to graduate.”

Payne also said elective courses could help a student explore different viewpoints or simply be taken because of students’ personal interests.

“We can come up with a full schedule that allows students to progress toward degree completion and benefi t from their classes,” Payne said.

Still, Farrell said stress could be reduced if there were more allotted seats in each class to begin with.

“Opening a few more seats in each class and moving sections of a class at different times would reduce stress because a lot of classes are all at the same time, and you can’t be in two places at once,” she said.

Baker said she was unsure of an easy solution to the stress caused by planning for classes.

“The problem is, I don’t know what we could do to make it easier for us to register because most of us love the small classes,” Baker said.

Tom Weede, vice president for enrollment management, said the institution is trying to consider all things that growth implies.

“As we study the concept of growth, the one thing I have heard repeatedly is that we don’t want to lose Butler’s special nature,” Weede said in an email. “We may see growth in the size of the entering freshman class but not necessarily in individual classes.”

Morris said attentive advising and careful attention to the registration process results in fewer situations where students are unable to get into a course that is vital to the timeliness of graduation.

“As our student body has grown and continues to grow,” Moore said. “We will continue to exercise this degree of attention to ensure that student needs are met,” Morris said.

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Uncertain no more, team going to nationalsFive years ago, senior Katie Clark

was in England, helping take care of her family as the second oldest of six children.

But deep down, hopes of being a professional runner began to surface.

Head cross country coach Matt Roe and then-assistant coach Darren Gauson tried to get Clark to come to Butler multiple times, but Clark said she couldn’t see herself leaving.

“One of her strengths as an individual can sometimes be a shortcoming as an athlete,” Roe said. “She’s very selfl ess and aware of others around her. But that makes her very easy to be around.”

Clark said she declined the opportunity in America fi ve times.

But Roe and Gauson never gave up. Gauson even fl ew out to England to meet with Katie and her father over coffee in an attempt to put a face to the name.

“After that, it became easier with the communication,” Gauson said, “but she was still unsure about whether she wanted to come over or not.

“I think it was just one of those things—too good of an opportunity to say no. And she wanted to give it a try.”

Once Clark received a full-ride scholarship to Butler, her decision was sealed.

“I just couldn’t imagine being so far away from home,” she said. “But then I was like, ‘If you don’t do it now, you won’t get another

chance.’ It’s amazing how you get used to being away from home.”

Roe said Clark has always been a good competitor, adding that Clark has made leaps and bounds not only as an athlete but as a person since coming to Butler.

“She’s become more assertive over time, and I would say how she’s grown as an individual has paralleled how she’s grown as an athlete,” Roe said. “She’s the most consistent female cross country runner that we’ve ever had here in terms of performance.”

Clark has run well since becoming a Bulldog, improving her personal records every year.

Last cross country season, Clark didn’t compete because of injury, but she still managed to shave nearly 10 seconds off of her personal record in the 5,000-meter run during track season.

Gauson credited not only Roe’s training methods but also Clark’s work ethic and spirited determination.

“As an athlete, you have to be focused and have an edge

and assert yourself,” Roe said. “That’s something that she initially struggled with.

“She’d do it enough to run well, but now she’s the same selfl ess, giving person—except she’s got a competitive edge. And she’s even more well-rounded that way.”

On Nov. 9, Clark led the women’s cross country team to the NCAA Division I national meet. The Bulldogs placed fourth in the Great Lakes Regional meet to earn a bid.

In the regional, Clark posted a time of 20:10 on the 6-kilometer course and was barely out-kicked by Ohio junior Juli Accurso (20:07) for the title.

Clark recorded the second-best individual fi nish in Butler history, good for individual qualifi cation for nationals.

Her fi nish was also a major contribution to Butler’s at-large team bid to the national meet.

All fi ve of Butler’s scoring runners placed in the top quarter of the 220-runner fi eld.

Junior Kirsty Legg placed 18th in a time of 20:49, and sophomore

Mara Olson was 28th with time of 21:02.

Senior Lauren McKillop clocked a time of 21:30—good for 44th place —while freshman Olivia Pratt was 52nd in a time of 21:35 to round out Butler’s top fi ve.

Clark and Legg also received All-Regional honors.

“(Clark) really leads by example more than anything else,” Roe said. “She’s got an even-keeled demeanor, which I think we need.”

People who know Clark well are even bigger fans of her personality.

“She’s very well-liked by everyone on the team,” Gauson said. “One downside is she’s too nice sometimes and (as team captain) might not always call people out. But she’s still someone everyone respects.”

McKillop, a close friend of Clark, said she’s a hard worker both athletically and academically.

Clark is double-majoring in criminology and psychology, boasting a 3.67 GPA.

BETH WERGEBWERGE@BUTLER.EDUSTAFF REPORTER

Photo courtesy of Andrew Matsushita, Xavier NewswireSenior Chase Stigall and sophomore Roosevelt Jones battle for a rebound Tuesday night in the game against Xavier as part of the ESPN Tip Off Marathon. Check out page 6 for a full recap of the game.

Team earns last tournament spot

The Butler volleyball team is making its fi rst appearance in the Atlantic 10 conference tournament.

The Bulldogs (17-11, 7-7) defeated Saint Louis (10-19, 4-10) three sets to none Saturday night.

The Butler win, combined with a Duquesne victory over George Washington, put the team in sixth place in the A-10. It also gave the Bulldogs the last spot in the post-season tournament.

“I am super happy for my players” coach Sharon Clark said. “They have worked hard all season long, they really put it together and we are peaking at the right time, so I’m thrilled.”

Butler will play Virginia Commonwealth (24-5, 10-4) Friday in the fi rst round of the tournament, hosted by Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh. The Rams swept the Bulldogs in their last meeting in mid-October.

The win against Saint Louis was the Bulldogs’ fi fth straight overall, and Butler has won all but one set during its run. Clark said the team will be confi dent heading into the conference tournament.

“We’re going to get back to work and do the same things we’ve been doing,” Clark said. “Every one of those games is giving us momentum going into the conference tournament.

“We’re in it to win it, and we are going in wanting to win it all.”

