CU’s new recycling program needs to spread awareness

A recycling program at Creighton was instituted at the beginning of the year in hopes to making the campus more “green.” While the program has done well, one problem is apparent on campus: more education about recycling is needed. Overall, the recycling, which is primarily in the residence halls, seems to be running smoothly. However, […]

Finding a solution to a deadly problem: malaria

At night, there was time for fun. Everyone played soccer with a ball of tightly wrapped plastic bags and a goal of sticks stuck in the ground. Hippos would come close to camp and watch. But daytime was for work. Days were spent warring against malaria. Zachary Stewart, Arts & Sciences sophomore, majoring in biology […]

Laptops: A learning tool or a hindrance?

As class gets ready to begin, students open up their laptops and poise their fingers over their keyboards. As students try to listen to the professor’s lecture, they notice in their peripheral vision other students around them alternating between Facebook profiles, online shopping and checking e-mail. What all the students may not realize is that […]

Creighton council lays out its sustainability goals for older buildings

The Harper Center is a brand new complex, modern and sleek, and along with this, the university has incorporated energy-saving, sustainable techniques to go along with its state-of-the-art facade. The CU Sustainability Council, which has been in place since September 2007, is trying to implement green tactics for Harper as well as for the rest […]

Cheering on Celtic in their Scottish home

Zach Perry is spending the semester studying abroad at the University of Westminster in London. In his free time he had a chance to travel to Glasgow, Scotland, and watch a football (soccer) match at the Celtic Stadium.

Pro-choice is not pro-abortion

Recently, with the election behind us, the debate on abortion has come up yet again. Why, exactly, we are having this debate I’m unsure of, but I do have a few things to say about it. First, those of us that are pro-choice are almost always not anti-life, be that as it may the “pro-lifers” […]