Cat Gonzales Photography & Social Media Editor In the fall of 1998, Butler Community College adopted online learning for students. At that time, there were only 40 students and six staff members when Meg McGranaghan helped start the online program. She was hired on at Butler in 1996 as an instructional technologist on a title-three… Continue reading Adopter of online program retires
Matthew Will Managing Editor After 15 years at Butler Community College as the BCTV Channel 20 Station Manager, Steve Cless has announced his retirement. During his time at Butler, Cless was not only the station manager for the on-campus TV station, but also taught MC283 Video Editing and MC176 Video Production 2. After 10… Continue reading Cless humble with past, excited for future
Caelin Bragg Advertising & Distribution Manager Most classes consist of non-stop lectures with the occasional break for questions, but one freshman instructor aims to take his class in a more active direction. Adjunct Instructor Jonathan Coffey, a recent anthropology graduate and environmental scientist at Stantec, teaches BS106, Intro to Cultural Anthropology, with a unique twist.… Continue reading Dungeons and Dragons invade Andover campus
Amariani Garcia Lantern Staff Justin Lewis, a vocal music scholar, has left Butler to pursue his music career. Lewis had the opportunity to go on tour and travel the world. He arrived back home inspired and ready to start a new journey. He became interested in the arts as a high school freshman. “I started… Continue reading Justin Lewis plans for his upcoming music career
Carlie Pracht & Amanda Smith Lantern Staff In honor of Earth Day, which always falls on April 22, and to remind students and faculty of their role in the earth’s conservation, Sophomore Jaedn Cooper hosted “Every day is Earth Day” with the help of Sophomore Mo Rutledge and Freshman Bayley Rogers on Monday, April 15.… Continue reading Cooper organizes earth day event, involves many
Sasha Hull Lantern Staff Is Butler’s books and tuition scholarship worth the effort and time commitment for the theatre students it offers its aid to? Do technical theatre scholarship holders put in more effort than their acting counterparts? Two theatre students help answer these questions to understand truly what it means to be on a… Continue reading Theatre activity scholarships: Helpful or harmful?
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff The instrumental department will have their last performance on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. Every group from the instrumental department will play several pieces. The concert band will play six pieces, one of which is “Moon Phases 81” by Scott Director. The jazz ensemble will play… Continue reading Instrumental department prepares for last concert of the year
Timothy Johnson Lantern Staff There are comedies aplenty in this world that we all love, but on Thursday, April 11 through Saturday, April 13 in the 700 building, audiences can see “The Importance of Being Earnest,” one of the most influential plays in all of comedy performed by the Butler theater department. “The Importance of… Continue reading Theatre prepares to perform a classic comedy
Amariani Garcia Lantern Staff “A Woman’s Place” hosts their last book event on Wednesday, April 24 at 2 p.m. at the L.W. Nixon Library. The library will have a discussion on “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston with the discussion leader as Margy Stewart, a retired professor from Washburn University. The library… Continue reading “A Woman’s Place” is in the library