The fi rst set against the Billikens last Saturday was evenly-matched in the beginning, with the Billikens holding a small lead. Butler recorded a three-point run to take a 13-12 lead and force a SLU timeout.

Butler was up 19-15 and appeared to be in control until the Billikens came back to tie the set at 21. Down 23-22, Butler was able to

win two straight points to make it set point.

Saint Louis fought off two set points, but junior Claire Randich was able to put away the fi rst set on the Bulldog’s third set point.

Butler dominated the beginning of the second set as it jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead.

The Bulldogs continued their dominance out of a timeout, taking fi ve of the next seven points to force another Billikens’ timeout. Following the break, Butler went on another four-point run and would dominate the rest of the set, winning 25-14 to take a 2-0 lead.

Butler led in the early stages of the third set, but Saint Louis was able to pull within one. The Bulldogs would not give up, and they took four of the fi ve next points to take a 14-10 lead.

Butler dominated the rest of the set, taking 11 of 17 points to complete the sweep and earn themselves the conference tournament berth.

“I think that we have a confi dence right now that we are rolling off of, and working in practice every single day, and those things are starting to pay off for us,” Clark said.

Leading the Bulldogs was senior Rachel Barber, who had 14 kills. Sophomore Erica Stahl had fi ve blocks, and sophomore Brooke Ruffolo had 21 digs.

The match was the last of Barber’s college career. She is the only senior on the team.

The match Friday against VCU is set to begin at 4:30 p.m.

PETER BROWNPBROWN1@BUTLER.EDUSTAFF REPORTER

ononDECKButler sports this week.

Women’s volleyballButler vs. VCU

4:30 p.m.

Cross countryNCAA National Meet

TBA

Women’s basketball Fairfi eld at Butler

2 p.m.

Men’s basketballButler vs. Marquetteat Maui Invitational

3:30 p.m.

Women’s basketballValparaiso at Butler

7 p.m.

FRIDAY SATURDAY WEDNESDAY

Fall sports validate moveBased solely on how Butler’s athletic teams have

performed in the fall months, I can say I was wrong.I was wrong when I projected struggles for

many of Butler’s squads if the university made the move from the Horizon League to the Atlantic 10 Conference.

In the March 28 issue of The Butler Collegian, I wrote, “The effect of moving to a bigger conference could be troublesome to Butler’s other athletic teams.”

This assessment did not include the men’s basketball team, which I believed would be most positively affected by the move.

It also did not include the football and women’s golf teams, neither of which are in the A-10.

It is far too early to assess the effects of the conference switch on Butler athletics as a whole.

However, Butler’s athletic teams with fall seasons stepped up to the plate and proved me wrong.

Athletes on these teams ensured their squads

would not suffer from a move to a larger, more prominent conference.

In fact, those athletes allowed Butler to thrive in its fi rst several months as an A-10 school.

The volleyball team earned a berth in the A-10 tournament yesterday, capping a furious season-ending comeback to snatch the No. 6 seed in the six-

CLARK: Led team to nationals

We’re in it to win it, and we are going in wanting to win it all. SHARON CLARKVOLLEYBALL COACH

VOLLEYBALL

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WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

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MONDAYSUNDAY

VolleyballButler vs. TBD

at Pittsburgh, Pa.TBD

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Men’s basketballButler vs. TBD

at Maui InvitationalTBD

Men’s basketballButler vs. TBD

at Maui InvitationalTBD

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Offense stalls in loss to Xavier

Hawaii is the next destination for the Butler men’s basketball team, as the Bulldogs will compete in the Maui Invitational.

The Bulldogs (1-1) will play Marquette in the opening round of the tournament Monday at 3:30 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2.

The Golden Eagles (1-0) advanced to the Sweet 16 in last season’s NCAA tournament.

That squad fi nished second in the Big East with a 14-4 conference record and a 26-7 overall mark.

Marquette was picked to fi nish seventh in this year’s Big East preseason coaches’ poll. The squad will be without Darius Johnson-Odom and Jae Crowder, who left for the NBA after their senior seasons.

The Bulldogs’ position in the bracket has them slated to play either North Carolina or Mississippi State Tuesday.

In last night’s contest, Butler could not overcome a seven-point halftime defi cit and was defeated by Xavier

62-47.The Bulldogs were down 36-29 entering the second

half and were unable overcome their poor shooting.The Musketeers’ (2-0) defense limited Butler to 25

percent shooting from the fi eld after halftime. The Bulldogs were held to shooting 22.2 percent (4

for 18) from behind the 3-point line for the game.Freshman guard Kellen Dunham led Butler with 11

points, and senior center Andrew Smith added nine points and four rebounds.

Sophomore forward Roosevelt Jones grabbed seven rebounds in the loss.

Photo by Rafael PortoJunior forward Khyle Marshall goes up for a shot during Butler’s 74-59 win over Elon Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

AUSTIN MONTEITHAMONTEIT@BUTLER.EDUASST SPORTS EDITOR UP NEXT

Butler travels to the Maui Invitational on Monday.

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BUTLER AT DRAKE, NOV. 10

Butler failed to win an outright Pioneer Football League title with a 45-20 loss at Drake in its season fi nale.

The Bulldogs (8-3, 7-1) can still win the outright title in several ways.

First, they need Drake (7-3, 6-1) to lose at Jacksonville Saturday. Then they need San Diego to lose one of its fi nal two games. The Toreros play at Davidson Saturday and at Marist Dec. 1 in a game postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.

Coach Jeff Voris said losing the last game of any season is tough.

“Any time you lose it’s hard, but when you don’t get to line up the next week to get that taste out of your mouth, it’s hard,” Voris said. “You feel bad for the seniors walking off for the last time with that memory.”

Saturday’s loss snapped Butler’s seven-

game win streak. The spree was a school-record for consecutive league games won.

In the battle between the two Bulldogs, Butler led 6-0 after the fi rst quarter but fell behind before halftime and couldn’t recover.

Redshirt junior quarterback Matt Lancaster threw for 248 yards and two touchdowns and also added a rushing touchdown.

Lancaster fi nished the season with 2,708 passing yards, 21 touchdowns and only three interceptions. The dual-threat quarterback also added 408 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground.

