Delayed recruitment has its advantages

New freshmen at Creighton might have noticed one thing missing during the fall: the beginning of the recruitment process for Greek Life. Creighton’s recruitment process is very different compared to state schools’. For many schools like University of Nebraska at Lincoln, freshmen move in a week early to participate in recruitment. Students go from house […]

CU needs to keep its small spirit

It looks like Doug McDermott did a good job making the Bluejays a hot topic last year because Creighton attracted an astounding freshmen class of 1,030 students.    This is the second largest class in university history, the first being 1,054 students in the year 2009. A herd of freshmen swarmed the campus during Welcome […]

9/11 museum stirs mixed feelings

As millennials, one of the defining moments of our generation has been the 9/11 attacks. This event is something that those of us born in the ‘90’s have seen influence our history books, and our lives. This year, the way in which people around the world remember the Sept. 11 attacks changed with the opening […]

Yaks highlight CSU’s issues

On Sunday, the Creighton Students Union executive team posted on its website an open letter to the Creighton community regarding the anonymous social media app “Yik Yak.” The letter notes that many of the “yaks” on the app cast a negative light on certain University institutions and organizations. It further implores students to delete the […]

Nebraska needs to crack down on teen drivers

Nebraska needs to crack down on issuing fines and punishments for younger drivers who break traffic laws. Drivers under 21 are often riskier, but can often get away with more. Police are quick to issue a warning for speeding, and most offenders can go to a STOP class for a traffic violation to get the […]

Internet censorship leaves few good options

Internet censorship has been a popular debate in recent years, and only continues to be prevalent in the news. For the uninitiated, the government has been relentlessly trying to push online piracy and copyright bills through Congress. Among these were SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), PIPA (Protect IP Act) and COICA (Combatting Online Infringement and […]