Amariani Garcia Lantern Staff The Butler English Department has saved students over $500,000 in book costs, by creating and publishing an English Composition I and II textbook in 2018. The idea to start an Open Educational Resources (OER) textbook came to be when Associate Professor of English Andrea L. McCaffree-Wallace came upon the idea at… Continue reading Department saves students money, one book at a time
Caelin Bragg Lantern Staff Butler Community College’s Andover project has reached a standstill as it is allowed to begin construction on the 5000 building but has not received permission to build its planned facilities and management building. Butler’s Board of Trustees filed for declaratory action against the City of Andover in May earlier this year,… Continue reading Andover project stalls amid legal hoops
Madeline Owens Lantern Staff Former Butler graduate Matt Jacobs has accepted and begun his new responsibility as the director and station manager for Butler’s TV station, BCTV20 airing on Cox Communications, channel 20. Jacobs has been a part of the administration for the athletic department since June 2004. Before being part of the Butler faculty,… Continue reading Former associate athletic director takes on TV
Jordan Plowman Lantern Staff Beginning this school year, the Board of Trustees, with the help of Information Technology (IT) department, is implementing an effort to encourage every student and college employee to use Microsoft Office 365 for file transfers instead of traditional flash drives. Over time, the IT department will replace each computer’s tower with… Continue reading IT encourages use of 365
Cyprian Velites Guest Writer Under the spreading Chestnut tree Where I sold you and you sold me Here lie they and here lie we Under the spreading Chestnut tree Under the spreading Chestnut tree ‘Neith the sullen faces of the free And the death of unknown liberty Under the spreading Chestnut tree Under the spreading… Continue reading Untitled
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff This year Butler Community College made some changes to their tuition price for students. In-county students of Butler County saw a $2 decrease in tuition costs per credit hour this semester while out of county students’ tuition costs increased $4 per credit hour. This change went into effect for the 2019-2020… Continue reading Students see changes to tuition
Emmie Boese Business Manager Coming back home seems to be the trend for Butler’s new associate athletic director. Butler recently hired Tyler Nordman. Nordman replaced former Associate Athletic Director Matt Jacobs who was in the position for 12 years. Nordman spent the past two years at Highland Community College as athletic director but is now coming… Continue reading Nordman comes back home
Bryce Hirayama Student Sports Media Another season of Butler Grizzlies football has begun here at Butler Community College, and it is can’t miss action. A home game at BG Products stadium is electric and is one of the best experiences you can partake in as a student. However, for some students who cannot attend the… Continue reading Fundamentals of a Grizzly broadcast demonstrated
Maddison Farris Lantern Staff El Dorado welcomes Jimmy John’s, a new menu option for sandwich and gourmet sack lunch lovers and a quick addition for some new flavors for locals to enjoy. For this issue’s report of “This Week in El Dorado,” I visited Jimmy John’s, the newest addition to El Dorado’s food platter. For… Continue reading This Week in El Dorado: Jimmy John’s introduces sandwich variety
