Alfredo Garcia Lantern Staff Student artists had a chance to have their art on display at the Coutts Museum of Art in El Dorado. The art museum is located at 110 N. Main St., down the street from BrewCo. The art will be displayed from Saturday, April 6 to Monday, May 6. 1. Gavin White, Mental… Continue reading Coutts hosts student artists’ work
Caelin Bragg Advertising & Distribution Manager After two months of debate in the Kansas House of Representatives and Senate, Gov. Laura Kelly has approved house bill (HB) 2144 to become law next year. The bill, originally presented to the Kansas House by District 77 Representative Kristey Williams on Tuesday, Feb. 5, was heavily amended following… Continue reading Governor approves transparency bill
Emmie Boese & Tyler Godwin Lantern Staff & Student Sports Media Butler’s men’s track team has had great success this year. Part of that success comes through the chemistry of their men’s 4×100 relay team. The relay team includes freshman liberal arts major Cardet Bienvenue from Fort Meyers, Florida; sophomore business major Tavarius Wright from… Continue reading Men’s track team make name for themselves
Bryce Hirayama Student Sports Media The Butler baseball team swept Dodge City in a four-game series taking place from Friday, April 26 through Saturday, April 27 with two games at home and two away. In the first game, the team won 11- 1 in five innings. They scored five of their 11 runs in the… Continue reading Baseball sweeps Dodge City in 4-game series
Carlie Pracht Lantern Staff Social media is constantly evolving, and with this can come detrimental side effects. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can be great ways to build connections with people and stay in touch with loved ones, but it can also make life look completely unrealistic which can be extremely harmful to the… Continue reading Instagram’s proposed changes present pros, cons
Rachel McClurg Editor-in-Chief U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently expressed concern with the current tobacco age. The current legal age to purchase tobacco is 18, but McConnell would like to see that age go up to 21. With the rising popularity of vape products among teens, many lawmakers think this could be a step… Continue reading Lawmakers attempt to decrease teen tobacco use
Amariani Garcia Lantern Staff Director of Career Services Aletra Chaney-Profit started at Butler in the spring semester and plans to help as many students to find the resources to apply and obtain a job that will successfully help them with their future profession. Career Services, located in the 600 building on the El Dorado campus,… Continue reading Career services back in action
Cat Gonzales Photography & Social Media Editor In the fall of 1998, Butler Community College adopted online learning for students. At that time, there were only 40 students and six staff members when Meg McGranaghan helped start the online program. She was hired on at Butler in 1996 as an instructional technologist on a title-three… Continue reading Adopter of online program retires
Matthew Will Managing Editor After 15 years at Butler Community College as the BCTV Channel 20 Station Manager, Steve Cless has announced his retirement. During his time at Butler, Cless was not only the station manager for the on-campus TV station, but also taught MC283 Video Editing and MC176 Video Production 2. After 10… Continue reading Cless humble with past, excited for future
Sasha Hull Lantern Staff Comparing activity scholarships shines a light into the busy lives of the students who proudly represent Butler. From theatre to football, students on scholarship work hard to maintain their grades, social lives and keep up with the duties of their scholarships. Sophomore Claudia Hess is on scholarship with the volleyball team… Continue reading Athletic Scholarships: Helpful or hurtful?