FOOTBALL

Team holds share of titleKYLE BEERYKBEERY@BUTLER.EDUSTAFF REPORTER

TEAM 1st 2nd FinalButler 29 18 47Xavier 36 26 62

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Butler picked up its fi rst win of the season in a 70-62 road win against Ball State.

The Bulldogs (1-1) were led by junior forward Daress McClung, who scored a career-high 20 points.

Sophomore guard Taylor Schippers scored 17 points in the win over the Cardinals (1-1).

Butler dropped its season-opening game to Marquette 73-62 last week.

The young Bulldogs took on the more experienced Golden Eagles (1-0), who returned all fi ve starters from last year’s team.

Butler trailed 29-37 at halftime despite its 44.4 percent shooting from the fi eld. The Bulldogs’ defense forced nine turnovers in the fi rst half.

Butler was able to work the ball down low,

scoring 30 of its 63 points in the paint and recording 11 second-chance points.

Marquette had fi ve players who combined to make eight 3-point baskets.

Butler’s bench was shut out by the Golden Eagles, who scored 24 points off the bench.

Schippers and McClung made big debuts in Butler uniforms. Schippers ended the night with 20 points and three assists, and McClung had a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

The Bulldogs will have their fi rst set of regular season games at Hinkle Fieldhouse when they take on Fairfi eld Saturday and Valparaiso Monday.

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Photo by Jaclyn McConnellRedshirt junior quarterback Matt Lancaster just fi nished his fi rst season in a Bulldog uniform after transferring from Illinois State.

Transfers make big impact in fi rst season

Healthy holiday habitsThe holidays are a great time

to catch up with family and recharge, but they also present an opportunity to add an unwanted gobble to your gullet.

In light of the festivities on the horizon, I met with university dietician Brooke Pearson to discuss strategies students can use to stay healthy while enjoying the holidays.

BE REALISTICPearson said people should

begin the holiday season with a realistic mindset.

“You need to have the right expectations,” she said. “If your goal is to lose weight, save that for January. Try to make your goal to maintain the weight you’re at so you can enjoy the holidays.”

Realistic goals are easy to stick with and maintain.

ADD COLORVegetables and fruits are

valuable allies in the fi ght against holiday fl ab.

“When it comes to eating, you want to make your plate as colorful as possible,” Pearson said.

The fi ber in fruits and vegetables will help you stay fuller longer, and they’re full of nutrients.

SIZE MATTERSHoliday tradition may be

to chow down as soon as the gravy hits the table, but inhaling Grandma’s stuffi ng is a shortcut to a dieting disaster.

“Make sure you get up to have breakfast or a healthy morning snack,” Pearson said. “If you save up for a gigantic meal, you’ll be starved, and you’ll probably overeat on things that are less healthy.”

Pearson said those with a huge holiday appetite can also stick to multiple smaller meals

throughout the day. Smaller meals encourage healthier eating habits and may also help you avoid turkey-induced lethargy.

DRINK SMART Food certainly takes center

stage during the holidays, but what we drink also affects our health. Carb-loaded beverages like soda and alcohol can add some serious calories to an already hefty holiday meal.

Pearson said to try to avoid calorie-saturated refreshments and stick with a tried and true dieting friend—water.

CUT THE CRAPUnfortunately there are no

universal foods health-conscious eaters can avoid. However, Pearson said there are common denominators everyone can cut from their Turkey Day traditions.

“I recommend people avoid things like trans fats, which you might fi nd in a pre-made pie,” Pearson said. “Hydrogenated oils in things like crackers are bad too.”

Pearson said choosing homemade options, fruits and vegetables, and lean meats are also sure-fi re dieting decisions.

HAVE FUNPearson said the focus of the

holidays shouldn’t be lost in the quest for healthy habits.

“There are plenty of ways to enjoy the holidays,” she said. “Don’t be afraid to be creative and have fun.”

FALL: TEAMS SUCCEED IN A-10 FROM PAGE FIVE

PETER BROWNPBROWN1@BUTLER.EDUSTAFF REPORTER

“She’s determined, but she’s also very modest, which is a good characteristic to have,” McKillop said. “She’s a team player, and she always cares about people besides herself. Katie goes out of her way to encourage others.”

Butler cross country alumna Rosie Edwards, who joined the Bulldogs the same year as Clark, said “she defi nitely has a good head on her shoulders.”

“Katie takes such a sensible approach to everything,” Edwards said. “She’s just a very positive infl uence to have around.”

Clark said she’s ecstatic she decided to come to the U.S., especially after getting to know her teammates.

“I’ve met some people at Butler who are absolute keepers, who I want to keep around for the rest of my life,” Clark said. “I’ve never had friendships like I’ve had out here. Some people here are just absolutely stellar.

“I feel quite well looked after, and I’ve always had a good relationship with coach (Roe). We really get on well, which makes a world of difference.”

Clark, her teammates and her coaches are excited about the year to come as well.

“We’re working into that assumption that she’ll stay for a fi fth year,” Roe said. “If Katie can stay healthy, this next year, athletically, for her is going to be an outstanding one.”

Clark and the women’s squad head to Louisville, Ky., for the Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships Saturday.

team event.The Bulldogs held a 2-7

conference mark following a 3-1 loss to tournament No. 1 seed Dayton on Oct. 21.

The team didn’t use moving to a tougher conference as an excuse, though.

Instead, the Bulldogs reeled off fi ve consecutive victories. They won 15 of 16 sets in those matches. And they defeated three teams with better conference marks at match-time.

Butler was the No. 3 seed in last season’s Horizon League tournament, but the Bulldogs achieved a big goal in making the A-10 tournament on their fi rst go-round.

Butler athletics achieved what was likely another goal when both of its cross country teams captured A-10 championships last month.

The men’s team had won 14 consecutive Horizon League crowns, while the women had taken four straight league championships prior to the jump.

Neither team seemed to break a sweat while winning their respective A-10 titles in 2012.

Additionally, the Butler women earned its fi rst at-large bid to the NCAA national meet since 2005 by placing fourth in their regional meet last weekend.

There’s no way to no for sure if the competition in the A-10 meet pushed team members to perform better later in the postseason, but it probably didn’t hurt.

