In full bloom: a semester recap

Spring in Omaha usually signals a transition — a shift from the squeal of shoes and bounce of basketballs on the hardwood floor of CHI Health Center and D.J. Sokol Arena to the crack of metal against a bat and the crisp pop of a ball hitting the strings on a sunny afternoon.   While basketball dominated […]

You’re not a fraud, you’re just learning

A few weeks ago, I saw a video of a guy joking, “You do not have imposter syndrome. You are just bad at your job. You don’t feel like you belong there because you don’t. You are bad at your job.” While I laughed at the absurdity and harshness of these statements, it got me thinking about the concept of imposter syndrome and its validity.  Imposter […]

A senior’s final lessons learned

I am graduating in just a couple of weeks. With that, April has brought a variety of senior year celebrations, reflections and emotions. One of these celebrations is a tradition of my sorority: Senior Pearls. This is an opportunity for seniors to share their pearls of wisdom with the rest of the chapter. In my last article for the Creightonian, I […]

If I were starting college again…

The last couple weeks have been filled with reminiscing with my friends as we prepare to walk the graduation stage on May 16. Day after day, my friends and I sit around, cringe at our freshman selves and laugh at all our ridiculous photos. We discuss classes we regret taking and shots we regret not taking.   One thing I heard from a graduating senior […]

Empowerment or regression?

20 years after her first Coachella appearance in 2006, Madonna faced the Indio desert again as a surprise guest in Sabrina Carpenter’s headliner show –– looking at a very different audience on very different terms. The Queen of Pop was promoting the release of a successor to her album “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” fittingly named “Confessions II,” but her dual performance […]

Who is Billy the Bluejay?

JONAH LAGRANGE/THE CREIGHTONIAN Since 1965 when Creighton’s first costumed mascot, then-freshman John Bachechi, stepped onto the basketball court, Billy the Bluejay has been a key part of the university’s athletics. One thing that hasn’t changed in 61 years is that before Billy performs the worm, poses for a picture with eager fans or tries to bring enthusiasm to a disappointing game, the mascot […]