The artist that Concerts Committee has tried to get for some time, Common, was announced as the spring concert to Program Board on Monday, Feb. 25. The date for the concert is set for April 3 at 8:30 p.m. in Clowes Memorial Hall. The exterior doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and the concert hall doors will open at 8 p.m. In a large display of his effects on popular culture, Michael Pollan spoke to two crowds Monday night, one in the Reilly Room and one in a Gallahue lecture hall via closed-circuit television. Between Fall 2007 and last Monday, Feb. 18, BUPD gave out 3,091 parking tickets. 1129 were to commuters, 818 to residents, 387 to Greek residents, 410 to village residents and 362 were faculty and staff tickets. Want to know who won the Student Government Association’s presidential elections? Then get in line.

SGA held its election on Monday, but according to a candidate’s (whose identity will remain anonymous) Facebook.com campaign group the results are pending an investigation, and so are "inconclusive." No matter what a student’s interests are, there is a career to match them in Public Relations.

That was the message of Sonja Popp-Stahly, APR, the keynote speaker at the PR Night on Feb. 27, an event presented by Butler PRSSA. “Hope leads to education, education leads to dignity, dignity leads to hope and hope leads to peace,” said Mariane Pearl in the closing minutes of her speech last Sunday evening in Clowes Memorial Hall.

The topic of her speech as part of the Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series was the book Pearl wrote - “A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Daniel Pearl.” Fiction writer Antonya Nelson read from her most recent work, a short story called “Or Else,” during a visit to Butler’s campus on Feb. 26 as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series.

Nelson is the author of eight fiction works and the winner of several literary awards including the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Heartland Award.

Nelson said she chose to read “Or Else” because her most recent writing is the most interesting material that she has to offer. The Student Government Association presidential candidates’ campaign platforms differ slightly, but all three emphasize the importance of being the student body’s voice. Students can vote for SGA president beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 3. Are you a Bulldog? If so, get ready to show off some of that Butler pride during the week before spring break (March 4-7) for the first official “Spirit Week.”

The week was planned by a number of organizations around campus, including Parent Programs, Student Affairs, Athletics and Conference and Events Services.