Drug laws protect society from itself

One of my favorite films, “Requiem for a Dream,” brutally shows the moral and physical devastation that drug addiction causes. The film’s protagonists face dire consequences for their addictions: imprisonment, paranoid schizophrenia, prostitution and bloody amputation. The movie shows what is most obvious about drugs: They devastate users’ bodies and moral sense. However, it omits […]

Samurai in the Reinert Alumni Library Basement off to Greener Pastures

Two brave warriors who have long watched over studying and sleeping students in the Reinert Alumni Library basement were boxed up and shipped away for a little R & R. The two pieces of armor, one from historic China and the other from feudal Japan, were removed from their positions in the basement of the […]

Creightonian named in top 13 weekly college papers

Every year the Associated College Press gives out awards recognizing the top achievements in journalism around the country. The competition fields many different categories of recognition, including newspaper, yearbook, magazine, online and several individual awards. Each award is called a Pacemaker and is considered one of the most distinguished awards in college journalism. This past […]

A priceless time in the rich coast

This week in the Scene Interational, we visit Arts & Sciences junior Wendy Herbers as she is studying abroad at Universitas Veritas. Herbers talks about her travels and the new culture she is experiencing in San José, Costa Rica. For the past two months, I have been living, learning and falling in love in Costa […]

Switchboard closing ends Creighton, family tradition

I was born already wired to do my job at Creighton’s switchboard. Before I began working there, my sister sat at that desk and my grandmother before her. With the official closing of the switchboard last week, it reminds me of what a Creighton tradition that small office was, and what expereinces my family has […]

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