Feature · Opinion

OPINION: Healing practice of energy helps college students find balance.  

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Jen Anima-Valdez Editor-in-Chief Crystals, stones and meditation have become mainstream energy healing practices with the tremendous help of social media. These practices are known to help physically, mentally and tap into the spiritual side of one’s life.   As a beginner, it was hard for me to understand what all of these different stones meant, how… Continue reading OPINION: Healing practice of energy helps college students find balance.  

Review

‘Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves’ doesn’t disappoint DnD fans

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John Meyer Lantern Staff    The movie Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves was released in theaters around America on Friday, March 3. It had been a movie that a lot of people have been waiting to see because it has been years since the last DND movie had come out.       The movie is… Continue reading ‘Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves’ doesn’t disappoint DnD fans

Campus News · Feature

College publications bring home 29 awards

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Lantern Staff The Lantern newspaper and The Grizzly Magazine return to Butler Community College with a total of 29 awards. In total, The Lantern earned 20 individual awards and also received second place in the Overall Kansas division among two-year colleges, and the magazine earned eight individual awards.  Over the course of two days, Sunday,… Continue reading College publications bring home 29 awards

Campus News · Community News · Feature

ChatGPT: The language model revolutionizing human-computer interaction

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Written by ChatGPT In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides, and language models have emerged as a powerful tool for human-computer interaction. One such language model that has caught the attention of tech enthusiasts and industry experts alike is ChatGPT.  ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI, based on the… Continue reading ChatGPT: The language model revolutionizing human-computer interaction

Review

‘Women Talking’: Quiet, moving display of female solidarity

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Lantern Staff Trigger warning – flashbacks of sexual assault are captured in the film Women Talking and discussed in this review.  Women Talking starts as a quiet film and slowly transcends into deeper questions about what it means to forgive.  Inspired by true events that took place in Bolivia, the film opens with a scene… Continue reading ‘Women Talking’: Quiet, moving display of female solidarity

Campus News · Feature

SGA adopts student pledge

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Jen Anima-Valdez Editor-in-Chief During last semester, Student Government Association (SGA) was working on constructing a student pledge for BCC’s student body. This semester the pledge was presented to the Board of Trustees at their January meeting and will be given a physical space in the following months.   “The idea to create a student pledge came… Continue reading SGA adopts student pledge

Campus News · Feature

Sam White: The man in front of the camera  

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Jen Anima-Valdez Editor-in-Chief You may recognize his face from recent ads circulating on social media from Butler Community College.  Sam White is a first-year student who grew up in Halstead for most of his life and then moved to Maize where he graduated from Maize South High School last year. When he was growing up,… Continue reading Sam White: The man in front of the camera  

Campus News · Feature

Library offers learning opportunity through books

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Jen Anima-Valdez Editor-in-Chief Throughout the semester on top of working as students see them on campus, faculty also must earn points for faculty development. One of the ways faculty can do this is by joining the Faculty Book Club.   For the last seven years Judy Bastin, the library director, has been the moderator for the… Continue reading Library offers learning opportunity through books

Opinion · Review

Wichita restaurant makes good impression on out-of-state student 

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Key’Andre Thomas Lantern Staff After a long spring break, I was making my way back to Kansas from Arkansas looking forward to getting back to school (somewhat), when my friend suggested that we go out to eat at a place in Wichita called Rib Crib, located at 500 Ridge Road S. I personally have never… Continue reading Wichita restaurant makes good impression on out-of-state student 

Campus News · Sports

‘You’re not a quitter’: Bird continues at next level 

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Lantern Staff For Khloi Bird, a track and field athlete, coming to Butler Community College was an easy decision. Among the reasons for her decision, staying close to home was important.   “I chose to come to Butler because it was a practical decision for me money-wise, and I also wanted to stay in Kansas and… Continue reading ‘You’re not a quitter’: Bird continues at next level