The women’s soccer team also had a strong campaign, losing a single game in regular-season A-10 play en route to a No. 4 seed in its conference tournament.

Breakout freshman midfi elder Sophie Maccagnone and her teammates seemed unafraid of other A-10 teams. That included 2011 conference champion Dayton, a team the Bulldogs beat during the regular season.

Butler lost a close 1-0 decision to eventual conference champ La Salle after defeating St. Bonaventure in its fi rst match of the tournament.

And even though the men’s soccer team was unable to earn a spot in its eight-team conference tournament, the Bulldogs were in the hunt until their fi nal game and fi nished tied for ninth place.

Butler’s tennis teams, though not in their conference seasons until spring, may have already benefi tted from the move, too.

The men’s team was able to draw two freshmen from overseas, while the Butler women added a freshman from overseas as well.

It would be fair to speculate that those new Bulldogs were intrigued by the opportunity to play in a more prominent conference than Butler was formerly in.

Butler’s fall athletic teams have helped make the school’s transition to the A-10 seamless and quickly benefi cial with their successes.

I applaud team members for not backing down in the face of tougher competition.

Hopefully, Butler’s winter and spring squads will be able to continue this trend in the coming months.

STAHL: leads the team in blocks and is ranked 13th nationally

PETERSON: ranks fourth in hitting percentage in the A-10

Photo courtesy of Dave’s Performance FootgearSenior Katie Clark fi nished fourth in the Great Lakes Regional meet and helped lead the team to the national meet.

CLARK: LEADS TEAM TO NATIONALS FROM PAGE FIVE

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FALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Women’s soccer (12-5-4, 6-2-3)• School record for fewest losses• Finished No. 4 in Atlantic 10

Men’s soccer (5-8-5, 3-5-1)• Finished ninth in the Atlantic 10• Had three players named to the

All-Conference team

Volleyball (17-11, 7-7)• No. 6 seed in Atlantic 10

tournament

LUKE SHAW

FOR YOUR HEALTH

The Butler volleyball and football teams have experienced great success this year, thanks in part to contributions from three transfer athletes.

Volleyball players Morgan Peterson and Erica Stahl and quarterback Matt Lancaster have helped lead their teams to conference tournament berths and a share of the conference title, respectively.

MORGAN PETERSON

Peterson, a transfer from Middle Tennessee State University, is in her fi rst season as a member of the Butler volleyball team.

Early in the year, she was named most valuable player at the DePaul Invitational and made the All-Tournament team at the Pittsburgh Invitational.

“The one intangible that Morgan brings to the team is her competitiveness,” Clark said. “It’s pro level in terms of how competitive of a player she is, and that’s been a great addition for us.”

Peterson has also made strides in her offensive play. Her hitting percentage ranks fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

As a junior, Peterson is one of the older players on the team. Peterson said she has experienced a major role change since coming to Butler.

“Here at Butler, I’m pretty much the oldest except for Rachel (Barber) so I have more experience and I am leading the other people instead of following,” Peterson said.

ERICA STAHL

Stahl transferred from University of Cincinnati last year.

The junior was recruited by

Clark out of high school but chose Cincinnati over Butler. In an earlier interview, Stahl said she chose to come to Butler because of her respect for Clark and the rest of the coaching staff.

Stahl has had a dominant seson, especially in blocking. Her strong play has led to a team-high 153 blocks. This mark puts her second in the A-10 and 13th nationally.

“I’m here mostly just to keep the ball off the fl oor on our side and help out our defenders as much as possible,” Stahl said.

Similar to Peterson, Clark said Stahl is a fi erce competitor.

“The thing that I think Erica will continue to get better at is being more of an offensive threat,” Clark said. “She’ll be a great blocker, but she will be able to raise the level of her hitting and make her more dominant.

“I think that (Stahl and Peterson) are both top all-conference players, and they will be next year.”

Peterson and Stahl have helped lead the volleyball team to a berth in the A-10 tournament.

The tournament will take place at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where the Bulldogs will face Virginia Commonwealth Friday evening.

MATT LANCASTER

Junior Lancaster transferred from Illinois State University, where he played 16 games in two seasons of football.

He had a full ride scholarship to play at ISU but said it was not the right atmosphere and decided it was time for a change.

Butler was one of Lancaster’s options when he was in high school. Upon leaving ISU, he contacted head coach Jeff Voris, and two days later Voris said he was interested in having Lancaster on the team.

PAGE 8 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012ARTS, ETC.

Photos by Gerrald Vazquez, photo illustration by Taylor Meador

Imagine: thousands of miles from home, you witness a country celebrating a holiday you don’t recognize and fi nd yourself with a week free of classes.

Butler University’s international student community faces this challenge as the campus heads toward Thanksgiving Break next week.

Many international students will not have the opportunity to spend the break with their families like their American peers will. Instead, a great deal of them will be making the most of the break by traveling and experiencing the best of what their host country has to offer.

“Usually, they want to take as much time as they can to travel around the United States,” said Hillary Zorman, international student services associate director.

Zorman said many international students choose to tour iconic cities like New York City, Los Angeles and Miami.

While Thanksgiving tourism isn’t as traditional to Americans as turkey and stuffi ng, international students see it as a great opportunity, especially if they’re only here for a semester.

“Since we don’t really celebrate anything, all we do is take advantage of the holiday traveling,” said junior Sara Naama, a Libyan transfer student from Spain.

“My father and I are going to Texas to visit my cousin, and then we’re going to go to Vegas.”

International exchange students who come to Butler for a semester often use every possible opportunity the see the country. Therefore, traveling is likely their fi rst preference during breaks.

“I feel like a lot of them already come over to study here with ideas of where they want to go,” said junior Laura Hoffman, a diversity ambassador. “They all come with their pre-set

places of where they want to visit.”Senior Ivana Ignacio, an international

exchange student from Curaçao, said a group of international students is traveling across the western United States, staying in San Diego for two days, then taking a bus to Los Angeles for two days and fi nally visiting Las Vegas for three-and-a-half days before returning to Indianapolis.

“I’ve been to Vegas before, but I was 15 and with my parents,” Ignacio said. “I just turned 21 a few weeks ago, so it’ll be nice to go.”

