Creighton provides options for student insurance

With health care costs climbing higher every day, it is becoming increasingly important for students to have some kind of health insurance throughout their college career. At Creighton University, students have two options for health care coverage. The first is Creighton’s Health Insurance plan, a university-sponsored insurance plan in which all students are automatically enrolled […]

The Rev. Paul Mahowald, S.J., lives a life dedicated to adult spiritual development

For a Jesuit so involved in retreats, confession, saying Mass, performing baptisms, writing reflections and teaching about the Catholic faith, it’s hard to believe he gets around on only a scooter. The Rev. Paul Mahowald S.J. is currently the associate pastor of St. John’s, where he participates in many activities on Creighton’s campus and in […]

Making the front page fashionable

At age 16, Claire Landolt was the youngest designer in Omaha Fashion Week. She spoke with the Creightonian the day after the runway finale. Her line, Itchy, was featured. She constructed her runway collection from Omaha World-Herald newspapers and duct tape. The master of ceremonies said you started designing at age eight. What made you […]

Senators take a stand on Health Care reform

Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Nelson believes the original message of insuring all the uninsured has changed and became lost in the debate. He believes the costs of insurance premiums for the already insured are rising faster than wages. Nelson agrees with President Obama in the fact that he would like to see these costs decrease. […]

Always Coca-Cola

Do you ever get tired of only being able to drink Pepsi products on Creighton’s campus? I do! I’ve always been a Coca-Cola girl, and it’s frustrating to only have Pepsi as a choice. I do enjoy Mountain Dew, but that’s it from Pepsi. On Creighton’s Web site it states: Pepsi–Cola– All non-alcoholic beverages on […]

Father of sci-fi

Google is reminding us Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica fans out there to remember who we have to thank. The homepage illustration today shows a UFO hovering over a farm town in honor of the birthday of H.G. Wells, the early 20th-century novelist who is known as one of the fathers […]