Rorick races to first D1 win

Senior Taylor Rorick collected her first collegiate cross country win in dramatic fashion as she beat Kansas State’s Emma Baum by half a second in the women’s 5K at the sixth  annual Platte River Rumble Gold meet last Friday. Rorick anchored the Bluejay women to a second-place finish as the men placed four runners in the top 10 to also finish second […]

Bluejays tested at home

ALLY SEEVERS/THE CREIGHTONIAN Junior Trinity Shadd-Ceres delivers her career-high 29th kill of the match to clinch the fifth set, 15-12, and secure the 3-2 victory over Arizona. The Bluejay Invitational gave No. 15 Creighton volleyball three chances to test itself—and three very different ways to be tested. Across three matches, Creighton found momentum, lost it, adjusted and […]

It’s time to end the 8 a.m.

It’s arrived.   You’ve made the poor choice to stay up far too late on a school night and now you’re paying the price. You grasp your head in a fit of grogginess, roll yourself over to stare at the harsh light of your phone and gaze at the ceiling contemplating your life choices.  The 8 a.m.  It’s the bane of every college student’s existence. Whether […]

Not every club needs you

Getting involved can be one of the highlights of your college years. Skutt Shutdown and other recruitment events have kickstarted the email lists and GroupMe chats, welcoming another wave of students into the ranks. Obviously, being involved on campus is a great way to meet people and advance your career, but can too much of a good thing be a bad thing?  College schedules […]

Meta’s reforms: too little too late

For most of Gen Z, our relationship with social media didn’t start with a conscious decision. We downloaded Instagram, Facebook and many other social media platforms before we had even heard the word “algorithm,” let alone understood how much time we would waste on these apps. Now, more than 15 years after Instagram launched, Meta has agreed to pay up to approximately $18 billion to settle claims by 47 states alleging that Meta platforms harmed and addicted users under 18.   […]

Who really gives a flock?

The left, right and center have finally found something to agree on: their contempt for Flock cameras, or Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR), which collect and upload photos of vehicles to law enforcement databases.   Critics of newly installed Flock surveillance systems cite privacy concerns and fears of an institutional surveillance state that could threaten public safety. Their apprehension isn’t unfounded. Last month, the Washington […]