Darrah Walker Lantern Staff Since the late 1970’s, Butler Community College has offered students the ability to train to become a first responder and EMT-A (Emergency Medical Technician- Advanced). The titles of the courses provided through the college have changed multiple times. In 2011, Butler began offering EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and AEMT (Advanced Emergency… Continue reading EMT program prepares for real life emergencies
Illustrated and written by Tori Lemon Editor-in-Chief “#PressForProgress” is the theme for this year’s International Women’s Day, which is inspired by the statistics from the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report. It states that gender parity, or the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay, is nearly 200 years away.… Continue reading International Women’s Day 2018, #PressForProgress
Matthew Will Lantern Staff Q: Who is Joshua Conrad? Joshua is a redshirt freshman guard/forward for the Butler men’s basketball team. He is from Memphis, Tennessee and studies sports medicine. Q: How does El Dorado, Kansas differ from Memphis, Tennessee? “In Memphis, we got buildings. I’m not used to just flat. There’s always something going… Continue reading Q&A – Diversity as a Student Athlete featuring Joshua Conrad
Emma Barkley Lantern Staff Going along with previous themes, the winter vocal concert has a theme of “Present,” which will entail present day pop songs. The concert will be held in the 700 building at Butler Community College in El Dorado in the auditorium on Tuesday, March 13, and Wednesday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m.… Continue reading Forget the past: Butler’s choir focuses on the ‘Present’
2016 sex offenses on campus in 12 largest colleges in Kansas Caelin Bragg Lantern Staff Emporia State University’s (ESU) recent handling of a sexual harassment allegation has sparked a discussion on how colleges handle such cases. The allegation was directed towards Brian Schrader, a tenured professor of psychology, from a female student, who The Bulletin,… Continue reading Emporia State student breaks NDA over Title IX case
Sophia Allen Lantern Staff Scott Garrison, the president of the anime and manga club, first discovered anime in high school, when he joined some friends talking about it in the library. “I sat and listened to them talk about shows occasionally giving my own input,” Garrison said. “I asked some questions about shows that they… Continue reading Anime, manga arrives on campus
Caelin Bragg Lantern Staff On Tuesday, Feb. 27, and Thursday, March 1, a male student flashed two female students in the first incident, and one female student in the second, in the 1500 building of the El Dorado campus. The suspect was identified as Bruce Grooms Jr. through the help of the El Dorado police department. He was also being investigated by the El Dorado police department following… Continue reading 1500 building exhibits public indecency
Staff Editorial Wichita State University’s student led paper, The Sunflower, has experienced quite a slap in the face over the past couple of weeks. The Sunflower, which has received a budget of $105,000 for the 2017-2018 academic year, is in danger of only receiving half of that next year. Wichita State University’s (WSU)… Continue reading The Butler Lantern stands with The Sunflower amidst budget cut threats
Caelin Bragg Lantern Staff A student crashed her car behind the 100 building of the El Dorado campus on Monday, March 5, around 8 a.m. The student was driving into campus from the direction of the EduCare building and drove through an electrical pole and hit a tree head-on. The student suffered no major injuries. The bottom half of the pole was destroyed by… Continue reading Car runs off road on campus into pole, tree
Micah Streeter Guest Poet Dear Love, Here’s another letter you’ll never read I love you I’m pretty sure you know that to be true I try as hard as hard as I can to make it known Which is something you don’t do But it’s okay cause I know you don’t feel like you can… Continue reading Summer Poem I