There’s more fl exibility for permanent international students, who come to Butler for upwards of four years.

Some of the permanent students stay on campus for Thanksgiving Break to study, while others return to the homes of family members scattered throughout the United States.

“I know another exchange student who is traveling to Boston for the week since he has family there and is in search of a possible internship for after the semester ends,” said junior Hayley Jones, a diversity ambassador. “Others have family right near Indianapolis and will stay with them over the break.”

Some international students even choose to go home with American friends who live around the Midwest. This way they have the opportunity to experience a holiday many of them know little about.

“I always think it’s great when they go home with an American friend and celebrate Thanksgiving because, a lot of the time, it’s something that they’ve never done before,” Zorman said.

“Last year, a couple of the exchange students actually went to my family’s house and celebrated Thanksgiving with me.”

Though many international students do not traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving, they fi nd comfort in celebrating the unfamiliar together.

“It’s diffi cult because we don’t really mix that much with American students,” Naama said. “So we don’t know that much about Thanksgiving.

“We international students are like a big family, so we enjoy it and spend the time together.”

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“ It’s diffi cult because we don’t really mix that much with American students, so we don’t know that much about Thanksgiving.

Sara Naama

“I’ve been to Vegas before, but I was 15 and with my parents. I just turned 21 a few weeks ago, so it’ll be nice to go.

Ivana Ignacio

International students travel in lieu of turkey

THE BUTLER COLLEGIAN | PAGE 9WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 14 2012

Students have a chance to see Butler University’s student composers perform their own pieces this Thursday.

The Jordan College of the Arts Composer’s Orchestra presents a concert about once a month, and over fi fty percent of the music is composed by the students.

Brice Johnson, a graduate composer who plays in the orchestra, said being in the orchestra and playing your own piece with them is an important part of the process.

“Once you do put your ideas down on paper, it is vital to have someone play it because you have to know if it’s matching what you’re playing,” Johnson said.

The composer rehearsing his or her piece with the orchestra allows the composer to interact with the piece and allows the experienced players to give their input as well, said Michael Schelle, music professor and composer-in-residence.

The composition process typically involves the composer studying with a teacher to create

a piece of music, the orchestra rehearsing the piece, the composer making fi nal edits, and the audience hearing the fi nal edition in concert.

Johnson studied with Schelle to create his piece.

Taking lessons is “like translating into a different language; you have to know someone who really knows the language to be able to tell you what’s right,” Johnson explained.

Another composer, Ethan Anderson, worked with Frank Felice, an associate music professor, on his piece for the concert.

Felice also said the composer-orchestra interaction is important because the composer gets to gauge the audience’s reaction to the piece, whether it is with roaring applause or sporadic clapping.

Anderson is a junior at Butler

and also plays in the orchestra. He said his piece this time around is more traditional than his previous works.

Felice said part of the creativity and fun is the different dynamics each composer brings to the stage. He added that each year has usually gotten better since the orchestra was formed, but each group is different.

Schelle, Felice, Johnson and Anderson are only a few of many who are collaborating to make this concert possible.

Schelle said there are about 20 composition majors, six of which are presenting their work on this upcoming concert.

He hopes for every composer to want to showcase their work through these concerts.

“If they want to, they should have the outlet and the opportunity to do it just the way Beethoven wanted to do it or Stravinsky wanted to do it,” he said.

Schelle has been at Butler for 30 years and he says the bottom line of composing is the creativity, which makes you a better person.

Junior Brad DiCarlo takes the stage with his three other band members, and with blinding lights shining on their anticipation fi lled faces, they prepare to play the fi rst notes of an original song. The band’s future rests on this performance. They need our help.

Hailing from Kokomo, Ind., DiCarlo is part of a band called Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes. The band is comprised of four members, Dean Schimmelpfennig, the lead singer, Tommy Kinne, the bassist, Collin Irish, the drummer, and Brad DiCarlo, the lead guitarist.

Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes classify themselves as a rock or alternative rock band. Stylistically compared to The Chili Peppers or Led Zeppelin.

The band is thriving in their hometown of Kokomo but they need to branch out to a bigger audience.

“Most of our fan base is college students,” Schimmelpfennig said. “But I’ve got 80-year-olds that have told me they listen to our music. I’m also a music teacher and my six and seven year old kids come up and tell

me they listen to our music every day. It’s an awesome feeling.”

To build their fan base and exposure, the band is currently entered into a battle of the bands competition called “Indy’s Next Big Thing”, put on by the local radio station Q95.

Schimmelpfennig and DiCarlo handle booking the band and inadvertently both signed up for this same competition.

In the beginning stages of the competition, the band’s audition tape was chosen out of 400 other bands to be in the top 16. They then went through two actual rounds of competition. The fi rst, in Fishers, they won, so now they will be competing in the fi nal round against three other bands.

During the fi nal round, the band will have a 30-minute time limit to showcase the individual talents that make up Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes. Their

score is based on originality, stage presence, musicianship, crowd interaction, and crowd response.

“Butler students would help in that (crowd interaction and crowd response) area,” DiCarlo said. “Depending on how many students come, it could win it for us.”

The band has been together since December of 2009 and winning this competition could be a great thing for them.

“The biggest thing for us is exposure, but winning would bring other cool things like contacts and shows that we need for the future. Right now we’re trying to get as many shows as possible outside of our hometown.” Schimmelpfennig said.

If the band wins, they would get to open for a band called Group Love, playing at the Egyptian Room.

“It would mean the world to us if we won,” DiCarlo said. “We are in it for the long haul. We’ve talked about going out on the road, so anything to speed up that process would defi nitely help us out.”

The fi nal round of competition is being held at The Vogue on November 30th at 7 p.m., and the concert is free.

Creativity shines in Composer’s ConcertMARIA LEICHTYMLEICHTY@BUTLER.EDUSTAFF REPORTER

MALLORY DUNCANMSDUNCAN@BUTLER.EDUSTAFF REPORTER It would mean the

world to us if we won. We are in it for the long haul.

BRAD DICARLOJUNIOR BAND MEMBER

Walking into the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s new special exhibit “Beauty and Belief,” the fi rst thing that caught my eye was a projected image of a phrase written in Arabic calligraphy.

