Women dominate on defense

Domination is an understatement when it comes to the Creighton women’s basketball team. It has a plethora of reasons to be excited as it looks toward the end of the season. The Jays (11-8, 6-2) are currently on a six-game winning streak and are playing lights out on defense. But their play certainly has not […]

Kicking it forward

I had never heard of Kay Yow until last year. The ESPYs were on and I happened to see Yow receive the first ever Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. As I watched and listened to the story of coach Yow, the hall of fame North Carolina State women’s basketball coach who was in her third […]

Catholic schools fear close

Every few years in most Roman Catholic school systems, a drop in enrollment leads to school closings. However, these school closings are becoming more frequent and one must wonder, is this the end of private Catholic schools? Catholic schools became popular in the mid 1800’s when Catholic immigrants came to America but wanted their children […]

Undeserved anti-semitism in Gaza Strip

“Don’t buy from Jews.” This is neither a decree of the Third Reich, nor is it a chant from a neo-fascist rally. Rather, this is the latest campaign of Flaica-unit-Cub, a left-wing trade union in Italy, to protest against Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip. This is just one of the many signs of the […]

Fahey speaks, Omaha listens

Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey’s second term is coming to an end, but he still had one more State of the City address to give, and he used it to highlight accomplishments and point out challenges. For his final State of the City address, Fahey spoke in the Harper Center Ballroom on Tuesday. It was the […]

Trends to love or hate

Though the new year is a month old, it’s still fun to look back on the fashion of 2008. Ugg boots sparked most of the confusion. Fat, puffy and generally cankle-creating, they shouldn’t be, according to the rules of fashion, popular. But they were, at least in 2008. “Girls wear them with everything,” said one […]