August 20, 2011
Bill BennerHad the NCAA initiatives occurred four years ago, Butler might have been playing someone other than the University of Connecticut
last March.
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July 30, 2011
IBJ StaffA study says the school earned $512 million worth of media exposure thanks to the back-to-back runs to the men’s basketball
NCAA Championship game.
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June 4, 2011
Bill BennerWhenever one of these “scandals” comes along, what I get really steamed about is the collateral damage to the
perception of the enterprise of intercollegiate athletics.
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May 17, 2011
Jamie Comstock will serve as temporary leader from June 1 to Aug. 1, as Butler University makes the transition between outgoing
President Bobby Fong and President-elect James Danko.
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May 7, 2011
Lou HarryThoughts on Actors Theatre of Indiana's in-your-face production of the Kander and Ebb musical. Plus Butler University's Chekhov
variations.
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April 27, 2011
J.K. WallJim Danko, who became an entrepreneur at 19 and went on to become a business school administrator, will be the next president
of Butler University.
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April 27, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe private, 4,600-student Indianapolis university scheduled an event Wednesday afternoon to introduce its new president.
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April 12, 2011
Bloomberg NewsButler University junior guard Shelvin Mack will declare for the NBA draft, but not hire an agent, keeping his college eligibility
as he considers his options.
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April 9, 2011
Gabrielle PoshadloMeet the people who tweet for Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, AAA, Butler University and other local businesses.
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April 4, 2011
Associated PressButler University lost 53-41 to the University of Connecticut on Monday night in the NCAA men's basketball title game.
But now, thanks to two straight runs to the final, every mid-major thinks they've got a shot. And a blueprint for how
to do it.
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April 2, 2011
Bill BennerThe best part of this Butler University run to another Final Four isn’t that the Bulldogs put themselves in position
for a second straight year to win a national championship. It’s that they already have won one. Well, kinda, sorta.
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April 1, 2011
Scott OlsonA capital campaign is under way to fund improvements to the historic arena on the campus of Butler University. Upgrades will
include more seating for season-ticket holders and a new scoreboard with video capabilities.
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March 25, 2011
IBJ StaffButler University said Thursday that it plans to close its Jordan Academy of Dance due to economic reasons. The academy, which
has more than 200 students, ages 3-17, will shut down May 31.
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March 17, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe number of applications to Butler University is up 41 percent—to a total of 9,357—compared with applications
received by the same time last year, according to school officials. Requests for information and campus visits by prospective
students are both up 35 percent for the year.
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March 12, 2011
Bill BennerA year ago this week, the Butler men’s basketball team was preparing to play the University of Texas-El Paso in the
opening round of the NCAA tournament. Who knew what was about to unfold?
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February 16, 2011
Associated PressButler has hired former Indiana University football coach Bill Lynch as associate athletic director for development.
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February 12, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinHoward Schrott will provide $6.5 million toward the $13 million performing-arts building.
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January 17, 2011
IBJ StaffGeoffrey Bannister, who served as president of Butler University from 1988 to 2000, has been named president of Hawaii Pacific
University, the school announced Monday.
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January 1, 2011
Lou HarryThanks to Susan S. Neville's new book, "Butler's Big Dance," I have a better idea of what the campus hysteria was like.
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December 24, 2010
Anthony SchoettleIn April, Butler University men's basketball coach Brad Stevens coached the Bulldogs to the NCAA Final Four, where Butler
lost to heavy favorite Duke University by two points in the championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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December 18, 2010
Bill BennerButler basketball leads list of top sports stories of the year.
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October 29, 2010
IBJ StaffButler University President Bobby Fong will leave at the end of the current academic year to take the helm of private Ursinus
College outside Philadelphia, the Indianapolis school confirmed Friday afternoon.
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September 16, 2010
Mason King
The university president likens his role to that of a major-league manager, but retaining talent like Brad Stevens is
just the start.
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August 7, 2010
IBJ StaffBrandon Gaudin will be the new radio voice of Butler University men’s basketball.
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July 31, 2010
IBJ StaffRussell Kershaw is the new dean of its Clark H. Byrum School
of Business.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.