“God is the Creator of Everything.”

Below the image, an almost 30-foot-long scroll stretched the length of the fi rst room. On it, legal statements, verses from the Qu’ran and other writings mixed together.

This fi rst room was almost perfect. The projected phrase presented the visitors with the essence of all the Islamic art in the exhibit: coming from God, in God’s words for the benefi t of God.

The scroll represented the importance of written language to Islamic art, and also the intricacy with which the art of the exhibit was created.

However, the room was marred by the diagrams on the side walls.

One, depicting a huge timeline, presented an undigestible amount of information about the history of the Islamic world. The timeline works perfectly well for the exhibit catalogue, where a reader can fl ip back to it as a reference as he or she reads the text.

It does not work at all in the exhibit, however, obfuscating the beautiful presentation of the projected calligraphed phrase and exhausting the visitor before he or she even enters the bulk of the exhibit.

On the second wall, a giant map is meant to depict the size of the Islamic world, which spread quickly from its Arabian center.

The map, which on its own is not very impactful, also detracts from the simple-yet-powerful projected phrase.

This fi rst room represents both what was fantastic about the exhibit and what was fl awed.

The works in the exhibit, which is quite large, were beautiful in and of themselves, and revealed much about Islamic culture.

The intricacy with which the artists crafted their works is astounding.

One of my favorite pieces was a leaf which bore a calligraphed

character. The artist used a technique which left the veins of the leaf in tact but the skin only within the boundaries of the character. It was beautifully organic.

The works had impact in that they were by-and-large made to serve functional purposes, yet they still speak to the larger Islamic belief system.

Tiled fl oor, bowls, incense burners and even a jug fi lter were all displayed, and each presented a different facet of Islam.

The exhibit curators were right to point these connections out in their descriptions on the walls of the exhibit.

I learned a lot about Islamic art and culture from “Beauty and Belief” which, honestly, is the whole point.

Nevertheless, it is important for visitors to understand how to approach the exhibit, which involves looking at its fl aws.

The curators present too much information. The wall diagrams, followed immediately by a video introduction to the exhibit, taxes the visitor immensely.

Exhaustion and over-saturation is a real problem, and would have been easy to correct.

Instead of presenting the whole timeline of Islamic history in the fi rst room, for example, the curators would have been better off splitting it up and putting pieces by relevant pieces from those periods.

The simple truths of Islamic art, which elegantly present the essence of the art in the exhibit (the Arabic-English translation wall, for example), should have played a more prominent role.

That said, the exhibit is well worth visiting if approached the right way. Do not try to read everything. Glance at the timeline if you wish, but don’t get concerned with all the dates. Skip the video presentation entirely.

For the rest of the exhibit, soak in the elements that tie the diverse collection together: intricacy, every-day materials presenting religious messages and, overall, the absolute dedication of all art to God.

The exhibit is open through January 13, 2013. Tickets are $12 for adults, and the exhibit is well worth the admission.

KEVIN VOGELKJVOGEL@BUTLER.EDUARTS, ETC. EDITOR

JORDAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

They should have the outlet and the opportunity to do it just the way Beethoven wanted to do it.

MICHAEL SCHELLEMUSIC PROFESSOR

BUTLER COMMUNITY BREAKING THE BUTLER BUBBLE

Butler student’s band to compete in fi nals of radio competition

Photo courtesy of Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes

New IMA exhibit informative, overwhelming

The Islamic exhibit is extensive, but the presentation leaves much to be desired

Photo courtesy of Michael SchelleThe JCA Composer’s Orchestra performs new music by student composers.

IF YOU GO

“Beauty and Belief”Indianapolis Museum of ArtOpen through January 13, 2013Admission is $12

Last week’s election and the entire year’s campaign cycle absorbed people’s interest people across the nation.

A tidal wave of posts took over social media outlets. Voters and non-voters alike took to message boards, walls and Twitter feeds to air their unfi ltered opinions.

Some veered into disrespectful, uncivil speech.

While freedom of speech is a vital part of our society, it is not reason to fi ll news feeds with hate and disrespect.

Whether it was Democrats gloating about their victory or Republicans angrily lamenting their loss, the divisive statements were unbecoming.

Ironically, these polarizing,

intense rants failed to recognize a basic democratic ideal—the uniting of diverse viewpoints.

By creating a dichotomy between “a good side” and “a bad side,” people discount the possibility of compromise.

They refuse to understand another person’s perspective.

Setting up this false binary means people are overlooking the full range of opinions.

These enraged posts underscore a larger issue—uncivil discourse.

Many Facebook status updates and tweets came across as demeaning.

Instead of promoting ideas, it dampens the political ideation process and discourages all parties.

We rarely see this type maliciousness play out in real life, but in cyberspace, it’s an all-out fi ght.

Behind the protection and distance of a screen, people can easily make a sweeping insult about a person’s beliefs.

This destroys any chance for someone to feel welcomed into political discussion.

Hearing these divisive arguments coming from fellow students was especially disheartening.

Just follow the old adage: Think before you speak.

This way, students will represent their school well.

And, more importantly, they will represent themselves and their ideologies better.

Of course people should express their opinions. But they should do so in a decent manner.

Otherwise, the true goal of social media—to connect people from disparate backgrounds— will never be achieved.

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RESPECTFULLY AGREE TO DISAGREE

Many people might have gotten caught up in the national election results last Tuesday.

So for those who don’t know: Glenda Ritz was elected state superintendent of public instruction.

The Indiana government needs to respect that.

Ritz won over incumbent Tony Bennett, who pushed a voucher system that fi nanced students transferring out of public schools.

Bennett also diminished protections of teachers’ rights through collective bargaining.

It is clear the people spoke with their votes last week.

Almost immediately, however, Governor-Elect Mike Pence said

education reform was here to stay.This is a bit troubling.Ritz deliberately campaigned

against Bennett’s policies.“A lot of things were

implemented that people opposed in totality, and it wasn’t always the law,” she told the Evansville Courier & Press on November 10. “Sometimes it wasn’t the implementation of the law.”

