Seven ways to save on food

You’re down to the last few bucks in your account. The current economy is anything but stellar. You’re sick of the dining halls or just don’t want to cook, but as a college student, you don’t have a lot of extra money lying around to eat out. Many college students are broke at some point, […]

Flu causes FitNest to convert to quarantine

The University’s Crisis Committee decided to close the FitNest in the Harper Center Wednesday, to prepare it as a possible isolation site for the H1N1 influenza. Dustin Crichton, assistant director of Residence Life, said eight beds in residence halls were established for students with “influenza-like illnesses,” but almost all of them are full. Once those […]

‘Balance is key’ in all relationships

Twenty-five percent of women have been or will be sexually assaulted by a boyfriend or spouse. Look around you; one of your four female friends will be assaulted. This statistic is dangerously revealing about how people engage in relationships. Stop Intimate Violence Week was a way for the women and men of Creighton to become […]

Redeemed by ‘temptation’

Pimps. Prostitutes. Priests. One of these does not seem to belong with the others. Yet, all three share the screen in “Into Temptation,” an impressive, intensely thought-provoking new film. Directed by Patrick Coyle, this independent film tells the realistic, yet dramatized, story of a priest’s dangerous and emotional journey through the streets of Minneapolis to […]

Jesuit trying to recreate ‘big bang’

One day, you could be in a scientific research lab on Long Island trying to create a quark-gluon plasma. The next moment, you could be out in the middle of a field collecting cosmic rays or even teaching students on Creighton’s campus. But the Rev. Thomas McShane, S.J. can never be too sure what he’ll […]

Class gives Latin flavor to exercise

Late-night TV is full of dance-style ab workouts that make exercising more fun. Now, Creighton students can get this for less than the cost of buying one of those DVDs. For the first time, a zumba class is being offered at Creighton. Zumba is a latin-style aerobics class, combining both dance and aerobics. Incorporated into […]