Butler University News

A north side family is wondering how on earth an airplane part landed in their front yard over the weekend.

Ummel-McMichael Betsy Ummel and Tony McMichael were united in marriage on Nov. 12, 2011, in St.

The school decided to institute the Latin honor system this year in order to accommodate more than 15 students graduating with a 4.0 grade point average or higher.

Students from high school band programs throughout Indiana are selected for this event based on teacher recommendation and student applications.

The evolution of the No. 20 Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet machine continued Thursday in the sixth day of practice runs for the 96th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and owner/driver Ed Carpenter walked away pleased with his team's progress.

Hamlisch, Feinstein at Palladium Award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch and singer and pianist Michael Feinstein will perform at 7:30 p.m. today in the Palladium at Carmel's Center for the Performing Arts, 355 City Center Drive.

According to a report on CBSSports.com, Virginia Commonwealth University is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2013.

Buchanan High's C.J. Albertson, one of the greatest long-distance runners in Central Section history and a lifetime straight-A student, won the B'nai B'rith Student-Athlete award Monday night at Clovis Veterans Memorial Building.

Provocative? No doubt. Appropriate? That depends on whom you ask. The cover of this week's Time magazine shows a 3-year-old boy staring into the camera with his mouth latched onto his mother's nipple.

Mary Catherine Andorfer and Nick Scott Fawley Tony and Marie Andorfer, of Fort Wayne, proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary, to Nick Fawley, son of Gary and Joellen Fawley, of Fort Wayne.

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Following a popular worldwide trend towards multimedia use for theatrical productions of all kinds, the Indianapolis Opera used video technology but displayed originality in its spectacular production of Faust , which was presented Friday and Sunday at Clowes Memorial Hall on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis.

Sen. Richard Lugar's impact on Indiana goes beyond politics. His name is associated with buildings and events, large and small.

The merriment surrounding Butler University's announcement that it soon would be joining the Atlantic 10 Conference in all sports isn't lost on Andrew , a Center Grove High School graduate and men's basketball player for the Bulldogs, sees it, there still is work to be done.

STORRS, Conn. -- Big East Commissioner John Marinatto resigned Monday after less than three years on the job, admitting he was drained by several high-profile defections and mounting pressure from school presidents upset with the departures.

Butler University has learned that it is violating U.S. civil rights laws because it isn't spending enough money on its male athletes.

Anniversaries were on the mind of Eric Stark, artistic director of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, in scheduling the climactic concert Saturday of the group's 2011-12 season.

A San Francisco native, Webb spent 33 years in the military, serving in the Army Special Forces.

Ronald Caltabiano says the Butler arts festival would feature talent from the university, affiliated organizations like Dance Kaleidoscope and Indianapolis Opera, and "extraordinary" guest artists.

When Susan Romano first read her son Zach's financial aid letter from Drexel University, a private college in Philadelphia, her eyes immediately jumped to the line highlighted in yellow: "$13,442 expected payment" for the first year at the $63,000-a-year school.