Magnus McFaulds Lantern Staff For students graduating from El Dorado High School, the prospect of college may no longer be a scary, financial burden. In August of 2018, City Commissioner Matthew Guthrie introduced the commission to the El Dorado Promise Program. This program will give El Dorado High School graduates, who have attended for two… Continue reading El Dorado makes a promise to high school students
Caelin Bragg Advertising & Distribution Manager House Bill 2144, titled “The Community College Taxpayer Transparency Act,” was passed by the Kansas House of Representatives on Wednesday, Feb. 27 after heavy amending and is now in the Kansas Senate. All sections of the bill related to the budgeting and spending authority of a community college and… Continue reading Transparency bill gutted as it heads to Senate
Amanda Smith Lantern Staff Most students attending Butler’s El Dorado campus would recognize Professor of Chemistry Robert Carlson whether it be from his classes, lunch or just from encountering his outgoing personality around campus. Carlson has been teaching at Butler for 30 years and in his time, he has always put his students first. One… Continue reading Carlson continues to aim for student success
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff Sophomore Tavarius Wright, business major from Memphis, Tennessee, begins the end of his Butler career by becoming a national champion and breaking a record. Wright recently became the national champion in the 60m dash, as well as breaking the school record in this event. Wright set the record with an event… Continue reading Wright emerges into success
Cat Gonzales Photography & Social Media Editor Matthew Hillyard, a Butler alum, returned to showcase his talent with 35 pieces and one video at the EB White Art Gallery in the 700 Building. This show features his favorite piece, “HATE U,” He selected this piece to dedicate to all of his ex-boyfriends. The topic of… Continue reading Former student makes a comeback as featured artist
Sasha Hull Lantern Staff Butler Community College is the third largest two-year college in Kansas, educating over 13,000 students per year. Butler students study at a whopping total of eight campuses across the south-central Kansas region. While this does help encompass a wider range of students in the area, it is also a hindrance in… Continue reading Location, location, location.
Matthew Will Sports Editor For just the second time in over two decades, the Butler Grizzlies women’s basketball team became Jayhawk East Conference champions. Butler cruised in their regular season finale, defeating Coffeyville 67-42 on Saturday, Feb. 23. Scoring was held to a minimum in the first quarter as the teams combined for just five… Continue reading Grizzlies win conference title, not done yet
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff Various faculty presented on the latest in developmental education and English and math acceleration programs at the Great Plains Conference. The conference was held on Thursday, Feb. 21 and Friday, Feb. 22 at the Welcome Center in El Dorado. The conference hosted professionals from college institutions in Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,… Continue reading Great Plains conference gets great turnout
Cat Gonzales Photography & Social Media Editor Butler Community College has started to place new exterior prox cards around the El Dorado campus, which started the fall 2018, spring 19 semester. Including the prox cards, Butler has installed new motion activated cameras and remodeling the campus health and security building. “It was a group project,… Continue reading Prox cards are added to exterior doors campus
Rachel McClurg Editor-in-Chief The 2019 ‘flu season’ has been relatively mild compared to last year’s epidemic. There is no exact way to know how bad flu season is going to be. “People kind of throw around the flu word lightly,” Director of College Health Services Jaime Sharp said. “There has been an upper respiratory head… Continue reading Illness affects many, despite mild flu season
