Baseball wins one, drops series to UConn

Coming off a heartbreaking 6-5 midweek loss to its in-state rival Nebraska Cornhuskers, the Creighton baseball team had little time to regroup before heading up to Storrs, Conn. to open Big East play on the road in a series against the Connecticut Huskies.   The Bluejays had an overall record of 13-13 going into the series but had not […]

The (very true) origin of a rallying cry

During the 1920s and ‘30s, one of Creighton’s most revered and cherished traditions was a campus-wide festival celebrating both the Omaha area’s productive farmland and the baking and food preservation skills of many community members.    Each October, after the harvest season was complete, hungry Creighton students, faculty and alumni would gather at booths assembled in front of St. John’s […]

The art of the perfect soundtrack

I have been told I can get insufferable about the music other people play. I am never content with the playlist in any given restaurant, retail space or house party. For my friends, this often reads as pretentiousness (fair enough), but my issue is never with the fact that music in public spaces isn’t “niche” enough — it’s that the music never fits […]

Magis: more than requirements

JONAH LAGRANGE/THE CREIGHTONIAN Students take classes in a variety of subjects outside their major as part of the Magis Core curriculum. These classes aim to make students well-rounded and globally-aware citizens. With registration season upon us, campus has once again become abuzz with underclassmen’s familiar complaints: “I hope this class doesn’t fill up,” “I really […]

A living archive of Black history

CHARLOTTE THAISETTHAWATKUL/THE CREIGHTONIAN At the Great Plains Black History Museum, attendees can learn about Omaha’s rich civil rights history while getting a glimpse into thoughtful and emotion-provoking art pieces. Though it was originally located in the Webster Telephone Exchange Building since 1976, The Great Plains Black History Museum (GPBHM) now sits on the corner of North 24th Street in the historic Jewell Building. […]

‘Ka Huaka’i ‘O Ku’uHome’ guides Hui‘O Hawai’i’s annual lūʻau celebration.

JONAH LAGRANGE/THE CREIGHTONIAN Hui ‘O Hawai’i brought students on a voyage to Hawaiian and Polynesian culture with a night full of dancing, shopping, eating, and entertainment, all centered around a celebration of culture. On Saturday, March 28, Hui ‘O Hawai’i club took Creighton students on a voyage to their 67th annual lūʻau celebration.  The night consisted of […]