Schlegel breaks tradition, is ‘most honored citizen’

After 112 years, the Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J., decided to break tradition. He refused the title of king from Ak-Sar-Ben’s annual coronation ball, instead asking to be called its “most honored citizen.” Schlegel and Creighton University were honored Oct. 11 at the Qwest Center before nearly 2,500 people. He was chosen by the Coronation […]

Obama: Where he stands

Iraq Against war from the beginning, he currently has laid out a plan to move forward in Iraq. Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of one to two brigades a month. That would remove them in 16 months, by the summer of 2010. Economy He wants to […]

Obama reaches to Omaha

Every electoral vote counts. As Election Day closes in, political analysts have been predicting several possible outcomes. A few scenarios have the final electoral vote count being 269-269, each candidate one short of the 270 needed to win the presidency. That’s why Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is setting up camp in Omaha. Obama […]

CU Jews share culture on Catholic campus

A group of Creighton students do everything from Jewish karaoke to watching Adam Sandler movies to teaching students about Hanukkah as a way to learn about and experience the Jewish culture. CU Jews, an organization that has been on campus for more than 13 years, hopes to provide programming to enrich the Jewish understanding on […]

Answering the tough questions

The event was sponsored by Women’s Empowerment Base, College Democrats, College Republicans, CU African-American Student Association, NAACP, Women and Gender Studies Department and the Lieben Center. Marie Young, Arts & Sciences senior, attended the event and said it spanned further than issues of gender and race. It also touched on ageism, heterosexism and issues related […]

Initiative 424 built behind false perception

As a Creighton alumni, I believe that all Creighton students should vote NO on Initiative 424 this election. This initiative would change the Nebraska constitution to eliminate affirmative action programs at the governmental level. Passing this initiative would have many negative consequences for our state, especially for universities. For example, universities like Crieghton would be […]