Pence announced the only change he would allow would be more reform, not less, according to National Public Radio correspondent Kyle Stokes.

This is not how the system is supposed to work.

Indiana voters decided to give

the majority of their support to Republicans.

But when Ritz won the election, Hoosiers stated they favored her campaign.

For elected offi cials to downplay the signifi cance of this is a threat to the principles of our system.

Education reform, as it is frequently called, usually involves holding teachers to demanding standards.

These standards are often applied without considering how they weaken students’ education or how schooling affects their entire lives.

These “big picture” plans end up funneling money out of the public system and into private schools.

But that does not benefi t everyone.

Voucher programs allow some students to transfer, but they cannot accommodate every student.

Not all people can afford to provide transportation for their

child or adapt to a different schedule.

If our society makes education more exclusive, we lose the pretense of important values.

Follow these ideas to their core. If the solution to the educational

system’s problem is privatization, then state support will be cut.

With the Indiana lawmakers focusing on ways to cut costs and lower defi cits, education might face even leaner budgets.

That means less support for universities, too.

Hoosiers voted last Tuesday for the end of Bennett’s policies, not just a new face in offi ce.

If the governor’s offi ce does not respect that, it is breaking its contract with voters.

A democratically-elected gov-ernment that ignores the will of the people is not democratic.

Indiana should take Ritz seriously

SGA right in deciding to stick to the rules

Butler University’s Student Government Association is making the right decision to overturn the rule allowing freshmen to be on the Election Oversight Committee.

Sophomore James Schubert was able to serve as the chairman of the EOC, and another freshman was allowed on the committee, last year because SGA suspended the rules, Schubert said.

SGA holds too much power and is too professional to skip over laws whenever they make its processes simpler.

“SGA elections on the collegiate

level are very, very different from what people ever experienced in a high school setting,” SGA President Mike Keller said.

“We fi gured it would be best to keep the committee to sophomores and above. That way, everyone on the committee would have at least seen an election happen.”

This is logical because not only are the freshmen not fully informed as to how SGA works, they might not know what is best for Butler due to their short time

here. Being a student for a year will

give them a better perspective of what the school needs and how different situations should be handled.

“It is probably best for the committee that it is mostly older students who are on (the committee) just because it’s a very serious role,” Keller said. “We have to deal with a lot of high stakes and, at times, drama.

“The experience that you have from just knowing how things go is really vital.”

It is good SGA is permanently changing the procedures and policy so no future bypassing of laws can happen again and cause disruption.

Freshmen should be allowed to examine and sit in on the committee meetings for purely

observational purposes. That way, if they choose to be on

the board the following year, they will bring some direct committee experience.

In fact, it might be good if SGA passed a law that would prohibit freshmen to be members of all Butler committees.

Freshmen can and should be allowed to sit in on these committees’ meetings to know how they function.

Ultimately, this would allow smoother transitions between administrative and committee shifts in SGA.

Otherwise, SGA is risking avoidable miscommunications and missteps.

Freshmen should not be able to serve on the Election Oversight Committee

RHYANHENSON

State offi cials should be open to new state superintendent’s policies and ideas

JEREMY ALGATE

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Even though faith and religion are two topics often avoided in everyday conversation, they ought to be conversed about more often in our society.

These conversations should not be confi ned to news outlets and should also be discussed in everyday passing.

Butler University students would benefi t by talking with friends, classmates, professors or family members about faith, religion and the different views in our society.

For several years, I have described myself as a person of faith instead of a religious person.

I believe in God and Jesus Christ.

However, I choose to practice my faith on a personal, non-institutional level.

This way of approaching religion has several implications and potential impacts across the board.

Discussing matters of faith with close friends becomes more benefi cial than having a religious leader dictate how people should lead their lives.

Small group discussions about religion provide more spiritually than listening to sermons or reading religious texts.

In the past week, I sat down with several friends and acquaintances to discuss this very matter and ended up having some of the most deep and meaningful conversations I’ve had in several weeks.

This need for open discussion also stretches to how faith intersects with politics and society at large.

People’s faith often dictates how they view the world and its problems.

In today’s society, world issues including abortion and same-sex marriage are divisive topics in social, political and religious discussion.

These issues bring intense debates and sharp divides into several religions, faiths and groups.

On campus, though, there are

many groups and resources that offer the opportunity to discuss these issues openly.

The Center for Faith and Vocation on Butler’s campus has provided opportunities for students to talk about these issues in a public forum.

The Butler Collegian column “CFV forum marks shift in political discussion” covered the center’s “Big Questions: Respecting Differences” event earlier this year.

In this forum, students from all backgrounds came together to discuss abortion and civil discussion in general.

It is open events and opportunities such as these that students can participate in to take part in these spirituality discussions.

Holding such civil and respectful discussions is a great way for students to grow personally.

Going to these public discussions and forums also helps people understand opposing viewpoints they might otherwise dismiss.

Students should take hold of the opportunities to voice their views and concerns with others of differing opinions.

This way, they speak with students they would not otherwise meet who offer new perspectives which helps them expand their mind and gain knowledge about these topics.

There is enough toxicity in the media and society about heady issues.

Let us strive for safer, deeper conversations about heavy topics moving forward.

No matter one’s religious affi liation, everyone on campus should aim for being more spiritually aware and honest in their speech.

DONALDPERIN

Butler faith communities would benefi t from having more discussions

In an increasingly global world, awareness of religious variety practiced in our country is important.

Christianity is still the primary religion practiced by United States citizens.

Of the 35,000 citizens the Pew Forum surveyed in 2007, more than 78 percent identifi ed themselves as Christians.

Butler University promotes diversity among its faculty and students, at least through the way it presents itself.

These calls for diversity stretch to different faith groups because students practice a variety of religions on this campus.

However, the societal norm is to focus strongly on Western Christianity and its numerous sects.

The university closes down in the weeks surrounding Christmas, but no other religion’s holiday receives a similar treatment.

Many businesses are also closed during Christmastime.

Stores and businesses open late and close early on Sundays because this is the Christian day of rest.

The Pledge of Allegiance references “God,” which only applies to certain monotheistic religions.

While these spiritual accommodations appeal to a majority of the population, 22.6 percent of American citizens still do not identify themselves as Christians.

