Ovid publishes writing from Butler University's First Year Seminar students and shares exemplary work produced in FYS courses. We aim to empower students' understanding of writing. We hope that this resource serves as a learning tool in classrooms and in the community at large.
See the Aims and Scope for a complete coverage of the journal.
Essays
Front Matter
The Ovid Staff
Post-Practice Ice Cream
CeCe Gerard
Why Music is Essential to Everyday Life
Jocelyn Goldman
Songs that Outlast Us
Lilly Thompson
Code of Being
Annika Anderson
April 15, 2025
Ella Sullivan
Faith Without Borders
Kylie Sarkovics
Who Are You? What Are You Doing Here?
Katharine Rath
Five Poems
Chloe Bourne
The Silent Killer: Passive Communication
Adrian Jeter
Monsters in Plain Sight: The Hunger Games is a Vampire Story
Lorelei Guenther
The Unknown Through the Eyes of an Artist
Peyton DeLoach
December 21st
Megan Broviak
Is it really my choice?
Sydney Sencaj
The Curious Cat Considers a Career in Chemistry
Mallory Martin
Surely as a Seashell
Savannah Cronin
The Whitney Within
Lilly Thompson
Nothing Changes Everything Changed
Zach Thomas
How to Tell a Lie
Karrington Tabor
29 Days and Counting
Emma Littau
my mother and my bones
Mya Tran
The Trees Are Talking
Maeve Saunders
What Was I Made For?
Maythazin Minthu
Dear Bulldog
Ava Esteves
The First Journey of a Bulldog
Emily Henderson
Through the Hallways of Life
Haylee Florkey
2024-2025 Editorial Staff
- Editor-in-Cheif
- Hailey Dwyer, Ella Sullivan
- Editorial Staff
- Jacob Hahn, Eleanor Adams, Connor O'Guinn, Teddy Riefke
- Cover Design
- Hailey Dwyer
- Faculty Advisor
- Nick Reading