All deserve dignity, not humiliation

Last week, Bobby Schindler, best known as the brother of Terri Schiavo, spoke at Creighton. His speech profoundly moved and disturbed the audience. Perhaps the most memorable fragment of Schindler’s talk was his observation that dehydrating and starving an animal is a felony under Florida state law, yet a judge allowed his sister to be […]

E-mail petitions against proposal LB 307

No one likes spam. E-mail users will do whatever it takes to stop it. Last Tuesday, a phishing scam was sent to Creighton students asking them for their net IDs and Blue passwords. Student services soon responded with a warning to all students to ignore the fraud. With so much of our lives floating in […]

Restrooms need neutrality

Upon entering most residence halls on Creighton’s campus, all are confronted with two choices in restrooms: exclusively male or exclusively female. To someone who does not fit the societal norm of how a female or male should outwardly appear, entering a restroom labeled solely for one sex leads to feelings of embarrassment, exclusion and inferiority. […]

Leave it up to more than luck

Now that footbnall season is over, there’s someting the National Football league should chew on in the offseason. There have been rules in the NFL that have irked just about everybody who is a fan. But one rule absolutely drives me crazy: the overtime rule. Whenever a game is tied at the end of four […]

Alpha Sigma Nu honors students

Creighton University gives out many diverse awards to students, but none are held in as high regard as induction into the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society. The Jesuit Honor Society accepts students based on their scholarship, loyalty and service. Only the top 15 percent in each college can be considered for the award, and once […]

Diet or disorder?

Anorexia. Bulimia. Binge-eating. Millions of Americans know the first-hand effects of these diseases and millions more know someone affected by them. “Eating disorders don’t discriminate,” said Susan Feyen, director of OMNI Behavioral Health’s Eating Disorder Program. “They affect people from all walks of life.” Although eating disorders are widespread, there are places dedicated to the […]