These school and business closings do not benefi t them religiously because Sunday is not necessarily their holy day of rest,

and they may worship more than one god or no god at all.

Non-Christian religions have a wide variety of holidays, observances and traditions that do not align with those of Western Christianity.

Unless a store or school is owned by someone who practices a different religion, society in general does not recognize these holidays.

Society needs to be aware of the fact that other non-Christian religions exist and require attention.

There is no perfect, surefi re solution when it comes to promoting religious diversity in the community.

To suggest Butler should cancel classes on every holiday or day of observance for every religion would be ridiculous.

Instead, we should focus on increased awareness of faith diversity.

Being informed is an integral part of being able to respect those with different religions.

And this respect is what leads to cooperation and growth among the faith community.

Sophomore Mallory Russikoff, a Jewish student, said she would like to see professors be more aware of when signifi cant holidays are for students of different religions.

“Because Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are each just one single day, I think we should have them off as a community, especially because Yom Kippur is our holiest holiday,” Russikoff said.

“It would be very respectful to do that for everybody. Also, professors should never schedule tests on those days.

If we make a conscious effort to not schedule important events on those holidays, it would be benefi cial.”

Observing religious holidays often includes altering one’s diet and setting aside time for meditation in some way.

Butler should accommodate people who are changing their lifestyles while observing these various holidays and rituals.

For example, having more kosher options in the dining halls would make it easier for Jewish students to observe their traditions.

Also, setting up a small room for students to pray and meditate in without distraction would be benefi cial for several students.

Another positive change on campus would be educating the student population about the traditions of a variety of faiths.

Offering seminars would allow students the opportunity to learn more and would provide a forum for discussion on ways to diversify our thinking.

Making our society revolve less around Western Christianity will create an atmosphere of acceptance, which is important in a country founded on the ideal of religious freedom.

When people have to miss days of work or school in order to practice their religions, they may not feel entirely free.

We cannot resolve this issue overnight because a lot of education and awareness-raising has to take place.

So, we need to cooperate with people of all religions in order to make our society welcoming to all kinds of diversity.

MAGGIEMONSON

Butler as a community needs to be more aware of all religious beliefs

While reading through (last)week’s Collegian, I was shocked with how the election was handled.

I realize there wasn’t much lead time and the president won the election, but the article was incredibly one-sided.

I look at the front page of the newspaper as the “News” section.

Only the fi rst three paragraphs were news; the rest was opinion.

If a particular columnist who wanted to explain why he or she voted for the president and use quotes from fellow students who also voted for him, that’s fi ne.

I found it inappropriate that, in

a “news” article, only one person was interviewed who voted for Governor Romney, and the writer made the assumption that students only voted for Romney because they didn’t like the president.

If you want to write a news article, make it unbiased. If it’s opinion, label it as such.

Opinion should be kept off of the front page.

—Matt Siler Senior

Biased election article

Contact columnist Donald Perin at dperin@butler.edu.

Contact staff reporter Maggie Monson at mmonson@butler.edu.

Be religiously inclusive and fair

Campus should discuss faith issues

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Lancaster redshirted last year when he transferred to Butler. He has one more year of eligibility remaining.

Lancaster led the team to at least a share of the Pioneer Football League title, compiling a 7-1 conference record and 8-3 overall mark. Coach Jeff Voris said Lancaster has been a big help to the

program.“He’s been a great teammate and

a heck of a football player,” Voris said. “He has all the intangible qualities that you look for in a quarterback.”

Lancaster recorded several strong statistics this season. He completed over 60 percent of his passes for more than 2,700 yards. He has thrown 21 touchdowns to only three interceptions.

Voris said Lancaster’s work ethic has been a key to his success.

“What he brings to the team is a guy who loves football and (he) has a work ethic that’s unmatched,”

Voris said. “He constantly works at his game and week-to-week gets better.”

Voris also lauded Lancaster’s enthusiasm and leadership.

“He’s enthusiastic about practice and games, and no question he’s been a big addition to our program,” Voris said.

Lancaster was effective running the ball, too. His 408 rushing yards is second only to starting running back Trae Heeter. Lancaster averaged over 37 yards per game and tallied eight touchdowns on the ground.

“I’ve always been kind of a dual-

threat quarterback,” Lancaster said. “I think coach liked that part of me, and I like running the ball too.”

Lancaster was a part of many major plays throughout the season.

He threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to cap a dramatic comeback against Morehead State.

He also commanded a 95-yard game-winning drive against Jacksonville and scored the winning touchdown on a fourth-and-goal with two seconds left.

“It was surreal,” Lancaster said. “To go 95 yards in the hail and on

fourth-and-goal, to have coach call my number, it shows a lot about him.”

With the win over Jacksonville, the Bulldogs clinched at least a share of the Pioneer Football League title.

Despite losing to Drake last weekend, Lancaster said he will always remember the successes of the team this year.

“I hated losing and everything, but when we’re out of school 20 to 25 years, what we are going to remember is that we won a championship, and no one can take that away from us,” Lancaster said.

TRANSFERS: LANCASTER KEY TO SUCCESSFROM PAGE ONE

First Lady Bethanie Danko grew up in rural Vermont. A professional higher-education writer, editor and researcher, Danko is an MFA candidate in creative writing at Chatham University. She is a fi ber artist, specializing in yarn spinning, crochet and quilting. She and the president live in the historic Carter House.

Jim Danko became the 21st president of Butler University in November 2011.

Danko, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, was an entrepreneur for 20 years

before pursuing a career in higher education. He worked at University

of Michigan, Dartmouth College and Villanova University before being

inaugurated as Butler’s president.

Men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens was born on October 22, 1976, in Zionsville, Ind. He attended Depauw University. Stevens has been coaching at Butler since 2001 and has been the men’s basketball team’s head coach since 2007. Stevens has won more games in his fi rst fi ve season than any other Division I coach in NCAA history.

Levester Johnson, vice president for

student affairs, is a native of Milwaukee,

Wis., and earned his bachelor of arts

degree in broadcast communications from Marquette University.

He has been vice president since 1997

and has been an employee at Butler for

20 years.

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