Jordan Cornell Butler Lantern As the school year continues, so does the effort students and staff put in to keep themselves and others safe. After classes moved online in March, students packed up and returned home or sheltered where they could. Students have now returned to school via in person and online, after a five month “quarantine”… Continue reading COVID numbers remain steady on Butler, WSU’s campus
Jordan Cornell Staff Writer Covid-19 is a respiratory disease that is labeled as a novel coronavirus; novel means that this virus is new. The virus showed in Wuhan, China on Tuesday, Dec. 31, after several cases of “pneumonia” were treated. It has been four months since then, and the virus has spread worldwide, infecting 1.6… Continue reading Covid-19 Update
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff Spirit Aerosystems announced on Friday, Jan. 24 that the company would begin laying off 2,800 of its employees. The layoffs were announced after Boeing suspended production of the 737 MAX. Investigators said Boeing, Lion Air and pilots are faulted for what caused two fatal crashes of 737 MAX planes in Indonesia… Continue reading Spirit layoffs cause colleges to respond
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff Chinese health authorities announced on Tuesday Jan. 7, that they had isolated the coronavirus spreading in Wuhan, China. The virus has been named Covid-19 by the director general of the World Health Organization. The coronavirus is a new virus that causes a respiratory illness in people and can spread from an… Continue reading COVID-19 may become as deadly as flu
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff The Witcher is a Netflix original television series that was released on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. The show is in the fantasy genre with dragons, witches, elves and other magical creatures and things. It was a highly anticipated show with a cult-following as The Witcher is a popular book series that… Continue reading “The Witcher” impresses both book lovers, Netflix fans alike
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is an international business leadership organization that is available for Butler students to participate in. The purpose of PBL is to bring business and education together and the chance to compete in various business-related events at the state and national level. The trip was for the PBL… Continue reading PBL students attend international business leadership conference
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff Vice President of Information Technology Bill Young is running for mayor of El Dorado unopposed. “My daughter just graduated from high school and is off at college,” Young said. “…It freed up some time and felt like it would be another really great opportunity to be involved in the community and… Continue reading Employee runs for mayor unopposed
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff A commuting student is on their way to class. They woke up early and like every other day should be on time. However, there is traffic and construction slowing them down, more than they expected. This can happen to some of Butler’s commuting students. Some of Butler’s students reside in the… Continue reading Commuting has become a hassle for some students
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff Sextortion is defined by the FBI as, “when an adult, through threat or manipulation, coerces a minor into producing a sexually explicit image and sending it over the Internet.” Extortion by email seems to be growing significantly, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Compliant Center. Last year in 2018, these complaints… Continue reading Sextortion: A threat to privacy
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff Alex’s House, 9880 SE 30th Street, Rosalia, Kansas, is a mixed-breed dog rescue in Butler County. The rescue has two main programs, Perfect Match Adoptions and Where Struggles Meet Snuggles. With Perfect Match Adoptions, co-founder Vicki McKain, also a professor of history, works to match dogs with their perfect owners, including… Continue reading Instructor fosters love to dogs
