Maya Hall Lantern Staff At Butler, students can partake in many different activities and groups; one of those activities are intramurals. Intramurals focus on a variety of sports that any student can play. Two students, sophomores Gaby Guzman and Greta Lies, plan the events and advertise intramurals. Their overall goal is to get as many… Continue reading Intramurals offers fun activities for students
Tori Wilson Lantern Staff Danny Mattern, a physics and astronomy professor at Butler, completed a yearlong project in collaboration with NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program also known as NNARP and other instructors around the country. The objective of the project was to find and identify new young stellar objects (YSOs). Mattern has always been… Continue reading Mattern doubles as professor, scientific researcher
Carlie Pracht Managing Editor Galen Abdur-Razzaq is a master flutist who performs and presents to audiences on the relationship between jazz and the Civil Rights Movement. Abdur-Razzaq’s presentation was a gift courtesy of the estate of Harold Smith and the Butler Community College Foundation. Carlie Pracht On Thursday, Feb. 6 the Black Student Association and… Continue reading Performer provides insight through music
Amanda Smith Editor-in-Chief Trosper’s office is located in the gymnasium (500 building) in Room 510. He began his new position at Butler in September. Amanda Smith After growing up, attending school and then working in the San Francisco Bay Area for 25 years, newly named Director of Athletic Academic Services Matthew Trosper and his wife… Continue reading Trosper joins athletic academic team
Madalynn Wilson Lantern Staff The theater program is switching gears this spring to put on a one-act children’s play called “Uniquely Frank”. The play is another installment of Alvin the Alligator’s story, who Bob Peterson, the writer and director, calls his “Mickey Mouse”. “I’ve been writing him for several years now and this is his… Continue reading Alvin the Alligator teaches unique lesson to children
Amariani Garcia Lantern Staff Integrating learning through the arts classroom is not what one would typically expect. Professor of Education Shellie Gutierrez lets students know not to expect sitting in a classroom. The class consists of multiple field trips such as Mark Arts, Botanica, Cocoa Dolce, Wichita City Arts and more. Gutierrez, department chair of… Continue reading Students head to Mark Arts for cultivating experience
Madalynn Wilson Lantern Staff The Black Student Association (BSA) is one of the many clubs that Butler offers for all students to get involved in on campus. The club has six participants right now and will be focusing on encouraging more students to join throughout the spring semester. According to Aletra Chaney-Profit, the adviser for… Continue reading BSA leads jazz line into diverse conversation
Hannah Simon Student Sports Media Through the wind and the cold, there will always be one group of people cheering the football and basketball teams on with great songs at every home game: Butler’s very own pep band, the Butler Sideliners. The Butler Sideliners are directed by John Templin and assistant directed by Rick Moose.… Continue reading Pep band adds warm atmosphere to events
Owen Berk Student Sports Media Former community college All-American Ericka Mattingly had a winding road to Butler. Mattingly is originally from Wichita and played high school basketball at Wichita South High. She helped the Titans win state titles all four of her years in high school. Along the way to four state titles, Mattingly got… Continue reading Grizzly turned Roo: Ericka Mattingly’s journey to UMKC
Carlie Pracht Managing Editor Walking into the warm, welcoming environment of the Butler Community College’s L.W. Nixon Library, new Instruction and Reference Librarian Kim Veliz can be found in her office in the left corner. Veliz will greet you with a kind, welcoming smile. Veliz, from Garden City, but originally California, graduated from Kansas Univerity… Continue reading Library welcomes new staff member
