Editor-in-Chief Victoria Lemon is currently working on a developing story that the Student Press Law Center published yesterday, Hundreds of student newspapers vanish at Kansas community college, staff suspects theft and censorship. Updates will be made available both in electronic form here and in our print newspaper. Check back for more information.

Without the FCC regulations, internet communication could be gated by ISPs. Net neutrality makes all internet connections equal. Caelin Bragg Leslie Pierson Reference & Instruction Librarian “The Library Bill of Rights states that we should have equal access to information from all viewpoints. If we look to other countries like Portugal, we see that net… Continue reading FCC rules internet corporations should not be regulated

Dom Brown Photography & Social Media Editor “Hear our vote, Hear our vote, Hear our vote!” This rallying cry resonated among the hundreds of women and other allies on the second annual Women’s March on the Air Capital Saturday, Jan 20. While there was no physical march this year, hundreds of people rallied at city… Continue reading Hundreds gather at second annual march

Tori Lemon Editor-in-Chief During the month of February, Butler’s El Dorado campus will be visited by three different organizations: The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). These visits resemble a “check-up” and aim to make sure Butler, and its policies are all compliant with… Continue reading Butler awaits three prominent visits

Dom Brown Photography & Social Media Editor “Hear our vote, Hear our vote, Hear our vote!” This rallying cry resonated among the hundreds of women and other allies on the second annual Women’s March on the Air Capital Saturday, Jan 20. While there was no physical march this year, hundreds of people rallied at city… Continue reading Hundreds gather at second annual march

Emma Barkley Lantern Staff Returning for the second time at Butler Community College, Larry Patton has returned to work as dean of Fine Arts and Communication. Patton returned to work at the start of the spring semester following former Dean Jay Moorman’s early retirement in December. Patton is expected to serve in this capacity at… Continue reading Butler welcomes back former dean

Courtesy of Shannon Covert Rachel McClurg Managing Editor The goal of the new math classes is to help the students succeed at a faster and more efficient rate. For the most part, this is definitely the case. According to graphs provided by Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Associate Dean Shannon Covert, the redesign has increased… Continue reading Students’ success in math increases because of redesign

Matthew Will Lantern Staff On Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, around 12:57 p.m., a shooting occurred in front of the Samco Gas Station in Anniston, Alabama. Former Butler defensive back DeMario “Zoo” Burnett, 19, is in custody after shooting Zondrick Foster, 22, over an apparent drug related robbery. Damien Cortez Curry, 23, was also shot by… Continue reading Former football player arrested for murder

Marcus Smith Lantern Staff Black History Month began as Negro History Week in 1926 and was renamed Black History Month. It was first proposed by black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University in 1969 and was first officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976. Since it was first recognized, every… Continue reading “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”- Martin Luther King Jr.