Down two, Jays still fighting

Despite a 2-3 record, the loss of two key players and three games against teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, the Creighton women’s basketball team is staying positive. “[Coach Jim] Flan[ery] always talks about adversity and needing toughness to win,” junior forward Megan Neuvirth said in a phone interview from Norman, Okla. “We […]

Financial aid available for professional and graduate schools

Students applying to professional and graduate school and those already attending can take a deep breath and relax. Financial aid will not be disappearing even though the United States is officially in a recession. Both Bob Walker, Creighton’s director of Financial Aid and Dr. Ernie Goss, Professor of Economics and Jack A. MacAllister Chair in […]

Dixie Quicks: disguised yet delicious

Dixie Quicks Magnolia Room is a restaurant you will drive past several times without even knowing it’s there, but once you’ve experienced a meal at the quaint eatery, it becomes a place you won’t soon forget. The restaurant on Leavenworth Street was recently featured on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” Dixie Quicks is categorized […]

Gas leak forces students to evacuate

Bethany Smith, Arts & Sciences senior, was awoken by an alarm and multiple CU Alerts to evacuate her Opus apartment Wednesday at 8:23 a.m. While working on construction for the Ryan Athletics Center and D.J. Sokol Arena at 20th and Burt Streets, an 8-inch gas main was hit. This is the second time this year […]

Experiencing Italia

Arts & Sciences seniors Meghan Freeman and Sam Padilla stand in front of the Trevi fountain in Rome after attending a Thanksgiving feast at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies (ICCS). Freeman is studying at the ICCS in Rome and Padilla is studying at the ICCS in Sicily.

Students produce, direct, perform in one act festival

Experience, leadership and creativity will meet on the Hixon Lied stage in five student-directed one acts by Creighton’s theater department entitled “A Night of Durang!” that began Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The comedy shows are entirely student- run and produced, with undergraduates doing the directing, acting, set and lighting design, stage management and costumes. Arts […]