Photo Courtesy / Favim Dee Guest Poet It’s your imprint I crave, the void of familiarity. I braced myself despite the inevitable, yet I was never ready. I’ve accepted and moved on long before for your sake, I’d give up closure. This was before the facet, this was before he arrived. What’s his name? How… Continue reading Closure
Above: Sophomore Olivier Ndikumana tutors freshman Amanda Gusse. The Tutoring Center is free to all Butler students and there are centers on both the Andover and El Dorado Campuses. Photo by Hayley Smith Hayley Smith Editor-in-Chief Many times, students are faced with a class that they may struggle to understand. Whether it be a science,… Continue reading Tutoring Center offers assistance to students
Photo Courtesy / Pexels Sam Wellick Guest Poet These live long moments are often short-lived Devoid of certain truths, Running through back alleys and dissolving into city streets Sky surrounds us whole when emotion refuses to grow Selling ourselves for moments of sincerity Money can’t fill the gaps in our personalities, Resent, loneliness is always… Continue reading Cold Colors
Photo courtesy / Pexels Tori Lemon Lantern Staff You and the ocean are one in the same. The way your kiss lingers like the salt from the waves on my lips. The way your fingers dance across my skin like the grains of sand on the beach. Leaving traces of you with me wherever I… Continue reading When you think of home, do you think of “who” or “where”?
Above: Freshman Jordan Fox sets off a pose for the cover of his debut album “Calm and Sense.” The album will be available in late February. Photo by Hunter Fullhart Tyler Krenzin Lantern Staff Being a student at Butler can sometimes be rather boring. However, for one student this will never be the case. Jordan Fox… Continue reading Student, musician takes his chance with debut album
Photo Courtesy / Phil Michaels Tesla Bethel Lantern Staff By the time we reached the settlement, night was upon us. The howls and screeching echoed behind us only to be drowned out by the bustling noise of the settlement. Even though it was late, there was still much to get done. A fence of wooden… Continue reading Desolation’s Greed (Continued)
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Butler Vocal Music Department held their “Four Voices Only” Vocal Festival. The day consisted of 180 students from Butler and surrounding high schools, learning various choral pieces, getting helpful tips and lessons from the vocal music staff, and eventually performing the pieces. This festival follows Butler’s annual Show Choir Festival… Continue reading “Four Voices Only”
Photo by Dominic Brown Dominic Brown Lantern Staff On Saturday, Jan. 21 3,000 men, women and children gathered in downtown Wichita at the Keeper of the Plains to commune in solidarity. There was no protesting. There was no rioting or acts of violence. There was not a single bit of negativity. “I couldn’t imagine not coming… Continue reading 3,000 march in solidarity
Olivia Vest Lantern Staff As we woke up on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9 to the news that Donald Trump was named our president-elect, I remember having a conversation with my sister. She spoke mainly in fear, which were thoughts I truly shared. Then I spoke to my brother, whose feelings were rooted in… Continue reading Trump ‘trumps’ civil rights
Tyler Krenzin Lantern Staff Going to college is seen as a rite of passage; it’s something that, for the most part, is available for anyone to experience. Being on your own, being responsible for everything you do and the unlimited freedom is a really good aspect of college, however, there is one thing that stands… Continue reading Students should favor getting a head start rather than interaction
